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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SinglesMuse - Knights of Cydonia
...more gloriously unashamed pomp and circumstance than a Queen convention Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Paramore - Pressure
Insignificantly different to Avril [Lavigne]'s 'My Happy Ending'. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Ep
Tiny Dancers - Lions and Tigers and Lions EP
Lions and Tigers and Lions remains scattered and never leaves enough of a feel of what Tiny Dancers actually sound like. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
SinglesThe Hours - Ali In The Jungle
The days spent touring with Joe Strummer's Mescaleros shows strongly. So do the pop influences of mid-90s Pulp. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
SinglesTwisted Charm - Boring Lifestyles
Boring Lifestyles' is just boring. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
The Ordinary Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps
a tragically limp record determined to ride the crest of an opportunist wave Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Albums
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom
Breezy summer music released just in time for the late-autumn lull. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
Dead or American - Ends
an intimidating debut to rock our tartan socks Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
AlbumsDamien Rice - 9
If it's not broke... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
We Are Scientists - Crap Attack
a bulging sack of dorky delights Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
AlbumsJamiroquai - High Times: Singles 1992 - 2006
Musically, those high times were short-lived indeed Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP
catchy, fun and completely bemusing. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights
The need for companionship often drives many to some kind of socially-encouraged insanity and needless to say, there has been much music born of this fact. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
Acoustic Ladyland - Skinny Grin
One of the most interesting jazz influenced albums of recent years àterrifying, brutal and ultimately quite amazing. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Koop - Come To Me
Like a soundtrack to the greatest war-time drama ever. Buy it. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006