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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SinglesSlayer - Eyes of the Insane
Feel bad hit of the winter Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
AlbumsDeftones – Saturday Night Wrist
Deftones are a band at the very height of their powers Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Albums
Dan Sartain - Join Dan Sartain
Though he will undoubtedly sound better live, Join Dan Sartain is a peek into the realm of an intriguing character. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
SinglesMogwai - Black Spider/Half Time
As if part of a long collapse Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Albums
The Stone Ghost Collective - A Theory of Everything
Gorgeous music paired with a bit of space-knowledge, a bit of metaphysics, a bit of mysticism. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
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Isobel Campbell - Milkwhite Sheets
It's telling that two of 'Milkwhite Sheets' best tracks, James and the foreboding Over The Wheat & Barley, are instrumentals. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006
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Albums
Mirah - Best Kept Secret
Singer-songwriter Mirah's new remix collection should bring her to a wider audience Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Singles
Husky Rescue - Diamonds in the Sky
a crystal-clear, near-literal example of the much-maligned 'chill out' genre Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
SinglesLiam Frost and the Slowdown Family - The City Is At Standstill
threatens to pull Mr Frost and his brethren dangerously close to mainstream mega-sales Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Friends Outreach Programme - The First Step EP
Lyrical threats to ""stroke your face"" and ""jizz in your hat"" cannot be so easily forgiven. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Sound Team - Born to Please
Lying somewhere between the Arcade Fire and Echo & the Bunnymen Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
SinglesThe Long Blondes - Once And Never Again
A song you'll enjoy once, and possibly never again. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Flipron - The End of Summer
the bouncing, jazzy efforts of their talented pianist lighten the mood considerably Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Dawn of The Replicants - Skullcrusher (Remixes) (SL Records)
The original simply has more bite; with its stomping NIN drums, it is an altogether spikier, more dramatic proposition Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Albums
The Library Trust - The A to Z of Mathematics
a muffled, slow burning record that mourns in solitude. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006