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
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
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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 -
Albums
Kula Shaker - Strangefolk
Pretentious, pseudo-psychedelic classic rock influenced nonsense Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Gretchen Lieberum - Siren Songs
Works best when it plays up its light jazz roots Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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End Of Level Boss - Inside The Difference Engine
Modern and precocious metal sans pretension Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Dragons - Here Are The Roses
It's a tribute to Joy Division, basically Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Caribou - Andorra
Subtle experimentation with dense washes of sublime sound opening themselves up for exploration Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Arthur & Yu - In Camera
A lo-fi folk gem of a record steeped in the sounds of a bygone era Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
The kind of daring, expansive romanticism that separates the Pumpkins from everyone else Read more »| 09 Aug 2007