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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AlbumsRed 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 -
AlbumsJames 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 -
AlbumsBreed 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 -
Singles
Vega 4 - You and Me
hypnotically jaunty Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Singles
Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering
there is enough in Wondering to keep you... er... wondering Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Albums
Tilly & 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 -
Albums
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 -
Albums
Duke 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 -
Singles
Hot Club de Paris - Everyeveryeverything/Hello Comrade (I Quit My Job) (Moshi Moshi)
Hot Club de Paris produce frenetic, naked pop music that sounds as if it might trip over itself at any moment Read more »| 13 Oct 2006