First Aid Kit — Stay Gold
4 Stars
Big-hearted songs that breeze straight past bummed out despondency.
6th June 2014
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6th June 2014
Wolf Alice: Next in line to the throne
Songs get louder, ideas more refined, shows increasingly packed and day by day Wolf Alice become a more important band.
6th June 2014
Watch Future Islands’ recent live session for BBC Radio Scotland
Baltimore band performed ‘Doves’ and ‘A Song For Our Grandfathers’.
6th June 2014
The Knife join ‘anti-nationalist cabaret’ group, share ‘Europa Europa’ video
The Dreijer siblings are starting a new dance called the Political Macarena.
6th June 2014
Holy Family preview debut album with ‘Trail Of Songs’ track
The Gothenburg duo release their debut album via Melodic Records this August.
6th June 2014
Watch La Roux debut two new songs at Toronto gig
Elly Jackson gave an airing to ‘Cruel Sexuality’ and ‘Kiss and Not Tell’.
6th June 2014
First Aid Kit front up next week’s DIY Weekly
The Swedish sisters front DIY’s digital edition, out next Monday (9th June).
6th June 2014
Coldplay announce second London Royal Albert Hall show
Tickets go on sale from 4pm today, 6th June.
6th June 2014
Watch Damon Albarn revisit Blur classic ‘This Is A Low’ on Jimmy Fallon
Latitude headliner performed the 1995 single on live television. He also ran through ‘Lonely Press play’.
6th June 2014
Tracks: Caribou, Jenny Lewis & More
DIY writers pick out their favourite tracks from the last 7 days
6th June 2014
Field Day 2014
With the east London event expanding to two days this year, here’s our pick of the Field Day pops.
6th June 2014
The Neu Bulletin (6th June 2014)
Neu’s daily new music tips contain Get Inuit and All We Are.
6th June 2014
Giorgio Moroder shares new Adult Swim series track ‘Giorgio’s Theme’
Disco legend is giving away a new track — the series also features Deafheaven and Run The Jewels.
6th June 2014
5th June 2014
Clean Bandit — New Eyes
2 Stars
The band’s genre-splicing potential is lost on a largely tedious debut.
5th June 2014
Dub Thompson — 9 Songs
4 Stars
A record replete with droning psychedelia, an infectious energy and a sinister, carnivalesque feel.
5th June 2014
Tom Vek — Luck
3 Stars
More questions than answers, more problems than solutions.
5th June 2014
Glass Animals — ZABA
4 Stars
An often scintillating debut.
5th June 2014
Alexis Taylor — Await Barbarians
2 Stars
Little more than an indulgent side-project.
5th June 2014
Discovery: The Bands
Bands from all corners talk to DIY about how they were discovered.
5th June 2014
The Neu Bulletin (5th June 2014)
Neu’s daily new music guide features The Orwells, Darkly and Your Friend.
5th June 2014
Out on the floor: Part 1 — Join our club
DIY’s Gareth Ware investigates the current state of the indie clubnight, featuring interviews with figures at the heart of the issue.
5th June 2014
Michael Stipe talks first new music since REM’s split
The former frontman has soundtracked new film The Cold Lands.
5th June 2014
Grimes wrote a song for Rihanna, only for it to be rejected
Co-written with Blood Diamonds, the song’s set to get an airing at a New York show.
5th June 2014
Circa Waves break out with new single ‘Young Chasers’
Liverpool group’s latest cut of fizzing indie is out this July.
5th June 2014
BBC Introducing confirms Glastonbury 2014 line-up
George Ezra, SOAK and Glass Animals are all set to appear at this year’s event.
5th June 2014
Beacons Festival announces Neneh Cherry, Glass Animals & more.
August fest has announced a whopping 33 new acts.
5th June 2014
Lorde offers update on “totally different” second album
Chart-topping New Zealander is playing two London headline shows this week.
5th June 2014
Circa Waves — Young Chasers
Let forthcoming festivals be the judge of whether these youngsters are actually sweeping the nation.
5th June 2014
Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
This is a more enigmatic, cinematic and dramatic Lana Del Rey.
5th June 2014
How to Dress Well airs new ‘Face Again’ video
Second in a three-part trilogy sees Tom Krell starring as a healer.
5th June 2014
The Orwells go back to high school for their ‘North Ave.’ video
Chicago kids get gnarly in their home territory.
5th June 2014
Weezer tease new material with latest ‘Weezer Wednesday’
The short snippet includes what might be part of a new song.
5th June 2014
Spoon confirm new album ‘They Want My Soul’
August release is set to be previewed with a new single on 10th June.
5th June 2014
The Antlers unveil new video for ‘Hotel’
Desolate new video previews The Antlers’ forthcoming album, ‘Familiars’.
5th June 2014
Real Lies — North Circular
Real Lies are the real deal.
5th June 2014
Los Campesinos! soundtrack film with new ‘Little Mouth’ track
Track appears on the new independent film ‘Benny & Jolene’.
5th June 2014
Friendly Fires’ Jack Savidge remixes Childhood’s ‘Falls Away’
Two UK gems combine ahead of Childhood’s set at Field Day 2014.
5th June 2014
FAMY preview debut album with new single ‘Ava’
Transgressive will release FAMY’s debut album this year — for now, listen to their huge new single.
5th June 2014
Interpol announce new album, ‘El Pintor’
Band’s fifth album is out this September. Watch in-the-studio footage now.
5th June 2014
4th June 2014
The Fresh & Onlys — House of Spirits
2 Stars
A long way from their best work.
4th June 2014
Kasabian — 48:13
2 Stars
A little bit like if Jez and Super Hans from Peep Show got a record deal.
4th June 2014
Open Mike Eagle — Dark Comedy
3 Stars
Goofily serious, but rarely ever with the intention of fun.
4th June 2014
The Neu Bulletin (4th June 2014)
DIY’s daily dose of new music tips contains Sivu and GEoRGiA.
4th June 2014
Australia: What’s in the water?
As Australia produces band after band in the most exciting region around, DIY investigates why.
4th June 2014
Caribou — Can’t Do Without You
It’s the sound of the guy behind the desk offering himself up.
4th June 2014
Klaxons out-weird everything in the new ‘Show Me a Miracle’ video
Aliens, the church of Klaxon, ‘Bound 2’ tributes — this is a must-watch.
4th June 2014
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros part ways with vocalist Jade Castrinos
Singer claims to have been sacked by the band via email.
4th June 2014
Twin Shadow schedules in European dates
George Lewis Jr. returns to Europe this summer ahead of his new album.
4th June 2014
Honeyblood announce first ever UK headline tour
Glasgow duo have scheduled in a September run following the release of their debut album.
4th June 2014
Mapei schedules in first ever London headline show
Swedish pop sensation plays London Cargo this July.
4th June 2014
TRAAMS get ‘Giddy’ with track from new ‘Cissa’ EP
DIY’s got the first play of the band’s new FatCat release taster.
4th June 2014
Madrid band DEERS announce debut single, London gig
Ana Garcia Perrote and Carlotta Cosials have signed a deal with Lucky Number.
4th June 2014
Woman’s Hour re-define dancefloors on the ‘Coversations’ video
London four-piece perform synchronised dance routines while rooted to the floor.
4th June 2014
A. G. Cook — Beautiful
The head of PC Music goes it alone, with squeaky clean Ibiza vibes the sparkly result.
4th June 2014
Jack White unveils ‘Lazaretto’ video
What’s in it? The question is really, what isn’t.
4th June 2014
JUNGLE, Chvrches among Pitchfork Music Festival Paris additions
James Blake, The War on Drugs and Son Lux will also appear at the Parisian event.
4th June 2014
Lana Del Rey shares new ‘Ultraviolence’ title-track
New track premiered on Zane Lowe as a Hottest Record — ‘Ultraviolence’ is out this June.
4th June 2014
Washed Out shares ‘Weightless’ video
The song features on last year’s ‘Paracosm’.
4th June 2014
Hyde & Beast return with ‘Blue’
It’s the first new material from the duo since 2011’s ‘Slow Down’.
4th June 2014
Glastonbury 2014 stage times confirmed
Get planning — see who’s playing where, and when, at Glastonbury 2014.
4th June 2014
3rd June 2014
clipping. — CLPPNG
4 Stars
The thing that makes ‘CLPPNG’ so appealing isn’t how it subverts norms; it’s how it embraces them.
3rd June 2014
The Neu Bulletin (3rd June 2014)
Neu’s new music tips contain Beaty Heart, MUNA and Nature Of.
3rd June 2014
Upbringing: The Phantom Band
Plus, watch an exclusive video of ‘The Wind That Cried The World’.
3rd June 2014
Prince announces two London shows in one night
Oh, and they’re taking place this Wednesday (4th June).
3rd June 2014
Glass Animals stream ‘ZABA’ album, announce October UK dates
Oxford group release their debut this June, before turning attention to a UK tour.
3rd June 2014
Johnny Marr announces UK touring plans
With an album on the cards, Marr has revealed a thirteen-date tour.
3rd June 2014
Slow Club get boxing for ‘Suffering You, Suffering Me’ video
Rebecca Taylor and Charles Watson star in their very own Rocky.
3rd June 2014
Hercules and Love Affair & more join bill for Bilbao BBK Live 2014
July fest also welcomes in a DJ set from funk duo Chromeo.
3rd June 2014
Jack Garratt — Worry
‘Worry’ doesn’t fret or cave into pressure, in a take from Jack Garratt’s debut EP.
3rd June 2014
Fear Of Men record French version of ‘Luna’ single
Brighton band consult their GCSE textbooks ahead of a European tour.
3rd June 2014
Attu stream new track ‘We Are Ordinary People’
London-based bedroom project breaks free with its triumphant new track.
3rd June 2014
Jenny Lewis unveils Beck-produced new single ‘Just One of the Guys’
Play the first two of Jenny Lewis’ ‘The Voyager’, her first album in six years.
3rd June 2014
Avi Buffalo announce second album, unveil new track ‘So What’
‘At Best Cuckold’ will be the band’s first release since self-titled debut in 2010.
3rd June 2014
Parquet Courts reveal new video for ‘Black And White’
With the band’s brand new album on shelves now, they’ve unveiled a new visual clip.
3rd June 2014
Caribou announces ‘Our Love’ album, streams ‘Can’t Do Without You’
Listen to the lead track from Dan Snaith’s follow-up to 2010 LP ‘Swim’.
3rd June 2014
Charli XCX gives ‘Boom Clap’ single release and video
See the chart-topping songwriter twirling in various outfits, in various parts of Amsterdam.
3rd June 2014
Two Door Cinema Club announce Latitude warm-up show
The Northern Irish trio will be playing in Bournemouth ahead of their headlining slot.
3rd June 2014
2nd June 2014
DIY partners up with 2000trees Festival
We’ll be hosting the main stage, featuring Frightened Rabbit, Wolf Alice and loads more.
2nd June 2014
Trent Reznor reportedly leaves Beats after Apple acquisition, Beats responds
The Nine Inch Nails man hasn’t always been a fan of the new owners…
2nd June 2014
TOPS return with ‘Change of Heart’ video, 7″ plans
Canadian all-poppers are back with first new material in two years.
2nd June 2014
clipping. stream new ‘CLPPNG’ album in full
Sub Pop-signed, LA-based trio have created an essential new LP. Listen now on DIY.
2nd June 2014
Sam Smith shares new version of ‘Stay With Me’, feat. Mary J. Blige
Chart-topper Sam Smith has picked up a new admirer and special guest.
2nd June 2014
Morrissey stars alongside Pamela Anderson in new spoken-word video
‘Earth Is The Loneliest Planet’ clip sees the unlikely pair overlooking Los Angeles.
2nd June 2014
Disclosure unveil new video for ‘The Mechanism’
The brothers Lawrence have revealed an animated clip to accompany their new track.
2nd June 2014
The Neighbourhood announce October UK tour
The LA pop kings will return following their Reading & Leeds appearance in August.
2nd June 2014
Royal Blood: “This album is just trying to capture who we are as a band”
The noisy duo are getting ready to unleash their debut album in just a few months time.
2nd June 2014
Archie Bronson Outfit, Broods among Latitude additions
A whole load of literary, comedy and film appearances have also been announced.
2nd June 2014
Dave Grohl talks Foo Fighters’ ‘cinematic’ new album
The record will be their longest to date, and he’s already working on the follow up.
2nd June 2014
Fat White Family launch their own label
In-demand group have inked a deal with PIAS, starting Without Consent.
2nd June 2014
A Dead Forest Index stream ‘Cast Of Lines’ EP in full
Signed to Savages’ Pop Noire label, listen to the New Zealand duo’s eerie new release.
2nd June 2014
Johnny Marr: “I just wanted to be in a band who work all the time”
The former Smiths man reveals a handful of details about his forthcoming new album.
2nd June 2014
New DIY Weekly out now, feat. The Orwells, Parquet Courts & more
DIY’s free Weekly edition is available on Apple, Android and online.
2nd June 2014
Biffy Clyro discuss future album plans
Ahead of a massive festival season, the band’s James Johnston reveals a few details of their next record.
2nd June 2014
Lower Than Atlantis announce new album, premiere new track ‘Here We Go’
The band return with their self-titled fourth record this September.
2nd June 2014
Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham: “I stand behind everything I’ve said on this record”
With their last effort, Fucked Up brought David back to life. This time, it was more about resurrecting themselves.
2nd June 2014
Candy Hearts stream album title track ‘All The Ways You Let Me Down’
A prime slice of sun-kissed, bittersweet pop punk, you can check it out now.
2nd June 2014
Jack White streams new album ‘Lazaretto’ in full
Listen to the ex-White Stripes man’s second solo album now.
2nd June 2014
The Neu Bulletin (2nd June 2014)
Today’s new music dose features The Acid and Ludwig Persik.
2nd June 2014
Track By Track: Beaty Heart — Mixed Blessings
Tropical pop group give DIY a typically oddball guide to their debut, out now on Nusic Sounds / Caroline.
2nd June 2014
Discovery: The Curators
With music discovery in its most exciting, unpredictable age, DIY speaks to those in the middle of making things happen.
2nd June 2014