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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InterviewsReturn of the Black Sun: Robert Hampson on reprising Loop
After a twenty-four year hiatus, Loop shocked fans with a sudden announcement of a reformation in 2013. About to play these shores on a co-headline tour with Godflesh, frontman Robert Hampson speaks to us about his absence and his return Read more »| 20 May 2014 -
InterviewsA New Beat: Liverpool's Låpsley in profile
A rising talent on Liverpool’s music scene, last month Låpsley (aka Holly Lapsley Fletcher) became the inaugural winner of the GIT Award’s One to Watch prize. We caught up with her at the ceremony Read more »| 19 May 2014 -
InterviewsBehind the Scenes: Tuff Love vs Josie Long
Glasgow three piece Tuff Love have been making waves and breaking hearts with their grunge influenced pop nuggets. The band recently journeyed to London to make their first official video starring comedian Josie Long. We sat in on the proceedings Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
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Came Back Vaunted: An Interview with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor
As the reconfigured Nine Inch Nails prepare for their biggest indoor tour of the UK, Trent Reznor says he can’t afford a nostalgia trip Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
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Strange Fascination: Inside The Cult of The Horrors
As they unveil fourth album Luminous, we confront the UK’s biggest cult band to mine the paradoxes at the heart of their success Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
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Murder Ballads: Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato unveils Killer Be Killed
Having formed with some secrecy in 2011, Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato finally lifts the lid on long-incubating super quartet Killer Be Killed and tells us which one is 'The Riffpisser' Read more »| 30 Apr 2014
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Drifting Up: Jon Hopkins interviewed
Master producer Jon Hopkins talks pot, instant snacks, and why David Lynch's coffee isn't all it's cracked up to be Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
InterviewsBrain Box: John Schmersal goes pop with Vertical Scratchers
With Brainiac and Enon, John Schmersal embodied outside-the-box thinking. Kinks-inspired duo Vertical Scratchers squeeze back in Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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Love Buzz: Brody Dalle on balancing motherhood with recording her solo debut
With her first solo release Diploid Love set to confirm her as an increasingly accomplished songwriter, Brody Dalle explains why the dual demands of family and music are a problem she's happy to have Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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First Person: Ten Years of Sounds from the Other City
Organiser Mark Carlin reflects on a decade of Salford's Sounds from the Other City festival, which brings together local promoters and fierce DIY principles and celebrates its 10th anniversary this year Read more »| 23 Apr 2014 -
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This Could Be The Last Time: The Twilight Sad in the Studio
James Graham from The Twilight Sad tells us why he wrote the band’s fourth album as if it could be their last, looks back on ten years of touring, and the imminent reissue of their classic debut, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Read more »| 15 Apr 2014 -
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Breaking The Static: We Came Out Like Tigers Interviewed
Fiercely political and steadfast in their refusal to stand still, Liverpool's We Came Out Like Tigers are an antidote for the times Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
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Raw Power: The Amazing Snakeheads on Amphetamine Ballads
Glasgow's The Amazing Snakeheads like to play no-frills rock and roll hard and fast, but insist they're not as intense as their stage persona suggests. We meet in a bar to talk about James Brown, finding a label and sharing a stout with Martha Reeves Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
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Quiet Revolution: Slint's David Pajo and Brian McMahan revisit Spiderland
As Touch & Go prepare to release a remastered and expanded version of Slint's seminal 1991 album Spiderland, we speak to the band's David Pajo and Brian McMahan about their early career, the worth of nostalgia, and Louisville's special brand of craziness Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
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Future Shock: EMA Interviewed
With The Future’s Void set to expand her reputation and fan base, Erika M Anderson (aka EMA) talks to The Skinny about second album nerves and why artistic, rather than commercial, success is what drives her Read more »| 02 Apr 2014