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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AlbumsMaria McKee - Live Acoustic Tour 2006
Terrific, brilliant, excellent, marvellous and wonderful... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Albums
Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family - Show Me How The Spectres Dance
disturbingly good Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
AlbumsJet - Shine On
The rock revolution is still in full swing, meaning there's a huge audience for any band that can actually play their instruments Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Placebo - Meds
a single for the staunch Placebo fan only Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
The Answer - Under the Sky
Their influences are self-evident but The Answer are far from derivative. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
The Answering Machine - Oklahoma
a generic indie-pop romp, painfully dated and relying on a shop-worn average-guy personality and a four-square beat. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Singles
Tina Dico - Give In
a facsimile of the emotional ballad, where the record sleeve is more interesting than the CD Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
SinglesMississippi Witch - Just for Roosevelt
Mississippi Witch create a loud, surreal yet surprisingly addictive sound.
Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
AlbumsAnne McCue - Koala Motel
the push to a more accessible sound often swamps her uniqueness and replaces intimacy with radio-friendly blandness. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Oceansize - Music for a Nurse
forgettable vocals, unfocused swirls and lonely guitars. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
The Restless Natives - Stranded
unable to break away from oversimplified, three-chord, unremarkable tunes Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Sparklehorse - Don't Take My Sunshine Away
a grizzly Super Furry Animals raking up the autumn leaves of Tom Waits Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
energetic, melancholic wonder Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Albums
The Zips - Guitars 4 Hire
Grumpy Old Men? Lyrically maybe, but still doing exactly what it says on the tin. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Albums
Five O'Clock Heroes - Bend to the Breaks
40 minutes and 21 seconds of catchy and well crafted if not exactly life changing pop songs. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006