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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Albums
Strays Don't Sleep - 'Strays Don't Sleep'
Strays Don't Sleep eh? - Well they must know something we don't... Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Declan O'Rourke - 'Since Kyabram'
An amalgamation of rawness and sterilized beauty Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
SinglesAvenged Sevenfold - Burn It Down
five long minutes that go nowhere Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
AlbumsTV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
Electro-gospel guerrilla warfare Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Singles
Stuart A. Staples - That Leaving Feeling
combines hushed strumming and intimate piano with some swaggeringly grand orchestral arrangements Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Singles
Josh Ritter - Egyptian Lillian
A tender triumph of countrified folk and heartening lyricism Read more »| 15 Jul 2006
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SinglesYoung Stanley - Sing It For England
Admittedly, we aren't supposed to like this Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
SinglesThe Heights - Jamaica Beer Eyes
ingeniously infectious Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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The Automatic - Not Accepted Anywhere
What's that coming over the hill? It's a blooming fine album, thank you very much. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Stuart A. Staples - Leaving Songs
First single That Leaving Feeling is an invigorating push-pull duet with Lhasa de Sela Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Singles
Razorlight - In the Morning
Not really worth the effort - at any time of the day Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Albums
Paul Weller - Catch-Flame
A few crowd pleasing Jam numbers are thrown in to sweeten the deal Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song
In this anarchic incoherence Love Is All have created a head-fucking record of breakneck aggression. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Kieran Docherty - Expectations
Most of the tracks are frustratingly bitty Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Get Amped - Postcards From Hell
should have ten year olds laughing into their Trivium t-shirts Read more »| 15 Jul 2006