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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SinglesDan Sartain - Replacement Man
Sartain sounds as if he's been raised in spit 'n sawdust saloons among stony-paced gunslingers Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Red Sparowes / Made out of Babies / Battle of Mice - Triad
Outwith Julie Xmas's utterly essential performance, the music is standard Neurot affair. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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James Yorkston - The Year of the Leopard
an intimate warmth and calm that can't help but be contagious Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
AlbumsGrizzly Bear - Yellow House
not inhibited by genre and neither should their listeners be Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Breed 77 - In My Blood
doesn't do enough to convince that this does anything more than twist metal in the way that Ricky Martin twists bubblegum pop Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Jet - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
it's time to put your money where your mouth is Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Vega 4 - You and Me
hypnotically jaunty Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering
there is enough in Wondering to keep you... er... wondering Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
AlbumsTilly & The Wall - Bottoms Of Barrels
Bottoms of Barrels' sees a soul searching child beautifully maturing in a world of heartbreak and sorrow Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Human Value - The Human Value
An update on Siouxsie & the Banshees' legendary goth-punk sound. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Mercury Rev - The Essential
This is a good time to remember, if you've forgotten, the majestic theremin-induced glory of 'Holes' Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Mansun - Legacy - The Best Of Mansun
Their gigs were all savage carnality and purple passion àMansun were a band that even made men wet. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager
Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager' is an impassioned record from a modern liberal-left teen, a new torch-bearer for idol-hunting youngsters. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
AlbumsDuke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
When most groups have little to offer, Songs from the Deep Forest is most definately worth a spin.
Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part 1) (Atlantic)
A bo-ho teenage cult-leader with no suicidal suggestions? Worth keeping an eye on. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006