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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InterviewsStrife's What You Make It: East India Youth on his prodigious debut
A chance encounter with a reluctant label boss sent electronic prodigy East India Youth on an unexpected trip. William Doyle tells us about his long-incubating debut and the ongoing struggle to stop impulse trashing his MacBook Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
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Lucid Dreaming: Patterns' hallucinatory pop
Quite the chef, Ciaran McAuley of Patterns cooks us a stew in honour of our food issue, bless him. Culinary puns notwithstanding, his band's hallucinatory debut has been long-time cooking; but a studied recipe has yielded robust results (we're sorry) Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
InterviewsKid Canaveral evaluate 2013's festive anthems
With their Christmas Baubles jamboree fast approaching, we ask Kid Canaveral to appraise the season’s crop of festive songs, separating the crackers from the crap... Read more »| 13 Dec 2013 -
InterviewsJust Be Simple: Aidan Moffat revisits Magnolia Electric Co.
Both a friend and collaborator of Jason Molina, Moffat meditates on the one song he calls "the heart and soul" of his rich catalogue Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Let It Rennes: Trans Musicales 2013
Who knows whether the thousands of French music lovers who descend each year on the beautiful town of Rennes realise how incredible it truly is to attend a m... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
InterviewsLicence 2 Chill: Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning scales back on new LP
With his second solo album ready to drop, erstwhile Broken Social Scenester Brendan Canning considers playing the political game, his doppelganger, and the importance of taking it easy Read more »| 09 Dec 2013
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Baubles, Labels, and Sliding Doors: Kid Canaveral interview Edwyn Collins
After a banner year which saw the release of his eighth studio album, Understated, Edwyn Collins invites Kid Canaveral's David MacGregor and Kate Lazda to his London studio to muse on the festive season, independence, and how he could've ran the internet Read more »| 09 Dec 2013 -
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Janet Weiss reflects on Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, and 20 years of Quasi
With Sleater-Kinney still on hiatus, and Wild Flag no more, Janet Weiss explains why playing with Quasi in the here and now remains her day job of choice Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
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Cinematic Orchestrator: Cliff Martinez recaps over two decades of film scoring
With Only God Forgives about to hit DVD, composer, former Chili Pepper and Captain Beefheart collaborator Cliff Martinez looks back on more than twenty years of soundtrack composition Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
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In Hindsight: Songs: Ohia's Magnolia Electric Co. revisited
Following Jason Molina's death earlier this year, Secretly Canadian have reissued 2003's Magnolia Electric Co. album to mark its ten-year anniversary. We reappraise this pivotal moment in the career of an under-appreciated and prodigiously talented figure Read more »| 29 Nov 2013 -
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Natural History: Jonathan Meiburg reveals Shearwater's cover album
Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg explains why it took a twist on an old concept to convince him to finally record an album of cover versions Read more »| 19 Nov 2013 -
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A Looking In View: Jerry Cantrell on Alice in Chains' legacy
Mainstay of the resurgent Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell meditates on resurrection, organised religion and the trouble with social media... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
InterviewsLA Songwriter Julia Holter on Gigi, Lynch and Loud City Song
Julia Holter's previous albums have explored poetry and Greek tragedy. The LA songwriter and composer talks to us about how, with its themes of celebrity and the loss of love, a 1950s musical has influenced her new LP, Loud City Song Read more »| 04 Nov 2013 -
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Synthetic Pleasures: Ubre Blanca in conversation
Formed from the ashes of Shitdisco and Divorce, synth enthusiasts Ubre Blanca discuss their debut EP, retro-futurism, and Glasgow's alternative music scene Read more »| 31 Oct 2013 -
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Home Comforts: Wooden Shjips' Ripley Johnson on Back to Land
If previous album West was a story of outward-looking horizons, then Wooden Shjips’ follow-up Back to Land retreats to the familiar – and there’s nothing wrong with that, argues Ripley Johnson Read more »| 31 Oct 2013