
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis bring the fun to Reading 2014
Who really gets away with playing their biggest hit twice in a flurry of pyro and smoke, while not sounding like a complete pillock?
24th August 2014

Who really gets away with playing their biggest hit twice in a flurry of pyro and smoke, while not sounding like a complete pillock?
24th August 2014

London collective take a couple of songs to get into their stride — once there, they strike gold.
24th August 2014

Brighton band are at their grubby best with an opening set on the NME/Radio 1 Stage.
24th August 2014

Have a listen to the most exciting names on today’s bill for Leeds Festival.
24th August 2014

Alex Turner and co. swagger their way onto the Main Stage.
24th August 2014

Blink, Flume and Disclosure feature in our picks from the closing day of Reading Festival.
24th August 2014

The five-piece are gearing up their second set of the day at Reading, and they’re betting it’ll be chaotic.
23rd August 2014

It’s been a long time coming, but Reading & Leeds headliners aren’t grown overnight.
23rd August 2014

Photos, reports, news and everything else from Reading 2014, as it happens.
23rd August 2014

The trio’s Main Stage slot is a triumph on all accounts.
23rd August 2014

Danish star packs in Spice Girls covers and mass singalongs on her Reading & Leeds debut.
23rd August 2014
The Festival Republic stage awaits one of the sets of the weekend from Wolf Alice.
23rd August 2014

As the trio gear up to headline Leeds Festival tonight, they let DIY know just how much confetti to expect.
23rd August 2014

This season any respectable Main Stage act should be wearing an all in one houndstooth ensemble, holographic glasses and a furry coat.
23rd August 2014
Ahead of taking on Reading’s NME/Radio One stage, the band spoke to DIY backstage
23rd August 2014

The four-piece had a handful of hurdles thrown their way ahead of their NME/ Radio 1 Stage slot.
23rd August 2014
Dry the River have made their way up the Reading & Leeds Festival bill and on to the Main Stage.
23rd August 2014

4 Stars
Something of a Ty Segall greatest hits, but with all new music.
23rd August 2014

Have a listen to the most exciting names on today’s bill for Leeds Festival.
23rd August 2014

Warpaint’s spiralling jam-led set doesn’t quite unravel to full potential in their early evening festival slot.
23rd August 2014

London band act like their Festival Republic spot is the biggest of their lives, but there’s more to come.
23rd August 2014

The raucous duo take their rightful place in the limelight on the NME / BBC Radio 1 Stage.
23rd August 2014

This time last year Chvrches hinted at greatness — now they’ve seized that opportunity.
23rd August 2014
Tonight’s BBC Introducing Stage headliner is looking ahead to her debut album.
23rd August 2014
4 Stars
Maybeshewill have never sounded better.
22nd August 2014
2 Stars
Only some parts equal the dizzy heights of their much younger contemporaries.
22nd August 2014

Despite being blighted with technical issues, the trio come out smiling.
22nd August 2014

Chicago troublemakers live up to their billing and then some on the R&L debut.
22nd August 2014

New York sweethearts took it in their stride on the opening day of Reading.
22nd August 2014

Returning gambit of a set relies on the oldies, but gives a taste of what’s to come.
22nd August 2014

Have a listen to the most exciting names on today’s bill for Reading Festival.
22nd August 2014
DIY Writers pick their favourite tracks from the last seven days
22nd August 2014
The track might also be called ‘F*** You’, depending on who you ask.
22nd August 2014

Photos, reports, news and everything else from Reading 2014, as it happens.
22nd August 2014
The secret set spot on the Festival Republic stage has been filled by a familiar face.
22nd August 2014

Eight new songs and a The Jesus and Mary Chain cover mark the former My Chemical Romance frontman’s biggest solo set yet.
22nd August 2014

The six-piece let slip a few secrets ahead of their Main Stage slot at Reading today.
22nd August 2014

Philadelphia band reflect on their Reading & Leeds debut, which lived up to the hype.
22nd August 2014

They may be in frocks, but that’s not the really remarkable part of Drenge’s Reading set.
22nd August 2014
Joe Mount and Oscar Cash reminisce ahead of Metronomy’s evening set.
22nd August 2014
Drummer Henry Ruddel and frontman George Mitchell are regulars at the weekender.
22nd August 2014

According to the band’s Rick Burch, “it might be a good time to do it.”
22nd August 2014
Loveless brothers play Reading & Leeds this weekend.
22nd August 2014
3 Stars
Mixed, fidgety, but rewarding.
21st August 2014
4 Stars
If the rhetoric around this record was about severe change, this is the rabbit in the hat, the proof that they don’t just talk the talk.
21st August 2014
Hear the Leeds band take on a track from way back when (1995, actually).
21st August 2014
Newbie got its first play at London’s 100 Club following the cancellation of Jabberwocky Festival.
21st August 2014
Hear ‘Local Bullies’ from the Brighton five-piece’s first work.
21st August 2014
Hear Irish producer Jack Colleran turn his attention to the latest single from this exciting London trio.
21st August 2014
This year’s festival is headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Blink-182, Queens of the Stone Age and Paramore.
21st August 2014
The album is now set for 6th October.
21st August 2014
The pair also share song ‘Blockbuster Night Part 1’.
21st August 2014
London trio take to a rooftop and get filmed by a drone in this beer-soaked new clip.
21st August 2014
Swedish electronic group will play their final shows as a band this November.
21st August 2014

West London slacker’s sharing a taste from his 2015 debut album.
21st August 2014

As the notoriously cranky Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel puts it: ‘[Green Man] is a beautiful festival. Very humane.’
21st August 2014
The Districts are the kind of live band capable of winning over any crowd, however stubborn, but chances are Reading and Leeds punters will be hanging on their every move.
21st August 2014
PUP head up today’s batch of new music tips, also featuring Heavy Heart and The Tallest Tree.
21st August 2014

The most memorable sets from over the years, as summed up by DIY scribes.
21st August 2014
The Bondax boys are super busy at the moment, but that doesn’t mean they can’t spare 60 seconds ahead of Reading & Leeds…
21st August 2014
See tracklist, artwork and an outlandish bio to accompany the producer’s first LP in 13 years.
21st August 2014
4 Stars
Far more accomplished than a debut should be.
20th August 2014
4 Stars
An album that rarely dips below being immensely enjoyable.
20th August 2014

Ben Daniels and Jen Goma back up their sensory overload of a new record, ‘Sea When Absent’.
20th August 2014
Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey have soundtracked ode to teen flicks, Beyond Clueless.
20th August 2014
Today’s new music guide picks out Charlotte OC, The Reporters and Swedish band Alexandria.
20th August 2014
Drummer Valentino Arteaga spares a little time ahead of the band’s The Pit headline spot.
20th August 2014
Canadian alt-poppers release their ‘Picture You Staring’ record this September.
20th August 2014
Exciting Swiss producer is set to release a new EP via PMR this summer.
20th August 2014
With a debut album getting ever ‘Closer’, Rae Morris is preceding it with a new EP.
20th August 2014
Formerly Charlie Boyer and co., this London band have sharpened up their act. Watch a new video for ‘England Sings Rhubarb Rhubarb’.
20th August 2014
Ty Segall plays drums on this storming cut from Kyle Thomas’ new record.
20th August 2014
Fresh from their sets at Reading and Leeds, the Chicago five-piece will terrorise Camden next week.
20th August 2014
Charlie Tait’s proving himself to be a producer that forces himself into brilliantly uncomfortable surroundings.
20th August 2014
The ‘Mess’ makers are set to play UK shows this October and November.
20th August 2014
Adam Granduciel sits back under a moving Instagram filter in an abandoned house.
20th August 2014
New accolade follows on from a Mercury Prize and an MBE.
20th August 2014
The band make their debut assault on Reading & Leeds this weekend.
20th August 2014
The four-piece revealed their newest musical offering last week.
20th August 2014
Experimentalists are at their rawest in the first take from an album that’s out this November.
20th August 2014

Young Turks producer was also joined by Ezra Koenig and Sampha for the appearance.
20th August 2014
Inner City Ooz is a celebration of South East London art and its music scene.
20th August 2014
4 Stars
Lanegan has deftly whetted the appetite for the autumn release of ‘Phantom Radio’ with these five tracks.
19th August 2014
3 Stars
A release for the hardcore fans.
19th August 2014
4 Stars
Their most accessible and celebratory record to date.
19th August 2014
The second ever Cassette Store Day takes place this September.
19th August 2014
Every music celeb under the sun stars in this new video.
19th August 2014
New electronic LP comes out this November. Listen to lead track ‘Bother’.
19th August 2014
Watch a trailer for the London’s band colossal tour de force.
19th August 2014

Reykjavík duo plug into dreamy, bleep-centric pop with their debut.
19th August 2014
A new 7″ contains previously unheard material and covers, arriving in comic book form.
19th August 2014
Ahmed Gallab releases his second album on 1st September through City Slang.
19th August 2014

According to The Telegraph, Rob Da Bank will sign a distribution deal next week.
19th August 2014
The band will be heading out on the road for a string of shows this December.
19th August 2014
She’s also premiered the video for her new single.
19th August 2014
It’s hoped that the band are beginning work on their long-awaited fifth album.
19th August 2014
The song features on the re-release of 2003 album, ‘Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?’
19th August 2014
The singer headlines the Rinse Notting Hill Carnival party.
19th August 2014
The band will head Stateside this October.
19th August 2014
The legendary songwriter will release his thirteenth studio album, ‘Popular Problems’, this September.
19th August 2014