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 MusicMura Masa @ The Art School, 4 October
We’re in a new paradigm of music dissemination. Artists begin in bedrooms, upload demos to platforms like Soundcloud, trade loops with collaborators ov... Read more »| 07 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsAlsarah & The Nubatones - Manara
East African retro pop scores a thrilling showcase here on Alsarah & The Nubatones' second album. The young Sudanese singer and her Brooklyn-based troupe... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
ReviewsNxWorries [Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge] - Yes Lawd!
Historians may judge 2016 as an annus horribilis, but you won’t find a trace of misery on the ever-smiling face of Anderson .Paak. Enjoying a long-awai... Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 6-11 Oct
Post-rock heroes? Blues singers turned ambient electronic legends? Returning 90s girl bands with a point to prove? Liverpool's got it all this week Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
InterviewsShe Don't Give A: NAO Interviewed
East London soul singer NAO tells The Skinny about stepping out from the shadows and creating a world that's all her own Read more »| 06 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
American Football - American Football (LP2)
‘We’ve been here before,’ Mike Kinsella sings on Where Are We Now, the first track on American Football’s long-awaited second album &... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016
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Reviews
Luke Roberts - Sunlit Cross
How about a batch of rough-hewn Americana songs to soundtrack our inglorious descent into US election season? Luke Roberts' third album ticks all the boxes o... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Manchester this week: 5-11 Oct
The inaugural Neighbourhood Festival takes over the likes of Albert Hall, Gorilla and Sound Control, while Ladyfest Live does the same with The Castle and Gullivers – and that's just your Saturday sorted... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
Katie Kim - Salt
Ostensibly, Katie Kim – the pseudonym of Kate Sullivan – is a Waterford-born singer and sporadic member of The Waterboys. Salt, her third fu... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
Ultimate Painting @ Deaf Institute, 30 Sep
“I feel like we only attract people who want to go home straight after,” Jack Cooper half-jokes. “Be honest, you’re all going home af... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
XamVolo @ Magnet, Liverpool, 20 Sep
Offering a short but sweet set at Liverpool's resurgent red leather dive joint, The Magnet, soulful vocalist and producer XamVolo has the audience lapping it... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Music Videos
Ette – Bonfire: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Bonfire by Ette, the new project from TeenCanteen's Carla Easton The clip for the track, taken from Ette's debut LP Homemade Lemona... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
The Goon Sax @ Headrow House, Leeds, 28 Sep
The Goon Sax don’t like to talk about their ties with The Go-Betweens all that much. Despite the obvious semblances – particularly Loui... Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Festivals
Liverpool Psych Fest: Saturday 24 Sep
The second day of the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia can be a tough proposition for any true cosmonaut who entered the abyss the evening bef... Read more »| 04 Oct 2016 -
Live Music
The Kills @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 29 Sep
Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart kick off their first UK tour in five years in incendiary style in Manchester Read more »| 04 Oct 2016