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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SinglesNick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Cave hasn't lost his charm. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
SinglesJohnny Foreigner - Our Bipolar Friends
Catch "JoFo" before they either exhaust themselves or explode into flames Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
AlbumsBlack Francis - Svn Fngrs
Stands proundly in the Black Francis oeuvre. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Singles
Frightened Rabbit - Head Rolls Off
A bold new year's resolution made hymnal Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - March
From soft-rock stadium rockers to pan-continental beat plunderers, Nick Mitchell rakes around The Skinny's mail bag for that golden single Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Albums
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!! is too polished and preened to stagger down Cave's own self-made path of righteousness Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Singles
The Long Blondes - Century
If you can't stand reinvention in the name of chart-bound populism then this new century's definitely not for you... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Singles
Yeasayer - Wait For The Summer
Will wedge your mind open to the possibility that even panpipes are acceptable in music Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Albums
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
An extraordinarily accomplished and thoroughly engaging piece of Mancunian songsmithery Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Singles
Land of Talk - Speak to Me Bones
A lot of fuss over nothing. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Albums
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Made In The Dark only ups the idiosyncratic ante, while adding a deeper thrust to their made-in-the-shed aesthetic Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Ep
Kid Harpoon - The Second EP
Skips along, all the while with a sarcastic grin painted on its face. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Singles
Enjoy Destroy - Little Dream
A short burst of emotionally charged rock that never truly convinces. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Singles
Theoretical Girl - The Hypocrite/Never Good Enough
Despite the cool credentials of those involved, the icy electro pop of The Hypocrite is let down Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Ep
Cold Dog Soup - The Spider and The Fly EP
Could have been a fine EP, but as it is, it barely hangs together. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008