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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OpinionCherryade Records' Twelve Songs of Christmas
As they launch the eleventh volume of their Very Cherry Christmas compilation series, Cherryade Records' Rachael Neiman gives us a seasonal playlist of obscure and alternative pop classics... Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
The Coral @ Olympia, Liverpool, 10 Dec
Whether by accident or design, The Coral have now put together one of British pop’s finer back catalogues of the last 20 years. A host of top five albu... Read more »| 18 Dec 2016 -
Live MusicLow @ Halifax Minster, 9 Dec
If ever a band was made for churches, it’s Low. Not just because of their noted religious tendencies (they’re arguably indie rock’s most fa... Read more »| 18 Dec 2016 -
News24 Kitchen Street: Concerns for future of venue
The owners of 24 Kitchen Street and members of Liverpool's creative community have voiced concerns over the proposed development of apartments adjacent to the venue Read more »| 16 Dec 2016 -
News
Nightvision announce first shows for 2017
Initial details for the sixth series of events from the Edinburgh collective have been announced Read more »| 16 Dec 2016 -
PlaylistsFestive 45: An Alternative Christmas Playlist
Shakin’ Stevens, Mariah Carey, Wham!, Slade, Wizzard? Forget about those guys and step into Christmas with The Skinny, alternative-style with our Festive 45 Read more »| 16 Dec 2016
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Live Music
Korn / Limp Bizkit @ SSE Hydro, 14 Dec
The nu-metal titans relive the genre's glory days at the Hydro Read more »| 16 Dec 2016 -
Live MusicSuper Furry Animals @ Usher Hall, 12 Dec
Super Furry Animals are a band that operate on the kookier side of the rock spectrum; a band that prides itself on tackling abstract and zany subject matter,... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Hooton Tennis Club @ Invisible Wind Factory, 9 Dec
2016 may have been an absolute shithouse of a year for the majority of the planet’s population, but Wirral-based indie-rockers Hooton Tennis Club ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Slow Club @ The Caves, 13 Dec
“Are you ready for a string of miserable songs about my feelings?” Rebecca Taylor asks, early on in the show, really hammering home the transitio... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Kathryn Joseph @ Mono, 9 Dec
In the 18 months since Kathryn Joseph's debut album Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled beat established industry names to win the 2015 Scottish ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Gengahr @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8 Dec
London’s Gengahr have chosen Manchester to end their latest UK tour, a string of dates that closes the door on debut album A Dream Outside and sta... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
The Temperance Movement @ Deaf Institute, 7 Dec
Maybe it’s just optical trickery – the Deaf Institute’s domed ceiling dilating the stage – but tonight blues-rock outfit The Tem... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Things To Do
Live music in Manchester this week: 14-20 Dec
We dive into the listings to bring you this essential guide to gigs in Manchester this week plus the latest news on festivals, tour announcements and more. T... Read more »| 15 Dec 2016 -
Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 14-20 Dec
There's a whole lotta Britpop going on: hometown veterans Cast and Space return, while Kula Shaker and Travis prove that the 90s are definitely back Read more »| 14 Dec 2016