Vessels for change
Charged with a new drive, these Leeds techno-heads are in rude health, and busy readying their fourth album.
17th August 2016
Interviews
Factory Floor: “We don’t follow a trend”
Newly slimmed down to a two-piece, the techno-nodding troupe open up on incoming album two ‘25 25’.
16th August 2016
La La Land: Glass Animals
Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley has always been away with the fairies (just ask his school teachers). But with the band’s second album, he found himself fascinated with real life and true stories.
16th August 2016
Where the Grass is Greener: Thom Sonny Green
With triangle-loving oddballs Alt‑J taking a well-earned break, drummer Thom Sonny Green is chasing after minimal, atmospheric beats for his new solo project.
15th August 2016
Angel Olsen: are we human?
Angel Olsen is opening herself up on her new album, but there’s so much more to ‘MY WOMAN’ than its feminism.
15th August 2016
Slugger Punch: Sad13
With new pop project Sad13, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis is wielding a baseball bat and whacking open the doors to communication.
11th August 2016
There’s no place like Suburban Home: producer MJ shows us around his rebuilt studio
After the Christmas floods destroyed MJ’s riverside studio, he rebuilt the entire thing from scratch. Half a year on, he gives us a guided tour.
9th August 2016
Her Time is Nao
‘For All We Know’ might have a vague title when it comes to looking forward, but Nao’s debut cements this Londoner’s future as a star.
8th August 2016
Formed a band: Spring King
Spring King began life as a cobbled-together, ‘that’ll do’ project. Three years later, on the brink of a massive breakthrough, they have one of the year’s best debuts by their side.
6th August 2016
Kings Of The Jungle: Wild Beasts
With new album ‘Boy King’, Wild Beasts are swapping silken sounds for leather jackets, and kicking down the door to the pop party.
5th August 2016
Deftones: The Untravelled Path
Four years on since ‘Koi No Yokan’ and more than twenty years into their careers, Deftones are still venturing into unknown territory.
4th August 2016
Golden days: Whitney
A sweet-hearted new project ready to take over the world? Not quite. They just wanna dance with somebody.
4th August 2016
Animal Collective: “We’ve been around longer than most of my favourite bands”
Dinosaurs, Dada and prehistoric punk — it’s just another normal day in the office for Animal Collective.
2nd August 2016
Basement: Out of the underground
With arenas in their sights and new album ‘Promise Everything’ surging forward, Basement are coming up for air.
29th July 2016
Pleasure pop catharsis: Japanese Breakfast
Michelle Zauner’s ‘Psychopomp’ album is one of the year’s most deeply personal debuts. She speaks to Eugenie Johnson about how she was “surprised” by her own grief.
28th July 2016
Joining the Dots: GoldLink
After a spell of mystery, this sharp-witted, politically-minded rapper is standing on his own two feet.
26th July 2016
Walk it off: Julien Baker
Far more interested in self-improvement than self-pity, Julien Baker’s temperament is the polar opposite of her tunes.
25th July 2016
Danny L Harle: Flower arrangements
Danny L Harle and his PC Music friends are finally finding success with their world of extremes.
22nd July 2016
Corbu’s space-age pop is a sweet source of escape in 2016
Meet the NY duo whose Dave Fridmann-mixed debut album treads new ground.
22nd July 2016
Bat For Lashes: Here comes the bride
From tragedy to Tinder and everything in between — with her latest conceptual epic, Bat For Lashes is getting right to the heart of love itself.
21st July 2016
Partybaby in the UK: “We really did start this band as a joke”
For a band started “as a joke”, Partybaby’s debut UK trip was nothing short of a monumental victory – broken fingers and all.
20th July 2016
How Abattoir Blues found their senses
One of Brighton’s best bands are on the up. There’s a brilliant new single in the wings and Nick Cave hasn’t tried to sue them (yet). Nothing could possibly go wrong for Abattoir Blues.
19th July 2016
Weaves talk Latitude: “Just as we were about to go on, my nail fell off!”
The Canadian pop-noise crew sat down with DIY after an incomparably brilliant Latitude debut.
17th July 2016
Frightened Rabbit at Latitude 2016: “anything goes at festivals”
Scott Hutchison popped into the DIY Den for an acoustic set and a chat.
16th July 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.