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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AlbumsLorna Reid - Gypsy In My Soul
It’s difficult to fault the execution of Lorna Reid’s album of jazz standards –classy, conservative and impeccably performed, everything sounds exactly as on... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
SinglesDumb Instrument - Dear Santa
Dumb Instrument know how to pull the rug out from under you. What starts out as a saccharine-sweet Scottish take on the Christmas Single -replete with horns,... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
SinglesOasis – I’m Outta Time
A world away from their Supersonic days, Oasis’ latest single is a paint-by-numbers ballad penned by Liam Gallagher. It’s hard to imagine the mor... Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
Albums
Shapeshifter - Soulstice
Do you really need me to tell you what this sounds like? It’s called Soulstice. Punny names like “souled out” and “phunked up” ... Read more »| 11 Dec 2008 -
Ep
Video Nasties- Albatross EP
Video Nasties are a great band in search of congruence. Opener Albatross sounds like Iggy Pop singing for Part Chimp- it's less of a song and more of a music... Read more »| 08 Dec 2008 -
SinglesCome on Gang / Kid Canaveral - Start the Sound / I Don't Have the Heart for This
Indie-pop peddlers Kid Canaveral seem to be revelling in Magic Numbers comparisons with their turn on this split 7". It’s a short and sweet ballad, cer... Read more »| 04 Dec 2008
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Albums
Semaphore - Semaphore
Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, that scary bloke from Crash Test Dummies: you can add Semaphore’s Louis Brennan, a 23-year-old Dubliner with the ... Read more »| 04 Dec 2008 -
Singles
Nightjar - The Moth Trap
First EP from contemporary folk legend Kris Drever and limbs from Aberfeldy. Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Singles
Findo Gask - One Eight Zero
Findo Gask soar forth with a follow-up single to the acclaimed Va Va Va just in time for Christmas: apt, because it sounds like Aled Jones running downstairs... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
SinglesThe Virgins - One Week of Danger
Miami beach meets spunky Paris; this is pop rock for the seemingly over-catered post Bowie glory era. As fun and innocent as it seems, it leaves little to b... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Albums
Haunts - Haunts
London’s Burning, the track which opens Haunts’ self-titled debut album, begins dreadfully with a rotten mix of faux-goth posturing and Rocky Hor... Read more »| 03 Dec 2008 -
Singles
Micron Sixty Three - Death is Colder Than Love
Thumping industrial techno-rock Read more »| 02 Dec 2008 -
Albums
Meursault - Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues
After a spin of this sublime record only one word will pass your lips: Magnificent. Read more »| 02 Dec 2008 -
Ep
Rob St John - Like Alchemy EP
Recorded live one evening in Edinburgh's Stockbridge Church and accompanied by members of the city's underground folk scene, this short EP is a fragile and h... Read more »| 02 Dec 2008 -
Singles
SELFISH CUNT - ENGLAND MADE ME II
From the band behind such charming ditties as Britain Is Shit comes England Made Me II. It's as angry as one might expect from a band with such a contentious... Read more »| 02 Dec 2008