Stream Viet Cong’s debut self-titled album in full
The band are releasing their first full-length next week on Jagjaguwar.
12th January 2015
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12th January 2015
Fort Romeau shares title track from new LP ‘Insides’
‘Insides’ arrives ahead of Mike Greene’s debut LP of the same name, released via Ghostly International.
12th January 2015
Cheatahs change their spots: “We’re quite self-sufficient”
In a converted office block two doors down from MI5, Cheatahs crafted their most experimental offering to date. Now they’re itching to finally get out of the studio.
12th January 2015
So You Think You Know… Animal Collective
From lesser-known side-projects to jellyfish documentaries: we delve deep into the adventureland of Animal Collective.
12th January 2015
Listen to Bunki’s self-titled debut EP
The South-East London producer has shared innovative soundfest ‘Bunki’, and it’s premiering here on DIY.
12th January 2015
Jens Lekman shares second track in ‘Postcard’ series
Listen to the second instalment in his series of weekly song giveaways.
12th January 2015
Gallows announce new record ‘Desolation Sounds’, stream ‘Bonfire Season’
The new record gets released on 13th April through Venn Records/Play It Again Sam.
12th January 2015
Courtney Love discusses her recent stint in opera
The singer opens up about her recent experience in an interview with Billboard.
12th January 2015
JUCE share new track ’The Other One’
The London trio have given away their latest song for free.
12th January 2015
Waxahatchee announces new album, UK tour for June
‘Ivy Tripp’ is set to arrive on 7th April.
12th January 2015
Django Django reveal ‘First Light’
The new single arrives ahead of the band’s hotly-awaited second record.
12th January 2015
Morrissey announces six-date UK tour
Mozza’s fansite True To You broke the news of his forthcoming live plans.
12th January 2015
Menace Beach streaming debut album ‘Ratworld’ in full
The former DIY all-dayer stars have aired their first record — produced by Hookworms’ MJ — in full online.
12th January 2015
Fall Out Boy share ‘Uma Thurman’ from forthcoming album
‘American Beauty / American Psycho’ is released next week.
12th January 2015
Ghostface Killah and BadBadNotGood share ‘Ray Gun’
The new track also features a cameo from MF DOOM.
12th January 2015
Pond share video for new single, ‘Zond’
The song features on forthcoming album, ‘Man It Feels Like Space Again’.
12th January 2015
Trust Fund reveal new track, extend album tour
‘Essay to write’ is accompanied by new Bristol, Glasgow and Manchester shows.
12th January 2015
Waxahatchee reveals new song ‘Air’
Katie Crutchfield has also announced US shows with Girlpool.
12th January 2015
Matthew E. White shares new track ‘Rock & Roll Is Cold’
His new single gets taken from his forthcoming album ‘Fresh Blood’.
12th January 2015
Sufjan Stevens announces new album, ‘Carrie & Lowell’
The seventh studio album from the singer-songwriter is named after his mother and stepfather.
12th January 2015
The Bohicas announce new single, ‘To Die For’
The single is set for release on 2nd March.
12th January 2015
Death Cab For Cutie announce new album ‘Kintsugi’
Released 30th March, the record is the first without founding member Chris Walla
12th January 2015
Funeral For A Friend share video for ‘Pencil Pusher’
The song features on the band’s new album, ‘Chapter and Verse’, out next week.
12th January 2015
The Prodigy announce UK tour, two shows at Alexandra Palace
The Isle of Wight headliners will head out on the road in May.
12th January 2015
11th January 2015
California X - Nights In The Dark
4 Stars
A record that’s equal parts sugar rush power-pop and low-end meandering.
11th January 2015
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Club Meds
3 Stars
Musically, this is one dark album.
11th January 2015
Diagrams visits China
Diagrams recently visited China, where he spent five weeks collaborating with local musicians — here’s a photo diary of his time there.
11th January 2015
Ghostpoet on his forthcoming album: “For me, it’s a guitar record”
Obaro Ejimiwe tells DIY that his new third record was “partly influenced just by touring.”
11th January 2015
Explosions In The Sky confirm new record
“We’re pretty excited about what we’re coming up with,” say the post-rock pioneers.
11th January 2015
Childish Gambino lifts the lid on ‘Sober’ video
That mysterious countdown he tweeted? This was what it was for.
11th January 2015
10th January 2015
Funeral For A Friend – Chapter And Verse
3 Stars
The album captures that same shot of adrenaline that punctuated so much of their early material.
10th January 2015
Kim Gordon announces US book tour for ‘Girl In A Band’
Dates will include appearances from Carrie Brownstein and more.
10th January 2015
Ryley Walker — Primrose Green
Alongside upcoming solo artists Tobias Jesso Jr. and Leon Bridges, Ryley Walker’s sound is rooted in his love of music from the past.
10th January 2015
Fall Out Boy perform ‘Centuries’ at Peoples Choice Awards
The track is taken from the imminent ‘American Beauty/American Pyscho’ album.
10th January 2015
Deerhoof announce US tour supports
Perfect Pussy and Of Montreal will be joining the electro-punks on March dates.
10th January 2015
Frnkiero And The Cellabration confirm London show
Former My Chemical Romance guitarist will play The Underworld in April.
10th January 2015
9th January 2015
Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
4 Stars
Dense, slippery, wily, and flung together effortlessly like a meticulously rehearsed sleight of hand.
9th January 2015
Yung — Nobody Cares
The Danish four-piece have been tearing up their home country on the live circuit — now they’re laying down the international gauntlet with ‘Nobody Cares’
9th January 2015
Shabazz Palaces to record live album at Third Man Records
They’ll be the latest to take to the band’s Blue Room for a 12” release.
9th January 2015
Twerps preview new album with ‘I Don’t Mind’
‘Range Anxiety’ is due in early February on Merge Records.
9th January 2015
Ghostpoet — Off Peak Dreams
Obaro Ejimiwe’s homage to bacon sarnies and off-peak commuting is an electrifying return.
9th January 2015
Mica Levi’s ‘Under The Skin’ nominated for BAFTA
The soundtrack is up for the ‘Original Music’ award next month.
9th January 2015
Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold scores forthcoming play ‘Wyoming’
The Off-Broadway play will feature the frontman’s original work later this month.
9th January 2015
The Staves - Steady
Teaming up once again with Wisconsin pal Bon Iver, The Staves blend intimate folk with a snow-covering of sparkling grandeur.
9th January 2015
No Devotion announce drummer Luke Johnson’s departure
Former Bloc Party man Matt Tong will lend his sticks on their debut album.
9th January 2015
Years & Years top the BBC Sound of 2015
DIY’s current cover stars have beaten off the likes of James Bay and Stormzy to take the title.
9th January 2015
Of Montreal - Empyrean Abattoir
The oddball band are back with another super-serving of bass-driven mutant-funk.
9th January 2015
Tracks: Years & Years, Fall Out Boy & More
DIY writers pick out their favourite new songs from the last seven days.
9th January 2015
What we learned from the BBC Sound of 2015
Grime’s here to stay, hats don’t harm acclaim and other lessons from the influential poll.
9th January 2015
Elvis Depressedly: “In Christianity, it’s kind of like a big pro wrestling match between Satan and Jesus”
On his ‘New Alhambra’ album, Mat Cothran makes an album inspired by both Christianity and wrestling. Surely it’s one of the first to do so. He speaks to Tom Walters.
9th January 2015
Pinch, punch, first of the month: Oh Wonder
There’s been no rulebook and no great masterplan — so why are these two being lauded as discovering a “genius” way to release albums? It’s all in the timing.
9th January 2015
Morrissey expresses “delight” as bullfighter is gored
The ex-Smiths singer responds to the news with a celebratory essay.
9th January 2015
A new System of a Down album could be in the works
“There has been talk,” reveals frontman Serj Tankian.
9th January 2015
St. Vincent’s 2014 self-titled album given deluxe re-release
There’ll be additional tracks on the version out in February.
9th January 2015
Ibeyi preview self-titled album with new track ‘Ghosts’
The duo will be unveiling their debut record next month.
9th January 2015
Slaves unveil video for ‘The Hunter’
The single is released next week.
9th January 2015
The Vaccines announce tiny Brighton date
The group will follow up their recently-announced secret London show with a trip to the coast.
9th January 2015
Action Bronson — Actin Crazy
On his latest track Action amps up on fluid production, and addresses self-congratulatory bars to his mum.
9th January 2015
Aphex Twin announces a new EP
‘Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2’ follows on from last year’s ‘Syro’
9th January 2015
Kendrick Lamar opens up about Ferguson verdict
The rapper has discussed racial tensions in America, in an interview with Billboard.
9th January 2015
Watch Years & Years cover Haim’s ‘Don’t Save Me’
The band appeared on the Live Lounge after being crowned the Sound of 2015 winner.
9th January 2015
Django Django tease new release with video
The clip shows a series of records being date-stamped by label Because Music.
9th January 2015
Swim Deep post studio update, tease song titles
The band have been in Belgium working on the follow-up to ‘Where The Heaven Are We’.
9th January 2015
Foxygen Perform ‘How Can You Really’ On Letterman
The California duo drop in on Letterman and bring a little star power to live TV.
9th January 2015
Aqualung unveils video for ‘Eggshells’, featuring Lianne La Havas
The song features on new album, ’10 Futures’, released later this month.
9th January 2015
8th January 2015
Run The Jewels to support Jack White at Madison Square Garden
The duo have been confirmed to appear in New York at the end of the month.
8th January 2015
New event Viva Warriors to take place this month in Manchester
Collaboration between Transmission and WHP will take place at The Albert Hall.
8th January 2015
Charli XCX shares new ‘Doing It’ track, feat. Rita Ora
Track appears on the UK version of Charli’s ‘Sucker’ album.
8th January 2015
Sufjan Stevens to soundtrack his own rodeo documentary, ‘Round-Up’
Film is about “the domestications of plants and animals.”
8th January 2015
Marilyn Manson posts new track, ‘Cupid Carries A Gun’
Deadly twist on the Manson formula is taken from ‘The Pale Emperor’.
8th January 2015
Future Brown share ‘Room 302’ featuring Tink
Track is featured on the group’s debut album.
8th January 2015
Silver Jews have their first band practice in six years
Project has been defunct since 2009.
8th January 2015
Crushed Beaks preview debut LP with ‘Overgrown’
Thrashing London trio deliver another headrush.
8th January 2015
Kindness streams the Robyn-featuring ‘Who Do You Love?’ remix EP
The track features on Adam Bainbridge’s latest album, ‘Otherness’.
8th January 2015
Sia unveils ‘Elastic Heart’ video, responds to controversy
Clip features Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler in a war of interpretive dance.
8th January 2015
iLoveMakonnen returns with ‘Super Clean’ track
Rapper delivers first single from forthcoming EP ‘Drink More Water 5’
8th January 2015
Only Real unveils duck-filled ‘Yesterdays’ video
Niall Galvin nearly chokes on his cereal, this video’s so weird.
8th January 2015
Unknown Mortal Orchestra on their new album: “It just doesn’t sound like there’s a blanket over it.”
Inspired by Daft Punk, the third album from Ruban Nielson’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra will be familiar, but different all at the same time, he tells DIY.
8th January 2015
Biffy Clyro have 20 songs written for their “more aggressive” new album
Simon Neil is promising a more “concise” record to 2013’s ‘Opposites’.
8th January 2015
Alex Burey streams new track, ‘The Intimidator’
Song’s taken from the Londoner’s debut EP, ‘Inside World’.
8th January 2015
Action Bronson shares ‘Actin Crazy’ from forthcoming album
Major label release ’Mr. Wonderful’ is out in March.
8th January 2015
Listen to Jimmy Napes’ debut track ‘Give It Up’
Sam Smith and Disclosure collaborator goes solo for 2015.
8th January 2015
Laura Marling to star in a new short film at London Short Film Festival
‘Woman Driver’ is set to feature new music from the songwriter.
8th January 2015
Life after death: Could Death Grips’ continued existence be the latest of their artistic statements?
With the experimental rap troupe’s corpse continuing to drop new material, could they be making a statement on the demise of the demise?
8th January 2015
The Neu Bulletin (8th January 2015)
DIY’s daily new music recommendations, featuring Get Inuit, H. Grimace and Honey Moon.
8th January 2015
Fall Out Boy — Irresistible
Teasing another cut from their fast-approaching sixth album, Fall Out Boy’s ‘Irresistible’ lives up to its name.
8th January 2015
Real Lies play BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale session for Zane Lowe
London group head to Maida Vale to perform three songs.
8th January 2015
Foo Fighters to play “surprise” birthday gig for Dave Grohl
To celebrate his 46th birthday, Grohl and co. will be making a special “in the round” appearance.
8th January 2015
Marika Hackman previews new album with the stunning ‘Animal Fear’
London songwriter’s also announced plans to host an exhibition showcasing ‘We Slept At Last’’s LP artwork.
8th January 2015
Benjamin Clementine shares new song, ‘Nemesis’
The singer-songwriter’s debut full-length is out in France next week.
8th January 2015
Bleachers confirm plans for one-off UK show
Jack Antonoff will bring his latest endeavour to UK shores for a show in London this February.
8th January 2015
This year the people announce Bonnaroo’s 2015 lineup
Campaign will encourage attendees to call a number to find out.
8th January 2015
Members of Efterklang form new band, LIIMA
Group announce their first European tour.
8th January 2015
Years & Years — King
This is an instant charmer of the highest order.
8th January 2015
Hinds (fka Deers) unveil new short film, ‘a summer with us’
Yesterday the Madrid group announced an official name change.
8th January 2015
Ricky Eat Acid unveils new single ‘Context’
Listen to the bubbling-up track ahead of its 20th January release.
8th January 2015
Ghostpoet announces new record ‘Shedding Skin’
The follow-up to 2013’s ‘Some Say I So I Say Light’ gets released this March.
8th January 2015
Flying Lotus confirms that he is writing a movie
Revelation comes from a short Q&A on Twitter
8th January 2015
James Bay comes second in BBC Sound of 2015
Hat-sporting blues songwriter also won the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award.
8th January 2015
Isle of Wight Festival announces more acts
The Courteeners, Ash and The View are included in a wave of new additions
8th January 2015