Honeyblood & God Damn set to open on Foo Fighters UK dates
The duos will open up the shows in Edinburgh and Manchester respectively.
19th May 2015
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19th May 2015
Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley form new project DRINKS, share ‘Hermits On Holiday’
It’s the title-track from the duo’s newly announced album, out in August.
19th May 2015
Nikolai Fraiture’s new band Summer Moon share ‘Happenin’ (Blue Room Mix)’
It’s the first full song to come from The Strokes bassist’s new project.
19th May 2015
How To Dress Well shares video for ‘See You Fall’
The video is a ‘directors cut’ of the original ‘What Is This Heart?’ video trilogy from last year
19th May 2015
Björk shares full DJ set from Tri Angle Records 5th birthday party
The set features the likes of Kate Bush, Death Grips and recent collaborator The Haxan Cloak.
19th May 2015
Savages say they’re working on a “beast of a record”
Group are in the studio working on the follow-up to ’Silence Yourself’.
19th May 2015
Run The Jewels preview snippet from ‘Meow The Jewels’
‘Angelmeowster’ comes from El‑P and Killer Mike’s charity cat remix album.
19th May 2015
18th May 2015
Prides announce debut album ‘The Way Back Up’
Scottish gems’ first full-length is out this July.
18th May 2015
The Neu Bulletin (18th May 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Man Of Moon, Puppy, Jude Shuma and Pity Sex.
18th May 2015
The Parrots share ‘To The People Who Showed Me Their Love While I Was Here’
Debut EP ‘Weed for the Parrots’ is out this June.
18th May 2015
Killer Mike appears on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’, talks racism, Baltimore, and Bill O’Reilly
Run The Jewels member says O’Reilly is “full of shit” after recent controversial comments.
18th May 2015
The Maccabees confirm new album ‘Marks to Prove It’
Group’s fourth album is out this July.
18th May 2015
Billy Corgan and Marilyn Manson will live-stream press conference ahead of joint headline tour
The End Times tour begins in North America in July.
18th May 2015
Kendrick Lamar performs new track during surprise show
The rapper performed ‘Money Over Love’ during Adrian Younge’s concert.
18th May 2015
Bob Dylan to perform on penultimate David Letterman Show
Dylan will make his first appearance on the show in over twenty years.
18th May 2015
Unknown Mortal Orchestra shares stream of new album ‘Multi-Love’
Follow-up to 2013’s ’II’ is out via Jagjaguwar next week.
18th May 2015
Taylor Swift unveils star-studded ‘Bad Blood’ video
Not-that-low-budget new clip hosts a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar.
18th May 2015
Shamir: “I used to be so annoyed by disco”
Shamir’s ascent has been swift; on the climb he’s found a new appreciation for unlikely genres.
18th May 2015
The Great Escape 2015: Spector, Girl Band and Gengahr close out the festival
A mix of bill-headlining triumph and impromptu house parties defines the Brighton fest’s final day.
18th May 2015
Muse unveil ‘Mercy’ lyric video
Track appears on the ninth studio album ‘Drones’.
18th May 2015
Mumford & Sons stay top of Official Albums Chart
‘Wilder Mind’ claims a second week at Number 1.
18th May 2015
HMV to return to online trading for the first time since closure
Retailer’s website is set for a relaunch following healthy in-store profits.
18th May 2015
Jamie xx: DIY’s June 2015 cover star revealed
We go ‘In Colour’ this month, with the new issue out this Friday (22nd May).
18th May 2015
Josef Salvat debuts ‘Till I Found You’ video
Grand, dramatic narrative backs up the Australia via London singer’s new single.
18th May 2015
DIIV announce new UK shows
Group arrive in the country this June for Field Day.
18th May 2015
Girlpool air new video for ‘Before the World Was Big’
LA duo have also announced a new show at London Scala.
18th May 2015
Courtney Love releases ‘Miss Narcissist’ single
Track is out on Wavves’ label Ghost Ramp.
18th May 2015
Liverpool Sound City announce stage times and schedule
The Vaccines, The Flaming Lips and Belle and Sebastian headline this weekend
18th May 2015
New A$AP Rocky track ‘What’s Beef?’ appears online
New song is believed to be on upcoming album ‘At.Long.Last.A$AP’.
18th May 2015
Puppy enter ‘The Great Beyond’ with new video
Shameless, lick-stuffed single precedes a forthcoming debut EP.
18th May 2015
Ratatat share ‘Intro’ video
France-inspired clip is thought to be lifted from an upcoming LP.
18th May 2015
17th May 2015
Shamir — Ratchet
4 Stars
One of the year’s most accomplished, left-field pop albums.
17th May 2015
Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes
3 Stars
A land of multi-coloured glee and decorated discovery.
17th May 2015
Desaparecidos share new track ‘Backsell’
The track is the second from their forthcoming LP ‘Payola’, their first album in thirteen years.
17th May 2015
Lana Del Rey shares lyrics to ‘Honeymoon’ title-track
Fans find the lyrics inside ‘Endless Summer’ tour programmes.
17th May 2015
16th May 2015
The Story So Far - The Story So Far
4 Stars
With their third album, The Story So Far continue to lead the charge for their niche.
16th May 2015
Total Babes — Heydays
4 Stars
Glistening with barbed hooks hidden under scuzzy exuberance.
16th May 2015
Hot Chip — Why Make Sense?
4 Stars
The sound of a band still exploring.
16th May 2015
El‑P previews ‘Run The Jewels 3’ on Instagram, provides ‘Meow The Jewels’ update
‘Meow…’ will feature contributions from Zola Jesus and Geoff Barrow.
16th May 2015
Alabama Shakes announce new London date for November
Group add an extra date at O2 Academy Brixton following recent sell-out.
16th May 2015
Run The Jewels share video for ‘Early’
Animated clip features protest imagery echoing American police brutality and arrests.
16th May 2015
Drenge and Girl Band added to free Alt Escape show, taking place tonight
Bleach hosts a free all-dayer on the final day of the Brighton fest.
16th May 2015
DIY to host Spector, Menace Beach & more on final day of The Great Escape
Brighton fest closes out with DIY’s The Arch takeover, plus sets from The Maccabees and Gengahr.
16th May 2015
Sun Kil Moon share new track ‘Garden Of Lavender’
The ten-minute track previews new album, ‘Universal Themes’.
16th May 2015
Tom Waits performs a new song ‘Take One Last Look’ on Letterman
Waits performs on television for the first time in two years
16th May 2015
Glasgow venue The Arches forced to close after midnight by licensing board
Petition to reinstate the club’s license has been created.
16th May 2015
Flying Lotus plays unreleased track ‘Transmolecularization’ during Radio 1 Residency show
Outtake from ‘You’re Dead!’ features Kamasi Washington.
16th May 2015
Jack White and Loretta Lynn to be inducted into Nashville’s Hall of Fame
City’s site will be reopened by the two new inductees next month.
16th May 2015
The Great Escape 2015: Bully, Drenge, Tobias Jesso Jr and Ho99o9 set day two’s agenda
DIY picks out highlights from the second day of action in Brighton.
16th May 2015
15th May 2015
Torres — Sprinter
4 Stars
A bruising, brilliant record from a singular talent. It won’t soothe or placate. It’s all teeth.
15th May 2015
Tracks: Years & Years, Mac DeMarco, & More
DIY writers pick out the biggest and best new songs from this week.
15th May 2015
The Great Escape continues today with Drenge, Django Django, Bully, DIY x Echochamp & more
Day two of the seaside fest continues — hear a playlist of today’s highlights.
15th May 2015
Kings Of Leon and Duran Duran to headline Gibraltar Music Festival
First acts announced also include Tom Odell and Rae Morris.
15th May 2015
Earl Sweatshirt announces world tour
Odd Future rapper will support latest album ‘I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside’ this summer.
15th May 2015
The Maccabees and The Vaccines to play The Great Escape
Two huge names have been added last-minute to the festival.
15th May 2015
Queen Kwong, Red Racer, Frauds to play free DIY Presents London show this weekend
We’re taking over The Old Blue Last this Saturday.
15th May 2015
Glastonbury 2015 announces Heavenly Recordings event, Field of Avalon line-up
TOY, Bear’s Den and Idlewild have all been added to the fest.
15th May 2015
Giorgio Moroder — Diamonds (ft. Charli XCX)
The disco pioneer might’ve taken a long break, but in a snap, he’s right back at the forefront.
15th May 2015
The Great Escape 2015: LA Priest, Ibeyi and Låpsley stand out on day one
Brighton’s new music extravaganza kicks off with a brilliant showcase of the future.
15th May 2015
Everyone’s a champion: A guide to Brighton’s unsung new bands
DIY is teaming up with Brighton collective Echochamp for a free Alt Escape showcase today — as a preview, get to know the seaside’s fresh faces.
15th May 2015
Win tickets to a Peace gig on the site of Hammersmith Palais
Skullcandy and DIY will host the gig at PureGym, where the iconic venue once stood.
15th May 2015
Yung - Blankets
Picking up Iceage’s gauntlet, Yung are fast becoming one of Denmark’s most exciting prospects.
15th May 2015
14th May 2015
Brandon Flowers — The Desired Effect
4 Stars
Brandon is still very much the star of this show.
14th May 2015
Azealia Banks confirms new album ‘Business & Pleasure’ is out next year
Banks says the follow-up to ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’ is half-finished
14th May 2015
Yung share new single ‘Blanket’
Upcoming release follows Danish group’s debut EP, ‘Alter’.
14th May 2015
Nicolas Jaar has score Jacques Audiard’s new film ‘Dheepan’
The producer put out a new EP earlier this week.
14th May 2015
The Great Escape kicks off today with Shamir, Happyness, LA Priest & more
Brighton’s yearly buzzageddon begins this Thursday — hear a playlist of today’s highlights.
14th May 2015
Hudson Mohawke shares video for ‘Very First Breath’
New album ‘Lantern’ is out via Warp next month.
14th May 2015
Giorgio Moroder shares two new tracks featuring Charli XCX and Mikky Ekko
‘Diamonds’ and ‘Don’t Let Go’ will feature on his new album ‘Déjà Vu’.
14th May 2015
Earl Sweatshirt performs with BADBADNOTGOOD on Jimmy Kimmel
The Odd Future affiliate performed ‘AM // Radio’ and ‘Grief’, cuts from his latest album ‘I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside’
14th May 2015
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! to reissue debut album, announce 10th anniversary tour
Group share new version of ‘Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away’
14th May 2015
God Damn share video for ‘Vultures’
The video sees God Damn perform under a rain of maggots in a world of shoddy 90’s green screen
14th May 2015
Brandon Flowers performs ‘Lonely Town’ on ‘The Late Late Show’
The Killers frontman will release his new album ‘The Desired Effect’ next week
14th May 2015
Villagers announces new single ‘Everything I Am Is Yours’ and expands tour
New video arrives with single scheduled for release 29th June
14th May 2015
Beat-Herder Festival announces final acts including The Levellers, Daniel Avery and more
The final wave of acts for the Lancashire festival also includes Erol Alkan, Greg Wilson and others
14th May 2015
Honne, The Laundry, London
Buzz doesn’t quite cover it, and it’s all on Honne to deliver on the expectation.
14th May 2015
Upbringing: Surfer Blood
Frontman John Paul Pitts tells DIY about his first gigs, albums and early musical obsessions.
14th May 2015
13th May 2015
QT’s DrinkQT Energy drink is now for sale
QT has also been added to the Field Day line-up.
13th May 2015
Lucy Rose airs new single ‘Like An Arrow’
Track is taken from the ‘Work It Out’ album.
13th May 2015
Kwabs shares new single ‘Fight For Love’
Debut album ‘Love + War’ has been given a new September release date.
13th May 2015
Kanye West crashes Chance The Rapper’s open mic night
Vic Mensa joins Kanye for Chance’s bi-monthly High School event.
13th May 2015
Mark Ronson, Bleachers, and Tove Lo join V Festival line-up
Example + DJ Wire, Maverick Sabre, Scouting For Girls, also added to the event.
13th May 2015
Public Access T.V. share new EP ‘Public Access’
New release is out now via Terrible Records.
13th May 2015
Maximo Park announce 10th anniversary shows for ‘A Certain Trigger’
Debut album will receive a limited edition repress out in October.
13th May 2015
Watch Father John Misty, Lianne La Havas and Soak play Jools Holland
Last night’s edition also hosted Paul Weller, Curtis Harding and The Hot Sardines.
13th May 2015
From Rat Boy to Låpsley — Ten acts to see at The Great Escape 2015
We’ve waded through the sea pebbles to find the best of this year’s Brighton buzzathon, running 14th-16th May.
13th May 2015
The Neu Bulletin (13th May 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Yak, The Big Moon, HANA and Mouth.
13th May 2015
Fraser A. Gorman shares video for ‘Shiny Gun’, starring Courtney Barnett
The label buddies star as anchors in a news report gone terribly wrong.
13th May 2015
Billy Corgan says the music business is run by “feckless idiots”
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman also rubbished TIDAL in his CNBC appearance, dismissing any of its “altruistic” intentions.
13th May 2015
Lianne La Havas shares video for ‘Unstoppable’
‘Unstoppable’ is the first single to be taken from her forthcoming second album ‘Blood’
13th May 2015
The Parrots announce debut EP ‘Weed For The Parrots’
The Madrid-based garage outfit also previewed the release with new track ‘I’m Not Alone’
13th May 2015
James Murphy is opening a wine bar in New York
The LCD Soundsystem maestro’s new bar, The Four Horsemen, opens up in Williamsburg next month.
13th May 2015
Speedy Ortiz unveil ‘Raising the Skate’ video, announce DIY Presents gig
Massachusetts band call the shots in their murderous new clip.
13th May 2015
Autobahn announce debut album ‘Dissemble’, share new track ‘Immaterial Man’
Leeds-based group will release the long-player via Tough Love in August
13th May 2015
Shamir streams debut album ‘Ratchet’ in the US
Release is available to hear via iTunes Radio’s ‘First Play’ service now
13th May 2015
Brandon Flowers shares stream of new album, ‘The Desired Effect’ in U.S.
The Killers frontman’s new solo album is out next week via Island/Vertigo
13th May 2015
Favela announces debut EP ‘Future Visions’, shares title-track
Leeds-based producer will release the three-track via Transgressive imprint paradYse.
13th May 2015
Stage times announced for free DIY x Echochamp Alt Escape party
We’re taking over Brighton Bleach this Friday, with The Magic Gang, Oscar and Pix confirmed to play.
13th May 2015
Drenge announced as a last-minute The Great Escape addition
Loveless brothers are playing on Friday 15th.
13th May 2015
12th May 2015
Recording on “the third moon of Jupiter”, belief and outward-thinking: My Morning Jacket
Jim James speaks to Anastasia Connor about the infinite trip of new album ‘The Waterfall’.
12th May 2015