Interviews
The Skinny discusses new releases and record choices with prominent artists and producers; covering everything from albums and songs to influences and matters of the heart.
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InterviewsSilver Jews vs. The World
Literally sitting on the edge of his seat backstage at Glasgow’s ABC, an animated David Berman rails against current trends in popular music. The reflective coordinator behind the countrified, lo-fi indie rock of the Silver Jews tells Paul Mitchell why we've become too complacent to rage against the machine Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
InterviewsA Subtle Guide to Hip-Hop
Once dismissed as "a fake ass Marky Mark" in a rap battle against Eminem, Adam "DoseOne" Drucker has taken his vision of what hip-hop represents to dizzy heights with cult favourites cLOUDDEAD and his latest Subtle venture. Ali Maloney finds out his secret, but doesn't mention that he looks like his long lost identical twin Read more »| 26 May 2008 -
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Body Snatchers Gonna Crash The Party
The Body Snatchers have come out of (almost) nowhere to make what may well be the party album of the year. Alex Burden tries to pin the lunatics down Read more »| 23 May 2008 -
InterviewsBand on the Run
As Band of Horses stand on the edge of a relentless European schedule, Paul Neeson talks to frontman Ben Bridwell about evolution, irksome industry semantics, and whether he really could be the next great midwestern story teller Read more »| 22 May 2008 -
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YIFI's Weird Weekends
Ally Brown talks to Adam Stafford of Y'All Is Fantasy Island, the Falkirk group whose second album Rescue Weekend was our Album Of The Month last issue Read more »| 22 May 2008 -
InterviewsSuperfuzz Mark II
Modest Seattle legends Mudhoney celebrate the 20th anniversary of their classic Superfuzz Bigmuff EP by releasing a deluxe edition and a new studio LP next month. Darren Carle talks to Mark Arm and finds out why they're The Lucky Ones Read more »| 20 May 2008
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The Days of the Triffids
By reissuing The Triffids' back catalogue, Domino are highlighting and adding substantially to the known canon of Australian indie-rock, as Ally Brown discovers Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
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The Orkestra del Sol of the Garden Party
Even if it is turning out to be the wettest spring on record, no matter. You could always move your feet to some of the finest horn-led frenzy with a whole summer's worth of sun in every bite, as Ali Maloney finds out first hand Read more »| 15 May 2008 -
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Witch: The Brain of J.
From axe-wielding, slacker rock overlord with Dinosaur Jr., to fearsome stick-smith with doom metal-mongers Witch, J. Mascis is clearly a man of many talents. However, as Darren Carle came to realise, being a dutiful interviewee does not appear to be one of them Read more »| 14 May 2008 -
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Life Thru a Jens
Swedish crooner Jens Lekman briefly hung up his guitar when scurrilous stories about him became too much to take. Luckily for us he didn't retire for long, but as he tells Ally Brown, if you're trying to find out the truth about him, you may as well just make something up Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
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Kurt Cobain favourites The Vaselines to reform for Tigerfest
The Vaselines, cited by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as one of his biggest influences, are set to get back together again as part of Tigerfest. They play Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall on May 16th on the same bill as Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake and the Pearlfishers' David Scott. (Coincidentally, Cobain named Teenage Fanclub as the best band in the world.) Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
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No Age: Straight Outta Skid Row
From Black Flag to NWA, innovative – and sometimes revolutionary - bands have been seeping out from the pores of the Los Angeles underground for decades. Dave Kerr comes to face to face with a new breed, in the library no less Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
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No Sleep Till Brooklyn
New York will always be home to the coolest cats in music, but every so often (almost cyclically) a new wave of bands emerge to remind us where it's at. Over... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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MGMT For Dummies
Maybe Google isn't the most reliable information source in the world, as Finbarr Bermingham found out when he sat down with Brooklyn duo MGMT and accused them of being a couple of recovering acid heads Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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Xiu Xiu As Birdwatchers
Ahead of Xiu Xiu's Glasgow date to support latest album Women As Lovers - Matt Gollock speaks to Jamie Stewart from the experimental indie outfit about about art, music and birdwatching Read more »| 25 Apr 2008