Alabama Shakes: “I’m not sure what kinda band we are anymore”
Think you know Alabama Shakes? Think again.
25th April 2015
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25th April 2015
24th April 2015
Jackson Scott — Sunshine Redux
4 Stars
‘Sunshine Redux’ encapsulates all of Scott’s best qualities.
24th April 2015
Mumford & Sons: “Fuck the banjo”
After they (kind of) split, Mumford & Sons returned by ditching their trademark. It’s out with the folk instruments, in with the electrified ‘Wilder Mind’.
24th April 2015
Club Kuru previews new EP with ‘Long Drive’
Dream along to the Bristol via London producer’s latest track.
24th April 2015
DIIV: “This record is going to mean a lot, to a lot of people”
DIIV’s new record reflects on a turbulent few years. “It has its darker moments,” Zachary Cole Smith explains.
24th April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (24th April 2015)
DIY’s weekend new music tips, featuring Our Girl, Bruising and Loppa Albon.
24th April 2015
Win a pair of tickets for T in the Park 2015
We’ve a pair of weekend camping tickets to give away.
24th April 2015
Tracks: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Panic! At The Disco, & More
The DIY writers pick out the biggest and best new tracks from the last seven days.
24th April 2015
Frank Ocean legally changes his name
It’s official, Chris Breaux is no more after Ocean’s name change request was approved in Los Angeles.
24th April 2015
HEALTH are back! Watch the ‘New Coke’ video, from the ‘Death Magic’ LP
Group’s new album is out 7th August.
24th April 2015
Diplo doesn’t want to be Diplo anymore
Diplo says he’s planning on retiring his dinosaur moniker to focus on Major Lazer.
24th April 2015
The Chemical Brothers announce new album, share new single ‘Sometimes I Feel So Deserted’
‘Born In The Echoes’ features collaborations with St. Vincent, Beck, and Q‑Tip
24th April 2015
Florence and the Machine and Rihanna set to appear on Saturday Night Live
Florence Welch will perform on May 9th, with Rihanna playing the Louis CK-hosted finale show the following week.
24th April 2015
New issue of DIY out now, feat. Mumford & Sons, Brandon Flowers, Alabama Shakes & more
DIY is free — pick up a copy in our usual UK stockists or read for free online and via Apple Newsstand. Plus read our 2015 Festival Guide online for free!
24th April 2015
Watch Chet Faker perform ‘Gold’ on Jimmy Kimmel
The Australian musician also announced a string of European tour dates this summer.
24th April 2015
HEALTH — New Coke
This shows HEALTH at their most frenetic, which is an achievement in itself.
24th April 2015
Giorgio Moroder and Britney Spears’ cover of ‘Tom’s Diner’ emerges
The cover of the disco classic appears on Moroder’s forthcoming album Déjà Vu.
24th April 2015
Tyler, The Creator reckons Jay-Z’s TIDAL launch was stupid
The amount of big names at the opening night “came off as weird,” said the Odd Future leader.
24th April 2015
God Damn share title track ‘Vultures’
The new material’s taken from the band’s forthcoming debut album of the same name.
24th April 2015
Adele is “taking her time” on new album says producer Emile Haynie
“We’ll have to wait and see,” said Haynie of the rumoured follow-up to the singer’s multi-platinum selling ‘21’.
24th April 2015
Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys starts new solo project The Arcs
He’s releasing boxing-themed 7″ single ‘Stay in my Corner’ b/w ‘Tomato Can’ on Saturday, with a debut to follow.
24th April 2015
Tennis share video for ‘Mean Streets’
Originally taken from the band’s 2013 EP ‘Small Sound,’ now the song gets its own cowboy dance-off to match.
24th April 2015
BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah announce first European tour dates
The handful of shows include dates in London, Paris and Amsterdam
24th April 2015
Courtney Barnett - Close Watch (John Cale Cover)
Tracing fragile melody lines, and taking on major musical influences in the process, this is Barnett at her most arresting.
24th April 2015
Hookworms & Factory Floor added to Liverpool Psych Fest
The Heads, Jacco Gardner and Jane Weaver have all been added to the line-up.
24th April 2015
Chvrches rule themselves out of Glastonbury 2015
The Scottish band counter online speculation and clarify that they will not be playing the festival this year.
24th April 2015
The Chemical Brothers — Sometimes I Feel So Deserted
There’s no way to put it more eloquently; the duo’s 90s flavoured return is absolutely mullered off its face.
24th April 2015
Yak enter the abyss with disorienting ‘Plastic People’ video
Exciting London trio are readying themselves for this year’s inner-city fests.
24th April 2015
23rd April 2015
New Weezer track ‘Everybody Needs Salvation’ surfaces online
Exclusive fan club track debuts online.
23rd April 2015
TIDAL drops out of the top 700 apps in US download charts
More bad news for Jay Z et al, as Spotify and Pandora make gains into the top five
23rd April 2015
Funeral For A Friend announce ‘Hours — Live at Islington Academy’
The band will release their new live album and DVD set this June.
23rd April 2015
Brandon Flowers covers Frank Sinatra’s ‘Come Fly With Me’
The star joined Tony Bennett and Ne-Yo for the Tribeca Film Festival’s tribute to Sinatra.
23rd April 2015
Oceaán announces debut live AV show in London
Oliver Cean and his group will play at The Courtyard Theatre on 11th June.
23rd April 2015
Palace announce new London Scala show
New date in October will follow the group’s UK festival shows this summer.
23rd April 2015
RAT BOY airs debut video for ‘SIGN ON’
Knackered, Burberry-dressed motors and giant floating balls — it’s Jordan Cardy’s first vid!
23rd April 2015
Cathedrals announce UK release of self-titled EP, share video for lead single ‘OOO AAA’
San Francisco duo’s new release is out 8th June via National Anthem.
23rd April 2015
Rae Morris & Vance Joy added to Taylor Swift’s British Summer Time show
The Hyde Park show takes place on 27th June.
23rd April 2015
Final Glastonbury headliner to be British, potentially two different artists
Michael Eavis has been dropping (very) cryptic hints about Sunday night’s headliner.
23rd April 2015
Hop Along: “Life is grimy. It gets ugly”
In the new issue of DIY, Frances Quinlan and co. talk new album ‘Painted Shut’.
23rd April 2015
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s former LA flat now an Air BnB rental space
Owner Brandon Kleinman says the apartment doesn’t get a ton of interest (it will now).
23rd April 2015
Blanck Mass share new single, ‘Detritus’
Benjamin John Power follows ‘Dead Format’ with new preview of ‘Dumb Flesh’
23rd April 2015
Torres shares new single, ‘Cowboy Guilt’
New track is featured on the forthcoming album, ‘Sprinter’
23rd April 2015
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett loses his phone full of riffs
250 new riffs go missing after Hammett forgets to back-up
23rd April 2015
BBC Introducing stage for Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Norwich announced
HONNE, Get Inuit, Formation and others are among the line-up.
23rd April 2015
George FitzGerald shares ‘Call It Love (If You Want To)’, featuring Lawrence Hart
Track premiered as Annie Mac’s ‘Hottest Record’ on Radio 1 last night.
23rd April 2015
Mogwai, Young Fathers nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2015
The Phantom Band, Belle & Sebastian and Paws have also made the 20-LP shortlist.
23rd April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (23rd April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Demob Happy and Regal Degal.
23rd April 2015
Razzle Dazzle ‘Em: Punks, rockers and self-starters from Chicago
Kyle MacNeill rides the wave of exciting new bands coming out of Chi-town.
23rd April 2015
Mumford & Sons announce summer warm up show
The last minute show at Brighton’s Dome Corn Exchange takes place on Monday.
23rd April 2015
DIIV announce new album, ‘Is The Is Are’
Follow-up to 2012’s ‘Oshin’ is out on Captured Tracks in late 2015.
23rd April 2015
SHEER MAG share video for ‘Fan The Flames’
Single is featured on the Philadelphia-based group’s latest EP.
23rd April 2015
The Japanese House - Sister
Vocals take up centre stage on Amber Bain’s latest blissful track.
23rd April 2015
The best selling release of Record Store Day was a cassette tape
This year also saw the independent sector account for over a quarter of the week’s entire physical music sales in the US.
23rd April 2015
Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry calls out evil, misogynistic online trolls online
“Bring it on, motherfuckers”, she says, addressing disgusting social posts.
23rd April 2015
Fraser A. Gorman announces debut album, ‘Slow Gum’
Slow Gum’ is out 29th June via Milk Records/House Anxiety/Marathon Artists
23rd April 2015
Killer Mike invited to 2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Run The Jewels member is also set to give a ‘Race Relations in the U.S.’ lecture in Massachusetts on Friday.
23rd April 2015
Palma Violets reveal new video for ‘English Tongue’
The band’s newest clip features Game of Thrones star Paul Kaye.
23rd April 2015
Best Coast: “We were just gonna make the record that we wanted to make”
The band decided to open themselves up even more on their third record, Bethany Cosentino explains in the new issue of DIY.
23rd April 2015
Gengahr to play last minute show at St. Pancras Station, London tonight
Head to the Euro Tunnel this evening for the group’s post-tour special.
23rd April 2015
Tool post a message about the Record Store Day mix-up between them and U2
Fans who bought U2’s ‘Songs Of Innocence’ found Tool’s ‘Opiate’ EP inside the sleeve.
23rd April 2015
Hot Chip: “It is a bit more stripped down in some ways”
The band “tried to decide what were the key parts” when making their forthcoming album, ‘Why Make Sense?’
23rd April 2015
22nd April 2015
The War On Drugs play ‘Under The Pressure’ and ‘Red Eyes’ on Ellen
TV host gives away copies of ‘Lost In The Dream’ to the audience
22nd April 2015
Bo Rocha cuts deep on new track ‘Angel Eyes’
Hear the second track from the hyped-up Londoner.
22nd April 2015
Clarence Clarity unveils ‘Buck-Toothed Particle Smashers’ video
Take another trip into the London producer’s Deep Web.
22nd April 2015
Speedy Ortiz get trippy in ‘The Graduates’ video
The band are throwing around more googly eyes than Neil Buchanan on Art Attack.
22nd April 2015
Jack White donates to the National Blues Museum in St. Louis
His six-figure sum will go towards museum’s ‘Mix It Up’ program
22nd April 2015
My Morning Jacket share new track ‘Believe (Nobody Knows)’
Group’s new album is due out this May.
22nd April 2015
Rihanna shares interlude from ‘R8’, ‘James Joint’
Playful cut was shared one day on from 4⁄20.
22nd April 2015
Preview a new Lana Del Rey song, ‘Life Is Beautiful’
Song appears on Harrison Ford-starring film ‘The Age of Adaline’.
22nd April 2015
Wet announce debut album ‘Don’t You’, stream ‘Deadwater’
Slick pop trio’s first work is due out this Autumn.
22nd April 2015
Hear Wolf Alice debut new song ‘Lisbon’ in Radio 1 Maida Vale session
Group’s ‘My Love Is Cool’ album is out this June.
22nd April 2015
Lianne La Havas announces ‘Blood’ album, shares ‘Unstoppable’
Second LP is out this July on Warner Bros. Records.
22nd April 2015
Against Me! unveil new video for ‘Two Coffins’
The band have unveiled an animated video clip for the ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’ cut.
22nd April 2015
Is Spotify already worth more than the entire US music industry?
Service has picked up $400 million of new funding, pushing its value to $8.4 billion.
22nd April 2015
Watch Mumford & Sons, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Ghostpoet play Jools Holland
Second episode in a new series also hosted Mirel Wagner and Cheikh Lô.
22nd April 2015
Field Day 2015 promises to be the most hyped, surprise-filled year in the fest’s history
From outlandish collaborations to the DIY stage, here’s why we’re already counting down to June’s first weekend.
22nd April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (22nd April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Algiers and June Gloom.
22nd April 2015
Groves get graceful for new ‘Backless’ single
Richard Formby-produced single firmly puts this London five-piece on the map.
22nd April 2015
HONNE share video for ‘Coastal Love’
Title-track of Honne’s new EP features Tamsin Wilson of Wilsen
22nd April 2015
Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring raps on new Scallops Hotel track, ‘Lavender Chunk’
Alter-ego Hemlock Ernst and milo combine for the latter’s new album ‘Plain Speaking’
22nd April 2015
Kanye West says he’s “an inventor. I am an innovator,” in his new essay
West’s ‘The American Dream’ essay is featured in this month’s Paper magazine
22nd April 2015
Shamir opens ‘Call It Off’ Relationship Hotline
Call 1 – 844-4SHAMIR or 0800−193−3266 in the UK, NOW.
22nd April 2015
The Bohicas prepare for Sound City: “I love Liverpool”
“We’ll be playing songs off our forthcoming debut album,” says frontman Dominic McGuinness.
22nd April 2015
Shamir: “It’s crazy to think that I’ve only really made this music for a little over a year”
Las Vegas phenomenon talks disco and being hyped to the heavens, in the new issue of DIY.
22nd April 2015
Matthew E. White shares video for ‘Feeling Good Is Good Enough’
Video documents White’s recent performance with a 30-piece orchestra in New York.
22nd April 2015
Palma Violets: “If you ask who wrote the songs, it’s none of us”
The band unveil some of the secrets behind the making of ‘Danger In The Club’, in DIY’s newest issue.
22nd April 2015
Yung take a trip with new ‘A Stain’ video
Welcome to the grey, concrete-lined world of these Danish punks.
22nd April 2015
The Smashing Pumpkins announce new North American “acoustic-electro” tour dates
‘In Plainsong’ with William Corgan and co will begin in June
22nd April 2015
Mac DeMarco announces ‘Another One’ mini-album and DIY Presents Birmingham show
Mac’s announced a batch of UK dates taking place this September.
22nd April 2015
Django Django: “This time around it was a lot more focused”
The London-via-Edinburgh four-piece open up about their sophomore effort in the new issue of DIY, landing this Friday.
22nd April 2015
Jack White plays surprise acoustic show in Anchorage, Alaska
First performance is part of the all-acoustic $3 shows in states White has never played before.
22nd April 2015
Charli XCX and Bleachers join forces for US tour
Jack Antonoff and Charli will be heading around North America this July and August.
22nd April 2015
21st April 2015
Upbringing: American Wrestlers
Ahead of his debut LP, the Fat Possum signing digs into his early musical obsessions.
21st April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (21st April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Låpsley, Oceaán, Daniel Cherney and MALCOLM.
21st April 2015
Matthew E. White: “There’s a lot of personal stuff on the record, and there’s some true stories”
Virginia songwriter digs into the next chapters that define new album ‘Fresh Blood’, speaking to Andrew Backhouse.
21st April 2015
Speedy Ortiz: “This album is less of a bummer”
Speedy Ortiz are in a good place on their second full-length, ’Foil Deer’.
21st April 2015
Courtney Barnett covers John Cale’s ‘Close Watch’
The recording appeared as the B‑side on her Record Store Day 7″ release of ‘Kim’s Caravan’
21st April 2015
Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
The band dish up modern day food for thought with a hefty side-serving of samba salsa.
21st April 2015
Brandon Flowers “definitely wanted to do something different” with second solo album
Flowers discusses his forthcoming album in the new issue of DIY, out on Friday.
21st April 2015
Girlpool announce UK and European tour
September dates follow the duo’s debut album ‘Before The World Was Big’, out in June.
21st April 2015