Tracks: Stormzy, The 1975, Jamie xx and more
The week’s biggest and best, rounded up.
September 23, 2022 6:00pm
Features
Upbringing: Iceage
To celebrate the release of their new compilation album, drummer Dan Kjær Nielsen reflects on his musical journey.
September 23, 2022 5:42pm
piri & tommy: “It sounded like Fleetwood Mac house!”
Partners in and out of music, the Manchester pair’s intrinsic bond is taking them from viral newcomers to UK dance’s next big hope.
September 23, 2022 12:00pm
Get To Know… TOLEDO
Their debut album, ‘How It Ends’, is out now.
September 23, 2022 10:33am
The Murder Capital preview new album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ at intimate London gig
Speaking to DIY earlier in the day, frontman James McGovern discusses the band’s follow-up to 2019 debut ‘When I Have Fears’.
September 23, 2022 9:00am
Something Like Happiness: Alex G
Nine albums in and, on ‘God Save The Animals’, Alex G is still treading his own path. This time however, he’s letting a few more people in on the journey too.
September 22, 2022 12:00pm
Jesse Jo Stark takes us through debut album ‘Doomed’
The LA artist gives us a track by track run-through of her debut LP.
September 22, 2022 11:15am
Suede take us through their new album ‘Autofiction’
Brett Anderson and co give us a track-by-track rundown of their ninth studio album.
September 21, 2022 3:00pm
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Nuha Ruby Ra: “There was high energy [in Germany]”
Ahead of her set at Reeperbahn Festival this weekend, we catch up with the East London avant-punk artist.
September 20, 2022 3:00pm
Death Cab For Cutie: “I want us to be the best version of what we are”
Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard contemplates the pandemic fuelled existentialism in the band’s tenth album, ‘Asphalt Meadows’.
September 17, 2022 4:00pm
Tracks: Carly Rae Jepsen, Fred again.., Willow and more
Make time for the biggest and best new songs released this week.
September 16, 2022 6:00pm
Fletcher: “I’m not as scared as I used to be”
We spoke to the New Jersey pop sensation on the eve of her debut album’s release.
September 16, 2022 10:00am
Strange Magic: Jockstrap
‘I Love You Jennifer B’ is an album of weirdness and whimsy, of technical prowess and nostalgic escapism. At its core sit Jockstrap: two musicians tinkering around in their own curious playground.
September 15, 2022 4:30pm
Noughties But Nice: Mura Masa
Simultaneously packed with nostalgia and a modern dream cast of collaborators, ‘demon time’ finds Mura Masa concocting a time-spanning party for the ages.
September 14, 2022 5:00pm
Seeking Beauty: Oliver Sim
This month’s solo debut ‘Hideous Bastard’ finds The xx’s Oliver Sim opening up and letting the world in on his most personal truths.
September 13, 2022 12:00pm
Back In The Race: Wunderhorse
After the combustion of his teenage band Dead Pretties, Jacob Slater did some much-needed reevaluating. From it came Wunderhorse, and a debut album - ‘Cub’ - that stares into a far brighter future.
September 13, 2022 12:00pm
Carly Rae Jepsen: Alone Together
On her fifth album, pop’s ray of sunshine Carly Rae Jepsen found herself dappled by shadows. Out of the introspection came ‘The Loneliest Time’: a record that finds power in curiosity and self-belief.
September 12, 2022 4:00pm
Tracks:
The biggest and best new songs from the week that was.
September 9, 2022 6:00pm
DIY’s FYI: Your guide to the 12 albums shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with Free Now Awards Show tonight, we’re diving into this year’s albums.
September 8, 2022 11:02am
A brief look into… Wet Leg’s ‘Wet Leg’
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we’ve taken a brief look at some of the shortlisted albums.
September 5, 2022 5:30pm
“Hopefully this album proves that improvised music can be really beautiful”: Fergus McCreadie talks ‘Forest Floor’
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we spoke to the jazz musician about his rurally-inspired latest record.
September 4, 2022 2:30pm
A brief look into… Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we’ve taken a brief look at some of the shortlisted albums.
September 3, 2022 2:00pm
Cryalot: “It feels like a new beginning”
Sharing her debut EP ‘Icarus’ today, Kero Kero Bonito’s Sarah Bonito fills us in on her exciting new solo project.
September 2, 2022 4:30pm
Easy Life: The Simple Life
On second album ‘MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…’, Murray Matravers is taking a step away from social expectation and leading Easy Life on a journey to the centre of themselves.
September 2, 2022 4:00pm
“As two mixed girls in rock music to be shortlisted, that’s an amazing thing” - Nova Twins reflect on second LP ‘Supernova’
Ahead of the 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW, we caught up with the rock duo to chat changing the game.
September 2, 2022 3:00pm