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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SinglesBSS Presents: Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
Weird prefixes aside though, Hit The Wall is a tasty little indie-pop morsel Read more »| 06 Oct 2008 -
Albums
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Mercury Rev recapture their playful spirit with an enjoyable venture into electronica. Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Is It The Sea?
In place of normal audience interaction there is a palpable sense of bewitched reverence, even retrospectively on this CD Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
AlbumsSeasick Steve - I Started Out With Nothin' And I Still Got Most Of It Left
Everybody's favourite hobo comes home to roost in disappointingly bland style Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
AlbumsOkkervil River - The Stand Ins
What now comprises The Stand Ins was originally intended to be the second disc of a double album with The Stage Names, which was instead released last year o... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
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Army of Freshmen - Above the Atmosphere
Like a huge, fake, toothy grin, this is Prozac pop-punk at its most synthetic and processed Read more »| 03 Oct 2008
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Putiferio - Ate Ate Ate
The translation from Italian for Putiferio means "chaos", and this record’s not short on that sentiment. Over the course of seven tracks, these contin... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
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Nadja - Skin Turns To Glass
When Nadja come on you feel like everything should be moving in slow motion. There are countless oblique ways to describe Skin Turns To Glass without directl... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
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Attic Lights - Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights won’t win any awards for innovation, but it’s the familiar things in life that hit that sweet spot in your soul. Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
AlbumsRozi Plain - Inside Over Here
There is a problem when trying to review an album like this, which woos you with its easy charms, which stills your spirit with its banjos rippling like a bu... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
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Enjoy Destroy - Enjoy Destroy EP
Contains enough moments of real astute writing to suggest that these guys could learn from their predecessors' mistakes Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Albums
Catz 'n' Dogz - Stars of the Zoo
Better known for their work as 3 Channels with releases on Crosstown Rebels, Trapez, Pokerflat and pretty much every other underground techno label, Poland&r... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen - October, 2008
Another month, another motley mélange of lad-rock veterans, zingy pop tarts, moody rappers and local upstarts. Nick Mitchell wades in... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
Albums
Ben Folds - Way to Normal
Ben Folds is a musician best described as ‘having his moments’. After three full-lengths with Ben Folds Five - each with hits outweighing misses ... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
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Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
A marked, misanthropic lunge away from the the tone of their previous rapturous output Read more »| 30 Sep 2008