What's On Northwest 21-28 Jan: Daughter

Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of the best events from the Northwest cultural calendar to provide you with this here top ten guide to the most exciting goings on for the week ahead. From gigs, plays, and exhibitions, to spoken word, pop-up foodie events, and one-off film screenings, we give you the insider's guide to things to do in Liverpool, Manchester and beyond every Thursday morning.

Daughter
O2 Academy, Liverpool. Fri 22 Jan, 7pm

As you might have heard from our recent five-star review of Daughter's new album, Not to Disappear, anyone expecting an easy ride on the Indie-Folk Express may be in for a surprise, for their new stuff sees an excitingly expanded sound that 'sets their tender, haunted shadowplay alight.' It's a brooding treat, bound together by those darkly ethereal vocals from frontwoman Elena Tonra.

Independent Venue Week
Various venues, Manchester and Liverpool. Mon 25-Sun 31 Jan, times vary

A celebration of the small music venues (and the rising acts they give a stage to) that make the UK live scene so freaking great, Independent Venue Week this year takes in Liverpool's Constellations and The Zanzibar Club, while in Manchester it's Band on the Wall, Night and Day Cafe and The Ruby Lounge who're getting involved, with highlights including Manc favourites Horsebeach (pictured) and jazzy Londoner Izzy Rizu.

Photo: Gwen Riley

Light Fantastic LED Disco
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. Fri 22 Jan, 7pm

Following the resounding success of the Ball Pool Ball back in October, MOSI once again braces itself to house the big kids of Manchester with an LED and laser-themed disco as part of its Light Fantastic weekender. Expect UV face-painting, LED musicians Light It Up!, laser drummer Shirty Music and glow-in-the-dark drinks - and, better still, an entry fee of just £3.60 that can be exchanged for a bevvy once you're in.

Photo: Museum of Science and Industry

Burns Night Ceilidh
St George's Hall, Liverpool. Fri 22 Jan, 7pm

Immerse yourself in tartan-based revelry this Burns Night with an evening of dancing, kilts and loadsae whisky in honour of Scotland's beloved bard. Set within the fitting grandeur of St George's Hall, live music from Gallimaufry will keep the ceilidh in tune, while two callers will be telling your feet what to do. Plus Scottish scran for when you've earned it.

When I Feel Like Crap I Google Kim Kardashian Fat
HOME, Manchester. Fri 22-Sun 24 Jan, times vary

You may not have searched for images of Mrs Yeezy looking fat, but no doubt you'll have been a low-brow weirdo at some point in your internet life. In fact, we know you have. As part of PUSH Festival, Mighty Heart Theatre delve into this and more with a verbatim performance featuring a script made up entirely of collected stories from women aged 16-90, in which you can be sure to encounter Disney princesses, selfies, celebrity culture, self-esteem, beauty contests and leopard print.

Photo: Mighty Heart Theatre

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Yeah No I Know
The Royal Standard, Liverpool. Fri 22 Jan-Sun 7 Feb, various times

Curated by Northwest non-profit bods MUESLI, Yeah No I Know welcomes Leeds-based organisation SEIZE for an exhibition of contemporary artworks, highlighting their desire to exist as something that is very much artist-led. The artists exhibiting are Lily Ackroyd-Willoughby, Sarah-Joy Ford, Daisy Forster (previous work pictured), Tom McGinn and Ned Pooler, who'll be launching the show with a private view on Fri 22 Jan.

Degenerate Music: Music Banned by the Nazis
Manchester Jewish Museum, Manchester. Wed 27 Jan, 8pm

Mark Holocaust Memorial Day with an evening of Weimar cabaret, jazz, opera, protest songs, video projections and era-inspired cocktails, devised by Manchester-born baritone Peter Braithwaite (pictured) as a throwback to the infamous Entartete Musik exhibition in 1938, where the Nazi government sought to alert the people of Germany to the music they regarded degenerate.

Photo: Marco Borggreve and Nederlandse Reisopera 2015

Neu! Reekie!: The First and Last
LEAF, Liverpool. Thu 28 Jan, 8pm

The Skinny is excited to be partnering with Edinburgh collective Neu! Reekie! as they head south to the North for an evening of music, live poetry and performance at LEAF, where you'll find poet Hollie McNish (pictured), Eugene Kelly of The Vaselines, Liverpudlian hero Pete Wylie and many more. Sound good? You can also enter our competition to win tickets.

Gang
The Castle Hotel, Manchester. Thu 21 Jan, 7pm

Having already found themselves in good company supporting the likes of fellow Brighton-based boys Demob Happy and Fat Cat-signed Traams, Gang (brothers Eric and Jimi Tormey and bassist Joe Hunt) leave their coastal base to embark on their UK tour. They'll be getting ears ringing in one of Manchester's favourite venues with fuzzy grunge that's packed with brooding psychedelic undertones, proving they might just be one to watch. Hint: we're already watching them.

Silent Running
A Small Cinema, Liverpool. Sun 24 Jan, 4pm

Set aboard the Valley Forge, a spaceship where huge biospheres keep what's left of the animals and plants alive for the future, Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film, taking on an ecological theme that's more profound now than ever. Presented by Future History, the screening will be preceded by a free workshop, in which you'll be able to make a plant-watering robot and more. One for eco-warriors, robot lovers, the creative and the curious.

Photo: Laura Pullig

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