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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AlbumsThe Hands of the Wrong People - Spring Flakes
The Hands of the Wrong People are two-thirds German, but their sensitive, atmospheric guitar rock owes much to Scottish indie-pop tradition. While the band c... Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
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Broken Family Band - Please and Thank You
For Album Number Seven, most of the comparisons applied to the Broken Family Band’s past albums still stand: wittily cynical lyrics set to music that&r... Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
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Vangel - Biblio
Vangel, a Toronto=based DJ and producer, scours the libraries of his home cities for inspiration and samples. Read more »| 09 Apr 2009 -
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Brakes - Touchdown
Initially epitomising the side project (members culled from the line-ups of several C-list indie groups - check! Five-second novelty throwaway tracks - check... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsNadja - When I See the Sun it Always Shines on TV
This may very well be the world’s first catchy, singalong drone metal album. Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsGrand Theft Bus - Move Upwards
Grand Theft Bus are a bunch of natively successful Canadian lads, but perhaps due to their almost psychotic identity issues they haven’t made it in the... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009
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Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
Recorded with Frank Black in what is a rare production outing for the Pixies frontman, punk outsiders Art Brut have retained the rambunctious energy and ende... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
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Passe Montagne - Oh My Satan
There are 12 instrumentals in 21 minutes on Passe Montagne’s brilliantly titled second record Oh My Satan. Consisting of two jagged, scratchy no-wave g... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
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Junior Boys - Hazel
A woman with Hazel eyes ruffles the Junior Boys' normally cool exterior Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
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Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
The return of the mad scientist of hip-hop Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Leech - The Stolen View
Given their origins and fondness for touring in Germany and its immediately neighbouring countries, few jaws will drop on learning that Leech entertain a cer... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Patrick Wolf - Vulture
With over two years having passed since the release of his last single, The Magic Position, it’s reassuring to find Patrick Wolf still in the process o... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Je Suis Animal - Fortune Map
Listening to Je Suis Animal is like peering through Lewis Carroll’s looking-glass - things seem familiar, but something you can’t quite put your ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Operahouse - Escape From the Sun
Operahouse are an ambitious bunch, as big and expensive-sounding as their moniker suggests. Their ambition doesn’t stop at frontman Jonny’s desir... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Jeffrey Lewis - 'Em Are I
New York's renaissance slacker Jeffrey Lewis cultivates a prolific lifestyle, cramming the recording of this new album somewhere into a hectic touring, lectu... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009