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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InterviewsHigh Hopes: Glasgow's Flying Moon Music & Arts Festival
As Moonstruck on Clydeside gets ready for the second year of its Flying Moon Music & Arts Festival, we speak to the festival’s director Nicole Stapinski to find out more Read more »| 06 Jun 2019 -
InterviewsMeursault's Neil Pennycook on Crow Hill
At the helm of a project in three parts, Meursault’s Neil Pennycook meets with us to chat about his new record Crow Hill, and the tales of fiction that bleed through it Read more »| 05 Jun 2019 -
InterviewsSacred Paws on Glasgow and Run Around the Sun
We speak to SAY award-winning indie pair Sacred Paws on letting go of shame and letting loose on the live circuit with their new album, Run Around the Sun Read more »| 28 May 2019 -
InterviewsTaking the Wheel: Stina Tweeddale on Honeyblood's new album
Losing another drummer might have spelled disaster for Honeyblood. Instead, Stina Tweeddale has stormed ahead solo with a ferociously ambitious third record Read more »| 20 May 2019 -
InterviewsSouthern Exposure: Pictish Trail chats to Bossy Love
Ahead of this year's Southern Exposure festival at Summerhall, Lost Map Records label boss Johnny Lynch (aka Pictish Trail) sits down for a chat with Bossy Love Read more »| 15 May 2019 -
InterviewsErland Cooper on music, nature and Scotland's islands
We speak to Erland Cooper about his three-album project inspired by his home on Orkney, part two of which – Sule Skerry – drops this month Read more »| 10 May 2019
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InterviewsEva Hendricks on Charly Bliss' new album Young Enough
Ahead of the release of her band’s second album Young Enough, Eva Hendricks of Charly Bliss talks about purging toxicity from your life and finding strength in pop music Read more »| 07 May 2019 -
InterviewsAnnie Booth on stripping back her sound for Spectral
We talk to Annie Booth about the inspiration behind her new EP, Spectral, and what led her to strip back her sound Read more »| 06 May 2019 -
InterviewsThe Scottish chanson of Siobhan Wilson
We speak to Siobhan Wilson about her new album The Departure, releasing on her own label, and the importance of Scotland's artistic community Read more »| 03 May 2019 -
InterviewsRev Magnetic's Luke Sutherland on Versus Universe
Luke Sutherland, the imagination behind new project Rev Magnetic, talks about writer’s block, feeling like an anomaly and Versus Universe Read more »| 02 May 2019 -
InterviewsCommunity Spirit: Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers on Better Oblivion Community Center
Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst provide musical refuge from the world’s end with their melancholic collaboration and unintentional surprise album Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsTravelling Man: Hamish Hawk on Laziest River
We speak to Hamish Hawk about the adventures and misadventures that led to the release of his new, piano-led collection of "away from home" songs, Laziest River Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsTacocat's Emily Nokes on This Mess is a Place
In a world where the next bout of US elections is starting to ramp up, we talk friendship, community and happiness with Tacocat's Emily Nokes Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsRoxanne Clifford on Patience debut album Dizzy Spells
Three years after the collapse of Veronica Falls and her synth-pop reinvention, Roxanne Clifford finally delivers her darkly danceable debut as Patience Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsMartha's JC Cairns on Love Keeps Kicking
JC Cairns of Durham punks Martha on navigating change, growing up, and the band's emotionally charged third album Read more »| 24 Apr 2019