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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SinglesCorrine Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
Polite and genial, she turns this track into a puppy dog lusciously cute with little bite Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Albums
Infrasound - 'Out Of Order'
An odious stench of plagiarism percolates through every track. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
SinglesBe your own Pet - Let's Get Sandy
leaves you quite bored àquite a fete for a tune that only lasts for a minute Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Albums
Tyrant Lizard Kings - Attack of The Tyrant Lizard Kings
blare this LP until your eardrums burst Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
AlbumsSine Star Project - Blue Born Earth Boy
An unquestionably talented band has created 'Blue Born Earth Boy' - it's a shame musical narcissism has ruined it Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Fallout Trust - 'In Case of the Flood'
No chance of the levees being breached just yet... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006
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Albums
Minus 5 - Minus 5
Minus 5 a side project? You do the maths... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
No. 1 Son- 27
lo-fi' can categorize a band as part of a genre but can also work as an excuse for extraordinarily poor production Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
Richard Ashcroft - Break The Night With Colour
A decade from Britpop glory finds Richard Ashcroft sounding like Robbie Williams aping Bono. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
Sunshine Variety Club - The Girl with the Crooked Smile/Bone Idle Pop Idol
While some may refer to it as ""twee-indie-pish"", I simply can't halt my infatuation with the genre Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Hayley Hutchinson - Independently Blue
It's a song of confusion, of melancholy, but Hutchinson's friendly coo doesn't express anything but pleasantries Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Shout Out Louds- Please Please Please
You can't mistake a definite Cardigans influence to this resolutely sunny, cheerful pop song Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
SinglesThe Early Years - All Ones And Zeros
Spiralling, backward guitars hitch a ride on an insistent Death in Vegas-style rhythm Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
Boy Kill Boy - Back Again
delivers a standard synth-laden indie-angst sound that falls somewhere in between Hard-Fi and ehm, Hard-Fi Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
Kubb - Grow
If I was middle-aged and didn't know anything about music, I would probably think this was ace Read more »| 15 Feb 2006