Music
The Skinny magazine music guide. We bring you the latest music highlights, gig reviews and previews, music videos, album reviews and features. Find exclusive interviews with local bands and international stars, bespoke playlists and video premieres.
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Live MusicOozing Wound @ Star & Garter, Manchester, 1 Dec
For all the talk of the importance of progress in pop music, it’s worth remembering that some genres are celebrated not for their forward-thinking evol... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Live MusicKate Tempest / All We Are @ The Art School, 1 Dec
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts' graduates All We Are put in a peppy turn, drawing the attention of a chatty, full capacity Art School with rich voca... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Art
Ian Skelly on The Coral: Distance Inbetween
As the curtain comes down on a triumphant year for The Coral, following the success of their eighth album Distance Inbetween, we chat with drummer Ian Skelly... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
Baby Strange vs WHITE: A Christmas Roast
Glasgow bands Baby Strange and WHITE play their biggest show to date this December as they co-headline the O2 ABC. Having played a tonne of shows together al... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Music VideosISLE – Faults: Video Premiere
ISLE are multi-instrumentalists Liam John Rutherford and Ben Singer. Based in the Scottish Borders, the talented duo pride themselves on produ... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Reviews
The Weeknd – Starboy
No matter how hard he tries to convince us otherwise on Starboy, Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, has lost his edge in his pursuit of super stardom. It wou... Read more »| 05 Dec 2016
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NewsStay Fresh Fest 2: Full line-up confirmed
The final three acts have been added to the bill, as The Deaf Institute and The Skinny celebrate some of the most vital new music in the North Following las... Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
ReviewsRosie Crow – Rosie Crow
The self-titled debut album by Cornish singer Rosie Crow is an impressive slice of pop goodness. Formerly part of promising indie band Rosie & The Goldbu... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Lush @ Academy, Manchester, 25 Nov
"Shoegaze!" Tonight's audience – the last audience Lush will ever play to – expresses its in-the-moment-joy, its abiding love and... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
Reviews
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Dream Synopsis EP
KY Jelly and cacti. Palm tree debris and a jar of coffee. High-wire existential crises met with a sprezzatura sex appeal, strings'n'saxophone and shadow pupp... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
Music Videos
The Little Kicks – Goodbye Enemies, Hello Friends
Watch the video for Little Kicks' new single Goodbye Enemies, Hello Friends, taken from their new album Shake Off Your Troubles The straight-to-camera ... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Hinds @ Manchester Academy 2, 26 Nov
If we could join any band, it’d be Hinds: these Madrileñas are the coolest garage pop girls in town. Dreams come true, then, during their M... Read more »| 02 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
How To Dress Well @ Stereo, 23 Nov
Despite the iced streets outside, How To Dress Well – aka Tom Krell – and his touring band thawed a frozen Wednesday evening, imbuing Stereo&rsqu... Read more »| 01 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
The Burning Hell: Mathias Kom Q&A
Ahead of their UK winter tour, we interrupt The Burning Hell's Mathias Kom in the midst of renovating a farmhouse on the Canadian province of Prince Edward I... Read more »| 01 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 1-6 Dec
Talib Kweli and The Wedding Present represent the veteran genius contingent, and there's plenty happening at Liverpool's premiere punk pizza joint.... Read more »| 01 Dec 2016