Contributor Emma Snook
Theo Verney is coming of age
Emma Snook talks to the Brighton-based songwriter about signing to Cannibal Hymns for new album ‘One Small Piece’, and redefining his goals.
July 6, 2017 3:17pm
Progress report: Haim
With an album due in the summer, a slew of festival dates lined up, plus a tease of something dropping tomorrow (!!!)… HAIM time is nigh!
April 26, 2017 11:21am
In the Studio: Lucy Rose
‘Something’s Changing’ in the world of Lucy Rose; we meet her at her Brighton studio to talk all things album three.
March 22, 2017 12:58pm
The Kids are Alright: Julia Jacklin
Trading in essential oils for quick-smart songwriting, this Aussie is taking the world by storm.
October 10, 2016 1:08pm
When we were young: The Killers’ Ronnie Vannucci Jr. talks making ‘Sam’s Town’
Looking back ten years to a fresh-faced band let loose in Vegas, the band’s drummer reflects on a now-classic record.
September 30, 2016 1:20pm
Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows
Billie Marten’s debut reflects her experience of synesthesia, and ‘Writing of Blues and Yellows’ is a striking sensory experience.
September 23, 2016 10:00am
The Killers start recording their new album on Friday!
Speaking to DIY, the band’s Ronnie Vannucci Jr. opens up about mystery collaborators, and those Elton John rumours…
September 7, 2016 11:43am
Making Waves: Beach Baby
The London band talk juggling recording a debut with picking up dead leaves.
September 2, 2016 2:50pm
Clean Cut Kid: “I’m looking forward to the record showing people what we really are”
Despite their fair share of hiccups and hurdles, this Liverpudlian quartet are planning for 2016 to be their year.
March 31, 2016 5:00pm
Latitude is shaping up to be one of 2016’s best festivals
As The Maccabees prepare to step up, and countless others rise through the ranks, this year’s Suffolk bash is looking very special indeed.
March 8, 2016 4:58pm
Sunflower Bean: “Let the next generation have a hero”
The buzzy New Yorkers talk debut album ‘Human Ceremony’ and the desire to inspire a new wave.
February 2, 2016 9:30am
MONEY talk ‘Suicide Songs’: “I didn’t feel good enough for lots of artistic reasons”
Ahead of the release of their new record, MONEY’s Jamie Lee talks alcoholism and artistry.
January 22, 2016 12:18pm
Mystery Jets - Curve Of The Earth
A magic that has endured.
January 15, 2016 10:00am
Marika Hackman: “I’m very much in a different place”
From releasing her debut, to tolerating DIY’s dreadful Maraca Hackman puns, Marika’s had a mad old 2015. We catch up to take stock.
December 16, 2015 12:30pm
Stella Mozgawa: “I’m musically and creatively promiscuous”
This year Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa got behind the kit for everyone from Jamie xx to Kurt Vile. We look back on a manic 2015 with the in-demand drummer.
December 15, 2015 3:33pm
The Japanese House - Letter by the Water
Despite all the references to water, Amber Bain continues to stoke the fire.
October 29, 2015 11:17am
Pure Bathing Culture - Pray For Rain
Despite brief drizzly moments, on the whole the album evokes the warmth of drying off after a torrential downpour.
October 23, 2015 10:00am
Tracks: Chairlift, MØ and more
The DIY writers pick out the biggest and best new songs from the last seven days.
October 16, 2015 5:00pm
Mura Masa - Love For That (ft. Shura)
Mixing Game of Thrones-style strings, lighters-up calls, and good old fashioned heartbreak, this is the meeting of two fine musical minds.
October 16, 2015 11:30am