PC Music’s A.G. Cook shares new track ‘What I Mean’
The track draws together the loose ends of a tumultuous year for the opinion-splitting collective.
28th December 2014
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28th December 2014
Will Butler of Arcade Fire shares gloomy ballad ‘Christmas 2014’
Butler is gearing up for the release of his debut solo record.
28th December 2014
Set Your Goals clarify their current status
They’re not broken up, just “laying low for a while and busy individually with our adult lives.“
28th December 2014
27th December 2014
Beyoncé’s dad sold all her old stuff for two grand the day before Christmas
Matthew Knowles spent Christmas Eve making a sneaky bit of dosh. What a Scrooge.
27th December 2014
Could Thrice be making a comeback in 2015?
A not-so-subtle addition to their website hints at a New Years’ reunion for the alt-rock pioneers.
27th December 2014
N.E.R.D. share first track in four years, ‘Squeeze Me’
Pharrell-fronted group are soundtracking the new Spongebob film.
27th December 2014
Grimes shares family holiday song, ‘Christmas Song II (grinch)’
Annual tradition sees Claire Boucher collab’ing with Jay Worthy.
27th December 2014
26th December 2014
Thom Yorke discovers Bandcamp, releases ‘Youwouldn’tlikemewhenI’mangry’ song
Radiohead frontman follows the BitTorrent release, ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’.
26th December 2014
24th December 2014
Dear Santa… Love Kero Kero Bonito
Ahead of the festivities, we’ve asked bands to share their letters to Father Christmas. Here’s Kero Kero Bonito with their hopes for the New Year.
24th December 2014
Dear Santa… Love Wolf Alice
Ahead of the festivities, we’ve asked bands to share their letters to Father Christmas. Here’s Theo from Wolf Alice with the band’s hopes for the New Year.
24th December 2014
Dear Santa… Love Superfood
Ahead of the festivities, we’ve asked bands to share their letters to Father Christmas. Here’s Emily from Superfood, with her band hopes for the New Year.
24th December 2014
Dear Santa… Love Wild Beasts
Ahead of the festivities, we’ve asked bands to share their letters to Father Christmas. Here’s Hayden from Wild Beasts, with his band hopes for the New Year.
24th December 2014
Dear Santa… Love Panda Bear
Ahead of the festivities, we’ve asked bands to share their letters to Father Christmas. Here’s Panda Bear with his hopes for the New Year.
24th December 2014
Tracks-mas: The Christmas Edition
Putting on their festive hats, the DIY writers pick out their favourite Christmas tracks.
24th December 2014
Watch Girl Band perform stirring new KEXP session
Performance took place at Iceland Airwaves 2014, including a new song, ‘Sexy Wife’.
24th December 2014
23rd December 2014
Christmas with Los Campesinos!
Ross Jones perches by the tree with Gareth Campesinos! to all things festive, including why he wants the France ’98 version of Monopoly for Xmas.
23rd December 2014
Stocking Killers: Ranking The Killers’ Christmas songs
With the yuletide season in full swing, Kyle MacNeill’s put together a definitive list of The Killers’ festive efforts.
23rd December 2014
Lone releases new free download, ‘Life Time Loop’
Gorgeous new track follows 2014’s ‘Reality Testing’.
23rd December 2014
Pusha T talks new album: “The sound will be second to none”
Rapper recently put out his ‘Lunch Money’ single.
23rd December 2014
Supergroup featuring Dave Grohl to release debut album in 2015
Rock and roll legends combine to form new outfit Teenage Time Killer.
23rd December 2014
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are “on a bit of a hiatus,” says Karen O
Singer confirms the band have yet to start on a follow-up to ‘Mosquito’.
23rd December 2014
Mark Ronson streams new ‘Daffodils’ track, featuring Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
Official stream backs up record breaker ‘Uptown Funk’.
23rd December 2014
22nd December 2014
Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ breaks UK chart record
Song was pipped to the Xmas No.1 by X Factor winner Ben Haenow.
22nd December 2014
Santa’s Naughty and Nice List
He’s been totting up the coal-counts — here’s Father Christmas’ verdict on this year’s batch of musical antics.
22nd December 2014
Christmas Memories with Frank Iero
The former My Chemical Romance guitarist tells us about one of his childhood Christmases.
22nd December 2014
Kero Kero Bonito: 15 Best Christmas MIDIs Saved From Geocities
Multilingual N64 enthusiasts Kero Kero Bonito have made us a festive midi-mix of salvaged gems from GeoCities.
22nd December 2014
Watch an 11-year-old Björk read the Christmas nativity story on Icelandic television
1976 clip aired one year before she became a musical star.
22nd December 2014
21st December 2014
The Perfect Christmas Charity Single
Euan L Davidson’s not impressed with Bono’s latest charity tinkerings, so he’s come up with a much better line-up.
21st December 2014
20th December 2014
The Great Big DIY Christmas Gift Guide
Making a list and checking it twice? We’ve got the music related gifts covered for xmas.
20th December 2014
Bombay Bicycle Club, Earls Court, London
The band put all their incarnations on show, with a little help from their friends.
20th December 2014
Madonna releases six songs from new album ‘Rebel Heart’
Songs are available on iTunes, with the full album out in March.
20th December 2014
Sky Ferreira airs Cole from DIIV-directed ‘Omanko’ video
Pair put together a film for everyone’s favourite alt-Xmas anthem.
20th December 2014
Miguel — Coffee
If anything’s officially ‘leading’ this new record as a first single, it’s best to start the day with ‘Coffee’.
20th December 2014
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Wild Beasts talk dog t‑shirts and playing The O2
As is tradition, Hayden Thorpe and co. have had the opposite of an ordinary year.
19th December 2014
Twin Atlantic announce four May 2015 shows
The four-piece have scheduled in the four biggest headline shows of their career so far.
19th December 2014
Early Jack White single found inside furniture
2⁄100 singles of White’s days in the Upholsterers discovered.
19th December 2014
Tracks: Laura Marling, Fall Out Boy & More
DIY writers pick their favourite new songs from the last seven days.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Alvvays and forever
Every UK gig they’ve played has been packed to the rafters, and in July they released one of the albums of the year: Toronto five-piece Alvvays reflect on a mad 2014.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The brilliant beginnings of George Ezra’s bright career
One of the UK’s biggest breakthroughs, 2014’s seen George Ezra go beyond the #petan in-jokes of his early days.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The year St. Vincent took over
Topping The DIY List 2014, Annie Clark has had a sensational year, from the release of her game-changing S/T album onwards.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The year in music [10 — 1]
Albums, tracks, live performances, funny tweets and fierce rants — all count in The DIY List, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2014.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The War on Drugs’ staggering breakthrough year
Adam Granduciel’s always been surprised by success, none more so than in 2014.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Paramore go monumental
Between heading out on cruises and headlining Reading and Leeds, it’s been a huge year for the trio.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Bombay Bicycle Club have their finest year yet
They’ve been electric, acoustic, sample-happy and now, Bombay Bicycle Club are going global.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The year in music [20 — 11]
Albums, tracks, live performances, funny tweets and fierce rants — all count in The DIY List, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2014.
19th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Royal Blood’s rise to the top
Meet the duo who topped the charts, dominated the festivals and became DIY Readers’ Band of 2014.
19th December 2014
London Fabric saved from threat of closure
Nightclub will hire seven £300-a-night sniffer dogs after a court ruling.
19th December 2014
Savages’ Jehnny Beth proposes how to save UK music venues
Frontwoman suggests that the music industry financially assist in keeping venues afloat.
19th December 2014
TV on the Radio unveil new video for ‘Lazerray’
Bolshy highlight from ‘Seeds’ gets a breakneck new video.
19th December 2014
Canterbury prepare for their final show
The four-piece will be performing their last show before disbanding at London’s Islington Academy tonight.
19th December 2014
Watch Jenny Lewis perform with Ryan Adams on Jimmy Kimmel
Band run through ‘She’s Not Me’ and ‘Just One of the Guys’.
19th December 2014
JUDE. unveil new single, ‘Drive’
Get swept away in the Florida duo’s latest gem.
19th December 2014
The Go! Team tease new 2015 LP with album trailer
Follow-up to ‘Rolling Blackouts’ is out early next year.
19th December 2014
Peace confirm main supports for 2015 UK tour
Birmingham band invite new acts along for the ‘Happy People’ ride.
19th December 2014
Me-Rae Christmas — Rae Morris covers East 17’s ‘Stay Another Day’
Track was originally covered for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Download for free.
19th December 2014
James Blake shares final Radio 1 Residency
Blake rounds off several months of takeovers.
19th December 2014
No Devotion to support Gerard Way on UK tour
The band will also be playing two headline shows in Bristol and Reading.
19th December 2014
Miguel posts three new tracks, ‘Coffee’, ‘Hollywood Dreams’ and ‘NWA’
Hear new material from a follow-up to ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’.
19th December 2014
Rhodes releases new video for ‘The Lakes’
New single gets a monochrome look.
19th December 2014
Azealia Banks speaks openly about appropriation of black culture in new interview
Comments directly address Iggy Azalea, who has since called Banks a “bigot”.
19th December 2014
18th December 2014
JEFF The Brotherhood reveal new track ‘What’s A Creep’
The Tennessee brothers have returned with a brand new track which is, well, sort of maybe about Santa?!
18th December 2014
King Tuff performs ‘Eyes of the Muse’ on Conan
Kyle Thomas dons festive headwear to perform on the late night US show.
18th December 2014
Sam Smith tops one million sales in UK and US
The Grammy nominee is the only artist to achieve the feat in 2014.
18th December 2014
Charli XCX breaks the rules on The Today Show
The singer-songwriter performs her hit single on daytime US telly.
18th December 2014
Florence + The Machine, Alt‑J, José Gonzalez to play Sziget 2015
Budapest festival takes place next August.
18th December 2014
Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner announce Eaux Claires Festival
Bon Iver and the National members curate Wisconsin two day venture
18th December 2014
George Ezra makes US TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Ezra performs two tracks, ‘Budapest’ and ‘Did You Hear The Rain?’
18th December 2014
Trust Fund announces 2015 UK headline tour
Dates link up with ‘No one’s coming for us’ debut.
18th December 2014
Stream SOHN’s BBC Radio 1 Residency show
Broadcast in November, cloaked musician puts up the recording on Soundcloud.
18th December 2014
J£zus Million streams ‘Error’ EP in full
Joseph Zucco sees out the year with a vibrant release.
18th December 2014
California X offer up new song ‘Hadley, MA’
Their new track gets revealed alongside a set of North American tour dates.
18th December 2014
Future Brown share new track ‘Vernáculo’
Their new track comes accompanied by a video which looks more like a beauty advert…
18th December 2014
Black Honey, Bruising, Our Girl & more join DIY’s Hello 2015 bill
Four new music showcases start the year at London’s The Old Blue Last.
18th December 2014
The Gaslight Anthem announce two new 2015 shows
The band will play in Belfast and Dublin next summer.
18th December 2014
We Are The Ocean announce London headline show
The band will be heading around Europe in the lead up to their one-off show in the capital.
18th December 2014
Flying Lotus, Kayatranada & Jon Hopkins for Radio 1 Residency
Skream and George FitzGerald will also be involved.
18th December 2014
Blue Hawaii share new mixtape
Statement from Agor confirms a new Braids album is on the way.
18th December 2014
Male Bonding share new song, ‘Falling’
It’s the second newbie in a week from the Londoners.
18th December 2014
The breakthroughs that you might have missed
DIY checks in with the artists going stratospheric while somehow staying under the radar.
18th December 2014
Best of Bandcamp: 2014’s finest
Tom Walters picks up unsung gems from twelve months of late night Bandcamp listening sessions.
18th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The year in music [30 — 21]
Albums, tracks, live performances, funny tweets and fierce rants — all count in The DIY List, our definitive run down of who and what made our 2014.
18th December 2014
Just tweet it: the most memorable 140 characters of 2014
Kyle MacNeill takes a look back at this year’s Twitter antics, from triumphs to total twatters.
18th December 2014
A run through the wild history of Weezer
Playlist: The A‑Z of Weezer. Er, in chronological order.
18th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Sky Ferreira breaks free
Sky Ferreira’s debut album saw an artist bloom. Now she’s doing things her way.
18th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: The year in music [40 — 31]
Albums, tracks, live performances, funny tweets and fierce rants — all count in The DIY List, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2014.
18th December 2014
The DIY List 2014: Perfect Pussy: Finding space to celebrate
Ali Shutler speaks to Meredith Graves at the end of a chaotic but crucial 2014.
18th December 2014
Skrillex releases video for ‘Dirty Vibe’
What’s going on here, Sonny? Seriously.
18th December 2014
Frnkiero andthe Cellabration confirm US touring plans
The former My Chemical Romance guitarist will head out his first headlining tour next year.
18th December 2014
The Wombats plot return, announce new album, ‘Glitterbug’
The Merseyside trio’s third full-length will be released next April.
18th December 2014
Watch Jungle play ‘Julia’ on Late Night With Seth Meyers
London collective have also won the ‘Best Festival Act’ award from EBBA.
18th December 2014
Oneohtrix Point Never shares new collaboration with A.G. Cook
Daniel Lopatin shares two tracks, one featuring PC Music producer.
18th December 2014
Kacy Hill signs to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label
From within Yeezy’s mould Hill plans to “redefine pop and its interaction with fashion”.
18th December 2014
Shivum Sharma unveils ‘All These Years’ video
Title-track from Shivum’s latest EP gets an aching visual.
18th December 2014
London’s Fabric nightclub under threat of closure
Iconic venue’s licence is under review tonight over recent drug-related deaths.
18th December 2014
17th December 2014
Of Mice & Men to reissue ‘Restoring Force’
‘Restoring Force: Full Circle’ will feature new songs.
17th December 2014
Hear Wiz Khalifa rap over Mac DeMarco’s ‘Chamber of Reflection’
New track ‘Smoke Chambers’ builds on an instrumental from Mac.
17th December 2014
Caribou announces world tour dates
Dan Snaith takes ‘Our Love’ on the road in 2015.
17th December 2014
Marmozets, Enter Shikari for US tour dates
The bands head out next Spring.
17th December 2014
Watch Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos perform in bed
The frontman plays a version of ‘Sleepyhead’ for the American Children’s Cancer Association.
17th December 2014
Madonna recordings leak, singer denies it’s a new album
Songs online are claimed to be “unfinished demos stolen long ago”.
17th December 2014