Reviews
Album, EP and single reviews from The Skinny. Find reviews of the biggest new releases, as well as new records from up-and-coming new artists from across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
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AlbumsPassion Pit – Manners
In the wave of acclaim that met Passion Pit’s Chunk of Change EP earlier this year, the critical consensus was, ironically, that this was music to be r... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
AlbumsThe Blackout - The Best In Town
The Best In Town is the second album from Welsh six-piece The Blackout. Signed to the now legendary Epitaph Records, this album is a big step forward for the... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
AlbumsAutorotation - Everything Is Everything
Some pairings, however inexplicable, just feel right. Little monkeys and organ grinders? Check. What about ethereal electronica and glacial female vocals? Y... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
AlbumsMaximo Park - Quicken The Heart
"What are we doing here if romance isn't dead?" So demanded Paul Smith, Maximo Park's frontman, on the Tyneside quintet's exhilarating debut single Graffiti.... Read more »| 22 May 2009 -
SinglesAbsent Elk - Sun And Water
Sun And Water - the first single from Girls Aloud's British-Norwegian touring buddies Absent Elk - starts out like your average run-of-the-mill James Blunt-e... Read more »| 21 May 2009 -
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Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
In four years between 2002 and 2006, Dirty Projectors went through 27 band members. That’s a turnover to put even your most harried of rock supergroups... Read more »| 21 May 2009
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Albums
Headwater - Lay You Down
It’s difficult to believe that Headwater are serious. Latest offering Lay You Down is such a cringe-worthy attempt at country that it’s a surpris... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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(hed)pe - New World Orphans
In the 90s, Rage Against The Machine were a band steeped in politics, with four marxist intellectuals somehow managing to subvert the exposure and financial ... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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David Kitt - The Nightsaver
David Kitt’s sixth album The Nightsaver is pleasant. Really, seriously, overwhelmingly pleasant. Written, recorded and produced entirely by himself, wi... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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White Denim - Fits
Given the editorial constraints of the average Skinny review it'd be hard even to simply list the genres and bands whose influences shine through on the exce... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes
An immersive journey into the heart of noise Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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The Butterfly Effect - Final Conversation of Kings
Australia’s premier stadium band, The Butterfly Effect, have yet to have the same devastating effect on the UK charts, but Final Conversation of Kings ... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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Meat Puppets - Sewn Together
Despite Curt Kirkwood's assertions that “if I can get away with it, I'll make a record as cheap as I can and put as little work as I can into it,&rdquo... Read more »| 20 May 2009 -
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Fanfarlo - Reservoir
'The British Arcade Fire' is a label that Fanfarlo are likely becoming sick of, so often is it applied to their chamber pop magnificence. Yet for all the sim... Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
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Ellen Mary McGee - The Crescent Sun
Debut from Nottingham-based songwriter, rich in dark mythological imagery. Read more »| 19 May 2009