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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SinglesHayley Hutchinson - Independently Blue
It's a song of confusion, of melancholy, but Hutchinson's friendly coo doesn't express anything but pleasantries Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
SinglesShout Out Louds- Please Please Please
You can't mistake a definite Cardigans influence to this resolutely sunny, cheerful pop song Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
SinglesThe Early Years - All Ones And Zeros
Spiralling, backward guitars hitch a ride on an insistent Death in Vegas-style rhythm Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
Boy Kill Boy - Back Again
delivers a standard synth-laden indie-angst sound that falls somewhere in between Hard-Fi and ehm, Hard-Fi Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
SinglesKubb - Grow
If I was middle-aged and didn't know anything about music, I would probably think this was ace Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
SinglesYour Vegas - Flybuzz
The dubious lyrics, the sweeping guitar, the earnest falsettos - Your Vegas have it all. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006
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Singles
The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me
a big, tasteless musical stew Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Albums
Calla - Collisions
the depth of sound and complexity of lyrics weave sultry pictures as much as they tell stories of disappointment and failed potential Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Ep
Mitford Girls - Eponymous EP
I long for a little more lunacy, for breaking of glasses and for synth-lines full to bursting to set the kitchen ablaze Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Albums
Harvestman- Lashing the Rye
grinding and pulsating psychedelic instrumental creations of beauty and pain Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Albums
East West Blast Test - Popular Songs for Unpopular People
unlike many records of this type, the relentless barrage of sounds and ideas never becomes grating Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Albums
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
The perfect remedy to these dark winter days. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Albums
The Academy Is... - Almost Here
The concert might be okay àif you're smashed on cheap cider and abhor any creativity or depth in your music.
Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
The Darkness - Is It Just Me?
as exciting as a flacid penis Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Singles
Bon Jovi - Welcome to Wherever You Are
This record might as well be called Shut Up and Consume You Bastards Read more »| 15 Feb 2006