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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AlbumsFightstar - Be Human
Let’s address the elephant in the room – lead singer Charlie Simpson’s pre-Fightstar career has been a leaden millstone that has continuall... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsTosca - No Hassle
Anyone expecting the usual Viennese club grooves will be surprised. Tosca have made a laid-back record which highlights the pair’s easy-going ethos, he... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsKing Creosote - Flick The Vs
Flick The Vs sees a snarl added to Kenny Anderson's dulcet tones, and frequent bad language spells out the fact that he's got a few things to be pissed off a... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsFilastine - Dirty Bomb
"World music" from Barcelona and beyond Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
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Riverboat Gamblers - Underneath The Owl
Alcohol’s hazardous qualities appear enhanced where rock bands are concerned. Riverboat Gamblers’ early predilection to ditties about bevvy enfo... Read more »| 02 Apr 2009 -
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The Olympic Symphonium - More In Sorrow Than In Anger
Second album from New Brunswick multi-instrumentalist three-piece. Read more »| 02 Apr 2009
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Soap & Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum
Judging by the doom and gloom pervading Anja Plaschg's debut album, it must really suck growing up on a pig farm in southern Austria. A bedroom composer sinc... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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The Virgins - The Virgins
Five New Yorkers, styled to within an inch of their life, who sound like they were taught to play by the New York Dolls? No, it’s not Casablancas and C... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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The Dirty Dozen - April, 2009
Disco-pop, DIY indie and Dundonians all clash in this month’s round-up. Nick Mitchell sorts through the debris Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Elvis Perkins in Dearland
After the often difficult listen that was Ash Wednesday, a to-the-bone study of the trauma of grief, it is heartening to see that musically and lyrically, an... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
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Blatta and Inesha - Confused 90s: Switched on Ramirez
Dust off your whistles and break open your glow sticks: Sicilian duo Blatta and Inesha, rising stars of today's electro-house scene, have been given the gree... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
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Butcher Boy - React Or Die
Butcher Boy's second album picks up where they left off on album number one with another exemplary effort Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
Your enjoyment of A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night will depend largely on your tolerance of Josephine Olausson’s vocals. Love Is All’s jagged... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsThe Veils - Sun Gangs
The most striking thing about The Veils’ third album is that nothing really makes an impression. While their previous outings soared from the depths of... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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Official Secrets Act - Understanding Electricity
The Official Secrets Act of 1989 is the latest revision of a Parliamentary act initiated in 1911. There have been numerous alterations made since 1911, and h... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009