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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InterviewsFoals' Yannis Philipakkis looks to festival season
Foals’ ambitious third album Holy Fire has elevated the Oxford five-piece to the next level, but Yannis Philippakis is hungry for more Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
InterviewsKick Up the Fire: Introducing Embers
They've played fewer than 20 gigs, but with cinescope scores and grand ambitions, Manchester-based band Embers look set to ignite. They explain why ‘aspirational’ doesn't have to be a dirty word Read more »| 04 Jul 2013 -
InterviewsTales from the Cryptic: Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars in interview
As synth-powered new wave revivalists Phoenix prepare to take Balado, frontman Thomas Mars reflects on a career arc less ordinary Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
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Gold Sounds: Fuck Buttons return with Slow Focus
Having had their music played to almost one billion people across the world, cosmic dance outfit Fuck Buttons are about to return to normality with third album Slow Focus. Andrew Hung plants his feet on the ground to discuss the benefits of not talking Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
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Soul Searchers: Introducing MONEY
Signed to Bella Union, MONEY preview their pensive, searching debut album with two headline shows at Manchester International Festival this July. Livewire frontman Jamie Lee espouses his thoughts on death, determination, and living in The Shadow of Heaven Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
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Kool Keith: Still Ultramagnetic
As his seminal hip-hop group Ultramagnetic MCs prepare to hit the UK to play their classic album Critical Beatdown, Kool Keith tells us why he doesn't want to be called a legend Read more »| 02 Jul 2013
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Hope For Men Below: Adam Stafford in interview
No stranger to these pages, Adam Stafford is a multi-talented filmmaker who has won numerous awards for his pictures of industrial life in Scotland's central belt. Now he's ready for his equally dynamic music to enter the cultural fast lane Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
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New Blood: Ex-Easter Island Head
With a fancy for mallets, typewriters and Allen keys, avant garde ensemble Ex-Easter Island Head, led by Benjamin Duvall, are one of Liverpool's most involving new live acts Read more »| 19 Jun 2013 -
InterviewsKamikaze Shoegaze: Sonic Hearts Foundation in interview
Rising stars of the Glasgow live scene, indie shoegazers Sonic Hearts Foundation tell us about their guerilla gigs, insane pedal arrays, and their new EP, Into Forever Read more »| 11 Jun 2013 -
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Black & Blue Romantic: Baths talks Obsidian
Los Angeles composer, beatmaker and singer extraordinaire Baths is back with his second offering for Anticon – he tells us about his battle with sickness, his love of dark music, and why Obsidian is the album he was born to make Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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The Pitfalls of Perfection: Deafheaven on Sunbather
In the depths of a Glasgow basement, Deafheaven's George Clarke and Kerry McCoy deconstruct their band's lush and entirely listenable(!) take on black metal Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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Nomadic producer Gold Panda reveals Half of Where You Live
To currently Berlin-based producer Gold Panda, the success of his debut LP Lucky Shiner came as a shock. He tells us how embracing his previous struggles – and travelling the world – has fed into his kaleidoscopic new album, Half of Where You Live Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
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Toro y Moi talks Arthur Russell and astral jazz
Over the course of three albums, Chaz Bundick – or Toro y Moi – has revealed himself as something of an anorak, drawing on everything from house to R'n'B. He talks to us about Arthur Russell and astral jazz, and bemoans our lack of modern-day pop auteurs Read more »| 04 Jun 2013 -
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5:14 Revisited: Malcolm Middleton reflects on his debut solo album
One time Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton speaks about the re-release of his debut album, his ever maturing muse and falling foul of the Mayor of Falkirk Read more »| 03 Jun 2013 -
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"I was lost in the dark" – Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme in interview
As Queens of the Stone Age purge their doubts with the most serious album of their career, Josh Homme stops to count his midgets Read more »| 03 Jun 2013