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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AlbumsBeirut - March Of The Zapotec/Realpeople: Holland
He may have got half way there, but Monsieur Condon's foray into electronica appears ill-advised Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Albums
The Tyrant Lizard Kings - Six Shooter
A refreshing sound that puts two fingers up to anything that moves Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
SinglesSt Jude's Infirmary - Little Sparta
I’m not sure what to make of St. Jude’s Infirmary. One minute they’re rattling around like Johnny Cash on a bad acid trip, shouting “... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
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Guns n' Roses - Better
Better... is better than nothing, anyway, which can be said for much of Chinese Democracy: most of the world’s happy enough the damn thing finally came... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
SinglesThe Travelling Band – Desolate Icicle
It’s not challenging but convivial, and that’s entirely the point Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
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The Qemists - Join the Q
Generic late-90s drum’n’bass with delusions of stadium rock. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009
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Albums
Titus Andronicus – The Airing of Grievances
They come from Springsteen country and burn with a similar passion for life in all its raw hope and blunt frustration Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsSt Deluxe – St Deluxe
We’re in the '90s grunge-rock ballpark, and St Deluxe seem happy enough to stay there Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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Various Productions and Gerry Mitchell - The Invisible Lodger
Gerry Mitchell teams up with folk dubstep crew Various Production on a bleak, harrowing affair Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Singles
U2 - Get On Your Boots
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s artwork for U2’s forthcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, may be more apt than he realises. Get On Your Boots is not so much... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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Seasick Steve - Happy Man
This month the hobo hero Seasick Steve gets around to releasing the first single from his new album, I Started Out With Nothin’… and I Still Got... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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The Dirty Dozen - February 2009
Two '80s icons crash the party this month, but are they going to embarrass themselves among the fresh-faced indie kids? Nick Mitchell finds out Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Under One Sky - Under One Sky
To the average punter having just listened to Sportsound on Radio Scotland in its entirety only to find themselves inadvertently caught in the midst of some ... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
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A Camp - Colonia
Second LP from The Cardigans singer Nina Persson's solo outlet. Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
AlbumsGrand Duchy - Petit Fours
"My oldest boy, he likes his tomato sauce with pasta so sometimes I've got to make it really quickly but I don't like using jars of sauces. So the first thin... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009