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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AlbumsMurcof - 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 -
SinglesMetallica – 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
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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 -
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 -
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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 -
Singles
Come 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 -
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