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 MOJO FINS - THE SOUND THAT I STILL HEAR
Whatever its faults, the fact that The Sound That I Still Hear exists at all is pretty remarkable: while some bands disintegrate under the slightest pressure... Read more »| 11 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsThe Hunches - Exit Dreams
A fuzzy, visceral racket Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsBubbleWrap Holocaust - BubbleWrap Holocaust
A peculiar catchiness found in moments of clever sloganeering and post-modern poetry Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Oberman Knocks - 13th Smallest
This is a very strange body of work. If you’re into those ‘file under’ comparisons, you’d better make a new category, unless you&rsqu... Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
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First Aid Kit - Drunken Trees EP
Those Swedes have got it together. Apart from weathering economic armageddon quite comfortably, they're also pumping out spine-tingling pop (The Knife), phen... Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
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The Presidents of the United States of America - More Bad Times EP
If The Presidents were a one-note joke band from the dim and distant '90s, then no one told them. It's possible that, had Dr. Seuss written lyrics for a band... Read more »| 10 Feb 2009
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AlbumsFabriclive 44 - Commix
Delving into the deeper end of the drum and bass spectrum, Commix have brought back the jungle in the next instalment of the Fabric Live series, number 44. ... Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
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Exampla Truant - I Feel You EP
Italian revisionists fail to inspire on god-awful EP release Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Mongrel - Hit From the Morning Sun
In their finer moments here, Mongrel come over as snotty and snappy thanks to some furious emceeing from guest vocalist Pariz-1. The group pools members from... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Electricity in Our Homes - Gymnastics
So these guys can be seen playing über-short sets in London’s trendiest nightspots (‘cos they’re all down there) and generating quite ... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Emmy the Great - First Love
First Love is a good song – Emmy’s sweet and sincere vocals come across well over sombre acoustic guitar, and the baroque electric accentuates th... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
Singles
The Ex-Men - The Curator
In criticism, “not getting it” is as horrendous a faux-pas as it’s possible to make in one hundred words, but I’ll confess: I don&rsq... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
Albums
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
A work of Himalayan scale Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Asobi Seksu – Hush
Asobi Seksu deserve to be listened to without the ghosts of the 1980s lurking in your earlobes Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
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John Frusciante – The Empyrean
John Frusciante’s solo work has always been far more interesting than that of his day job with the Red Hot Chili Peppers: ranging from scratchy home re... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009