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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InterviewsNew Blood: Moon Unit
Explosive and hypnotic sounds abound with Glasgow's lunar psych rock trio Moon Unit Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
FestivalsEdge Festival 2010: The Phantom Band
The Phantom Band blew our minds with last year's Checkmate Savage, now they're getting ready to do it all over again Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
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A Rough Guide to Dizzee Rascal
An album by album guide to the UK's favourite homegrown MC Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
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Klaxons: Exploding the Myths
Jamie Reynolds shows off about how great everything is for Klaxons, but only because they take lifestyle advice from their producer Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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El-P: Satan's Little Helper
El-P is back with a heavy instrumental album that sounds like The Bomb Squad with John Carpenter on keyboards. Lock up your boybands, it’s the classic underground styles of the urban masters... Read more »| 28 Jul 2010 -
InterviewsNEU! Beginnings
As a key progenitor of modern music he's owed a debt by an army of pilgrims, yet NEU! founder Michael Rother remains very much on the Fringe Read more »| 28 Jul 2010
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New Blood: Milk
Ah Milk. Great source of calcium, won Sean Penn an Oscar… er, hang on, something’s off. Google has failed me – guys, you’ll have to introduce yourselves… Read more »| 28 Jul 2010 -
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!!!: Chk The Forecast
!!!'s Nic Offer talks about the spirit of punk and why it's quite alright for a band to be at each other's throats Read more »| 28 Jul 2010 -
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Interview: David Harrington, Kronos Quartet
As one of the most forward-thinking neo-classical groups make their way to the Edinburgh International Festival, Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington tells why they've got more than the X Factor Read more »| 28 Jul 2010 -
Festivals
In the Studio: The Phantom Band
We caught up with The Phantom Band’s Rick Anthony on the day they finished mixing their second (as yet untitled) studio album, to ask how they're coping with the pressure in following up Checkmate Savage, last year’s debut and a magnificently rendered gem Read more »| 27 Jul 2010 -
InterviewsFive Steps to Big Boi
Sir Lucious introduces us to his vast catalogue with a five point guide to the essential selections Read more »| 27 Jul 2010 -
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Big Boi's Back Up Plan
As one half of the peerless OutKast, Antwan “Big Boi” Patton incrementally conquered the globe with sublime fusions of futuristic funk and hip-hop. Never shy of a vocation, the MC, producer, pit bull breeder and rap ballet composer returns this month to give it another go as Sir Lucious Left Foot Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
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The Burns Unit Present Side Show, Track-by-Track
Side Show – the anticipated debut from eight-piece Scottish-Canadian supergroup The Burns Unit – is bound for release this August. We invited the players involved to introduce it with a track-by-track guide to the writing process Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
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Wu-Tang Clan: Like Voltron
As Wu-Tang Clan get ready to swarm on Glasgow, Raekwon mentally prepares us for the hip-hop gig of the summer Read more »| 26 Jul 2010 -
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Converge: There Will Be Blood
After 20 years, Converge have come a long way from simply being one of literally thousands of American hardcore bands Read more »| 07 Jul 2010