Miles Kane announces new record ‘Sunlight In The Shadows’ and shares single ‘Love Is Cruel’
The indie-rocker is set to release his new album on 17th October.
19th June 2025
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19th June 2025
Glasgow quintet VLURE share details of debut album ‘Escalate’
The band have also shared its lead single, the formidable ‘Feels Like Heaven’.
19th June 2025
CMAT shares new single ‘The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station’ ahead of third record ‘EURO-COUNTRY’
The country-pop singer’s new album will arrive on 26th August.
19th June 2025
McKinley Dixon: For His Next Trick…
A master of genre-bending, boundary-pushing reinvention, on fifth studio album ‘Magic, Alive!’ McKinley Dixon is casting story-led spells of a different kind.
19th June 2025
18th June 2025
Bob Vylan and Mermaid Chunky top Ipswich’s daring celebration of new music at Brighten The Corners 2025
Master Peace, Mandrake Handshake, SILVERWINGKILLER, BLACK FONDU, The Orchestra (For Now) and Y also shine at city’s genre-spanning two-dayer.
18th June 2025
Jack White drops surprise music video for ‘Archbishop Harold Holmes’ starring John C. Reilly
The artist collaborated with the actor after Reilly told White he was a fan of the song.
18th June 2025
Queens Of The Stone Age: Songs For The Dead
Fulfilling a vision that’s been brewing for two decades, QOTSA bassist Michael Shuman and director Thomas Rames discuss stripping things down alongside the Parisian dead for their eerie, one-of-a-kind concert film, Alive In The Catacombs.
18th June 2025
Billie Marten releases playful single ‘Clover’ ahead of new album ‘Dog Eared’
‘Clover’ follows her previously released LP previews ‘Swing’, ‘Crown’, ‘Feeling’, and ‘Leap Year’.
18th June 2025
Westside Cowboy announce debut EP ‘This Better Be Something Great’ and share new single ‘Alright Alright Alright’
The Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition winners will be opening the Woodsies stage at the festival.
18th June 2025
Westside Cowboy: “It’s really important to feel that healthy sense of pushing each other up”
Rapidly climbing the rungs and notching up the wins, Westside Cowboy are the buzzy Britainicana newcomers determined to let down the ladder behind them.
18th June 2025
HAIM — I quit
4-5 Stars
Their ‘fuck it’ attitude is nothing short of palpable.
18th June 2025
Florence Road — Fall Back
4 Stars
Teetering on the edge of something truly brilliant.
18th June 2025
Loyle Carner — hopefully !
4 Stars
As moving as it is musically satisfying.
18th June 2025
Hotline TNT — Raspberry Moon
3 Stars
A little more cohesion wouldn’t have gone amiss.
18th June 2025
UNIVERSITY — McCartney, It’ll Be OK
4 Stars
A venture beyond the conventional consideration of ‘progressive’.
18th June 2025
17th June 2025
The Hives unveil pop-art inspired video for rollicking new track ‘Paint A Picture’
Their seventh LP, ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’, lands at the end of August.
17th June 2025
Mad Cool Festival reveal full 2025 timetable
There’s less than a month to go until the epic Madrid weekender!
17th June 2025
Just Mustard make confident return with widescreen single ‘POLLYANNA’
The track is the Dundalk band’s first new music in three years.
17th June 2025
Sprints: Bring It On
After celebrating debut album ‘Letter To Self’ with 103 shows last year, Dublin quartet Sprints are set to be one of the highlights of 2025’s festival season. With a packed live schedule on the horizon, it’ll double as the perfect opportunity to road test some new material…
17th June 2025
Nation Of Language confirm details of fourth album ‘Dance Called Memory’
The new record will apparently see the NYC cult favourites lean into an “Eno school of thought”.
17th June 2025
Baxter Dury drops new ‘Allbarone’ preview ‘Return Of The Sharp Heads’
He’s described it as an “abstract subconscious rant, criticising anyone that is from Shoreditch or thereabouts”…
17th June 2025
Willie J Healey schedules biggest UK tour to date
The five-date November run will include stops in Brighton, London, Leeds, Manchester, and Glasgow.
17th June 2025
16th June 2025
Vanity Fairy, Joyeria and more join East London Block Party 2025 line-up.
Christian Music, This Is The Deep, Tough Cookie and Y are all among the other acts set to appear.
16th June 2025
Franz Ferdinand schedule UK & European tour for 2026
The band will be taking their latest album ‘The Human Fear’ back out on the road for a 20-date run in spring next year.
16th June 2025
DIY Label Spotlight #7: Big Scary Monsters
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
16th June 2025
Picture Parlour offer up new track ‘Cielo Drive’
The duo’s latest offering follows on from their previous release, ‘Who’s There To Love Without You?’, which landed back in April.
16th June 2025
Charli xcx revives the spirit of brat summer for a hedonistic LIDO headline set
The year of the brat may be over, but Charli’s time as a festival headliner is only just beginning.
16th June 2025
For One Night Only!: AURORA curates her dream gig
The ethereal alt-pop star gives us an insight into her ideal night out.
16th June 2025
15th June 2025
Pulp marry party and poignance at their O2 Arena debut for a start-to-finish masterclass in performance
A shining example of how to grow old(er) not necessarily gracefully, but gloriously.
15th June 2025
14th June 2025
Beyoncé brings all the bells, whistles & Stetsons to London leg of her ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour
Split into seven separate acts and featuring 40 songs and many snippets aside, her show is entertainment on a massive scale.
14th June 2025
13th June 2025
Rock In Rio Lisboa confirm 2026 dates, announce Linkin Park as first headliner
Next year’s edition will double as the festival’s 11th.
13th June 2025
HAIM: Calling It Quits
Now over a decade into their career, HAIM have long since hit their stride — and, having already spent years navigating the industry’s infamous fickleness, on fourth record ‘I quit’ they literally “don’t give a fuck”. With a period of break-ups, overthinking, and crippling self-doubt now behind them, the LA sisters are letting their hair down, ready to abandon fear and embrace a summer of vulnerability, freedom, and fun.
13th June 2025
Dance-punk pioneers LCD Soundsystem return to the capital for a vital, invigorating victory lap
This returning residency is an aptly celebratory, joyous lesson in the indispensable art of a great night out.
13th June 2025
The Neu Bulletin (Panic Shack, Brògeal, Fuzz Lightyear and more!)
DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.
13th June 2025
Mae Muller looks inward on new single ‘In My Head’
It acts as a follow up to her recent comeback track ‘Breakaway’.
13th June 2025
Mark Ronson and RAYE collaborate on feel good new single ‘Suzanne’
According to Ronson, it’s a partnership he’s been hoping for for a long time.
13th June 2025
12th June 2025
Get To Know… The Pill
Ahead of their set at Brighten The Corners this weekend, we meet the Isle of Wight duo putting the pun in punk.
12th June 2025
Jessica Winter brings the heat with latest album preview ‘Aftersun’
Her debut album is set to land on 11th July.
12th June 2025
Goat Girl announce orchestral reimagining of ‘Below The Waste’
The trio are collating different versions of tracks from their 2024 third album into a new EP.
12th June 2025
Stormzy shares plans for #Merky Films venture
The programme’s debut project, Big Man, will see the rapper take on his first ever lead acting role.
12th June 2025
Sabrina Carpenter announces seventh album ‘Man’s Best Friend’
The news comes less than a year after the release of her last LP, ‘Short N’ Sweet’.
12th June 2025
Biffy Clyro return with storming new effort ‘A Little Love’
It’s the band’s first release since 2021’s ‘The Myth of The Happily Ever After’.
12th June 2025
Suede get meditative on new track ‘Trance State’
It’s the second single to be lifted from their forthcoming tenth record.
12th June 2025
Pip Blom — Grip
4 Stars
A band at their most self-assured — and perhaps their most restless, too.
12th June 2025
Nxdia — I Promise No One’s Watching
3-5 Stars
Bringing the belligerent punk-pop of Charli xcx’s ‘Sucker’ era to a post-Billie and Olivia landscape.
12th June 2025
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Phantom Island
4 Stars
A joyous ten-track delight.
12th June 2025
11th June 2025
Robbie Williams ushers in ‘Britpop’ summer and embraces his old self at huge London Emirates show
‘Cringe’ be damned, tonight Robbie is not only very much relevant, but (whisper it) cool at that.
11th June 2025
HAIM are the cover stars of DIY’s June 2025 issue!
Our latest edition of the magazine also features Finn Wolfhard, Queens of the Stone Age, Jacob Alon, Garbage and loads more.
11th June 2025
David Byrne reveals details of next solo record ‘Who Is The Sky?’
The project will feature appearances from St. Vincent, Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner and more.
11th June 2025
The best restaurants, bars and sights in Madrid to visit around 2025’s Mad Cool Festival
Headed to this year’s edition of the iconic Spanish festival? Here are just a few of the must-visit spots you should mark on your map.
11th June 2025
10th June 2025
London Grammar: “We want to evolve, but we’re not chasing commercial goals”
The Nottingham-formed trio talk ‘The Greatest Love’, headlining London’s LIDO Festival, and looking ahead.
10th June 2025
9th June 2025
The BRIT Awards will move to Manchester in 2026 and 2027
The prestigious music awards has announced that its ceremony will be moving from London to Manchester’s Co-op Live.
9th June 2025
Cleo Sol, SAULT & Chronixx to play special Provenance edition of All Points East 2025
The day will mark elusive collective SAULT’s second ever live appearance, and doubles as a world exclusive show.
9th June 2025
King Princess announces new album ‘Girl Violence’, shares lead single ‘RIP KP’
Mikaela Straus will follow up 2022’s ‘Hold On Baby’ with her third full-length this September.
9th June 2025
Moonchild Sanelly, Mykki Blanco, DEADLETTER & more to play Sŵn Festival 2025
The Cardiff multi-venue event will also play host to the likes of Lime Garden, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Getdown Services and loads more.
9th June 2025
6th June 2025
Cat Burns, Nao, Chloe Qisha and more to support RAYE at All Points East 2025
It’s set to be a huge day in Victoria Park, with JADE, Tyla, and Doechii all due to perform too.
6th June 2025
5th June 2025
Barry Can’t Swim: Dancing In The Dark
After rapidly rising through the ranks thanks to his 2023 debut ‘When Will We Land?’, Scottish producer and DJ Barry Can’t Swim is on the verge of his biggest summer yet, but the build up’s not been entirely plain-sailing. On new album ‘Loner’, Josh Mainnie tries to make sense of the rollercoaster he’s been on over the past two years, while reminding himself of who he is as an artist along the way.
5th June 2025
Ethel Cain unveils sepia-tinged visualiser for new single ‘Nettles’
It’s the first track to be lifted from her anticipated sophomore album, ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’.
5th June 2025
Pulp - More
4 Stars
A band returning as evolutions, not imitations, of their past selves.
5th June 2025
Little Simz — Lotus
5 Stars
Her legacy as an all-time great has never been more assured.
5th June 2025
Turnstile — NEVER ENOUGH
5 Stars
A vital, exhilarating offering, sure to catapult them further out of the hardcore scene and ever closer to mainstream musical lore.
5th June 2025
Finn Wolfhard — Happy Birthday
3-5 Stars
Proof that the young actor and musician is no one trick pony.
5th June 2025
Lifeguard - Ripped and Torn
2-5 Stars
A few tears at the seams.
5th June 2025
McKinley Dixon — Magic, Alive!
4 Stars
A dense and colour-splattered concoction.
5th June 2025
Getdown Services - Primordial Slot Machine
4-5 Stars
Another witty, weirdly brilliant offering, with much more going on behind the punchlines.
5th June 2025
4th June 2025
Cate Le Bon announces new album ‘Michelangelo Dying’ and unveils lead single ‘Heaven Is No Feeling’
The singer has shared details of her seventh studio album, which will arrive on 26th September.
4th June 2025
Open’er announces more artists joining their huge 2025 line-up
The event, which takes place in Poland between 2nd-5th July, already boasts headliners including Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack, and Gracie Abrams.
4th June 2025
3rd June 2025
Big Thief announce new album ‘Double Infinity’, share new single ‘Incomprehensible’
Their sixth album follows on from the trio’s stand-out 2022 record ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’.
3rd June 2025
ratbag: “I really don’t want to be restricted by anything, in any capacity”
Meet the 21-year-old Auckland multihyphenate who is taking world-building to a whole new level.
3rd June 2025
South London’s Shame return with news of fourth album ‘Cutthroat’
The band have also shared the record’s blistering title track.
3rd June 2025
Nilüfer Yanya announces new EP ‘Dancing Shoes’
Her new four-track release will follow on from her third album ‘My Method Actor’, which landed last year.
3rd June 2025
Wunderhorse drop spirited new single ‘The Rope’ off the back of Jools Holland performance
The band appeared on ‘Later…With Jools Holland’ on Sunday and debuted the new track.
3rd June 2025
2nd June 2025
House Of Protection: “We’re in this for the long haul — we’re going to outrun everyone”
Two EPs into their new joint venture, longtime friends and hardcore veterans Stephen Harrison and Aric Improta are establishing themselves as one of the most versatile, forward-thinking acts in heavy music.
2nd June 2025
Olivia Dean confirms plans for anticipated second LP ‘The Art Of Loving’
She dropped the record’s dreamy lead single, ‘Nice To Each Other’, last week.
2nd June 2025
Get To Know… Dog Race
Musical mutts who take the rosette for Bedford’s best in show.
2nd June 2025
Alex G unveils details of tenth album ‘Headlights’
The cult favourite has also dropped its lead single, ‘Afterlife’.
2nd June 2025
Slam Dunk 2025 epitomises both legacy and innovation as it blends the new with the old
The alternative mainstay event hosts standout sets from The Used, Finch and newcomers Winona Fighter.
2nd June 2025
Conan Gray drops intimate video for ‘This Song’
The star’s new album, ‘Wishbone’, lands on 15th August.
2nd June 2025
Yungblud steps up as Rock Werchter 2025 headliner
He’s taking the place of Kings Of Leon, who are now unable to perform this Summer.
2nd June 2025
30th May 2025
Wunderhorse make their inevitable leap of faith at London’s Alexandra Palace
As they stake their claim to headline arenas, indie-rock’s buzziest quartet prove that their gritty live show has lost none of its soul along the way.
30th May 2025
The Neu Bulletin (Cliffords, Keo, mary in the junkyard and more!)
DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.
30th May 2025
Muse to top the bill at NOS Alive 2025
The band have been drafted in to replace Kings Of Leon, who had to cancel due to injury.
30th May 2025
Muse replace Kings Of Leon as final Mad Cool 2025 headliner
Matt Bellamy and co. are stepping in after a “freak accident” forced Kings Of Leon to cancel their upcoming UK/EU shows.
30th May 2025
Jacob Alon — In Limerence
4 Stars
Angelic and soul-bearing.
30th May 2025
caroline — caroline 2
4 Stars
A grand experience from the off.
30th May 2025
Cliffords — Salt Of The Lee
5 Stars
Far more than just hype.
30th May 2025
Demise of Love — Demise of Love
4 Stars
Excitingly, there’s the sense that this first four-track salvo is a mere tune-up.
30th May 2025
Matt Berninger — Get Sunk
4 Stars
The sound of him really beginning to stretch his legs as a solo artist.
30th May 2025
yeule — Evangelic Girl Is A Gun
4 Stars
A flex of pop ingenuity.
30th May 2025
Shura — I Got Too Sad For My Friends
3-5 Stars
A natural direction for her sound to have taken.
30th May 2025
29th May 2025
Rico Nasty: Killer Instinct
After beginning to feel pigeonholed by internal doubt and industry pressure, Rico Nasty realised she needed to go back to basics and trust her gut: on third album ‘LETHAL’, she’s unearthed the most potent version of herself yet.
29th May 2025
The Maccabees announce special guests joining them at All Points East reunion show
The beloved band will be supported by the likes of CMAT, Black Country, New Road, Everything Everything and more.
29th May 2025
Goddess — Goddess
4 Stars
Weaving together distinctive sounds and energies in ways which both complement and contrast.
29th May 2025
MRCY — VOLUME 2
3-5 Stars
They’re showing their working out in song form, and it’s a thoroughly pleasant journey to follow.
29th May 2025
Obongjayar — PARADISE NOW
4-5 Stars
Mental and musical clarity.
29th May 2025
Miley Cyrus — Something Beautiful
3-5 Stars
Admirably ambitious, it adds yet another string to her already considerable musical bow.
29th May 2025
Garbage — Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
4-5 Stars
A stellar example of an artist pushing their collective boundaries, while retaining full control over their artistic identity.
29th May 2025
28th May 2025
Old meets new for Live At Leeds In The Park 2025, where future headliners rub shoulders with indie royalty
The bank holiday day fest once again punches above its weight across the board.
28th May 2025
L. Mayland: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream
The Last Dinner Party’s Lizzie Mayland on their band’s brush with burnout, searching for home, and striking out alone with solo EP ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’.
28th May 2025
Goat Girl announce first ever North America tour
The London trio will be crossing the pond this Autumn for an exciting 14-date run.
28th May 2025