International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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GuideNeu! Reekie! in New York City
Literary troublemakers Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson of Neu! Reekie! took a trip to New York City, with King Creosote, Withered Hand and friends in tow. Here's Pedersen's account of the whisky-soaked trip... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
FestivalsNorthwest Festival Watch – May 2014
The latest local affairs in northwest England, including Slime City Festival and Baltic Block Party Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries: Casual Sex vs Texas
Co-starring Gus Fring, an irate Russian taxi driver and a couple of dutiful canines, Casual Sex drummer Chris McCrory underlines the band's South by Southwest debut with a full and frank account of their collective experience Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
SxswSxSW: A Veteran's Perspective
An attendee of South by Southwest for over a decade, BBC Radio Scotland DJ Vic Galloway is still a firm believer in its ability to break new ground Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
FestivalsFestival Watch: Beacons, T in the Park, James Lavelle's Meltdown, and more
Beacons (7-10 Aug), the festival set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales is this year being headlined by The Fall, Darkside, Jon Hopkins and Daughter. They rece... Read more »| 28 Mar 2014 -
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Festival Watch: Full lineup for Stag & Dagger confirmed
The final lineup for Glasgow's Stag & Dagger one-day festival has been confirmed, featuring Albert Hammond Jr., Los Campesinos!, The Hold Steady, Forest Swords and East India Youth Read more »| 26 Mar 2014
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Festival Watch: Liverpool Psych Fest, Counterflows, Aberdeen's Big Beach Ball and more
A round-up of festival lineup additions, including Glasgow's Counterflows, Liverpool Psych Fest, Aberdeen's Big Beach Ball and more Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
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Festival Watch: T Break deadline approaches, lineup additions for Roskilde, Electric Picnic and more
A round-up of summer festival news, with lineup additions for Roskilde, Electric Picnic and Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow, plus a reminder: just one week until T in the Park's T Break closes for submissions Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
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Northwest Festival Watch: Threshold and FutureEverything
As we keep an eye on the Northwest’s homegrown fests, two programmes steal the limelight this month – Liverpool’s Threshold, and FutureEverything in Manchester Read more »| 21 Mar 2014 -
FestivalsFestival Watch: BBK Bilbao, Pukkelpop, Liverpool Sound City, Blissfields and more
The vast Bilbao BBK Festival (10-12 Jul) this week confirmed The Prodigy as a headliner – also added to the bill for 2014 are Dawes, Skaters and P... Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #3: Beyond Tartan and Shortbread
As our Texan adventure hurtles to a close, the away team knock it clean out the park Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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Festival Watch: EXIT, Y Not, Big Day In
A round-up of festival lineup additions, including Carl Cox's back-to-back DJ showcase at EXIT Festival, lineup additions for the Y Not Festival, and a look at Edinburgh's Big Day In showcase event Read more »| 18 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #2: Insomnia Afterhours
The Skinny is already firmly in the grip of sleep deprivation’s hallucinogenic effects by day two; did we really help Kurt Vile over a fence last night? Read more »| 15 Mar 2014 -
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Festival Watch: British Sea Power for Lunar Festival, plus Eastern Electrics, Nozstock, Flow Festival
British Sea Power join folk legend Donovan to headline this year's Lunar Festival, plus we reveal lineup additions for Flow, Nozstock, Eastern Electrics and more Read more »| 14 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #1: Keeping Austin Weird
In search of the indie super bowl, we report back from SxSW 2014 Read more »| 13 Mar 2014