PVRIS take to Maida Vale for a Radio 1 session
The Massachusetts three-piece air four tracks from ‘White Noise’.
21st April 2015
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21st April 2015
U2 fans who bought ‘Songs Of Innocence’ Record Store Day vinyl find a Tool EP
Confused fans have discovered Tool’s 1992 ‘Opiate’ EP in copies of the U2 album sleeves
21st April 2015
Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio announces solo album
The bassist’s debut will be out ‘this summer’.
21st April 2015
Show Me The Body release new EP via BitTorrent
The EP comes via New York based DIY label Letter Racer, their second release following RATKING’s ‘700 Fill’.
21st April 2015
alt‑J, Drenge, FIDLAR, Against Me! added to Reading & Leeds Festivals
Over 60 new names have joined the 28th-30th August bill.
21st April 2015
Wild Beasts, Royal Blood, FKA twigs among Ivor Novello nominees
Alt‑J, George Ezra and Hozier are also up for awards.
21st April 2015
Father John Misty announces new UK and European tour dates
New shows have been scheduled for October through to November.
21st April 2015
Ghostpoet announces one-off November London show
He’ll play Shepherd’s Bush Empire this winter.
21st April 2015
Django Django share video for Record Store Day single, ‘Beginning To Fade’
Single will feature on their upcoming album, ‘Born Under Saturn’.
21st April 2015
Blur’s ‘The Magic Whip’ album is streaming in full
First album as a four-piece in sixteen years is available to hear on iTunes.
21st April 2015
PINS take over DIY’s Instagram today
The band are travelling to London to support Drenge tonight.
21st April 2015
Fucked Up stream ‘California Cold’ from new EP
Group headline DIY’s Baltic Stage at Liverpool’s Sound City, this May.
21st April 2015
DIY to host Leon Bridges, Honeyblood & more at Citadel 2015
First ever edition takes place at London’s Victoria Park this July.
21st April 2015
Wild Beasts confirm they’re working on a new album
Fifth LP is in the works, says Hayden Thorpe.
21st April 2015
David Bowie tops Official Vinyl Singles Charts with ‘Changes’ Record Store Day release
Manic Street Preachers top Official Vinyl Albums Chart with ‘The Holy Bible’ 20th anniversary edition.
21st April 2015
Metronomy announced as final Festival No. 6 headliner
Mark Ronson and British Sea Power have also been confirmed for the Portmeirion weekender.
21st April 2015
Alabama Shakes: “I don’t know how people are going to react when it’s released, really”
Brittany Howard and co. discuss new album ‘Sound & Color’ in the May issue of DIY, out Friday 24th April.
21st April 2015
Alvvays planning “a couple of new songs” for summer festivals
The band are playing Best Kept Secret this June.
21st April 2015
Clarence Clarity talks Sound City: “I never really know what’s going to happen”
Clarence promises his set at the festival is going to be a “good laugh”.
21st April 2015
Savages, Shura, Hookworms & more to play DIY Shacklewell Arms Stage at Field Day 2015
Victoria Park, London fest runs across the 6th-7th June weekend.
21st April 2015
Palace “super psyched” to play Sound City 2015
“We’ve lots of new material to be played,” says the band’s frontman.
21st April 2015
Killer Mike shares Ric Flair-starring video for ‘Ric Flair’
Taken from his 2011 album ‘Pl3de’, the new video comes as a celebration for the Run The Jewels man’s 40th birthday.
21st April 2015
AURORA announces debut EP, ‘Running With The Wolves’, shares title-track
News follows the Norwegian’s ‘Runaway’ from earlier in 2015.
21st April 2015
Florence and the Machine and Father John Misty perform cover at Coachella Festival
The pair teamed up to play the Everly Brothers’ ‘Love Hurts’ over the weekend
21st April 2015
Audio of Kurt Cobain covering The Beatles’ ‘And I Love Her’ surfaces online
Previously unheard demo features on new documentary ‘Montage Of Heck’.
21st April 2015
Damon Albarn bemoans “the selfie generation”
Albarn criticised the lack of political minds in music during a Sunday Times interview.
21st April 2015
Oscar to support Hinds next month
He’ll join in the fun on four dates.
21st April 2015
Muse announce three new US shows
The band will play two dates in NYC and one in LA, taking place in May.
21st April 2015
The Japanese House shares new song, ‘Sister’
The track features on debut EP, ‘Pools to Bathe In’.
21st April 2015
Watch The Antlers perform ‘Kettering’ live in London
The clip comes ahead of the release of the band’s new limited edition live album ‘In London’.
21st April 2015
Mew share stream of new album ‘+-‘
The group’s first album in six years is out next week on Play It Again Sam.
21st April 2015
PINS unveil new song, ‘Young Girls’
The track features on new album, ‘Wild Nights’.
21st April 2015
Ibeyi announce worldwide tour
The dates include UK dates in Brighton, London, Bristol and more.
21st April 2015
Health get their tease on
The follow-up to ‘Get Color’ is imminent.
21st April 2015
20th April 2015
Panic! At The Disco release new single ‘Hallelujah’
Brendon Urie gives a first taste of the band’s new album.
20th April 2015
Sufjan Stevens announces first UK tour in four years
European dates take place this August / September.
20th April 2015
Hear Foo Fighters cover Kim Wilde’s ‘Kids In America’
Two tracks, including the cover, have appeared online from their Record Store Day release.
20th April 2015
Florence + The Machine share new song ‘As Far As I Could Get’
Track is taken from a Record Store Day exclusive.
20th April 2015
Mumford & Sons preview new album with ‘Snake Eyes’ live video
Hear the latest take to be lifted from ‘Wilder Mind’.
20th April 2015
Menace Beach bring Record Store Day to spectacular, rowdy end at The Old Blue Last
The mood of the packed Old Blue Last changes into one of celebration and Menace Beach are in their element.
20th April 2015
Hot Chip announce October UK tour
Dates support the new ‘Why Make Sense?’ album.
20th April 2015
Amy Winehouse documentary to be shown at Cannes Festival
Asif Kapadia’s upcoming film ‘Amy’ will be given a special screening at this year’s event
20th April 2015
Twin Shadow’s tour bus involved in Colorado crash on Friday
12 people were taken to hospital following the accident on Friday morning.
20th April 2015
Muse, Charli XCX, Foo Fighters, alt‑J, George Ezra and more added to BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Norwich
Ben Howard, Clean Bandit and others join Taylor Swift, Florence + The Machine and Years & Years at the May event.
20th April 2015
Watch Kanye West join The Weeknd for surprise Coachella set
Yeezy played solo cuts while on stage with Abel Tesfaye.
20th April 2015
Vondelpark return with ‘You’ve Got Me Where I Want You’, and more demos
A near album’s worth of tracks have been uploaded to Soundcloud in the first real glimpse of new Vondelpark material for over two years.
20th April 2015
The Neu Bulletin (20th April 2015)
DIY’s new music tips, featuring Agua Roja and Babe Punch.
20th April 2015
Passion Pit: “I could never pull off a true pop record”
Michael Angelakos gets upfront about his anti-“repulsive” stance and the balanced state of mind that defines new LP ‘Kindred’.
20th April 2015
Gengahr discuss their debut album: “It was our baby, really”
Frontman Felix Bushe gives DIY an update on what to expect from ‘A Dream Outside’.
20th April 2015
FKA Twigs shares behind the scenes video for ‘Glass & Patron’
Twigs sits down for an interview about her new single from the upcoming ‘EP3’.
20th April 2015
Watch Beck and Karen O cover Lou Reed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Patti Smith honoured the late musician at a Cleveland ceremony.
20th April 2015
Run the Jewels unveil new track ‘Bust No Moves’
The new track comes as a part of RTJ’s Record Store Day 12”
20th April 2015
Unknown Mortal Orchestra share new track, ‘Can’t Keep Checking My Phone’
New single is taken from the upcoming album, ‘Multi-Love’
20th April 2015
Twin Shadow releases statement over tour bus accident, bandmates in serious condition
Twelve were injured in a Colorado traffic incident last week.
20th April 2015
Emily Eavis says Prince isn’t involved in this year’s Glastonbury
Eavis posted on Twitter that the circulating rumours are “completely untrue”.
20th April 2015
Watch Lower Than Atlantis get gunged in new video for ‘Words Don’t Come Easily’
The latest video to come from their 2014 self-titled LP is to the say the least, a bit odd.
20th April 2015
Laurie Anderson and Patti Smith induct Lou Reed into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
The late artist was honoured alongside Green Day, Bill Withers, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
20th April 2015
Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete is raising money for cancer treatment
GoFundMe page is aiming to reach $76k.
20th April 2015
B‑side to Father John Misty’s Record Store Day release surfaces online
New track ‘I’ve Never Been A Woman’ backs heart-shaped ‘I Love You, Honeybee’ vinyl.
20th April 2015
Jackson Scott shares stream of new album ‘Sunshine Redux’
Scott’s second album is out next week on Bloodmoss Records
20th April 2015
The Wombats announce huge Alexandra Palace show
The band’s new album ‘Glitterbug’ debuted at Number 5 in this week’s charts.
20th April 2015
Outfit unveil ‘New Air’ track
Hear the latest take from the Liverpool outfit’s new LP.
20th April 2015
Braids share stream of new album ‘Deep In The Iris’
Follow-up to 2013’s ‘Flourish // Perish’ is out next week via Arbutus Records.
20th April 2015
Blur stream ‘Ong Ong’ track
New track previews ‘The Magic Whip’, out 27th April.
20th April 2015
George FitzGerald airs new track and video for ‘Crystallise’
Lawrence Hart features on vocals for the new single from FitzGerald’s debut album ‘Fading Love’.
20th April 2015
This Friday, get not one but two completely new issues of DIY!
Our May issue will be joined by a special separate 84 page festival guide.
20th April 2015
19th April 2015
San Fermin — Jackrabbit
3 Stars
A second album with fluidity and togetherness.
19th April 2015
Turbo Fruits - No Control
3 Stars
A strong development of a record.
19th April 2015
Crystal Castles’ Alice Glass responds to Ethan Kath comments
Glass slammed her former bandmate Kath for saying that “she didn’t appear on Crystal Castles’ best known songs”.
19th April 2015
Future Islands release new single, ‘The Chase’
Abbey Road recording was released to coincide with Record Store Day 2015.
19th April 2015
18th April 2015
Passion Pit - Kindred
4 Stars
This is out-and-out pop music – there are no ‘indie’ qualifiers here — and it’s all the more joyous for its lack of shame.
18th April 2015
Speedy Ortiz — Foil Deer
5 Stars
A snarling, twisted, mischievous creation, ‘Foil Deer’ is a leaping, high-spirited joy of a record.
18th April 2015
Blur share ‘My Terracotta Heart’
Hear the latest track to be lifted from ‘The Magic Whip’.
18th April 2015
Record shop love letter: Torres, to Nashville’s Grimey’s
DIY is asking acts to wax lyrical about their favourite vinyl hangs.
18th April 2015
This Week In New Music (18th April 2015)
DIY looks back on the week’s best new discoveries, including Kagoule, Empress Of and FOXTROTT.
18th April 2015
Honeyblood - The Black Cloud
Tighter, sharper, and more honed, this bodes well for album number two.
18th April 2015
Royal Blood don wigs and Hawaiian shirts for Conan appearance
Duo showcased ‘Figure It Out’ in new attire.
18th April 2015
Menace Beach to celebrate Record Store Day with DIY London show
The five-piece will be appearing at London’s Old Blue Last tonight.
18th April 2015
Tame Impala open up about new album ‘Currents’
In a new interview with Under The Radar, Kevin Parker details the inspiration behind much of his band’s new record.
18th April 2015
17th April 2015
Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
4 Stars
Brilliantly effortless.
17th April 2015
Sinead Harnett unveils new single ‘She Ain’t Me’
DIY Class of 2015 newcomer’s also announced a one-off London show.
17th April 2015
Demob Happy ‘Fizz’ into the foreground with new track
Hear the latest take from new EP ‘Young & Numb’.
17th April 2015
We Are The Ocean reveal new track ‘Holy Fire’
The band’s new single gets released on 25th May.
17th April 2015
The Go! Team share Record Store Day single, ‘Ye Ye Yamaha’
France-inspired cut runs separate to ‘The Scene Between’.
17th April 2015
Beyonce to feature on Drake’s new album
‘Views From the 6’ is Drizzy’s fourth LP.
17th April 2015
Spring King stream ‘They’re Coming After You’ EP in full
Tarek Musa and co.’s latest release is an affirmation of their berserk garage pop.
17th April 2015
Watch Metallica’s Lars Ulrich join Royal Blood onstage
Show took place in San Francisco this week.
17th April 2015
Brandon Flowers covers INXS’ ‘Don’t Change’ live in LA
The cover came as a part of the US leg of Flowers’ ‘The Desired Effect’ tour.
17th April 2015
Gaz Coombes announces two biggest headline shows so far
He’ll play a Manchester Academy 2 and The Forum in London this October.
17th April 2015
Brand New announce September 2015 UK & Ireland dates
More shows have been added to the band’s comeback run.
17th April 2015
Mumford & Sons announce playback sessions of ‘Wilder Mind’ worldwide for Record Store Day
The new LP will be being streamed in London, Bristol, Nottingham and more ahead of its 4th May release.
17th April 2015
Footage emerges of A$AP Rocky getting into a fight on London’s Brick Lane
Rapper got into a confrontation in a Shoreditch bagel shop (we’ve all been there).
17th April 2015
EZTV announce debut album ‘Calling Out’
NYC’s Captured Tracks will release the group’s first work.
17th April 2015
The Prodigy and Sleaford Mods get rowdy for ‘Ibiza’ video
Clip sees the two bands combine to intimidate a poor desk clerk.
17th April 2015
Giorgio Moroder shares ‘Déjà Vu’ track with Sia
Title-track is lifted from a new album out this June.
17th April 2015
Fidlar, Yellowcard, Funeral For A Friend to play Download Festival 2015
LA garage punks lead a list of additions for Donington Park.
17th April 2015
Jay Z and Jack White have been giving personal thanks to TIDAL users
Stakeholders are picking up the phone and reaching out to new customers.
17th April 2015
Nicolas Jaar announces first solo release in four years
‘Nymphs II’ will be out via Jaar’s Other People label in May this year.
17th April 2015
Tall Ships — Will To Life
Move past the balladry and Valentine’s card worthy sentiments, and ‘Will To Life’ shows a more muscular side to Tall Ships.
17th April 2015
Fall Out Boy share ‘Uma Thurman’ video
The track features on the band’s latest album, ‘American Beauty/American Psycho’.
17th April 2015