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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Interviews
De Rosa: Not In It For The Money
Flying under most people’s radars so far hasn’t put De Rosa off doing what they love, as Martin Henry relates to Darren Carle. Read more »| 26 Nov 2008 -
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Favela folk: The James Orr Complex
Christopher Mack chats to Nick Mitchell about being Scotland's musical ambassador to Brazil Read more »| 25 Nov 2008 -
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Sewing the Seeds of Cave
I haven’t eaten all day. I’m nauseous and could - at any moment - pee myself. I’m waiting to speak with two of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds ... Read more »| 18 Nov 2008 -
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The Melvins: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!
Chris Cusack speaks to Buzz Osborne and finds it ironic that his band, perhaps more than any other, lie at the root of grunge's messy ascension into the mainstream and the compromise of punk ethics that saga entailed. Read more »| 12 Nov 2008 -
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Silibil 'n' Brains: the Prank they're Making into a Film
If you were down with your American hip hop back in, say, 2003, you may have distant, hazy memories of a Californian rap duo who came bursting onto the scene, touted by some as the next big rap import from the West Coast. They were called Silibil 'n' Brains, a cheeky, outspoken hip hop outfit from Hemet, California. They had a record deal with Sony and Jonathan Shalit, a.k.a. The Man Who Discovered Charlotte Church for a manager. They were living the high life – private parties, all access passes, award ceremonies, cash, girls... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
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Bonehead Don’t Look Back In Anger
Having spent much of the last eight years moonlighting with various bands - most notably recording a clutch of demos with half of The Smiths in his basement ... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008
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From Establishment to Establishment: The Changing Face of Punk
Nobody really knew what punk was in the late 70s. Thirty years later, it's still up in the air. Jorge Marticorena speaks to former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, original Buzzcocks frontman Howard Devoto, Times New Viking members Adam Elliott and Beth Murphy, and guitarist Randy Randall from No Age to try to sift through all their musings. Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
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Meursault: Chatting With Tongues
In these financially dubious days where loyalty is worth less than the flagging Pound, Meursault's devotion to Edinburgh is admirable. Billy Hamilton catches up with frontman Neil Pennycook to uncover just what it is that keeps his band under the watch of Auld Reekie Read more »| 04 Nov 2008 -
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DeSalvo: Schizophonic
DeSalvo elicit as much fear as they do admiration from those privy to their catharsis Read more »| 31 Oct 2008 -
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Can He Still Kick It?: Five Degrees of Q-Tip
Next Monday (3 Nov, 2008), hip-hop legend Q-Tip (known in some circles as Kamaal the Abstract, but his mum shouts Jonathan Davis out the back door at tea tim... Read more »| 31 Oct 2008 -
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Death Cab Have the Facts and They're Voting: Change
The USA is in its biggest economic crisis in years. Hurricanes are literally tearing the country's infrastructure apart. The upcoming election is the most pivotal in years. Oh, and there's a war going on? Finbarr Bermingham finds Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla with a head full of steam Read more »| 30 Oct 2008 -
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Jack & Kyle: "The D Will Never Die!"
"It’s important to me that music be glorious. And it’s important to me that whatever we do next be glorious. But will it be a tour? Will it be a movie? Will it be a TV show? Or will it just be me and Kyle talking to you? I don’t know. One thing’s for sure, it shall be glorious." - Jack Black Read more »| 29 Oct 2008 -
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These Arms Are Snakes: Apocalypse? No!
Office jobs? Pension plans? Breaking bands? These Arms Are Snakes crave not these things, as Brian Cook tells Ryan Drever. Read more »| 29 Oct 2008 -
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Ready to Receive: Parts & Labor Reveal New LP
Is it a moog? Is it a keyboard? Or is it just a bloody bagpipe? Don't trouble yourself. B.J. Warshaw of popular Brooklyn instrument recylists Parts & Lab... Read more »| 23 Oct 2008 -
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Things Get A Little Fucked Up
As Fucked Up's second full-length LP begins to ooze out of speakers across the land, Jorge Marticorena has a nice little chat with frontman Pink Eyes about punk rock, self-induced injuries, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and working out Read more »| 21 Oct 2008