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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AlbumsRemember Remember - Remember Remember
Banks of looped, eddying guitar motifs, cascading pianos, flurries of duelling woodwind and snow-crisp xylophone all vie for attention. Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
Singles
Nick Harrison - Something Special
Shamelessly aping the most overly-exposed indie pop of the day Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
Ep
Yusaf Azak - Light Procession EP
Dreamy yet messy second effort from promising Scottish artist Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
SinglesThe Stills - Being Here
Like any attempt at straightforward, anthemic songwriting, Being Here is a long way from being ‘cool’ or ‘edgy’. This is The Stills a... Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
SinglesClinic - Tomorrow
After five albums and several EP collections, new single Tomorrow demonstrates the paradox that Clinic have become: they continue to sound almost exactly the... Read more »| 24 Nov 2008 -
Albums
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Reviewing Chinese Democracy is like boxing Muhammad Ali. It might have meant something years ago, but now you’d just feel bad about the inevitable kicking. Y... Read more »| 23 Nov 2008
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Albums
V/A - SK 200
Compiled by Germany’s Jazzanova, SK 200 is a compilation that celebrates the 200th release on their Sonar Kollektiv label; no mean feat for an indie in... Read more »| 22 Nov 2008 -
Albums
V/A - Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977 - 1985
The influence of ‘Italo’, the Italian disco sound of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, has never been more prevalent than on today’... Read more »| 16 Nov 2008 -
EpOPERAHOUSE - CHANGE IN NATURE EP
Currently recording their debut album with Embrace’s Richard McNamara producing, Operahouse here offer up four distinctly non-Embrace sounding taster t... Read more »| 16 Nov 2008 -
Singles
Liam Finn - Better To Be
Making a name for yourself in music must be pretty difficult if that name has already been firmly established by a successful parent. Unlike Sean Lennon or J... Read more »| 11 Nov 2008 -
Singles
WhoMadeWho - TV Friend
WhoMadeWho have been touted as the favourite band of your favourite bands by some magazines, and after the success of their first album it’s easy to se... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
Singles
Misty's Big Adventure - The World Outside
Oddball Birmingham octet Misty's Big Adventure introduce the concept of their fourth LP Television’s People on The World Outside, an eerie tour around ... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Albums
James Orr Complex – Com Favo
We may not compete with Brazil on the football pitch, but the Scottish-Brazilian musical alliance is one built on rather more equal terms, and as the TrocaBr... Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Albums
HMS Ginafore & King Creosote - Love + Hate = Hate
Don't expect any I Got You Babe moments Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
Singles
Asobi Seksu - Me & Mary
A modest triumph Read more »| 04 Nov 2008