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
Aluminium - Aluminium
Technicolour romps that excite the imagination in the same way as the classic film and TV soundtracks of the 1970s Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Crash My Model Car - Maybe
Undisputedly honest, with wave-crashing choruses Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Ep
Josh Ritter - Girl In The War EP
His songwriting abilities are earning him a reputation tantamount to the likes of Dylan, Cash and Springsteen Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Albums
Snowden - Anti-Anti
Grinding, distorted bass coupled with shimmering guitars; brooding vocals that verge on discordance Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Paris Hilton - Nothing in this World
Best left to be enjoyed by Ms. Hilton's adolescent fanbase Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Lecube - 45 tours No.1
Etched within the frugally lit fissure separating Badly Drawn Boy and Neil Young Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Albums
Favourite Sons - Down Beside Your Beauty
We've finally found an heir to Mr McCulloch's pristinely preserved throne Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Juliette and the Licks - Sticky Honey
the riffs promote more of a skip than a swagger Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares / Teenage Skin
I Was A Cub Scout may use keyboards, but their inexperience of electronica shows. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Good Shoes - The Pictures On My Wall
Sounding a little too much like The Cure when they thought they were a pop band. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Ep
Kiddo - 135 Days EP
Kiddo create their own sound, built up from the dilettantish rhythms that seep into the lead guitar lines. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
...more gloriously unashamed pomp and circumstance than a Queen convention Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
Paramore - Pressure
Insignificantly different to Avril [Lavigne]'s 'My Happy Ending'. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Ep
Tiny Dancers - Lions and Tigers and Lions EP
Lions and Tigers and Lions remains scattered and never leaves enough of a feel of what Tiny Dancers actually sound like. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Singles
The Hours - Ali In The Jungle
The days spent touring with Joe Strummer's Mescaleros shows strongly. So do the pop influences of mid-90s Pulp. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006