Lost in Orchestration: Bastille
On the eve of perhaps their most grandiose show ever, Bastille talk working on new music, and just what it’s like to be playing the Royal Albert Hall with a fifteen-strong string section.
5th January 2018
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5th January 2018
Tracks: Superorganism, The Streets, Kendrick Lamar x SZA, MGMT & more
We dive into the biggest and best new tracks from across Christmas and New Year in a bumper edition.
5th January 2018
Slaves announce Girl Fight Records, share ‘Spoons’ from first signings Lady Bird
The Kent trio will be the inaugural release on the new label.
5th January 2018
Biffy Clyro give new album update
The news comes shortly after Stoke City’s Charlie Adam accidentally ‘announced’ a new record.
5th January 2018
Listen to MGMT’s new song ‘Hand It Over’
The duo’s new album ‘Little Dark Age’ is due out this year.
5th January 2018
FREAK share new track ‘Everyone’s The Same’
The song comes bundled with some ‘visuals’. Or a video, if you’d like.
5th January 2018
The Vaccines — I Can’t Quit
A chorus made for bellowing at the top of your lungs.
5th January 2018
The Shins share ‘Dead Alive (Flipped)’
It’s taken from their upcoming reworking album ‘The Worm’s Heart’.
5th January 2018
Jack White, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chvrches and more for Governors Ball 2018
The New York event will also host acts including Wolf Alice, Loyle Carner and Alvvays.
5th January 2018
Chartreuse join DIY’s Hello 2018 line-up
The band will play at The Old Blue Last alongside A House In The Trees, some secret special guest headliners and more on 30th January.
5th January 2018
Foals announce departure of bassist Walter Gervers
He’s off to “pursue a new life” as the band work on LP5.
5th January 2018
MGMT — Hand It Over
It looks like MGMT have a few more doors left to open yet.
5th January 2018
The Killers, Paramore, St Vincent for Boston Calling
Royal Blood, Jack White, and Perfume Genius are also playing the US festival.
5th January 2018
Dream Wife get animated for ‘Hey Heartbreaker’ video
The trio’s debut album is released later this month.
5th January 2018
Youth Sector unveil the fizzing stomp of new single ‘Dig It And Repeat’
The Brighton quartet previously played DIY’s Class of 2018 launch in December
5th January 2018
Rae Morris shares new track ‘Push Me To My Limit’
Her new album ‘Someone Out There’ comes out next month.
5th January 2018
Listen to Shame in session for Annie Mac on Radio 1
They played songs from debut album ‘Songs Of Praise’ and, um, a cover of ‘Rock Lobster’.
5th January 2018
First Aid Kit share ‘80s-tastic clip for ‘Fireworks’
It’s perms ahoy for the track taken from new album, ‘Ruins’.
5th January 2018
Our Girl are supporting The Magic Gang!
All your favourite pals? Cruising the country together for a tour? Yes please!
5th January 2018
Craig David and Bastille release boozy video for collaborative track ‘I Know You’
Shots shots shots!
5th January 2018
Titus Andronicus — Number One (In New York)
Titus Andronicus reappear as pissed off, trodden down but resilient as ever.
5th January 2018
LUCIA, Crystal & Rascalton make all the right moves at Wide Days 2018
Gone are the timetable-clashes and never-ending queues.
5th January 2018
4th January 2018
Watch Julien Baker play ‘Turn Out The Lights’ on Colbert
She delivered a haunting version of the title track from her recent album.
4th January 2018
Kerry Devine embraces the creepy in ‘Work You’ video
The singer releases her debut album ‘Away From Mountains’ later this year.
4th January 2018
The Gaslight Anthem to celebrate 10th anniversary of ‘The ’59 Sound’
The band are playing the album in full at NYC’s Governors Ball, with more shows promised.
4th January 2018
Titus Andronicus announce new album ‘A Productive Cough’
They’ve also shared new track ‘Number One (In New York)’.
4th January 2018
The Vaccines share new track ‘I Can’t Quit’
Their new album ‘Combat Sports’ is out in March!
4th January 2018
Sea Girls share new track ‘Heavenly War’
The Londoners are off on tour around the UK next month.
4th January 2018
Kendrick Lamar x SZA — All The Stars
It shows both artists as being as versatile as they come.
4th January 2018
Sufjan Stevens shares a new video for ‘Mystery of Love’
It takes clips from ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and Naples’ Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
4th January 2018
Kendrick Lamar and SZA team up on ‘All The Stars’
It’s part of the soundtrack to ‘Black Panther’.
4th January 2018
Jagwar Ma’s Jono Ma teams up with Dreems on ‘I Can’t Stop My Dreaming (Of You)’
It’s taken upcoming EP, ‘The Dreemas’.
4th January 2018
3rd January 2018
Dream Wife share new version of ‘Hey Heartbreaker’
The track — taken from the band’s upcoming debut album — was Annie Mac’s Hottest Record.
3rd January 2018
Beyoncé, Eminem and The Weeknd to headline Coachella 2018
St Vincent, SZA, Haim and more also head to the Californian desert in April.
3rd January 2018
Listen to Superorganism’s new single ‘Everybody Wants To Be Famous’
The follow-up to ‘Something For Your M.I.N.D.’ was last night’s Hottest Record on Radio 1.
3rd January 2018
It looks like The Distillers might be back…
A new teaser video seems to signal the return of Brody Dalle’s troup, who broke up in 2006.
3rd January 2018
Frank Ocean teases that “if you liked 2017, you’ll love 2018”
It follows a Tumblr post from November hinting that he’s sitting on a new album.
3rd January 2018
Listen to Lana Del Rey guest on BØRNS’ new track ‘God Save Our Young Blood’
The singer released new album ‘Lust For Life’ last July.
3rd January 2018
Superorganism announce debut album with ‘Everybody Wants To Be Famous’ video
The record comes out on 2nd March via Domino.
3rd January 2018
Superorganism — Everybody Wants To Be Famous
The single sparkles with untamed life, like bouncing through a magical forest in a PS1 game
3rd January 2018
BØRNS (feat. Lana Del Rey) — God Save Our Young Blood
Sometimes things are greater than the sum of their parts. On the flip side, there’s this.
3rd January 2018
Listen to Charli XCX’s remix of Wolf Alice’s ‘Don’t Delete The Kisses’
The singer previously covered the track for Aussie radio station triple J.
3rd January 2018
2nd January 2018
Bad Witches: Dream Wife
Throwing punk spit and pop nouse, feminist fire and playful humour into one marvellous melting pot, Dream Wife are the art project that transformed into so much more.
2nd January 2018
28th December 2017
Your Big Ones of 2017: The Results
What’s made DIY readers’ collective 2017, you ask? Here we go…
28th December 2017
The Streets — Burn Bridges
Skinner deadpans with typical syllable-twisting agility, and it’s like he never left.
28th December 2017
22nd December 2017
The Streets share first new songs in 6 years, ‘Burn Bridges’ and ‘Sometimes I Hate My Friends More Than My Enemies’
Mike Skinner’s band are on tour in April.
22nd December 2017
The DIY List 2017: Big Ones
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — as we arrive at the end of our rundown, here’s our ten favourite bands and acts of the year.
22nd December 2017
Michael Gracey talks The Greatest Showman
We spoke with the director about how he landed such a huge film for his feature debut.
22nd December 2017
Ho ho ho, it’s Father Cribsmas!
Who goes on the Jarmans’ naughty and nice list? Let us find out…
22nd December 2017
So, this is Cribsmas: Wakefield’s finest, back at the Brudenell
The Cribs and the Brudenell Social Club have something in common — they’re both West Yorkshire institutions.
22nd December 2017
21st December 2017
The DIY List 2017: the times we left an important part of our brains somewhere in a field
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — here’s the festival moments that made us lose our minds this summer.
21st December 2017
The DIY List 2017: legendary people of the year
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — from superb albums, thought-provoking quotes and belly laugh-worthy antics, it’s our legends of the year.
21st December 2017
The DIY List 2017: we wanna be in their gang
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — here are the groups or link-ups that we wish someone had invited us into this year.
21st December 2017
20th December 2017
The DIY List 2017: political moments that gave us hope
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — these are the political moments that put the wind back in our collective sails this year.
20th December 2017
The DIY List 2017: most notable first steps of the year
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — here’s our list of our favourite debuts and breakout moments from the new crop.
20th December 2017
The DIY List 2017: sound the horns, it’s an absolute banger
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — here are some of the bangers we’ve had on endless rotation at DIY HQ this year.
20th December 2017
19th December 2017
Pale Waves share gloomy video for ‘My Obsession’
The track’s taken from their forthcoming debut EP.
19th December 2017
Young Fathers, Jungle & Yonaka join Bilbao BBK Live line-up
The xx, Gorillaz and alt‑J are already set to play the Spanish weekender next summer.
19th December 2017
Lorde’s album ‘Melodrama’ is getting a vinyl release
We’d advise bookmarking this news story and sending it to Santa…
19th December 2017
Fever Ray, The Internet & BADBADNOTGOOD join Melt Festival 2018
Florence + The Machine, The xx and Superorganism will also be playing the German event next year.
19th December 2017
The DIY List 2017: don’t call it a comeback
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — to start, we revisit some of the year’s best comebacks.
19th December 2017
The DIY List 2017: the ‘I was there’ live moments of the year
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — here are the top ‘pinch me’ moments from the stage that we saw this year.
19th December 2017
The DIY List 2017: errr, say that again mate?
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 — here are the stupidest, weirdest and funniest things we’ve seen our faves do this year.
19th December 2017
18th December 2017
Stormzy shares video for ‘Blinded By Your Grace Pt. 2’
The MNEK-featuring track appears on his Mercury nominated debut ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’.
18th December 2017
Run the Jewels kidnap Santa for festive skit
They swung by Late Show With Stephen Colbert for ‘Jingle Jingle (Santa Party)’.
18th December 2017
Grimes gives update on ‘Art Angels’ follow-up
She played some new music to her label the other day, apparently.
18th December 2017
16th December 2017
Class of 2018: Yonaka
With debut EP ‘Heavy’ adding to their already significant promise, this Brighton quartet push boundaries at every turn.
16th December 2017
15th December 2017
N.E.R.D - No_One Ever Really Dies
2 Stars
Not nearly as profound as it thinks it is.
15th December 2017
Class of 2018: Shame
South London boys Shame may have sprung from the same grotty hang-out spots as scene forefathers the Fat White Family, but don’t get them wrong: this lot aren’t pissing about.
15th December 2017
The 1975 share live album
It’s the ‘DH00278’ Matt Healy has been teasing, live from London’s O2 Arena.
15th December 2017
The National share ‘Sleep Well Beast’ video, announce own festival
The band will host the two-day Homecoming Festival next April in their hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.
15th December 2017
Listen to Charli XCX’s new mixtape ‘POP 2’
The new mix features Carly Rae Jepsen, Tove Lo, MØ and loads (really, loads) more.
15th December 2017
The Shins announce ‘flipped’ version of ‘Heartworms’
‘The Worm’s Heart’ comes out next month.
15th December 2017
The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid To Die announce European/UK tour
It’ll be a miracle if they manage to print the full band name on the tickets…
15th December 2017
Chvrches added to NOS Alive
They’ll play the Lisbon festival next July.
15th December 2017
Hot Dreams bring a bit of warmth to the capital
This band deal in the sort of soaring textural richness peddled by Grizzly Bear.
15th December 2017
Has Stoke City’s Charlie Adam announced a new Biffy Clyro album?
“Pleasure to meet you lads. All the best with new album”
15th December 2017
14th December 2017
Toothless toasts the festive season on ‘Leave Take Lend’
Ed Nash’s debut solo album ‘The Pace Of The Passing’ came out at the start of the year.
14th December 2017
Lucy Dacus announces new album ‘Historian’
She’s also shared new track ‘Night Shift’ and announced UK dates.
14th December 2017
Charli XCX teams up with Cupcakke, Brooke Candy and Pabllo Vittar on ‘I Got It’
‘POP 2’ is out tomorrow!
14th December 2017
Watch Thom Yorke play a new track live
He debuted ‘I’m A Very Rude Person’ in Los Angeles.
14th December 2017
N.E.R.D team up with Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar on ‘Don’t Don’t Do It!’
What. A. Combo.
14th December 2017
Car Seat Headrest airs ‘Beach Life-In-Death’
It’s a 13-minute whopper!
14th December 2017
Listen to Jorja Smith cover Frank Ocean
She’s taken on ‘Lost’ from ‘Channel Orange’.
14th December 2017
Avey Tare gets animated in the video for ‘Ms. Secret’
His album ‘Eucalyptus’ came out earlier in the year.
14th December 2017
Radiohead will not be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Nina Simone, Bon Jovi and Dire Straits will all be inducted.
14th December 2017
HalfNoise announces a London show
Zac Farro will play at The Borderline in January.
14th December 2017
Table Scraps head to the funfair in the video for ‘Sick of Me’
It does actually end in being sick…
14th December 2017
Listen to Jarvis Cocker and Iggy Pop cover Nick Cave
They’ve tackled ‘Red Right Hand’ for ‘Peaky Blinders’.
14th December 2017
Temples release ‘Toe Rag Session’
They’ve also shared a short film.
14th December 2017
joan deliver sparkling synth pop on ‘tokyo’
The Little Rock duo’s latest is today’s Neu Pick.
14th December 2017
Tame Impala, Glass Animals and more are set for Mad Cool 2018
Franz Ferdinand and Frankie Cosmos are also heading to Madrid.
14th December 2017
Liam Gallagher has narrated an animation about a melting snowman
The holiday-themed ad comes from the Climate Coalition.
14th December 2017
David Byrne lines up a 2018 North American tour
He’ll head out on a six-show run next March.
14th December 2017
Future Islands go live in their ‘Beauty of the Road’ video
‘The Far Field’ came out earlier this year.
14th December 2017
Hundred Waters share a new video for ‘Wave To Anchor’
The band head to Bulgaria for the clip.
14th December 2017
Class of 2018: Sälen
Penning the filthiest pop songs going — and chasing a Christmas number one — these super-talented Londoners have huge ambitions.
14th December 2017
13th December 2017
Orlando Weeks’ one-off celebration of ‘The Gritterman’ is a touchingly festive joy
Moving on to pastures new, the former Maccabees singer manages the rare feat of crafting something entirely incomparable
13th December 2017
Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Beck team up for massive Dublin show
It’s happening next May.
13th December 2017
Vagabon gets animated for ‘Cold Apartment’s video
Lӕtitia Tamko reissued her excellent debut album ‘Infinite Worlds’ last month.
13th December 2017