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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Ep
My Tiny Robots - Some of My Best Ideas EP
A simple yet likeable guitar-pop sound that deserves to be heard Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Singles
Shiny Toy Guns - Rainy Monday
When music history is written we don't want to be a footnote, we want to be an entire chapter. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Singles
Tunng - Bricks
Think Super Furries without the amps Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
EpWeen - The Friends EP
So cheesy it would probably have even the Vengaboys sounding the fromage alert Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Various Artists - Hallam Foe OST
If this is anything to go by, the film should make for poignant entertainment. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
AlbumsThe Thrills - Teenager
Will doubtlessly secure more main-stage invitations Read more »| 09 Aug 2007
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AlbumsThe Coral - Roots and Echoes
something of a rebirth for these put-upon minstrels Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
AlbumsSuper Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
SFA still have a sense of inventiveness that shows no sign of slowing down Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Spitting Off Tall Buildings - Goodnight and Good Luck
Painfully safe Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Chris Lyons - The Ill-Tempered Klavier
Simultaneously a brave attempt to push forward fusion and a lesson in why virtuosity is held in suspicion. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Neurosis - Given to the Rising
Utterly hellish but in a very, very good way Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
It still trumps many a pretender Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Singles
Bricolage - The Waltzers
The old school chum you'd bet your life on Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
O'Death - Head Home
The archaic irony of rockabilly crossbred with the brimstone soul of punk Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
Albums
Dragons - BFI
The psychedelic organ-led stomp of opener Cosmosis could be the house band from Austin Powers' favourite nightclub Read more »| 09 Aug 2007