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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AlbumsThe French Quarter - We're Not French
We’re Not French transcends The French Quarter beyond the typical new-band confines marked “one for the future” and slaps them squarely into the realms of brilliance Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsLords of Bastard - Lords of Bastard
Sadly, this recording makes it nearly impossible to appreciate these grooves at their knee-shaking best Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
Albums
V/A - Ziggy Marley in Jamaica
Ziggy Marley was born in Trenchtown, Jamaica in 1968, the same year Toots & The Maytals released the seminal single Do The Reggay. It might seem like sta... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsGlasvegas - Glasvegas
A debut that ultimately proves to be determinedly heavyweight Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
Albums
King Khan and The Shrines - The Supreme Genius of...
A must for rock revivalists Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Albums
Ballboy – I Worked On The Ships
Album number five, I Worked On The Shops looks set to continue Ballboy’s trend of garnering chin-stroking acclamation Read more »| 25 Aug 2008
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Singles
Tom Real & The Rogue Element - Disco of Doom
A musical attack from the internet radio stars Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Albums
The Foundling Wheel - The Foundling Wheel
A one man wail of screeching banshee sonics, San Francisco-born Ted Koterwas’ debut LP fucks and sucks its way into the skull’s decomposing grey matter Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsKarine Polwart - This Earthly Spell
Taking inspiration from her historical, rural surroundings, borders lass Karine Polwart has produced a thought provokingly poetic, bittersweet album Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Ep
Y'All is Fantasy Island - With Handclaps EP
YiFi are not just prolific - they're unstoppable Read more »| 21 Aug 2008 -
Singles
Be A Familiar - Pain In The Heart
On-stage energy can't mask recorded, replayable mediocrity Read more »| 21 Aug 2008 -
Albums
Super Adventure Club - Chalk Horror!
Super Adventure Club know it's no fun playing serious music if you have to take it seriously Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
SinglesManda Rin - DNA
It's become a backhanded compliment to say a band is "big in Japan," but Bis really were much bigger in the Far East than they ever were in Scotland, despite... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Singles
Mystery Jets - Half in Love with Elizabeth
Hearing the intro to this track for the first time, the question: 'Dear God, what have I done to deserve this?' rush through the mind. But seriously, it gets... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008 -
Singles
Conor Oberst - Souled Out!!!
If this record had a scent, it'd be pine or lemon - while perhaps not the number one aroma for many, a large cross-section of the populace can agree these tw... Read more »| 20 Aug 2008