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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EpGeorgia's Horse - Shepherd EP
In the dusty backstreets of the deep South, tumbleweed clogs drains and cowboy boots pound the ground, while tension, as thick as the dust scorched by the mi... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
EpAndrew Bird – Fitz and the Dizzyspells EP
Chicagoan prodigy Andrew Bird is still riding the wave of acclaim that followed the release of Noble Beast earlier this year, to the extent that he now retur... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
SinglesEx Wives - Stave/Diktat
You'll play it 'til it breaks Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsGraham Coxon - The Spinning Top
Opening with a Nick Drake homage and proceeding in a folky vein, The Spinning Top finds Coxon having abandoned the pop-punk modes of his previous two solo al... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
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The Wow Signal - Infinity's Lobby
From the off this album is littered with familiar flavours. Healthily enthusiastic opener Purr Right drips with the energetic, blues-meets-punk of early Scre... Read more »| 30 Apr 2009 -
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Hey!Tonal - Hey!Tonal
The pedigree of this collective is unquestionable. Members and ex-members of Storm & Stress, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Maps & Atlases and Joan of Arc, am... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009
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John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
San Franciscan John Vanderslice releases his third albumm, and debut for Dead Oceans Records, Romanian Names Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
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Zoey Van Goey - The Cage Was Unlocked All Along
Glasgow-based three-piece Zoey van Goey seem to have been about forever (that’s not a name you’re likely to forget), yet their recordings have be... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsVacuum Spasm Babies - Whipping Clowns
Having apparently toiled in the depths of the Scottish musical underground for two decades, it's a real shame Charles S Bravo and Malcolm Spasm didn't take a... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
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Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Black Mountain found substantial success with last year’s proggy opus In The Future, though sixteen-minute psych-jams were never going to be to everyon... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
Brighton based indie kids pull out all the stops on excellent second album Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Indigo Jones - Death Of A Matador
Certain aspects of a band's sound are indisputably esoteric: often it takes repeated listens for it to make sense and other times it maybe just never will. V... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Jon Hopkins - Insides
The line between the polymath (the person who is good at everything) and the dilettante (the person who flippantly dabbles in everything) is treacherous; mus... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Peaches - I Feel Cream
Kurupt once said that you can’t make a ho a housewife, but Peaches is giving it a jolly good go. I Feel Cream opens with something of a red herring; su... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz - GOK
Despite being 5701 miles apart (thanks, Internet), Scotland and Japan have a long-standing musical affinity, with bands like the BMX Bandits arguably finding... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009