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
Stonesthrow - Gold Rush EP
likeable enough, but it's uncertain as to whether they'd hold their own atop a cd stack Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Ep
Lurin - From The Morning After EP
Steel Hall Productions (AKA B-Burg of Livesciences) offers a pleasingly laid-back take on Edinburgh live favourites Lurin. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Singles
Helene - Apostille
almost a tribute act to the spirit of C86 or the Summer of Love Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
AlbumsWolf & Cub - Vessels
an album of epic ideas woven with their own brand of progressive psychedelic rock Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
AlbumsVarious - Romanian Jazz
Transylvanian hunger! Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
AlbumsThief - Sunchild
creates great expectations Read more »| 11 Apr 2007
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Albums
The Primary 5 - Go
A luminous cocktail of mouth-watering harmonies Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Albums
Ross Copperman - Welcome to Reality
Copperman is one of those 'solo artists' with an anonymous, uncredited band plonked behind him in the name of credibility. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Albums
Ostinato - Chasing The Form
Like an instrumental Symphony X with a little less progressive metal Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Albums
Labasheeda - Charity Box
A drum-falling-down-stairs tune you can hum in the shower. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Albums
Adam S Leslie - A Lincolnshire Echo
runs the risk of capturing nothing more than a passing interest from anyone other than the most staunch of sixties revivalists. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Singles
Audioalysis
The inescapable 'playing safe' of an early self-funded release... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
SinglesThe Xcerts - My Book Laughs
Safely clunking over a pop punk rhythm. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Singles
Kid Canaveral - Smash Hits
It's a familiar conundrum: "She's fit, but her music taste's shite." Erase Errata vs. Neil Sedaka. And you might dwell on this - the most wretched of... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Albums
The Aliens - Astronomy For Dogs
As upbeat as a lorry full of lottery winners Read more »| 11 Apr 2007