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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EpSurface Emp - Lucky Me EP
A breath of fresh air to the UK hip hop scene Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Ep
The Aliens - Alienoid Starmonica EP
In Alienoid Starmonica these aliens prove there's life on other planets after all Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
AlbumsScott Walker – The Drift
Little better than highbrow aural torture Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Singles
Orson - Bright Idea Single
Sugar-coated to beyond sickening and as safe as houses... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
AlbumsMen, Women & Children - 'Men, Women & Children'
What the hell happened to Glassjaw then? A few short years ago the NY quintet were turning our faces into soup with their cathartic straight-edge hardcore so... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Albums
The Organ - Grab That Gun
Will remind the more elderly statesman of some lost mid-eighties club night Read more »| 16 May 2006
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AlbumsThe Black Keys - Chulahoma
Orgasmic glue-tight rock n' roll, in grinding, gritty and hypnotic blues Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
AlbumsThe Black Heart Procession - Spell
The songs begin to blend together Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Albums
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
The world faces a far greater threat than bird flu or the US reich Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Albums
Spinto Band - Nice & Nicely Done
Like a threesome involving Stephen Malkmus, Conor Oberst and a more passive and directing Wayne Coyne Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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How To Swim - The Littlest Orgasm
A wonderful blend of dementedly twisting country burlesque that froths with fervency and zeal. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Dr. John - Mercernary
Mercernary achieves Dr John's goal of paying tribute to Mercer but also goes some distance to reaffirming his own genius Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Calexico - Garden Ruin
By far their most accessible and mass-market friendly album to date Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Albums
Anti-Flag - For Blood and Empire
Welcomely lacks the expected airs of teen angst and toilet humour so explicit in your common contemporary act of a similar aesthetic Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Singles
Richard Ashcroft - Music is Power
Retaining an uplifting vibe, but never reaching the powerful effect of orchestration his previous day job had mastered Read more »| 16 May 2006