They’ve burned the Rover and built their own studio — three albums deep, Yard Act aren’t resting on their laurels. Now returning from LA with a new record in tow, James Smith and Ryan Needham talk to DIY about self-awareness, finding their sound, and just why we all need a little music right now.
One of their generation’s greatest indie success stories, with latest album ‘The Clearing’ Wolf Alice have well and truly conquered the big leagues while always staying true to their roots. Returning to North London this summer for the fullest of full-circle moments, the band are rounding out their victory lap the only place possible - with a hometown turn at Finsbury Park playing their biggest ever headline show.
18th May 2026, 4:00pm
As they sailed into middle age, American Football braced against their choppiest waters yet. Here, the Midwest emo forefathers share how they confronted divorce, addiction and creative differences to make their rawest album to date.
13th April 2026, 5:00pm
After some time out of the spotlight spent dancing, enjoying film, and quietly tinkering away on her new album, Arlo Parks has returned with ‘Ambiguous Desire’ — a full-hearted love letter to city nightlife.
11th March 2026
Having formed in Miami a decade ago, Magdalena Bay prove that slow and steady really does win the race. Now, having built a meticulous, surrealism-doused world with their ambitious concept album ‘Imaginal Disk’, we meet Matthew Lewin and Mica Tenenbaum ahead of their epic world tour’s final leg to reflect on their dizzying rise to art-pop stardom.
10th February 2026
Back in January, Wicklow four-piece Florence Road were yet to play a gig outside of Ireland. Fast forward 12 months to now, and the band have travelled the world, released their debut mixtape ‘Fall Back’, and played alongside the likes of Wolf Alice, Wallows and Olivia Rodrigo; all while firmly staking their claim as the fast-rising new band to get behind.
12th December 2025
If lime green was the colour of 2024, then 2025’s should surely be royal blue — the shade that, this year, has become synonymous with CMAT and her game-changing, triumphant third album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’. As the curtain falls on what’s been her long-awaited breakthrough to the big time, she reflects on her newfound pop stardom, the nuances of Irish identity, and a certain recent robbery…
14th November 2025
If last year’s Mercury-shortlisted, BRIT-winning debut was The Last Dinner Party’s ‘Prelude’, then second album ‘From The Pyre’ is a whole symphony — a collection of widescreen sonic vignettes that capture young adulthood in all its wonderful, flawed, multifaceted glory.
20th October 2025
Since 2022’s ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, Big Thief have contracted and expanded, breathing new life into their ever-animate body of work. Turning their gaze outwards as a means to make sense of our innermost workings, the now-trio are back bearing cosmically-inclined sixth album ‘Double Infinity’ — their most distilled, disarming record to date.
15th September 2025
Now over a decade into their career, HAIM have long since hit their stride — and, having already spent years navigating the industry’s infamous fickleness, on fourth record ‘I quit’ they literally “don’t give a fuck”. With a period of break-ups, overthinking, and crippling self-doubt now behind them, the LA sisters are letting their hair down, ready to abandon fear and embrace a summer of vulnerability, freedom, and fun.
13th June 2025
After rapidly rising through the ranks thanks to his 2023 debut ‘When Will We Land?’, Scottish producer and DJ Barry Can’t Swim is on the verge of his biggest summer yet, but the build up’s not been entirely plain-sailing. On new album ‘Loner’, Josh Mainnie tries to make sense of the rollercoaster he’s been on over the past two years, while reminding himself of who he is as an artist along the way.
5th June 2025
After the dizzying success of second album ‘Supernova’, Nova Twins may have looked like superheroes on the outside, but things were getting darker within. Now, via the making of third album ‘Parasites & Butterflies’, they’ve navigated their way through the tunnel to become the most balanced version of themselves yet.
20th May 2025
When you spend your days acting and your nights performing, it’s not hard to get lost in the liminal space. Throw in a significant breakup, an untethered lifestyle and unprecedented online attention, and the fog gets even thicker. On his third outing as Djo, though, Joe Keery is retracing his steps and moving forwards.
10th April 2025
With her last album ‘Jubilee’, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner found herself a GRAMMY-nominated artist with a New York bestseller to her name, but no amount of critical acclaim will shift the reality of loss. Now, ten years on from the passing of her mother, her grief is still unfolding, and she’s channelling it into the dark new world of ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)’.
12th March 2025
Nearly 20 years after first starting out in the industry, Rebecca Lucy Taylor is finally an objectively successful pop star. Is it better? Is it worse? Is she happy? Does any of it even matter? On third Self Esteem album ‘A Complicated Woman’, we find an artist addressing the grey areas, and turning them technicolour.
10th February 2025
Confident, clued-up and uncompromising, Lambrini Girls’ message of empowerment and inclusivity has been pissing off all the right people. Readying for the release of debut LP ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’, Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira have got all the ingredients to become Britain’s next vital punk band.
10th December 2024
Their fans never thought it would happen — and frankly, neither did the band — but rejoice! After eight years away, The Maccabees are reuniting to headline All Points East next summer. It’s going to get emotional.
13th November 2024
From viral moments to internet toxicity, via misogyny, teenage mistakes and the Taylor Swift whirlwind, 24-year-old beabadoobee has experienced it all. About to round off her biggest year so far with a sold-out UK and EU tour, she reflects on the world’s most renowned double-edged sword.
12th November 2024
Having blazed an intoxicating trail of seductive, bilingual alt-pop, flitting between genres but keeping confident sensuality at the core, after half a decade of world-building Biig Piig is finally getting ready to announce her debut album. A record born of clubs and bedrooms, get ready to follow Jess Smyth into temptation.
11th October 2024
Don’t panic, MUNA fans: Katie Gavin isn’t breaking up the band. Instead, the frontwoman is taking a sojourn sideways for a singer-songwriter solo album that tackles life and relationships (with a little help from her many musical friends).
10th September 2024
In just five years, Fontaines DC have gone from promising post-punk newcomers to one of the most celebrated, consistently evolving bands of the decade. Restless, curious, and disinterested in ever taking the path oft-travelled, fourth album ‘Romance’ finds the Irish quintet reshaping themselves and challenging everything that’s come before.
17th July 2024
The unexpected, stratospheric success of ‘Heat Waves’ elevated Glass Animals to music’s A List, putting Dave Bayley in the eyeline of everyone from Elton to Lana. But it would take an existential crisis at the top of a mountain to set him back on course to ‘I Love You So F***ing Much’: an album about love, space and everything in between.
10th June 2024
From singles destined to become radio staples, to deep explorations of subject matter unmined by any of her indie-pop contemporaries, ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’ sees Rachel Chinouriri step into her potential, and step up to music’s big leagues.
13th May 2024
A pair of tattooed, moshpit-starting punks with hearts of gold, Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent have always been about the duality. Back under fitting new moniker SOFT PLAY, with a new album that embraces both sides more than ever, ‘HEAVY JELLY’ might be 2024’s sweetest comeback.
2nd May 2024
Back with a more holistic, introspective bang on their third album ‘Humble As The Sun’, London DIY grime-punks Bob Vylan are choosing to balance anger with optimism. But as their words will attest, they haven’t lost any of their political bite.
2nd April 2024
Having cut their teeth as the capital’s worst kept word-of-mouth secret, The Last Dinner Party provided one of last year’s defining musical moments when they unveiled the gauntlet-dropping rock opera of ‘Nothing Matters’. Now, with the arrival of their debut album, they’re proving that, in 2024, maximalism reigns supreme.
31st January 2024
No one does it quite like King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: a group of freaky sonic adventurers who’ve moulded success into their own shape and become arguably the biggest cult band on the planet. On 25th (!) album ‘The Silver Cord’, they’re adding yet more unexpected strings to their already-bulging bow.
8th November 2023
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.