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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EpKansasburns - 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 -
SinglesInnerpartysystem - 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 -
AlbumsSergeant 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 -
AlbumsSay - 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
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Albums
THE 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 -
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The Hunches - Exit Dreams
A fuzzy, visceral racket Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
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BubbleWrap Holocaust - BubbleWrap Holocaust
A peculiar catchiness found in moments of clever sloganeering and post-modern poetry Read more »| 10 Feb 2009 -
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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 -
Albums
Fabriclive 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