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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AlbumsVA - The Glasgow School Of Art Goes Pop
From Orange Juice to Belle and Sebastian, Glasgow’s pop pedigree is widely celebrated, but the city won't go resting on its laurels. Leeds label Art Go... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
SinglesDebbie Leggo - Car Crash Crowd
London quartet Debbie Leggo release their first single, Car Crash Crowd, an ambitious concept single in which "street poet" Gerry Mitchell plays an artist's ... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
AlbumsNorman Lamont - Roadblock
Norman Lamont (don’t, he’s probably sick of it) is a well-known singer / songwriter on the Edinburgh acoustic scene, and Roadblock is his third a... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
Albums
Murcof - The Versailles Sessions
Out there, up in the musical stratosphere, lies a crossover point for musical experimentation that shipwrecks journalists, and makes a mockery of all those q... Read more »| 16 Dec 2008 -
AlbumsAndy Lang and The Well - The House that Jack Built
This sweet little collection of tunes takes you to a warm and wondrous place: crackling, crunching open fires, good friends and warm and delightful smiles. ... Read more »| 16 Dec 2008 -
Albums
WhiskyCats - WhiskyCats
WhiskyCats play a sort of world-influenced knees-up skiffle, a sound that places them on the dangerously fine line between quirky and annoying. It’s a ... Read more »| 16 Dec 2008
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Singles
Metallica – All Nightmare Long
The fifth offering from the mighty ‘Tallica’s Death Magnetic not only sees a true return to form but probably one of the best tracks to be record... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Singles
Ralfe Band - Attics/Stumble
Ralfe Band run a line in stomping feet and energetic grooves. Rich, considered melodic changes reveal themselves like the blue sky through clouds, uncovering... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Singles
The Gussets - Dirty Disco Sex Bitch
Probably quite amusing through a club PA but in any other circumstances it feels whimsical and poorly thought-out Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Singles
Timothy London feat Simba - Flight 210
A bad idea Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
Albums
Lorna 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 -
Singles
Dumb 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 -
Singles
Oasis – 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