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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Singles
Bricolage - The Waltzers
The old school chum you'd bet your life on Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
O'Death - Head Home
The archaic irony of rockabilly crossbred with the brimstone soul of punk Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Dragons - BFI
The psychedelic organ-led stomp of opener Cosmosis could be the house band from Austin Powers' favourite nightclub Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Chris Connelly - The Episodes
A fused nihilistic dissonance of music and narrative Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Stateless - Stateless
Fans of Portishead's fractured beatscapes and Radiohead's ruminating fervency will enjoy Stateless for their atmospheric energies and original direction Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Sebadoh - The Freed Man
Enough to make you reach for the tape recorder and that battered acoustic Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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Singles
Fran Rodgers - I Fell To You Under Winter Sun
Taking a look at the kind of chest-beating, Clash-aping, faux-hemian shite we often see zipping around the airwaves these days, this particular temporal wave is somehow strangely welcome Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Singles
Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do
An unnerving chasm of morbid self-gratification riddled with uncertainty Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Singles
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Berlin
Getting back to where they belong Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Jana Hunter - There's No Home
Weird folk doesn't need to be quantum leaps away from a gentle three chord refrain and a nice melody Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
Let's claim this as Scottish even if it is, y'know, American Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
The Tacticians - Some Kind Of Urban Fulfilment
A contradictory, seductive mix of Kinks-y 60s Pop and countrified soul backing gloomy lyrical observations on life, love and living in London Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
The Heights - Toys and Kings
Interchangeable, state of the art guitar jaunts: great on the dance floor Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Or, The Whale - Light Poles and Pines
A competent record, but gives the impression that there's a better one inside them fighting to get out Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
MGR vs. SirDSS - Impromptu
One to hurt your ears and mess with your head Read more »| 09 Aug 2007