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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Albums
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
Take a chance on All Hour Cymbals before it becomes just another hipster record of choice. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Singles
Kings Die Kings - Error Of Our Ways
Kings Die Kings are singular in their pursuit of 'unknown pleasures' Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Untitled Musical Project - Untitled Musical Project
The Brummie band make unreconstructed, dishevelled yet urgent punk. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Singles
Los Campesinos! - The International Tweexcore Underground
Quite possibly the most thrilling spectrum of xylophone chiming pop-perfection you'll hear this year. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Albums
The Stereophonics - Pull The Pin
It seems as though the Local Boys In The Photograph are ready to fade into the background.
Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Singles
The Decemberists - The Perfect Crime #2
A Daft Punk-like electronica for indie kids on wizz Read more »| 07 Nov 2007
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Albums
The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights
Help Wanted Nights works like a Mondrian: hiding beauty in the details. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Singles
The Vincent Black Shadow - Fears In The Water
A swing and a miss Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Singles
Those Dancing Days - Those Dancing Days
Pop, pop, and away Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Albums
St. Vincent - Marry Me
A bold curveball of an album. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash
The coruscating passages he brews with a plectrum are often intoxicatingly brilliant. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Republic Of Loose - Aaagh!
When it comes to creating hook-laden floor fillers Republic Of Loose can funk right off Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
Up-tempo melodies flow from the opening bars of the first track. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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mewithoutYou - Brother Sister
A very good band, despite the God-fearing name and biblical lyrics. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Marseille Figs - The Dirty Canyon
This is Wild West saloon, honkytonk, Cajun, spit 'n sawdust, frontier-town, barnstorming rabble-rousing Read more »| 07 Nov 2007