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
Thomas Bromley - 'Two-Nine-Five'
we've all been subjected to it... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
Mary Jane - 'What I came here for' -
reeks of perfunctory punk rock Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
AlbumsMaia Sharp - 'Fine Upstanding Citizen'
An apron of an album and not a red dress.
Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
AlbumsEnablers - 'Output Negative Space'
Neurotic cats bring the noise... and words Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
Alexander Tucker - Old Fog
cobwebbed and windy, prickles of mandolin and murmurs of drone thrown over Tucker's lonesome and sighing verses Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Singles
Spare Snare - Sort it for afterwards
gone is the gratingly lo-fi production of their earlier releases Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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SinglesSecret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes
Like a heavyweight boxer, the Secret Machines have us just where they want us Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
The Knife – Silent Shout
A few years ago, The Knife recorded a song called Heartbeats. It was a spangled slice of electropop, glad-sad and catchy, and a Swedish hit. But now it's 200... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Singles
You Said/Whispering Mice @ Semifinalists
Their musical stylings can't quite match their swanky band name Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Singles
Feeder - Lost and Found
Less a rock song than the background noise for a slightly edgy car advert. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
The Storys - 'The Storys'
The sort thing you'd expect to hear on American commercial radio as you head down the Interstate towards a blood red sunset Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
The Revivals - High in Friend's Places
Thirty years ago the Revivals could have made an impact Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
My Latest Novel - Wolves
Favourable comparisons to the likes of Belle and Sebastian and The Arcade Fire hardly do justice when describing these original and beautiful melodies Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
Leon - Uppers and Downers
The outcome is some of the most uninspiring and standardised 'music' I've had the bad luck to lend my ears to Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Albums
Killing Joke - Hosannas from the Basement of Hell
Showing off a few less wrinkles than you'd possibly expect Read more »| 16 Apr 2006