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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InterviewsHollie McNish interviews Charlotte Church
Hollie McNish meeting Charlotte Church is quite frankly something that needed to happen for the good of the world. As arts collective Neu! Reekie! prepare to... Read more »| 06 Sep 2016 -
InterviewsThe Here and Now: Interview with Teenage Fanclub
The Skinny meets Norman Blake in Glasgow to discuss Teenage Fanclub's impressive pop trajectory Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
InterviewsFuzzkill Records on Freakender 2016
Ross Keppie started Fuzzkill Records while living in Shetland in 2013. Three years and a move to Glasgow later, it's one of the hottest DIY labels in the country and co-running Freakender – a three-day festival of psych and garage rock Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
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Endless Adolescence: Teenage Fanclub vs TeenCanteen
Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and Carla J Easton from TeenCanteen quiz each other on the power of Glaswegian harmonies Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
BooksHollie McNish's Charlotte Church factfile
Ahead of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon headlining this month's Neu! Reekie! Celts night at the National Museum of Scotland, poet Hollie McNi... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
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Rewilding: The Pictish Trail interviewed
The Skinny visits Johnny Lynch on the Isle of Eigg to explore how The Pictish Trail turned turmoil and anger in to Future Echoes Read more »| 02 Sep 2016
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Fantastic Fur: Super Furry Animals interviewed
Since they got back together in 2015, Super Furry Animals have been on a roll. Now, as the Welsh heroes prepare to headline Liverpool Psych Fest, guitarist Huw Bunford looks back on their formative years and a glorious summer for Gareth Bale Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
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Gold Dust Woman: Angel Olsen interview
After discovering My Woman on the road, Angel Olsen found the balance to confound her critics for a fourth time Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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Universal Joys: Frankie Cosmos Interviewed
Greta Kline tells it like it is: the native New Yorker behind Frankie Cosmos conjures universal truths from minute details of daily life Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
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Come Together – Shield Patterns Interviewed
With Mirror Breathing, the Manchester-based duo enrich their electro template with fuller arrangements and an intimate, affecting narrative. They talk us though the creative development behind their second album Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
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Bovine Intervention: An Interview with Cowtown
One of the many jewels of Leeds' diverse DIY scene, post-punk idiosyncrats Cowtown return with new album Paranormal Romance. Here they share their thoughts o... Read more »| 24 Aug 2016 -
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Separation Anxiety: Preoccupations on their rebirth
Preoccupations, the Canadian post-punk quartet formerly known as Viet Cong talk reinvention, forward movement and personal politics Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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An Anxious Energy: Sweaty Palms interviewed
Sweaty Palms are an energetic four-piece garage rock band from the Southside of Glasgow who admit their music is inspired by drug-fuelled anxiety. They open up on fighting sexism, hating conservative bands and channeling negative energy Read more »| 18 Aug 2016 -
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The Liberation of Beth Orton
A head-spinning conversation with Beth Orton reveals an artist who is as passionate about her work now as she was 20 years ago Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
InterviewsTwo Different Ways: Factory Floor on 25 25
Ahead of hotly anticipated new album 25 25, Factory Floor's dynamic duo talk fluidity, geography, and why the term ‘post-industrial’ doesn’t do them justice. Read more »| 12 Aug 2016