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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FestivalsDoing It For The Franz: Alex Kapranos's T Memories
Since they shot to fame five years ago, Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand have become veterans of T in the Park. Frontman Alex Kapranos explains to Gillian Watson why they keep coming back Read more »| 26 Jun 2009 -
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Future of the Left: Falco vs The Middle Class
If you’ve ordered the new Future of the Left album from the band’s website and received the legitimate MP3s in the meantime, we salute you. If you’re waiting for the actual physical release to savour one of the albums of the year, even better. But if you’ve illegally downloaded Travels With Myself and Another and are feeling a bit smug about it, frontman Andy Falkous would like a word with you Read more »| 25 Jun 2009 -
InterviewsDinosaur Jr: In Silence With J Mascis
The final part of our Dinosaur Jr interview series, marking the release of latest LP Farm on June 22, finds the trio’s visionary linchpin J Mascis on typically laconic but entertainingly frank form Read more »| 22 Jun 2009 -
InterviewsDinosaur Jr: On The Couch With Lou Barlow
In the second of three interviews celebrating the release of proto-grungers Dinosaur Jr’s newest album Farm on June 22, prodigal bassist Lou Barlow analyses his return to the fold with typical honesty. Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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Dinosaur Jr: In Conversation With Murph
In the first in a three-part series of interviews with temperamental alternative legends Dinosaur Jr, celebrating the release of their latest album Farm, The Skinny presents selected highlights from our interview with Murph, the band's affable drummer Read more »| 17 Jun 2009 -
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Dinosaur Jr: Rock's Most Dysfunctional Family
Alternative icons Dinosaur Jr are as well-known for their tense dynamic as their piledriving music. Gillian Watson discovers the secret of their staying power, second time around Read more »| 16 Jun 2009
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Edie Sedgwick: More Than A Woman
Blending cross-dressing with dirty, funky electro beats and commentary on popular culture, Edie Sedgwick straddles the territory between intelligence and the bizarre, creating a surprisingly striking and often tongue in cheek sound. The Skinny has a word with the man behind the make-up. Read more »| 15 Jun 2009 -
Festivals
Beta Days: Steve Mason on festivals
I've never been to a festival in my life as a punter, but I've played a hell of a lot of them. Coachella's a nice festival, in that it's a bit like g... Read more »| 15 Jun 2009 -
InterviewsGive The Balky Mule What He Wants
Life has presented Sam Jones with some very obscure experiences. David McNamara finds out why globe trotting and burnt down venues cannot slow the progress of The Balky Mule Read more »| 05 Jun 2009 -
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The Warlocks: Fevered Dreamers
Before they unleash The Mirror Explodes - their most accomplished album to date - Mark Shukla talks to uncompromising LA outsiders The Warlocks and finds out what keeps them awake at night Read more »| 03 Jun 2009 -
InterviewsUnicorn Kid: Level Up
At just 17, Oliver Sabin has played the music industry to perfection, finding himself with an international following and a headline UK tour on the horizon. But this is no mere stroke of luck, as Unicorn Kid tells Gordon Bruce Read more »| 02 Jun 2009 -
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Wavves: Surfing the Zeitgeist
Setting the blogosphere ablaze with pure sun-drenched euphoria in recent months, Nathan Williams has endured – rather than enjoyed – an unlikely ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Frank Zappa: A Mother of Invention
There are many artists who are praised as being ‘ahead of their time’, but in Frank Zappa’s case, you begin to wonder whether the man possessed some kind of time-machine, so eerily prophetic were his musical innovations. These are just a few of the ways in which Zappa was a composer way avant of the garde Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Patrick: The Boy Cried Wolf
Erstwhile prodigy Patrick Wolf attempts to get to grips with the driving forces and internal demons that have shaped his latest release. Paul Mitchell unravels The Bachelor's enigma Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Zappa Plays Zappa
In an increasingly homogenised musical climate, how do you approach maintaining the legacy of a man who was, and still is, ahead of his time? Joe Barton talks to Dweezil Zappa, band leader of the Zappa Plays Zappa project, to find out how he’s keeping the memory, and music, of his father alive Read more »| 01 Jun 2009