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Everybody Hz: Josh Dibb on his return to Animal Collective
On 20 July 1969, as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were making history on another celestial body, a congratulatory message was beamed from Earth to the ... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Reading Between the Lines - SkinnyFest 03
One morning in late February, Brendon Burns woke to find himself covered in his own faeces. A year of relentless hedonism had taken its toll and after anothe... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
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Brendan Canning on the return of Broken Social Scene
“You’re sitting having a beer, and all of a sudden, the memories flood back. 'Hey, remember that time we were in Peterborough? Or Stoke-on-Trent?... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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Faking it
"You should become a comedian when you grow up – and I'll be your manager," someone once told me. Except that someone was my high school science teache... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Music
Hollie McNish interviews Charlotte Church
Hollie McNish meeting Charlotte Church is quite frankly something that needed to happen for the good of the world. As arts collective Neu! Reekie! prepare to... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Music
Patti and Juliette: Born to Raise Hell
"Patti Smith will survive the media blitz and everybody's hunger for another 'superstar,' because she's an artist in a way that's right old-fashioned." So sa... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
Comedy
12 Great Comedy Podcasts
Comedians talking about serial killers: All Killa No Filla Many podcasts seem to spring from a pair of people just having interesting conversations, and All... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Music
Glass Mountain – Cowboy Song (Video Premiere)
Glass Mountain are proudly and wholeheartedly a Bradford band – the four-piece plaster their love for their city all over their bio and social media pr... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Music
Ought's Tim Darcy on Sun Coming Down
Ought know how to keep it tight. The Montreal-based four-piece sound at times as if they’re improvising, on the verge of imploding… only to unit... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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T in the Park 2008 @ Balado, 11-13 Jul
After breaking the undercarriage of the Skinnymobile on its rocky exit from T in the Car Park last year, much to the peculiar amusement of an onlooking polic... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
Film
Crest of a Wave: Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master
According to David Thomson, cinema’s great dissident critic, the putrid stench of death hangs in the air at your local multiplex, commingling with the ... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Hypnagogic Hip: The Work of Haruki Murakami
In both his life and his writing, Haruki Murakami has always defied convention, playing to his own rhythm at every turn. In 1974, fresh from university and t... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 19 April
FESTIVAL WATCH: MY BLOODY VALENTINE FOR T IN THE PARK, EUROCKEENES, LOVEBOX, NIGHT & DAYAll-conquering, newly-revived shoegazers My Bloody Valentine will... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
Film
We Are Analogue: Chris Petit on post-cinema and the Museum of Loneliness
The Skinny: What is post-cinema how does it relate to the Museum of Loneliness? How did the idea come about? Chris Petit: With the technological revolution ... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Music
The Gaslamp Killer: Neo-Beatnik Shaman
LA-based label Brainfeeder, home to Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Samiyam and a whole host of other artists, is among the best-known and most forward-thinking of e... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Like A Boss: Scottish hip-hop prodigy Loki returns
A few years ago, to all but the close-knit, dedicated community of fans within Scotland, Scottish hip-hop was often treated as a joke. The accent was seen as... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Deconstruction Works: Adult Jazz unveil their unorthodox debut
Is this what change sounds like? Maybe it’s a case of selective hearing, but it feels like what passes for ‘British indie’ in 2014 is getti... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Simian Stop Motion: Interview with Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson
It’s a crisp February afternoon in Edinburgh and Will Anderson is showing The Skinny around fellow animator Ainslie Henderson’s compact Summerhal... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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Deftones: Garage Days Revisited
“I’ve had nine cups of coffee and I’m flappin’ my lips,” speed raps Abe Cunningham, Deftones' unsurprisingly wired awake drumme... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
Fashion
Whatcha Doin' Sarah Graham?
It's an exciting time for Glasgow and the people who live in the vicinity – or for those who have the time and the inclination to visit. Merchant ... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Music
Andrew Hung on Fuck Buttons' future and Beth Orton
In a city that consists only of crowds, the one gathered to see Andrew Hung play his first solo gig in Hong Kong can be considered modest. Nonetheless, the o... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Music
Three in the Room: Dom Butler on Factory Floor's steady evolution
It’s mid-October 2010: posturing gothic post-punks O.Children should be stalking the stage of one of Manchester’s more established basement venue... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Clubs
Chin Stroke Records: The Importance of Being Earnest
As club culture has branched off in various distinct directions over the years, electronic music and DJing have increasingly acquired a more sophisticated st... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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It's All About Dre, Rae and Yea (sayer): 2009's Most Anticipated Albums
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Title: The Century of Self (Richter Scale) Release Date: 23 February Trail of Dead were one of the few bands ... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Hector Bizerk: "Drums and rap. That’s the core of it"
Hector Bizerk are a young band – formed eighteen months ago by rapper Louie (who had already made a significant contribution to the Scottish hip-hop ... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
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Neu! Reekie! in New York City
Neu! Reekie arrive in New York City. Our itinerary-cum-raison d'être: unshackle two shows in the same venue (Friday and Sunday); engage with local arti... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Film
Whit Stillman on Love & Friendship
Picture the scene: Glasgow Film Theatre, 24 February. A packed audience sits in the darkened cinema auditorium waiting for their film to start, a frisson in ... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Music
This Country's Sons: Mogwai's Enduring Legacy
In their own right, Mogwai are amongst the great survivors of both post-rock and the Glasgow scene from which they emerged in the mid-nineties; they are now ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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Mind, Body & Spirit: Depeche Mode's Fletch interviewed
“We’re one of the most popular bands in the world,” says Andrew Fletcher, matter-of-fact, chatting to The Skinny down the phone. Whi... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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T in the Park 2011
We’ve seen the minds of a generation destroyed by tonic wine and overstimulation, hysterical and half-naked, dragging themselves through lagoons cravin... Read more »| Updated almost 13 years ago