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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AlbumsSky Larkin - The Golden Spike
Sky Larkin's debut album, The Golden Spike, sounds like it has been carved from the earth, its rough-hewn guitar lines rising and swelling with an elemental ... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
SinglesSoft Toy Emergency - I Kno U Want It
The electro-levies have broke, and now comes the deluge. If 2009 is to be the year kids swap Fender for Casio en masse, then Soft Toy Emergency typify the sh... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
Singles
KateGoes - All We Wanna Do Is OH!
“Cute-core” Brummies KateGoes are a love-it-or-hate-it kind of band whose new single will test the resolve of the former camp and swell the ranks... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsEaters - Wives
The dilemma of colloquial hip-hop is trying to add something to an already heaving genre, and to represent who you are without seeming parochial. What accent... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
Albums
N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo
Picture the scene: two well-connected but unsung DJs meet at a Hollywood Hills party and find they share an ideological vision of, like, peace and love for a... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
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Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
Bryce and Aaron Dessner have succeeded in curating probably the best mixtape you'll ever hear; just as the medium seemed to be in its dying throes, the pair have revived it Read more »| 13 Feb 2009
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Albums
War Child - Heroes Volume One
Charity War Child, who raise money to help children across the world afflicted by war, release fundraiser “Heroes”, released on Parlophone on February 16th. Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsLily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Last year, a Guardian columnist turned a claim by Lily Allen's PR Company - that she was the 'Wordsworth of the MySpace generation' - into ebullient comedy f... Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
We all like to be happy, but it’s not very rock ‘n’ roll is it? Smiling is frowned upon. Looking glum is where it’s at. No doubt Broo... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
Ep
Kansasburns - Rip Your Heart Out EP
Second DIY EP from post-rock/hardcore Newcastle four-piece Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
Singles
State Broadcasters - Our Favourite Park
Melancholic, home-grown folk-pop Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop
Originally released last year, Don't Stop is another mash-up of rock and electronics that attempts to explore darker territory. Crammed with fat synths, dity... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Sergeant Buzfuz - High Slang
Buzfuz throw in gun-slinging country rhythms, anti-folk and subtle electronics Read more »| 11 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Various Artists - Floored Memory... Fading Location
Floored Memory...Fading Location, a compilation from FatCat’s instrumental imprint 130701, is a musical exploration of the head. The four artists featu... Read more »| 11 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Say - Multiverse
The multiverse is a hypothetical set of alternative realities in which infinite versions of the same event are played out. The theory behind it says that whe... Read more »| 11 Feb 2009