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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SinglesLiam Frost and The Slowdown Family - The Mourners of St Paul's
Frost and co have jammed the repeat button Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
De Rosa - Mend
Meticulously arranged, it's a Pandora's Box of windswept laments and soaring pop songs Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
AlbumsGiant Drag - Hearts and Unicorns
Has it come to this, expletives and schoolyard tomfoolery to sell records? Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
Serena Maneesh - Drain Cosmetics
Paints a sound-picture of shades-wearing lovers driving on an endless, empty highway as sunlight breaks through clouds. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
FOUND - Found Can Move
Fine, timeless songs, delicately crafted. FOUND's first LP is perfectly formed. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Black Sun - Sacred Eternal Eclipse
This is surprisingly and strangely mellow screaming death metal from Glasgow based Black Sun. Or maybe it's not quite 'death' metal, maybe just 'serious inju... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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AlbumsElin Ruth – Elin Ruth
hits these shores with an album more akin to Stockton, Tennessee than Stockholm, Sweden Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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Amusement Parks On Fire - Out Of The Angeles
Out Of The Angeles' is a Eurodisney of a record Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Singles
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
Behind the sweetness lurks a cynical witticism Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
Tool – 10,000 Days
all the key elements are here and the machine is well oiled Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Albums
The Hellfire Club - Wyoming Town Hall
The Hellfire Club make you forget all about the whys and wherefores with great songs and abundant passion for their favoured style of music. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
AlbumsRye Coalition - Curses
there's only so many power chords and solos you can pack into one album without it degenerating into pastiche Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Singles
The Like - What I Say and What I Mean
begging for a more satisfying conclusion Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Singles
Giant Drag - This Isn't It
There's an iron fist under there that'll knock your teeth out Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Singles
Two Gallants - Steady Rollin'
Gravely vocals and a mouth-organ conjuring images of small-town USA. Read more »| 16 May 2006