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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Singles
Lecube - 45 tours No.1
Etched within the frugally lit fissure separating Badly Drawn Boy and Neil Young Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
AlbumsFavourite Sons - Down Beside Your Beauty
We've finally found an heir to Mr McCulloch's pristinely preserved throne Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
SinglesJuliette and the Licks - Sticky Honey
the riffs promote more of a skip than a swagger Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares / Teenage Skin
I Was A Cub Scout may use keyboards, but their inexperience of electronica shows. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Good Shoes - The Pictures On My Wall
Sounding a little too much like The Cure when they thought they were a pop band. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Ep
Kiddo - 135 Days EP
Kiddo create their own sound, built up from the dilettantish rhythms that seep into the lead guitar lines. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Singles
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
...more gloriously unashamed pomp and circumstance than a Queen convention Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Paramore - Pressure
Insignificantly different to Avril [Lavigne]'s 'My Happy Ending'. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Ep
Tiny Dancers - Lions and Tigers and Lions EP
Lions and Tigers and Lions remains scattered and never leaves enough of a feel of what Tiny Dancers actually sound like. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
The Hours - Ali In The Jungle
The days spent touring with Joe Strummer's Mescaleros shows strongly. So do the pop influences of mid-90s Pulp. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Twisted Charm - Boring Lifestyles
Boring Lifestyles' is just boring. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
The Ordinary Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps
a tragically limp record determined to ride the crest of an opportunist wave Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
AlbumsSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom
Breezy summer music released just in time for the late-autumn lull. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
AlbumsDead or American - Ends
an intimidating debut to rock our tartan socks Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
Damien Rice - 9
If it's not broke... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006