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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InterviewsThe Proposition: When did musicians stop dying?
Think about it. Forty years ago Britney would never have made it to her puffy, balding, demented phase. She'd have been found face down in a cheap hotel next... Read more »| 16 May 2011 -
InterviewsMoon Duo's Ripley Johnson: "I have control freak tendencies sometimes"
Moon Duo's Ripley Johnson on the importance of location, two heads being better than four, and why he believes in karma Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
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Explosions in the Sky: "We definitely don’t want to do any sort of George Lucas tinkering with the past"
Explosions in the Sky’s Chris Hrasky explains how the cult Texan instrumentalists made it back from the brink, and why they'll never mess with their history Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
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Lady North: Technical Ecstasy
From hatching schemes in a Tesco car-park to playing gigs for Sunday league footballers, the only way is weird for mathematic riff magicians Lady North Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
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The Inquisition: Bill Callahan
The Artist Formerly Known As Smog explains his own Apocalypse Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
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Wild Beasts: "We don't have to scream from the top of our lungs anymore"
With the follow-up to their Mercury-nominated Two Dancers due to drop any day, Wild Beasts' Hayden Thorpe talks progress, success, and Bono's big yap Read more »| 03 May 2011
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Everything's Getting Older: a track by track guide
To celebrate the imminent release of his collaboration with musical polymath Bill Wells, fellow Falkirk troubadour Aidan Moffat introduces Everything's Getting Older Read more »| 02 May 2011 -
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MURDERBOT INVASION!
With his album Women’s Studies about to drop on Planet Mu, Chicago DJ legend Chrissy Murderbot is about to unleash his booty-fuelled mashup of juke, bashment and bass on the UK live circuit. We caught him for a quick Q&A! Read more »| 27 Apr 2011 -
InterviewsJames Blake: "The nature of dubstep is one of progression"
2011's great white hype James Blake on keeping his family life private, and why his debut LP was definitely not dubstep Read more »| 13 Apr 2011 -
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Glasvegas: Out of Exile
Returning from the wilderness with album number two this month, Glasvegas frontman James Allan reveals the reasons for the band's retreat Read more »| 13 Apr 2011 -
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Kode9 & The Spaceape: Under the Black Sun
Five years on from their landmark debut, Kode 9 and The Spaceape return to reinvent bass music once more with the epic follow-up, Black Sun. Welcome to their world... Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
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Adam Goldberg, Dilettante?
dil·et·tante?/?dili?tänt/ –noun 1. a person who studies an art or subject merely for amusement; dabbler. 2. a lover of an art or science. 3. Adam Goldberg? Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
InterviewsTrembling Bells' Alex Neilson: "I’d probably be a professional footballer if it wasn’t for Trout Mask Replica"
With Trembling Bells’ third album on the way, drummer Alex Neilson is all too happy to debate the finer points of folk music Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
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Panda Bear: "The guitar is still a real source of power"
Taking subtle cues from Nirvana and fatherhood, Noah ‘Panda Bear’ Lennox unveils his inner Tomboy Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
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Autechre: Flux Capacity
Cutting through the shit to get to the root of Autechre's brilliance Read more »| 06 Apr 2011