PUP — Who Will Look After The Dogs?
4 Stars
Tackling both the familiar and new, while perhaps still a little blue.
2nd May 2025
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2nd May 2025
PUNCHBAG — I’m Not Your Punchbag
4 Stars
A varied and endearing debut statement.
2nd May 2025
Mei Semones — Animaru
4 Stars
A vibrant exploration of life in the city.
2nd May 2025
1st May 2025
Momma: Ain’t A Cloud In Sight
On fourth album ‘Welcome To My Blue Sky’, Momma’s Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten channel parallel experiences and their enduring friendship into an evocative collection of mushy dream-rock.
1st May 2025
Debby Friday announces brand new record ‘The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life’
The artist has also shared her enticing single ‘All I Wanna Do Is Party’.
1st May 2025
Flow Festival Helsinki announce new names for stacked 2025 line up
The Finnish festival will play host to the likes of Fontaines DC, Charli xcx and Little Simz this Summer.
1st May 2025
Man/Woman/Chainsaw to headline Sebright Arms for SON Estrella Galicia Summer show
It’ll be the beer brand’s inaugural event at the beloved East London venue.
1st May 2025
Pip Blom announce new EP ‘Grip’ alongside electro pop single ‘Ring’
The Amsterdam based indie band have also shared the details of a special club-based tour.
1st May 2025
Turnstile join forces with Blood Orange and Hayley Williams for new ‘NEVER ENOUGH’ preview
Their much-anticipated next album is due to land on 6th June.
1st May 2025
Bloc Party celebrate 20th anniversary of ‘Silent Alarm’ with deluxe box set
The new release contains four records, which feature B‑sides and original demos.
1st May 2025
Self Esteem adds new dates to 2025 UK and Ireland tour
She’s also confirmed that Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly will be joining her as support acts.
1st May 2025
Sugababes unveil dream-like video for sultry latest single ‘Weeds’
The trio have described it as “one of the most beautiful songs we’ve ever worked on”.
1st May 2025
30th April 2025
Lorde officially confirms new album ‘Virgin’
Her first LP in four years will land on 27th June.
30th April 2025
For One Night Only!: Tunde Adebimpe curates his dream gig
The TV On The Radio frontman turned solo star gives us an insight into his ideal night out.
30th April 2025
Lucy Dacus: True Romance
Fresh from dominating the music world as one third of boygenius — and gaining legions of new fans in the process — Lucy Dacus is back with her most intimate and vulnerable solo record to date.
30th April 2025
PUP release final single ‘Olive Garden’ ahead of brand new album ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs’
The new album will be released this coming Friday.
30th April 2025
Open’er unveil Muse as 2025 headliners
The biggest festival in Poland will also play host to the likes of Linkin Park, Massive Attack, Gracie Abrams and more this Summer.
30th April 2025
MØ drops new electro-pop banger ‘Lose Yourself’ ahead of fourth record ‘Plæygirl’
The new track is the Danish pop star’s fourth single ahead of the new album.
30th April 2025
Kae Tempest announces fifth album ‘Self Titled’ and drops new single ‘Know Yourself’
The poet, author and artist has shared the new track alongside a reflective music video.
30th April 2025
Blondshell shares final album preview ‘Event Of A Fire’
She’s celebrating her second LP with an extensive touring run this Summer, including a turn supporting Fontaines DC in Finsbury Park.
30th April 2025
Panic Shack kick the door down on debut album with lead single ‘Girl Band Starter Pack’
The Cardiff quartet’s long-awaited first full-length lands in July.
30th April 2025
29th April 2025
Fay Milton of Savages announces self-titled album from new project Goddess
The record comes alongside new single ‘Animal’, following previously shared ‘Shadows’.
29th April 2025
Back From The Brink: Sunflower Bean
After third record ‘Headful Of Sugar’, New York trio Sunflower Bean found themselves drifting. But thanks to time apart and changed perspectives, they’ve returned with ‘Mortal Primetime’ — an album brimming with newfound defiance.
29th April 2025
Cliffords announce new EP ‘Salt of the Lee’ and share second single ‘Dungarvan Bay’
The new track follows the previously released ‘Bittersweet’.
29th April 2025
Get To Know… Mychelle
The Hackney native injecting everyday dramas with extraordinary heart.
29th April 2025
Master Peace’s new track ‘There’s No More Underground’ is a rallying call for supporting grassroots venues
Rather than being distributed via normal streaming platforms, the single is available exclusively on Bandcamp.
29th April 2025
Humour announce news of debut album ‘Learning Greek’ alongside new single ‘Plagiarist’
The Glasgow band will drop their long awaited album on 8th August.
29th April 2025
Antony Szmierek to launch debut book Roadmap at Hay Festival 2025
It’s set to feature the lyrics of his recently released debut album, as well as additional poems, sketches, and more.
29th April 2025
Getdown Services introduce next EP with new single ‘Eat Quiche, Sleep, Repeat’
The inimitable Bristol duo’s latest project will arrive in June.
29th April 2025
PinkPantheress returns with sultry summer single ‘Stateside’
The new track was written by the alongside The Dare, aksel arvid and Count Baldor.
29th April 2025
28th April 2025
Prima Queen: “We hope that people see themselves in the stories”
A debut album that’s been ten years in the making, ‘The Prize’ sees Transatlantic duo Prima Queen once again share their unique portraits of everyday life, love and everything in between.
28th April 2025
25th April 2025
Loyle Carner announces brand new album ‘hopefully !’
The news comes shortly after he dropped double-sided singles ‘all i need / in my mind’.
25th April 2025
Ezra Furman shares ‘Power Of The Moon’ ahead of tenth record ‘Goodbye Small Head’
The new track follows her previously-released songs ‘Grand Mal’ and ‘Jump Out’.
25th April 2025
Sam Fender releases spirited new single ‘Tyrants’ following third number one album
The new track is lifted from his new vinyl-only Record Store Day EP ‘Me and the Dog’.
25th April 2025
HAIM announce their fourth record ‘I quit’ and share catchy track ‘Down to be wrong’
The trio’s new album will arrive on 20th June via Polydor Records.
25th April 2025
24th April 2025
Jensen McRae: Finders Keepers
Bringing her emotionally literate songwriting to new territory, Jensen McRae is reframing heartbreak on her upcoming second album, ‘I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!’.
24th April 2025
Self Esteem dazzles at Duke Of York Theatre with unique ‘A Complicated Woman’ launch
A crystalline, collective lesson in the strength of perseverance, compassion and friendship.
24th April 2025
Beck brings bombast and theatre to second night of his Royal Albert Hall performances
During inevitable closer ‘Loser’, he stands atop the conductor’s platform in a move of the kind of oddball whimsy fully expected of his three-decade-strong presence.
24th April 2025
Nia Archives launches new label Up Ya Archives and drops single ‘Get Loose’
The new track features Bristol newcomer Cheetah.
24th April 2025
Mould — Almost Feels Like Purpose
4 Stars
They’ve got their unsettling-but-intriguing aesthetic all sewn up.
24th April 2025
Squid share new single ‘The Hearth And Circle Round Fire’ ahead of biggest ever live show
The forthcoming gig will take place at Camden’s famous Roundhouse venue.
24th April 2025
23rd April 2025
Picture Parlour burst back onto the scene with seductive new single ‘Who’s There To Love Without You?’
It’s the first new music since the band’s debut EP ‘Face In The Picture’.
23rd April 2025
Lola Young, RAYE & Fontaines DC all among The Ivors 2025 nominations
The Ivor Novello awards celebrate songwriters and composers from the UK and Ireland.
23rd April 2025
Jacob Alon gifts new single ‘August Moon’ ahead of debut album ‘In Limerence’
The singer-songwriter’s debut record is due for release on 30th May.
23rd April 2025
Matt Berninger of The National shares new single ‘Breaking Into Acting’ featuring Hand Habits
The frontman recently announced his forthcoming solo album ‘Get Sunk’, due on 30th May.
23rd April 2025
Nell Mescal teases new music with the release of live demo ‘Thin’
The singer had shared clips of track via social media ahead of its release.
23rd April 2025
Sunflower Bean — Mortal Primetime
4-5 Stars
A record that only years of experience and an unshakable bond could produce.
23rd April 2025
Jensen McRae — I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!
4-5 Stars
Channelling a sense of crystalline intimacy.
23rd April 2025
Self Esteem — A Complicated Woman
5 Stars
Her most concentrated and burning record.
23rd April 2025
Wishy — Planet Popstar
4 Stars
Channelling early-noughties alternative radio energy.
23rd April 2025
Viagra Boys - viagr aboys
4 Stars
Plenty to widen audiences’ expectations of the group.
23rd April 2025
Prima Queen — The Prize
3-5 Stars
A warm exploration of life’s intimacies.
23rd April 2025
Samia — Bloodless
4-5 Stars
With ‘Bloodless’, her superpower lies in her curiosity for the unknown.
23rd April 2025
Employed To Serve — Fallen Star
4 Stars
An absolute delight.
23rd April 2025
22nd April 2025
Euphoric Collapse: caroline
Three years on from the release of their ambitious, critically acclaimed self — titled debut, London octet caroline have returned with their heady new single ‘Total euphoria’ and a new outlook on their musical identity.
22nd April 2025
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce details of 27th album ‘Phantom Island’
The Aussie psych band have also shared the record’s lead single ‘Deadstick’.
22nd April 2025
Lana Del Rey shares another gorgeous new track ‘Bluebird’
Her latest offering follows on from ‘Henry, come on’, which was released earlier this month.
22nd April 2025
17th April 2025
Billie Marten shares new track ‘Leap Year’ ahead of forthcoming album ‘Dog Eared’
The London based singer will reveal her fifth LP on 18th July.
17th April 2025
Viagra Boys: Get Your Freak On
Uncanny chroniclers of life’s underbelly, Viagra Boys have also spent the last few years working on themselves. As ‘viagr aboys’ fine-tunes their surreal pen within a world gone mad, maybe the Swedes’ brand of weird is about the sanest thing left.
17th April 2025
Chloe Qisha drops playful new single ‘Modern Romance’
The song is the title track from her forthcoming EP, released in May.
17th April 2025
The Last Dinner Party’s Lizzie Mayland announces solo EP ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’
The artist — who’s going by L Mayland for the new project — has also released a new single entitled ‘Lighthouse’.
17th April 2025
Dry Cleaning, Blondshell, Man/Woman/Chainsaw & more announced to play Reeperbahn 2025
Fifty new acts have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Hamburg event, which takes place in September.
17th April 2025
Barry Can’t Swim shares new track ‘Kimpton’
The track — which also features O’Flynn — gets lifted from the producer’s forthcoming new album ‘Loner’.
17th April 2025
16th April 2025
Orla Gartland releases surprise new track ‘Now What?’
The Dublin artist and producer has debuted the new single as a Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1.
16th April 2025
Matt Maltese shares new love song ‘Buses Replace Trains’
HIs new record ‘Hers’ is due for release on the 16th May.
16th April 2025
Black Honey share new single ‘Dead’ & announce brand new album ‘Soak’
The band have announced news of their forthcoming album, which is due in August.
16th April 2025
Fontaines DC drop surprise deluxe edition of ‘Romance’ alongside new song ‘Before You I Just Forget’
The new record also includes an unreleased live version of ‘Starburster’ as well as latest single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’.
16th April 2025
Julien Baker & TORRES — Send A Prayer My Way
4 Stars
A resounding testament to resilience and tentative hope.
16th April 2025
Tunde Adebimpe — Thee Black Boltz
4 Stars
As much a rebirth as it is a document of survival.
16th April 2025
15th April 2025
caroline announce new album ‘caroline 2’, collaborate with Caroline Polachek for new single
The octet’s new single ‘Tell me I never knew that’ doubles an unexpected meeting of Carolines.
15th April 2025
14th April 2025
DIY partners with BIMM Music Institute for The Great Escape 2025 showcase
We’ll be taking over Dust on Friday 16th May for a special showcase of talent from across BIMM’s regional campuses.
14th April 2025
11th April 2025
The Neu Bulletin (The New Eves, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Slow Fiction and more!)
DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.
11th April 2025
Rotterdam’s MOMO Festival unveils full 2025 bill
The multi-venue event will mark its 25th anniversary with help from Squid, Antony Szmierek, Master Peace and more.
11th April 2025
Deer Shed expands 2025 programme with new additions to music, comedy, and literary lineups
Benefits, Kathryn Joseph, and Sam Amidon have all joined the Yorkshire festival’s bill, alongside comedian Lucy Beaumont and land access campaign Right to Roam.
11th April 2025
Open’er adds Wunderhorse, Jorja Smith, AG Cook and more to 2025 lineup
The Polish festival will also play host to the likes of Linkin Park, Massive Attack, and Gracie Abrams this Summer.
11th April 2025
Finn Wolfhard shares next solo offering ‘Trailers after dark’
It’s the second single to be lifted from the actor and musician’s debut solo album, ‘Happy Birthday’.
11th April 2025
Sorry reveal unapologetic new single and video, ‘Jetplane’
The South London band will head out on tour in May before hitting Latitude and End of the Road festival.
11th April 2025
Lana Del Rey unveils hauntingly beautiful new song ‘Henry, come on’
Last November, the star shared that her next album would arrive in May, but we haven’t heard much from her since…
11th April 2025
10th April 2025
Djo: The Long And Winding Road
When you spend your days acting and your nights performing, it’s not hard to get lost in the liminal space. Throw in a significant breakup, an untethered lifestyle and unprecedented online attention, and the fog gets even thicker. On his third outing as Djo, though, Joe Keery is retracing his steps and moving forwards.
10th April 2025
Pulp return with first music in 24 years with new single ‘Spike Island’
The beloved band have also confirmed details of a new album, ‘More’.
10th April 2025
BIG SPECIAL to gear up for Dot To Dot 2025 with SON Estrella Galicia headline show
As well as a powerhouse performance from the Black Country duo, the night will also feature one of the brand’s signature beer workshops.
10th April 2025
Loyle Carner drops two new singles ‘all i need / in my mind’ to celebrate his return
The London artist has also confirmed he’ll be headlining Glastonbury’s Other Stage this summer.
10th April 2025
Kills Birds - Crave
4 Stars
A welcome reminder of the power of thrashing guitars and guttural vocal roars to provide catharsis.
10th April 2025
Grandmas House — Anything For You
4 Stars
An exhilarating EP that builds on the band’s already-laid foundations.
10th April 2025
Bon Iver — SABLE, fABLE
5 Stars
Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery.
10th April 2025
9th April 2025
No confetti cannons needed as Primal Scream bring a career spanning party to Liverpool’s Mountford Hall
After all these years, it’s still the music that does the talking.
9th April 2025
Green Day break news of deluxe album release with brand new single
‘Smash It Like Belushi’ marks the first new track from the record coming in May.
9th April 2025
Fontaines DC confirm full line-up for Finsbury Park headline show this July
The five-piece have shared the news of three more bands joining them for their biggest headline to date.
9th April 2025
Hard Life make defiant return with reflective new single ‘othello’
The song marks Murray Matraver’s first new music since last summer, following the Easy Life name debacle.
9th April 2025
yeule unveils album title track ‘Evangelic Girl Is A Gun’
Their next album — billed as their “most unrestrained and emotionally baring work yet” — lands next month.
9th April 2025
Cosmorat are back with new alt-pop single ‘Bad Boys Go To Heaven’
The London based duo zoom in on modern frustration in the dark new track.
9th April 2025
James Blake, Mahalia, BADBADNOTGOOD and more to play Little Simz’ Meltdown
The rapper has curated a stacked, genre-spanning programme of artists for her Southbank Centre takeover.
9th April 2025
Mac DeMarco is hitting the road for a 2025 tour
The cult favourite will visit venues around the UK, Europe, and North America this year — all in support of a TBA new album.
9th April 2025
8th April 2025
Turnstile announce new album ‘NEVER ENOUGH’
The Baltimore quintet have confirmed plans to release their third album this summer, around their turn headlining this year’s London leg of Outbreak festival.
8th April 2025
Djo is the cover star of DIY’s April 2025 issue!
Our latest edition also features chats with Lucy Dacus, Sunflower Bean, Black Country, New Road and loads more.
8th April 2025
Jessica Winter is gearing up for ‘My First Album’
Her literally-named debut LP will land in July.
8th April 2025
7th April 2025
PinkPantheress confirms details of sophomore mixtape ‘Fancy That’
The ‘Boy’s A Liar’ star has also announced two huge shows at London’s iconic Brixton Academy.
7th April 2025
AURORA looks inward on vulnerable new track ‘The Flood’
The Scandipop star’s 2016 single ‘Through The Eyes Of A Child’ was recently spotlighted in Netflix’s hit series Adolescence.
7th April 2025
DIY Label Spotlight #4: Submarine Cat
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
7th April 2025
HAIM continue teasing new album with ‘Everybody’s trying to figure me out’
The track lands hot on the heels of the trio’s recent single ‘Relationships’.
7th April 2025