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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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 -
InterviewsBaubles, 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 -
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LA 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 -
InterviewsHome 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 -
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Public Service Broadcasting's J. Willgoose Esq in interview
With a DVD of debut album Inform – Educate – Entertain due shortly, J. Willgoose Esq discusses Public Service Broadcasting’s sounds and vision, and ponders their history-steeped style’s future Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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Living in Phantasy Land: Connan Mockasin unveils Caramel
New Zealand's psychedelic son returns with Caramel, transferring his interest from dolphins to humans, and creating pop music on a whole other plane Read more »| 30 Oct 2013