Interviews

Class of 2023: The Dinner Party

Without a note of music released, this quintet have already supported The Rolling Stones and become London’s buzziest word-of-mouth new band. Are they THAT exciting? Well, actually, yes…

20th December 2022

Class of 2023: flowerovlove

Brimming with confidence (and with a trajectory that proves she’s probably right to be feeling good about herself), teen pop sensation Joyce Cisse is aiming for world domination.

16th December 2022

Class of 2023: Doechii

Embodying the resilient spirit of the character she created at her lowest ebb, the Florida-born rapper is coming out fighting and ready to take her place at music’s top table.

15th December 2022

Class of 2023: FLO

R&B‑pop;’s brightest new hopes, Renée Downer, Jorja Douglas and Stella Quaresma are breaking out of their ‘Cardboard Box’ and reaching for superstardom.

14th December 2022

Jockstrap: “We wanted to make something that felt right to us but that also felt as accessible as possible”

Being crowned our Best Album of 2022, Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye reflect on the impact of ‘I Love You Jennifer B’.

12th December 2022

Phoenix: Night At The Museum

For their seventh album, Phoenix decided to put the art into art-pop, decamping to the Louvre to create a record steeped in experimentation and forward-motion.

23rd November 2022

Get To Know: Lime Garden

The Brighton quartet are playing live as part of DIY’s Great Escape First Fifty showcase this week — and here’s everything you need to know about ‘em.

16th November 2022

In The Studio… Shame

For the band’s upcoming third album, Shame have prioritised collaboration and made an interconnected ode to friendship.

15th November 2022

Lowertown: “It’s nice to hear people who embrace a manic way of living”

In five short years, Atlanta’s Lowertown have graduated from high school classrooms to the Dirty Hit roster. On their debut album ‘I Love To Lie’, the duo are expanding their horizons even further.

21st October 2022

Architects: Fighting With Shadows

Over the last sixteen years, Architects have faced more than their fair share of hardship; on their tenth album, they’re diving headfirst into the darkness and pushing to evolve even further.

20th October 2022

Big Big Love: The Big Moon

Taking third album ‘Here Is Everything’ out on the road, we join The Big Moon for a rollercoaster of new motherhood, missing gear and much more besides.

19th October 2022

Independent Woman: Tove Lo

Tove Lo fills us in on everything “Dirt Femme’ and beyond.

18th October 2022

Crack Cloud: The Bright Side of Life

Having explored the depths of darkness on debut album “Pain Olympics’, the Vancouver collective tell us about looking at things from a sunnier angle on its fantastic follow-up, “Tough Baby’.

17th October 2022

Home & Away: Alvvays

After five years away, Alvvays’ third album “Blue Rev’ speaks to the past, present and future of a band making their most ambitious music yet.

17th October 2022

The Circle of Life: Sorry

Staring down the big questions and tackling existentialism in their own idiosyncratic way, “Anywhere But Here’ is showing the world a new, evolved Sorry.

14th October 2022

Blaze Of Glory: Mykki Blanco

Mykki Blanco has spent a career creating their own path and leading by innovative example. On indie-leaning new LP “Stay Close to Music’, they’re offering up yet more surprises.

14th October 2022

Dublin’s Gilla Band (fka Girl Band) have never been ones to pander. On “Most Normal’, they’re embracing that ethos fully with an art-for-art’s-sake record that stretches from the silly to the sublime.

12th October 2022

Stay Positive: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Returning with their first album in nearly a decade, “Cool It Down’ is here to remind the world that no one does it quite like Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

10th October 2022

FLOHIO: Heart & Soul

South London rapper FLOHIO’s debut “Out of Heart’ may have been a long time coming, but its emotive, progressive wares show an artist more than worth the wait.

5th October 2022

Whaddya Know, Djo?

Joe Keery’s already won the hearts of the world on screen, and with second album ‘DECIDE’, his alter-ego Djo is aiming to do the same on the musical stage.

28th September 2022