Watch Mac DeMarco’s KEXP performance in full
Canadian ran through tracks from ‘2’ and ‘Salad Days’.
1st October 2014
Archive
1st October 2014
Watch Future Islands and Jamie T play Later… with Jools Holland
Baltimore’s Future Islands rekindled their Letterman fire with ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’.
1st October 2014
Belgian trio La Plage unveil new track, ‘Mark’
Song forms the second half of a head-turning debut single.
1st October 2014
30th September 2014
Iceage — Plowing Into The Field Of Love
4 Stars
A country and western album that Nick Cave would cook up if he were possessed by Ian Curtis’ ghost.
30th September 2014
Denai Moore announces new EP, streams ‘I Swore’ track
Moore’s also set to go on the road with SBTRKT this autumn.
30th September 2014
The Maccabees announce first headline show of 2014
Brighton’s The Maccabees have confirmed plans to play their first headline gig of 2014.
30th September 2014
Nick Cave announces rare solo headline tour for 2015
Cave is going on the road without the Bad Seeds next April.
30th September 2014
First Aid Kit schedule January 2015 UK tour
Swedish sisters just played their biggest headline show to date at Royal Albert Hall.
30th September 2014
Caribou streams ‘Our Love’ album in full
Dan Snaith’s fourth full-length is out this October via City Slang.
30th September 2014
Muse, Fleetwood Mac and AC/DC favourites to headline Glastonbury 2015
Those who want tickets need to register before 11.59pm tonight.
30th September 2014
Watch Temples perform ‘Shelter Song’ on Ellen
Psych outfit made an unlikely appearance on US daytime television.
30th September 2014
Sam Smith relives whirlwind 2014 in new ‘Restart’ video
New clip documents his journey from Glastonbury onwards this year.
30th September 2014
The History of Apple Pie unveil ‘Jamais Vu’ video
London five-piece take to the woods in a detailed Wes Anderson tribute.
30th September 2014
TV On the Radio air ‘Happy Idiot’ video featuring Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) and Karen Gillan
Previewing their forthcoming ‘Seeds’ LP, TV on the Radio are airing a new video for lead track ‘Happy Idiot’.
30th September 2014
Röyksopp announce their final ever album, ‘The Inevitable End’
Hear an edit of their Robyn collaboration, ‘Monument’.
30th September 2014
Låpsley — Falling Short
‘Falling Short’ cements her status as a clear-headed songwriter that revels in complexities.
30th September 2014
All things weird and wonderful
Marmozets: “Every little thing that we do has to be to the best of our ability”
As their debut album rolls around, Marmozets are stepping up.
30th September 2014
Hear Dev Hynes and Julian Casablancas discuss Kendrick Lamar on a radio show
Chat took place on Hynes’ and Ethan Silverman’s ‘Yak Radio’ show.
30th September 2014
Iceage stream new album ‘Plowing Into the Field of Love’ in full
Danish punks’ daring new direction can be heard now.
30th September 2014
The Neu Bulletin (30th September 2014)
DIY’s new music tips include Jack Garratt, Cristobal and the Sea and Phox.
30th September 2014
Listen to Caribou’s 6 Music session with Lauren Laverne
New album ‘Our Love’ is streaming in full.
30th September 2014
Watch Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham chair Toronto mayoral debate
Abraham asked arts-related questions in a 93-minute discussion.
30th September 2014
Chromeo air new ‘Old 45’’s video, starring HAIM
Napolean Dynamite’s Jon Heder also makes a cameo in this violent, star-studded clip.
30th September 2014
Cloud Nothings bring papier mache heads to ‘Now Hear In’ video
Toro Y Moi’s bassist Patrick Jeffords stars in this clip.
30th September 2014
Toro Y Moi shares new Les Sins track, ‘Why’ ft. Nate Salman
Chaz Bundick’s dance-oriented ‘Michael’ full-length is out this November.
30th September 2014
Southsea Fest 2014
Over the course of twelve hours, punters waver between one kooky pub and the next, gorging themselves on live music.
30th September 2014
10 years of Transgressive Records
Home to Foals, Dry the River and a new breed of names, Transgressive’s founders are celebrating by looking ahead.
30th September 2014
Arca airs new video for ‘Thievery’ track
Taken from ‘Xen’, the new video contains alien twerking.
30th September 2014
29th September 2014
Weezer — Everything Will Be Alright In The End
4 Stars
It all sounds definitively Weezer in the best possible way.
29th September 2014
Allo Darlin’ — We Come From The Same Place
3 Stars
The juxtaposition between the lyrics and the music may be initially jarring, but on repeated listens makes perfect sense.
29th September 2014
The Neu Bulletin (29th September 2014)
DIY’s batch of new music tips features Neon Waltz, TULA and Elephant Fire.
29th September 2014
Win tickets for Funeral For A Friend at Dr. Martens’ #STANDFORSOMETHING Tour in association with DIY
The band will play Edinburgh’s Cabaret Voltaire this weekend.
29th September 2014
Track by Track: We Were Promised Jetpacks — Unravelling
The band talk through their forthcoming new album before it’s released next week.
29th September 2014
Låpsley unveils new track, ‘Falling Short’
Holly Fletcher’s latest forms part of a new EP.
29th September 2014
Splashh return with new single ‘Colour It In’
Aus-via-London four-piece are readying a second album.
29th September 2014
The War On Drugs announce huge 2015 UK dates
Adam Granduciel and co. are still riding high on the back of 2014 LP ‘Lost in the Dream’.
29th September 2014
Funeral For A Friend announce new album: “It was an absolute joy to make this record”
‘Chapter and Verse’ will be released in January of next year.
29th September 2014
Glass Animals announce March 2015 UK tour
Dates link up with the band’s biggest UK show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
29th September 2014
Demob Happy stream monstrous new single, ‘Succubus’
Brighton force are fully-charged ahead of their first UK tour.
29th September 2014
Superfood get super-surreal for new ‘Mood Bomb’ video
Birmingham band’s ‘Don’t Say That’ debut is out this November.
29th September 2014
FKA twigs responds to racist trolls on Twitter
“Racism is unacceptable in the real world and it’s unacceptable online,” the Mercury Prize nominee states.
29th September 2014
Flying Lotus announces massive 2015 London show details
FlyLo’s sold out the Roundhouse, so he’s playing Brixton Academy next year.
29th September 2014
Flyte unveil glimmering new single, ‘Light Me Up’
London four-piece head off on the DIY Presents Tour 2014 in association with PledgeMusic.
29th September 2014
Charli XCX: DIY’s October cover star revealed!
Fuck you, sucker! DIY’s new, free magazine is out Friday 3rd October in stockists and online.
29th September 2014
Listen to Lorde’s single ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’, from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay soundtrack
The film will be released in November.
29th September 2014
Belle and Sebastian confirm new album ‘Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance’
Scots are releasing their new record in January 2015. Watch a trailer.
29th September 2014
Weezer take ‘Back to the Shack’ to the moon for new video
See Rivers Cuomo and co. rock out like it’s ’94 outside of planet Earth.
29th September 2014
Watch Alt‑J cover Disclosure’s ‘Latch’ for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
Chart-toppers bring the womps to their falsetto-ed edit.
29th September 2014
Palace cover their tracks in new ‘Bitter’ video
London four-piece play DIY’s all-dayer at The Laundry, 1st November.
29th September 2014
Mister Lies previews new album with ‘High (ft. Harrison Lipton)’ track
Nick Zanca’s forthcoming ‘Shadow’ LP is touted for an October release.
29th September 2014
Telegram dose up on Tokyo for their new ‘Regatta’ video
London four-piece are touring with The Horrors ahead of their DIY London all-dayer appearance.
29th September 2014
28th September 2014
Thom Yorke — Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
4 Stars
If this is indeed a mere experiment, it’s one which sparks beautiful results.
28th September 2014
Alt‑J score Number One album with ‘This Is All Yours’
The DIY cover stars finish ahead of Barbra Streisand by over 5,000 copies.
28th September 2014
Honeyblood, Sebright Arms, London
Honeyblood may have lost a member, but they’ve not shed any momentum.
28th September 2014
27th September 2014
This Week In New Music (27th September 2014)
DIY looks back on this week’s new music, including TĀLĀ and the last seven days’ premieres.
27th September 2014
26th September 2014
Christopher Owens — A New Testament
3 Stars
It sounds, at times, like the kind of music from which the Coen Brothers could hinge a plot.
26th September 2014
First Aid Kit, Royal Albert Hall, London
First Aid Kit are good enough to excel in any environment, but this feels like the perfect match.
26th September 2014
Mr Twin Sister: “There was no question of whether we’d continue”
Accident, emergency, zero money — nothing’s stopped this Brooklyn outfit from releasing a triumph of a new record.
26th September 2014
Spandau Ballet talk new documentary, Soul Boys of The Western World
The band wax lyrical on the film, friendship and being at the forefront of a burgeoning scene.
26th September 2014
The Neu Bulletin (26th September 2014)
DIY’s weekend batch of tips include Kaleida, Sudakistan and kp.
26th September 2014
Tracks: Thom Yorke, Kendrick Lamar & More
DIY writers pick out their favourite new tracks from the last seven days
26th September 2014
Gerard Way announces massive 2015 London show
Brixton Academy awaits following his November solo tour.
26th September 2014
PJ Harvey to record new cover of Nick Cave for BBC drama
Polly Harvey is taking on ‘Red Right Hand’ for the ‘Peaky Blinders’ series.
26th September 2014
U2 unveil album art for ‘Songs of Innocence’ release
Surprise release is officially coming out this October on three formats.
26th September 2014
Death From Above 1979 to be subject of new documentary
‘Life After Death From Above 1979’ features interview with the band themselves.
26th September 2014
Saint Pepsi’s remix of Drake’s ‘Worst Behaviour’ is brilliant / terrible / mindblowing
Nothing was the same.
26th September 2014
Gruff Rhys unveils trippy video for new single ‘Lost Tribes’
Gruff’s new album ‘American Interior’ is out now.
26th September 2014
Thom Yorke releases new record ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’
Stream the new album in full and download via BitTorrent. Plus watch the ‘A Brain in a Bottle’ video.
26th September 2014
St. Vincent, Johnny Marr & more to play TicketWeb #TW15 tour
15 shows span across October and November to celebrate TicketWeb’s birthday.
26th September 2014
Shy Nature preview new ‘Birthday Club’ EP with dazzling title-track
London trio are readying themselves for the DIY Presents Tour in association with PledgeMusic.
26th September 2014
Weezer share ‘Lonely Girl’ from new album, ‘Everything Will Be Alright In The End’
The track features on the band’s ninth studio effort, released next month.
26th September 2014
Watch Ty Segall perform a three-song David Bowie medley
Tracks were performed in Chicago to mark David Bowie Day.
26th September 2014
The Preatures unveil new ‘Somebody’s Talking’ video
Track leads the Aussies’ debut album, out next year in the UK.
26th September 2014
JJ air conceptual video for ‘Dynasti’
Track’s taken from the Swedish duo’s ‘V’ album.
26th September 2014
Jack Garratt announces 2014 UK tour
Also: Listen to Garratt’s excellent session for Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show.
26th September 2014
25th September 2014
Goat — Commune
4 Stars
Pass round the sign up sheets, pack up bags, and join the commune.
25th September 2014
The Magic Gang to play free DIY Presents gig in London this October
Brighton bunch are headline a sure-to-be-crammed night at The Old Blue Last.
25th September 2014
Kero Kero Bonito share new free download on Ryan Hemsworth compilation
South London trio stay dosed up on consoles and pretty colours for ‘Flamingo’.
25th September 2014
Teleman bring wig-outs to their new ‘Mainline’ video
London band completely ruin slo-mo food adverts with this new clip.
25th September 2014
Watch Kwabs perform ‘Walk’ in a swimming pool for La Blogothèque
London musician’s new single is out this October.
25th September 2014
Pup create their own mini-motion picture with ‘MABU’ video
Canadians give a sweet, fitting and destructive tribute to a shit car.
25th September 2014
Happyness stream ‘Full of Minnows’ track from new compilation
Prolific London group continue their run with a dreamy new song.
25th September 2014
Hear Two Inch Punch’s disco-stomping remix of La Roux’s ‘Kiss And Not Tell’
Glitterball highlight of Elly Jackson’s latest EP gets another dose.
25th September 2014
Kendrick Lamar is still in the studio, “hoping” to have his new album out in 2014
The rapper’s head-turning ‘i’ single came out earlier this week.
25th September 2014
TĀLĀ shares ‘Alchemy’ track, announces new 12″
Hear the South London producer take another step up on her latest cut.
25th September 2014
The Neu Bulletin (25th September 2014)
DIY’s new music tips include Cloud Castle Lake, Danish band Cancer and Liverpool’s Gulf.
25th September 2014
Saint Pepsi: “People thought I was living in this fantasy land where I’m my own superstar”
Dosed up on Twitter feeds, pop, PC Music and everything great the internet’s ever given us, this blog triumph is stepping out into the real world. Take a sip.
25th September 2014
Christopher Owens: “If your inbred cousin can do it, anybody can do it”
Christopher Owens’ bunch of misfits are back, with a new album in tow.
25th September 2014
Jon Hopkins announces new EP, ‘Asleep Versions’
New releases extends takes from his Mercury Prize-nominated ‘Immunity’ LP. Watch a trailer.
25th September 2014
TĀLĀ — Alchemy
A shape-shifting triumph that couldn’t be made by anyone else.
25th September 2014
Calling final entries to play the DIY Presents Tour 2014 in association with PledgeMusic!
You could be joining Flyte and Shy Nature on the road by registering via the BandWagon app. Entries close at midnight, 25th September!
25th September 2014
Fear of Men air new video for ‘Tephra’
Brighton band light a match on a highlight from their debut LP.
25th September 2014
Bad Sounds, Fake Laugh, Soph Nathan to play DIY Presents ‘It’s All Neu!’ night
This October, we’re putting on another new-music extravaganza in London.
25th September 2014
Dornik unveils new B‑side, ‘Second Thoughts’
Jessie Ware’s drummer is readying himself for a debut album.
25th September 2014
Watch Laura Marling and Eddie Berman cover Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
New version is set to feature on Berman’s ‘Polyhymnia’ LP.
25th September 2014
Kanye West is playing his new album at exclusive listening parties
The follow-up to ‘Yeezus’ appears to be finished, ready for a 2014 release.
25th September 2014
GL share video for ‘What Happened To Us?’ single
Nostalgia pop-duo rinse their aesthetic in cool for this debut clip.
25th September 2014
Morrissey is selling t‑shirts saying “BE KIND TO ANIMALS OR I’LL KILL YOU”
You can also buy Moz boxing gloves from his new merch store.
25th September 2014
Hear The Streets’ Mike Skinner remix Kate Tempest
Mercury Prize nominee’s ‘Circles’ is given the Skinner treatment.
25th September 2014
XL boss on Jai Paul: “I don’t know what he’ll do next”
Richard Russell has spoken openly about the elusive London artist.
25th September 2014