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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SinglesPhoenix - Consolation Prizes
Consolation Prizes is a joyful, albeit derivative, dose of guitar-y goodness Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
AlbumsUnion of Knives - Violence & Birdsong
plenty of material to suit both airwaves and underground decks alike Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Conner - Hello Graphic Missile
uninspired Anglo guitar drivel Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Colin Kerr - The Perilous Final Passage of the Romantic Weights
there's only so much binary cello one can take Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
SinglesSandi Thom - What If I 'm Right
A perfect fit of function and form, sadly, the function is wall-paper Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
SinglesBadly Drawn Boy - Nothings Going to Change Your Mind
Badly Drawn Boy has lost interest. I think I have too Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Albums
Sunno)))/Boris - Altar
Shapeshifting from liturgical voices to spaced-out electronics taking drone into dimensions previously uncharted. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Deftones - Hole in the Earth
Utterly essential, though still unfairly cursed as one of the catalytic bands to usher in that bombardment of nu-metal dross in the late 90s, Sacrame... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Albums
Audioslave - Revelations
"In uncertain times, come pull the sheet over my eyes / You're trading lives for oil as if the whole world were blind," Chris Cornell croons over funk-drench... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love
A more focused yet hedonistic assault on the dancefloor Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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The Stone Ghost Collective - A Theory of Everything
Gorgeous music paired with a bit of space-knowledge, a bit of metaphysics, a bit of mysticism. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Chicks on Speed - Girl Monster
The electroclash revolution has given Riot Grrrl a new lease of life Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Singles
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted
Music that means something from one of the last few classic bands to give us some credit by believing we deserve some. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Seafood - Paper Crown King
British indie at its best Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Singles
Lil' Chris - Checkin' It Out
UNplug your radios now before the epidemic starts Read more »| 13 Sep 2006