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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FestivalsLiverpool Psych Fest announce major launch event
Psych Fest have revealed details of An Opening Dispatch, the launch event for this year's festival which will take place across several venues and involve virtual reality, art, DJs and live performance Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Interviews
Two Different Ways: Factory Floor on 25 25
Ahead of hotly anticipated new album 25 25, Factory Floor's dynamic duo talk fluidity, geography, and why the term ‘post-industrial’ doesn’t do them justice. Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Live MusicGodspeed You! Black Emperor @ Playhouse, 10 Aug
The drone has been playing quietly in the background long before anyone realises it’s part of the show. Indeed, two of Godspeed’s eight-strong co... Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Festivals
A Carefully Planned Festival #6: Past and Present
We get to know the founder of the Northwest's most ambitious DIY music event – Matthew Boycott-Garnett tells us about his favourite acts to play previous events and who you should catch this year Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
Things To DoLive music in Manchester this week: 11-17 Aug
The Deaf Institute celebrates its 8th birthday, the mysterious Willis Earl Beal heads to Soup Kitchen and there's lots of experimental goodness at Islington Mill. Scroll down to see what's what. Read more »| 11 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsStay Fresh Fest: A new festival for Manchester
Manchester gets a new festival this September, as The Deaf Institute and The Skinny present Stay Fresh Fest, two stages of some of the most vital new music i... Read more »| 11 Aug 2016
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Live Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 10-17 Aug
There's pop-punk aplenty on Merseyside this week, not to mention a special appearance from a hip-hop veteran; meanwhile one particular prog outfit makes a welcome return Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
Live Music
Kathryn Joseph @ Summerhall, 6 Aug
Stepping in at the last minute for expected opening act The Anchoress, Siobhan Wilson reveals herself to be a more than capable substitute. Her songs eb... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
Live Music
False Advertising @ The Castle Hotel, 5 Aug
Manchester: so, so many bands to answer for right now. Is that really the rapidly changing means of distribution and access, or simply an increasingly commit... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
Reviews
Ex-Easter Island Head - Twenty-Two Strings
The Liverpool collective's unique methodology is exposed on the cover of their latest album. Three electric guitars + one bass = twenty-two strings. With the... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
Live Music
Blossoms @ Gorilla, 7 Aug
“It’s better than watching Sunday afternoon shit on the TV.” Blossoms frontman, Tom Odgen has got a point – matinée ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Reviews
Glass Animals – How to Be a Human Being
Like a trip to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, Glass Animals’ debut Zaba was a fruit salad-coloured melting pot of fizzing percussion, popping s... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
Live Music
A Guide to Deep Time
Edinburgh International Festival gets underway this Sunday with The Standard Life Opening Event: Deep Time – but what's beneath that mystical title? We... Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
Live MusicThe Fall @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 30 July
In 1988 Mark E Smith joined fellow maverick songwriters Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan for a drink in a south London boozer. The occasion was a magazine interv... Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
Opinion
Reasons to be Cheerful: Liverpool and Arts Spaces
Eight months on from the final show at the Kazimier, another Liverpool theatre closes. With the city's independent venues and arts spaces repeatedly coming under threat, we look at the full story, and find plenty of reasons for optimism Read more »| 05 Aug 2016