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 MusicLive music in Liverpool this week: 14-20 Sep
You'd think the live music scene might slow down in Liverpool as Psych Fest approaches, but no, it's as busy as ever. From post-punk legends to site-specific world premieres, here's our guide to the pick of the bunch Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
Live MusicLive music in Manchester this week: 14-20 Sep
Local psych-rock troupes, Canadian grungemakers and festivals aplenty: summer may be well and truly over but Manchester's live scene is as busy as ever Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
OpinionDundee DIY Newsletter: September
Derrick Johnston runs DIY institution Make-That-A-Take – he puts out records, puts on shows, and once a year he throws Dundee a whole damn music f... Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
ReviewsJenny Hval – Blood Bitch
Released only a year after career highlight Apocalypse, Girl, Norwegian experimentalist Jenny Hval’s latest album shows her eschewing sonic grandness t... Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
FestivalsGet to Know: Catholic Action
We talk to Catholic Action frontman Chris McCrory ahead of the band's set at Stay Fresh festival in Manchester Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Get to Know: Kyotoya
Kyotoya only played their debut gig back in April, but the Manchester post-punks have impressed with their debut recordings, and they'll join some of th... Read more »| 14 Sep 2016
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Students
Northern Exposure: Getting Started in Music
We ask some industry regulars from Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester for their tips on getting started in music Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
Live Music
Pinegrove @ The Hug & Pint, 7 Sep
It’s heaving in The Hug & Pint tonight. Perhaps it’s the incremental hype built up by Pinegrove’s burgeoning reputation as fine tunesmi... Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Get to Know: Ethan & The Reformation
We get to know the frontman of psychedelic riff monsters Ethan & The Reformation, ahead of their appearance at a brand new Manchester festival Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave takes his deepest journey yet on Skeleton Tree, a solemn fugue on death, grief, yearning and both sides of mortality’s coin. Read more »| 12 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
How To Dress Well – Care
Tom Krell has long been preoccupied with matters of the heart. As How To Dress Well, his first three albums traversed seriously rocky emotional terrain;... Read more »| 12 Sep 2016 -
Students
Doing Music Yourself: Tips from Scotland's Experts
Always fancied fronting a punk band? Accidentally bought a CDJ on Ebay? You'll be needing The Skinny's guide to Scotland's ever-fertile music scene. Read more »| 12 Sep 2016 -
Live Music
Frankie Cosmos @ Stereo, Sep 5
"I'm - we're - Frankie Cosmos," announces Greta Kline, as her three band members settle themselves behind their instruments; a visual reminder that everythin... Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Live Music
Leeds DIY scene newsletter: September 2016
Plenty to check out this month, with Leeds Zine Fair providing a superb opening affair ahead of a busy few weeks of unmissable gigs, starring Unwave, Thee MVP's, Syslack and more... Read more »| 09 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Festival No.6 2016: Review
In the trippy 1960s TV show The Prisoner, a mysterious giant white balloon called Rover was employed to ensure Patrick McGoohan’s titular character (No... Read more »| 09 Sep 2016