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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InterviewsIntroducing MOTSA
Back in November, MOTSA released his Petricolour EP via own label imprint of the same name. We caught up with Valerio Dittrich to get to know him a bit ... Read more »| 13 Dec 2016 -
NewsHome for the Holidays: A Christmas Songbook
A new 40-track charity compilation from some of Scotland's best bands launches this weekend; we find out more about the project from one of its ringleaders, Book Group's Michael Morrison Read more »| 13 Dec 2016 -
Live MusicSlowcoaches @ Maguire's, Liverpool, 7 Dec
Remember the old gag about bands playing to 'one man and his dog'? For the uninitiated, that's what musos used to snigger about when bands played to an ... Read more »| 12 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
The Julie Ruin @ Gorilla, Manchester, 4 Dec
From the far corner of the room – boys to the back – a rammed Gorilla prepares for The Julie Ruin’s first Manchester show. Expect... Read more »| 12 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Pixies @ Apollo, Manchester, 4 Dec
Everyone loves The Pixies. Right? Everyone. They have a back catalogue to die for, and a humble story of producing amazing albums that didn’t make them... Read more »| 12 Dec 2016 -
Videos
Pale Angels – Don't Feel A Thing: Video Premiere
Watch the new video from Specialist Subject Records' noisy grungeniks Pale Angels Read more »| 12 Dec 2016
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FestivalsThreshold Festival 2017: First bands confirmed
The first acts for next year's Threshold Festival in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle have been announced Read more »| 12 Dec 2016 -
Clubs
Romare to headline Fiesta Bombarda in January
Beardyman is also on the bill, as Liverpool Cathedral will host Bombarda's biggest event to date in the form of a two-day carnival Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Reviews
Living Body – Body is Working
A new project from Jeff T. Smith (formerly known as Juffage), featuring longtime collaborators Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sky Larkin, Sleater-Kinney), and Tom Eva... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Opinion
Shield Patterns' Top 5 Albums of 2016
Richard Knox tells us about the sounds that dominated his stereo this year Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Opinion
The Skinny's Top 5 Northern Albums in 2016
Bowie? Solange? Frank Ocean? Of course they all produced fine albums this year, but some fine music emerged from Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and their surrounding areas too. As voted by our writers, here's the five best Northern albums of 2016... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Opinion
Frightened Rabbit & Song, By Toad's Albums of 2016
As the year draws to a close, a look at the best music of 2016 according to two of the leading lights of the Scottish music scene – Frightened Rabbit g... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
News
Tissø Lake – I Am Like a Lake: Track Premiere
Listen to I Am Like a Lake from the new album by Tissø Lake Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Talib Kweli @ HiFi Club, Leeds, 2 Dec
“You see, I don’t really know what that is,” admits a bemused Talib Kweli to the brim-full basement of HiFi. We’re half-way through t... Read more »| 09 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
Devil's music: An interview with worriedaboutsatan
Manchester-based electronic duo worriedaboutsatan may well have made their finest album to date with Blank Tape – here they tell us about location, the... Read more »| 08 Dec 2016