Italia 90, Trudy and the Romance & CRYSTAL for DIY & Jack Daniel’s Presents UK mini-tour
We’ll also be taking the winner of the Sound of Summer tour on the road with us.
9th September 2019
Archive
9th September 2019
Progress Report: Gus Dapperton
Fresh from a huge tour and with a brand new vid out today, New York’s Gus Dapperton tells us what he’s planning next.
9th September 2019
Inside ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 2’
Chomping at the bit to hear the second part of Foals’ epic two album double-whammy? We got Yannis on the blower to talk us through what’s coming. Spoiler alert: it’s Very Very Fucking Good.
9th September 2019
Get To Know… Wallows
Hopping across the pond to support Vampire Weekend on some November European tour slots, we meet the LA-based indie rockers.
9th September 2019
DIY to media partner Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival 2019
We’ll also be taking a very special train from Berlin to Hamburg with our mates in Bloxx.
9th September 2019
6th September 2019
Viva Forever: Metronomy
Having beaten to the sound of their own drum for over a decade, on sixth album ‘Metronomy Forever’, Joe Mount and his idiosyncratic cohorts are back and proving that anything still goes.
6th September 2019
Iggy Pop — Free
4-5 Stars
The uniquely sombre and contemplative Iggy Pop album we didn’t realise we needed
6th September 2019
Squid — Town Centre
4-5 Stars
A richly musical and completely addictive listen.
6th September 2019
MUNA — Saves The World
4 Stars
An exhilarating ode to self-preservation and to being your own number one fan.
6th September 2019
Bat For Lashes — Lost Girls
3-5 Stars
Doomy disco for dark times.
6th September 2019
Adam Green — Engine of Paradise
3-5 Stars
Adam’s still the pied piper of indie, with a skip in his step and charm for days.
6th September 2019
Oscar Scheller — HTTP404
3-5 Stars
A sketchbook of where the songwriter finds himself.
6th September 2019
Kindness — Something Like A War
3 Stars
A missed opportunity to establish themselves as a more cutting-edge artist.
6th September 2019
Lady Bird release ‘Shag Tally Tastic’
They’ve dropped the new track ahead of their Jäger Curtain Call show next week!
6th September 2019
Danny Brown announces new album ‘uknowhatimsayin¿’
The forthcoming record follows 2016’s debut ‘Atrocity Exhibition’.
6th September 2019
The September issue of DIY — featuring Metronomy, Bombay Bicycle Club & Girl Band — is out now!
It also features Mystery Jets, LIFE, Pixies, Brittany Howard and your ultimate guide to the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize.
6th September 2019
Italia 90 return with biting post-punk track ‘An Episode’
It’s our first taste of their aptly-titled third EP ‘EP III’ out later this year.
6th September 2019
Tracks: Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, Grimes and more
All the biggest and best tracks of the past two weeks, rounded up and reviewed.
6th September 2019
Progress Report: Shame
We catch-up with Charlie Steen and Eddie Green ahead of their show at Goose Island’s Hop Party to find out how album two is coming along.
6th September 2019
Get To Know… Husky Loops
With their debut album ‘I CAN’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH’ out now, we meet the genre-blending newcomers.
6th September 2019
5th September 2019
Lady Bird share in the studio teaser for ‘Shagtallytastic’ ahead of next week’s Jäger Curtain Call show
They’ll be joined by YOWL, GURU and Sports Team (on the decks) at Moth Club on 11th September!
5th September 2019
Foals unleash new banger ‘The Runner’
It’s our second taste of ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 2’.
5th September 2019
Pitchfork Paris unveil final festival line-up
Skepta, Chromatics and The 1975 will headline the three day French festival.
5th September 2019
Felix White (of The Maccabees) announces debut soundtrack album ‘The Edge’
It’s his first body of work since The Maccabees called it a day in 2017.
5th September 2019
Pizzagirl shares sunshine-soaked new song ‘dennis’
It’s the latest cut from his forthcoming debut album ‘first timer’.
5th September 2019
Get To Know… Master Peace
Dropping his official debut track ‘Night Time’ today, we meet the rising South London rapper.
5th September 2019
Shame, Blaenavon and The Magic Gang bring new material to Liverpool Sound City
DIY also descended on the city’s Hangar 34 on the Saturday with King Nun, Lazy Day and more in tow.
5th September 2019
Get To Know… Vinyl Staircase
With their new track ‘Sidewalk!’ out today, we meet the Dorking-based rock’n’rollers.
5th September 2019
Billie Eilish is a fallen angel in ‘all the good girls go to hell’ video
And it looks like it did kinda hurt when she fell from heaven…
5th September 2019
4th September 2019
Miles Kane reveals new single ‘Blame It On The Summertime’
He’s also announced a super intimate October UK tour!
4th September 2019
Anna of the North announces new album ‘Dream Girl’, shares title track
The follow-up to 2017’s ‘Lovers’ is officially on the way!
4th September 2019
NANCY returns with the distorted dreamlike ‘When I’m With You (I Feel Love)’
Dive back into the Brighton artist’s brilliantly bizarre sonic world.
4th September 2019
In Bloom: Metronomy cover DIY’s September 2019 issue
Plus all the insights into the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize shortlist, Bombay Bicycle Club, Squid, Girl Band, and more!
4th September 2019
The Neu Bulletin (The Wha, Slow Hollows, Deb Never and more!)
DIY’s essential, weekly guide to the best new music.
4th September 2019
It’s community and chaos at IDLES’ three-night stand at London’s Electric Ballroom
Moments of tenderness belie outright ferocity.
4th September 2019
3rd September 2019
Bombay Bicycle Club share video for ‘Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)’, announce new album ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ and 2020 tour
Phew! The BBC boys are officially back, baby!
3rd September 2019
Glasgow’s Resonate calls for Scottish musicians to perform at annual Music Industry event
The third edition of the conference is nearly here and you, yes you, could be performing!
3rd September 2019
Hot Chip release new ‘game-review’ video for ‘Bath Full of Ecstasy’
It’s the title track from June’s seventh studio album.
3rd September 2019
Jerkcurb unveils new track ‘Devils Catflap’
It’s the latest cut from his highly anticipated debut album.
3rd September 2019
Metronomy share new song ‘Wedding Bells’
The track comes ahead of the release of their new album ‘Metronomy Forever’ on 13th September!
3rd September 2019
Poppies, Ellis, The Ninth Wave and more shine at New York’s inaugural New Colossus Festival
The multi-venue new band showcase has been taking over the Lower East side since Thursday.
3rd September 2019
2nd September 2019
Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
4-5 Stars
It’s Lana Del Rey’s world, we’re just living in it.
2nd September 2019
Chvrches switch up bangers and emotional depth at triumphant Alexandra Palace show
The choice for what comes next is in their grasp and their grasp only.
2nd September 2019
Whenyoung unveil an acoustic version of ‘The Others’
The stripped back track packs an even more emotional punch.
2nd September 2019
Two Door Cinema Club announce European tour
The 2020 headline dates follow their huge UK arena run in October.
2nd September 2019
Mystery Jets share Women’s March inspired track ‘History Has Its Eyes On You’
The poignant new song is the third to come from their forthcoming sixth LP, ‘A Billion Heartbeats’.
2nd September 2019
Djo releases new track ‘Mortal Projections’, announces debut album ‘Twenty Twenty’
When he’s not saving Hawkins from creatures from The Upside Down as Steve Harrington, Joe Keery is making eerie, electronic bops.
2nd September 2019
The Wants, Beechwood & Whiner for next DIY & Alt Citizen show
Our next collaborative New York event will take place at The Broadway in October.
2nd September 2019
1st September 2019
“I have massive ambitions – too big.” — Self Esteem talks her debut album
Former Slow Club singer Rebecca Taylor is back with a smart, sassy new project that might just make her pop’s most subversive new talent.
1st September 2019
30th August 2019
Kano — Hoodies All Summer
4 Stars
Kano holds the rhyme and reason to encapsulate our splintered society, and possesses the angst to make it hit home.
30th August 2019
The Futureheads — Powers
4 Stars
‘Powers’ sees The Futureheads fight fiercely once again.
30th August 2019
Beach Baby — Songs From The Limbo Lounge
4 Stars
Most of all, it’s just so much fun to listen to.
30th August 2019
Shards — Find Sound
4 Stars
An experience you’re unlikely to forget.
30th August 2019
Black Belt Eagle Scout — At The Party With My Brown Friends
4 Stars
Black Belt Eagle Scout finds both the tenderness in companionship and its fragility.
30th August 2019
The S.L.P. — The S.L.P.
3-5 Stars
‘The S.L.P.’ is a ride worth getting on.
30th August 2019
Whitney — Forever Turned Around
3 Stars
We’re not asking Whitney to soundtrack a raging rebellion, we just want them to make us feel things.
30th August 2019
Parsnip — When The Tree Bears Fruit
3-5 Stars
A honey-glazed debut of skewed nursery rhymes from the Aussie quartet.
30th August 2019
Ezra Furman — Twelve Nudes
3 Stars
Sometimes its rapid-fire pace makes you wish for that little bit more space.
30th August 2019
!!! — Wallop
3 Stars
The most fun !!! have ever been.
30th August 2019
King Nun announce debut album ‘MASS’ with sizzling new track ‘Black Tree’
Their highly anticipated debut will be out on 4th October via Dirty Hit!
30th August 2019
Haim join Charli XCX on new track ‘Warm’
It’s the latest teaser of Charli’s star-studded self-titled new album.
30th August 2019
Sløtface unleash pop-punk breakup bop ‘Stuff’
We’re hoping it’s yet another teaser of a TBA bigger body of work.
30th August 2019
The Ninth Wave share new track ‘Imitation’, announce huge UK headline tour
The new song comes from their upcoming record ‘Infancy Pt. II’.
30th August 2019
Lana Del Rey is larger than life in new ‘Doin’ Time’ video
She also scares a fuckboy boyfriend. We have no choice but to Stan.
30th August 2019
Eternal Flame: Whitney
Returning with new LP ‘Forever Turned Around’, we find the duo in a more reflective, melancholy state of mind — but still finding beauty in what might seem bleak.
30th August 2019
29th August 2019
Cigarettes After Sex return with ‘Heavenly’, announce second album ‘Cry’
The new record follows their 2017 self-titled debut.
29th August 2019
Foals added to Reeperbahn Festival 2019 line-up
Just Mustard, Sorcha Richardson and Alfie Templeman will also be heading to Hamburg next month.
29th August 2019
Squid release new track ‘Match Bet’
It’s the latest taste of their upcoming EP ‘Town Centre’.
29th August 2019
Sundara Karma headline War Child’s Safe & Sound show
Alfie Templeman and Phoebe Green also wowed the crowd.
29th August 2019
28th August 2019
Liam Gallagher shares the video for ‘One Of Us’
The vid comes out 10 years (to the day!) since Oasis split after that fateful cancelled Paris show.
28th August 2019
False Advertising announce new album ‘Brainfreeze’
The Manchester trio will drop the record in November!
28th August 2019
LIFE drop new track ‘Bum Hour’
It’s the third song released from their highly anticipated second album ‘A Picture Of Good Health’.
28th August 2019
27th August 2019
Get To Know… Shards
Meet the experimental vocal group ahead of the release of their debut album, ‘Find Sound’.
27th August 2019
Back To The Future: The Futureheads
It’s been over half a decade since Sunderland stalwarts The Futureheads bowed out quietly, but on new album ‘Powers’, they prove they’re back, bold and playing with the best of them.
27th August 2019
A quick Reading Festival catch-up with Sundara Karma
We chat to the band before their Radio 1 stage slot and their Safe & Sound show tomorrow (28th August).
27th August 2019
Vagabon shares melodic new bop ‘Water Me Down’
The dreamy synth number comes from her forthcoming self-titled album.
27th August 2019
Slowthai joins Brockhampton on ‘Heaven Belongs To You’, announced as North American tour support
The track comes from the hip-hop collective’s recently released fifth album, ‘GINGER’.
27th August 2019
Bombay Bicycle Club return with ‘Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)’
It’s their first new music in five (FIVE!) years.
27th August 2019
26th August 2019
BROCKHAMPTON — GINGER
4-5 Stars
Their most mature and concise work to date.
26th August 2019
Foo Fighters close out Reading Festival 2019 with a monumental headline set
Chvrches, Kim Petras and Sundara Karma send the weekend off in style too.
26th August 2019
25th August 2019
Billie Eilish rules Day 2 of Reading Festival
Slowthai, Sports Team and Peace also bring the party.
25th August 2019
24th August 2019
The 1975 dominate Day 1 of Reading 2019
Pale Waves, Charli XCX and No Rome also brought the bangers on the fest’s first day.
24th August 2019
23rd August 2019
Jay Som — Anak Ko
4-5 Stars
Full of enough variety and adventure to make any generalisations moot.
23rd August 2019
Modern Nature — How To Live
4 Stars
A compelling piece of work.
23rd August 2019
Tropical Fuck Storm — Braindrops
4 Stars
These are strange, strange times and here you have a band strange enough to capture that.
23rd August 2019
Tracks: The 1975, Declan McKenna and more
The biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.
23rd August 2019
We meet Alfie Templeman
The multi-talented young newcomer set to make you wonder just wtf you were doing at his age…
23rd August 2019
NYC trio The Wants return with second single ‘Fear My Society’
The band have also scheduled a handful of UK shows for next month.
23rd August 2019
Laurie from Slaves, IDER & more join War Child Safe & Sound industry day
The series of panels and discussions aim to offer support and guidance around mental health in the music industry.
23rd August 2019
22nd August 2019
Brockhampton release ‘No Halo’
The new track and video comes before their fifth album ‘GINGER’ drops tomorrow!
22nd August 2019
Beabadoobee shares ‘She Plays Bass’ video
It’s the first track from her forthcoming EP ‘Space Cadet’.
22nd August 2019
The 1975 will release new track ‘People’ tonight
And here’s everything we know so far…
22nd August 2019
The 1975 return with ferocious new track ‘People’
They’ve also confirmed that ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ will land early next year.
22nd August 2019
The 1975 — People
A melding pot of Death From Above, Refused and even a touch of Primal Scream.
22nd August 2019
21st August 2019
Spector share ‘Half Life’ video
Frontman Fred Macpherson takes an emotional taxi ride through East London in the brand new visuals.
21st August 2019
Lazy Day announce UK and EU tour
It follows the release of their March EP ‘Letters’.
21st August 2019
Swimming Girls & Lacuna Common win first set of Sound of Summer 2019’s semi-finals
The second round of semi-finals will take place across the UK this Thursday 22nd August.
21st August 2019
Zuzu announces support for Jäger Curtain Call 2019 show
She’ll be joined in Liverpool next month by Hannah’s Little Sister and Munkey Junkey!
21st August 2019
The Neu Bulletin (Gabriel Black, M. T. Hadley, Current Affairs and more!)
DIY’s essential, weekly guide to the best new music.
21st August 2019
Peace, PVRIS and CHVRCHES get ready for Reading & Leeds
We talk to Harry Koisser, Lynn Gunn and Lauren Mayberry ahead of this weekend’s festival!
21st August 2019