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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AlbumsRivulets - You Are My Home
Earnest, simplistic, but nevertheless stirring Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - August, 2008
August proves a lean time for singles, but can anyone emerge gleaming from the garbage? Nick Mitchell gets his ears dirty Read more »| 01 Aug 2008 -
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Märtini Brös – The MB Factor
It’s like Kraftwerk if they took pills instead of lounging around reading about robotics Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
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Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong
Bands with funny sounding names usually only ever descend into a narcissistic shambles, or they work that wee bit harder to prove their mettle. One need only... Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
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Digitonal – Save Your Light for Darker Days
Digitonal’s blend of orchestral musicians and down-played beats is a surprising success; with subtle symphonic passages and an ear for dynamics, it nea... Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
EpCassette Electrik - 28 Days EP
Cassette Electrik are an 80s-influenced electro-pop act who look set to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Goldfrapp into the lucrative pop market. This... Read more »| 30 Jul 2008
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Albums
The Dodos - Visiter
To describe Visiter by The Dodos as folk rock is a bit of a misnomer, but it’s about the quickest, closest-to-centre punch to pull. They’ve also ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
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The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
The bastard love child of the Beastie’s Paul’s Boutique if sodomized by The Neptunes’ fleet-footed swagger. Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
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Bloc Party - Mercury
Not even three albums in and the Party appears to be pooped Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
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The Blakes - The Blakes
The Seattle trio sound like they've been kept in storage since 2001 Read more »| 29 Jul 2008 -
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Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
Oberst evokes wondrous mental imagery Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
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Future Pilot AKA / Concerto Caledonia - Split 7" EP
Based in Hamburg but enamoured with all music Scottish, indie label Aufgeladen re-teams serial collaborator Future Pilot AKA with traditionalists Concerto Ca... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
AlbumsOneida - Preteen Weaponry
40 minutes of wanky, muso anti-instrumentalism Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
AlbumsJon Sa Trinxa - Balearic Beach Session
The very words ‘Balearic Beach Session’ bring a chill to the spine. With the number of Ibiza compilations that come out annually, it’s a ra... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
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Unusual & Electric - Pulsating Ting EP
One imagines the air swelling and the floor filling as this 12" hits the turntable. That the creators claim to have “close links with the London clubbi... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008