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 Needles - In Search Of The Needles
the moment you're pricked by the smouldering sound of The Needles you'll be hooked forever Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Singles
The Raconteurs - Hands
This self-gratifying blues dirge woefully veers into a marketing department's wet dream àand it knows it Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Singles
Seafood - Signal Sparks
Seafood used to be one of those great bands who somehow defied the fact that they were from the U.K., playing a smooth blend of alternative rock that anyone ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
SinglesIce Cube - Why We Thugs
Cube, son, chiggidy check yo self Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Reviews
Crosbi - All In Album Review
Crosbi paint their sound in more expansive strokes than most of their starry-eyed contemporaries Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Albums
The Victorian English Gentlemen's Club - The Victorian English Gentlemen's Club
This English, Cardiff-based girl-girl-boy trio's eponymous debut album is a 35 minute study in eccentric, abrasive pop music. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Singles
Popup - Lucy What Are You Trying to Say?
A brief glimpse of sunshine in this slightly shoddy Scottish summer Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Helmet - Monochrome
an unrelenting punch in the guts Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Singles
Exit Ten - This World They'll... Drown
not a monster, more a mouldy daddy long-legs that might give your wee sister a night-time fright Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Singles
Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
Points awarded for being genuinely disturbing Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Singles
The Rifles - She's Got Standards
The Rifles fail to invoke the energy or relevance of Strummer, Weller & co Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
SinglesThe Storys - Cinnamon (The Fever Mix) (Korova Records)
The Storys make David Gray sound like some sort of evil arch villain Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Singles
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
builds up a beehive of buzzing pop-pleasantries which makes you laugh, makes you cry, changes your life for an instant Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Albums
The Rifles - No Love Lost
No Love Lost then, just not enough gained Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
More bubble than a freshly opened bottle of Lambrini Read more »| 15 Jul 2006