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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AlbumsThe Fucking Champs - VI
To be this good takes ages. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
AlbumsHTRK - Nostalgia (Fire Records) (Web)
Inspiration for hard-up, avant-garde noiseniks. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Boris & Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Some Santana with your Tool? Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
...the canvas is overstretched by lack of focus and inscrutable lyrics. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
AlbumsMachine Head - The Blackening
An all too familiar riff and vocal package. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Burn - Global Warning
Unashamedly melodic retro-rock. Read more »| 11 May 2007
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Singles
Mumm-Ra - She's Got You High
...a bland, heard-it-all-before exercise in Radio 2-targeted schlock-pop. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Albums
Valet - Blood is Clean
If Eraserhead had been made in 2007, this would be the soundtrack. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
AlbumsUnsane - Visqueen
Still barraging listeners with sludge-punk monstrosities. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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PW Long - God Bless the Drunkard's Dog
A startling reinvention of raw rock in the style of Hendrix. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Papercuts - Can't Go Back
An enchanting exercise in retro-reverence. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Maria McKee - Late December
Tastefully arranged but lacking personality: McKee attempts to cover all musical bases. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Le Reno Amps - So For Your Thrills
Deliberately tumbledown. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Julie Fowlis - Cuilidh
Marvellous songs, faultlessly arranged and performed with conviction. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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James Yorkston - Roaring the Gospel
Yorkston is a born songwriter with a knack for surprising his listeners in almost every verse. Read more »| 11 May 2007