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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AlbumsMorrissey - Years of Refusal
Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of British music's most fascinating characters - but you'd never guess why from Years of Refusal Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
SinglesThe Bronx - Young Bloods
With the first single from their third album, L.A quintet The Bronx display more of the aggressive punk rock that started a bidding war between labels for th... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsStinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss
In West Philadelphia, born and raised, well a basement is where they spent most of their days. Leaving out vox and guitaring old-school, Oxes go metal and pr... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsCaptain Wilberforce - Everyone Loves a Villain
Straight outta Leeds, Captain Wilberforce makes pop that Radio 2 could comfortably slot into their Saturday afternoon playlist without much of an outcry. His... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
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Wounded Knee - Shimmering New Vistas
Before sampling, before microphones and Pro-Tools, before guitars, and before musical instruments, there was the human voice. A capella vocal delivery draws ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
Ep
Blk Jks - Mystery EP
The hype is building around Blk Jks, and with good reason. Imagine the zeitgeist creativity of Brooklyn transposed to the raw, head-to-head soundclash of Sou... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009
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Singles
Enjoy Destroy - Holiday Lover
The fact that their album has been produced by Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas gives us a clue as to Enjoy Destroy's sense of identity. Their pop-rock sound i... Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
Albums
U2 - No Line on the Horizon
The band will argue vehemently that this is a departure from their previous work but the reality is there’s no way that No Line on the Horizon will ali... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Ep
FOUND – The Fidelities EP
Apparently designed to give the lie to those who say the Scottish music scene is too ponderous or introspective, Edinburgh collective FOUND are specialists i... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Mi Ami - Watersports
Forget what the damn press release says. There is no way this is a guy singing. That aside, Mi Ami is a rhythm-infatuated trio from San Francisco. Effervesce... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Wake The President - You Can't Change That Boy
There’s a familiarity to Wake the President’s debut album, partly due to its relative belatedness - some songs have been in record collections an... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
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XRABIT & DMG$ - Hello World
Rap producers are often guilty of selling their souls at the altar of the recording studio, gladly embracing the mixing desk as a means to tweak their artist... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Julie Dorion - I Can’t Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Frustratingly, Julie Dorion spends too much of I Can’t Wonder What You Did with Your Day amidst the interminable whimsy of her kindergarten lyricism an... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
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Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The most immediate thing about this record is a frolicking yelp, somewhere between Steve Bays and Tim Harrington - high, stabbing vocals which are quite inap... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Me My Head - Night Is On Fire
Gary Numan's Deadliner is a song inspired by nightmares. Although Night Is On Fire is similarly dystopian, it conveys, rather, the impotent outrage... Read more »| 26 Feb 2009