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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SinglesLittle Man Tate - What? What You Got?
...easily overshadowed by its far superior b-side... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
SinglesWe Are Scientists - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Just lie back and allow them to experiment, science has never been so much fun Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
SinglesThe Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
...manages to harness the catchiness of avian flu, without any of that dangerous stuff. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
SinglesBlackbud - Barefoot Dancing
Got Jimmy Page nodding, apparently Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
Planning To Rock - 'Have It All'
an electro rendition of an orchestra pit warming up Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsKT Tunstall - Acoustic Extravaganza
a collection of new songs and re-interpretations of her masterworks Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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AlbumsImperial Vipers - Searching, Falling, Silence
this is cucumber-in-foil, tight leather trouser rock Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
SinglesStarsailor - Keep Us Together
hardly groundbreaking stuff from the former ""next big things"" but that's not to say it won't get your toe tapping Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
SinglesLiam Frost and The Slowdown Family - The Mourners of St Paul's
Frost and co have jammed the repeat button Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsDe Rosa - Mend
Meticulously arranged, it's a Pandora's Box of windswept laments and soaring pop songs Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsGiant Drag - Hearts and Unicorns
Has it come to this, expletives and schoolyard tomfoolery to sell records? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
Serena Maneesh - Drain Cosmetics
Paints a sound-picture of shades-wearing lovers driving on an endless, empty highway as sunlight breaks through clouds. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsFOUND - Found Can Move
Fine, timeless songs, delicately crafted. FOUND's first LP is perfectly formed. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsBlack Sun - Sacred Eternal Eclipse
This is surprisingly and strangely mellow screaming death metal from Glasgow based Black Sun. Or maybe it's not quite 'death' metal, maybe just 'serious inju... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsElin Ruth – Elin Ruth
hits these shores with an album more akin to Stockton, Tennessee than Stockholm, Sweden Read more »| 15 Jun 2006