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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SinglesDepeche Mode - John The Revelator / Lilian
a nice little yin-yang of a catchy double A-side Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
Dawn of the Replicants - Fix the air
The sense that it could all represent an ambitious psychological metaphor only adds to our own curious, skewed enjoyment Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
SinglesThe Concretes - On The Radio
Catchier than bird flu Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
The Morning After Girls - Run For Our Lives
One of those infectious records that thrums around your brain Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
The Panda Gang - Music Made My World Go Round
Just go with it; go with the sugar-pop Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid - The Exchange Session: Vol 2
an unedited, real time document of the improvisational session between two heavyweights of pioneering music Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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Singles
Miss Black America - Drowning By Numbers
A peel of feedback crackles through the speakers as Miss Black America's second single, Drowning By Numbers, thunders into its wailing guitar riff Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
Filmschool - 11:11
please, can these acts follow their leader's last example so we can put this chapter behind us? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
St Jude's Infirmary - Goodbye Jack Vettriano / Vvvvampyre
takes hold of you as though you are being swept up in the gentle but ominous power of the sea Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
Decoration - Candidate/Job In London
The Dears on a seaside boardwalk Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
Various Artists - Heartworn Highways OST
songs so powerfully pure that they reach right into the middle of you, grab you by the guts and shake you about Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsThe Vines - Vision Valley
Not as much vision as you might expect, but enough foresight to stick with what they're good at... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
a return to form for the Canadian singer songwriter Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsPearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Still got the means to make amends Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
chimes with joyous energy from beginning to end and will definitely the soundtrack to my summer Read more »| 15 Jun 2006