PUP: Off the leash
With new album ‘The Dream Is Over’, the Canadian punks are gobbing in the face of adversity.
27th May 2016
Interviews
Flume: Logging On
Returning after a huge debut album, laptop-hugging producer Flume is letting expectations drive him forward.
27th May 2016
The Hotelier: “I couldn’t write another sad album if I tried”
New album ‘Goodness’ finds The Hotelier on the cusp of re-invention. Ryan De Freitas catches them at a sold out London show to talk the future.
25th May 2016
Car Seat Headrest: “I always end up developing a character on the album that’s not quite me”
23 year old Will Toledo’s already on his thirteenth album — he takes Tom Hancock down the road to new LP ‘Teen Of Denial’.
24th May 2016
Jorja Smith: “I thought I’d be a police officer”
This ridiculously talented 18-year-old Walsall newcomer is seeing her name in (blue) lights.
23rd May 2016
Amber Arcades: “My favourite part about playing live is the adrenaline kick”
Ahead of her performance at The Great Escape, Annelotte de Graaf opens up about her debut album.
20th May 2016
Bleached: “There’s no way you could do music if you didn’t have a calling.”
Ahead of descending on The Great Escape, the band talk rebirth, new records, and, er.. Spanx.
17th May 2016
Day Wave: “I can make the stuff I want to”
California soaks through Jackson Phillips’ music like a big wave. But you wouldn’t guess it, judging by his background.
17th May 2016
Cullen Omori: “I can see through romanticised ideas as the fake bullshit they are.”
Once upon a time in the Smith Westerns, Cullen Omori fronted Chicago’s go-to band. We meet the man who flew the nest, before he plays DIY’s The Great Escape stage.
16th May 2016
Cry me a rivers: Weezer
Weezer are never ones to rest on their laurels. With the self-titled ‘White’ album unleashing its own storm, they’re already looking ahead to next steps.
16th May 2016
Oscar: dreams do come true
Oscar wants to travel the world, move to New York and collaborate with the stars. First on the agenda — a day out with DIY in Dreamland, Margate. Look, you’ve got to start somewhere, ok?
13th May 2016
Dreaming big: Pinegrove
With ‘Cardinal’, the Montclair, New Jersey have made one of 2016’s sleeper triumphs. Evan Stevens Hall talks the story behind their first work.
9th May 2016
Martha talk growing up and “still being rowdy punks”
The Pity Me punks are keeping their feet on the ground as they approach album two — but still letting their heads scrape the clouds from time to time.
7th May 2016
White Lung: “We all want that power”
White Lung have upped every aspect of their game for ‘Paradise’. Geeking out on pedals, finding fascination in serial killers — they’ve done everything in their power to find that next gear.
5th May 2016
Years & Years: “Everything seemed to come together”
From drunkenly badgering Tom Jones, to erm.. condoms, Years & Years take stock of a whirlwind rise to the top of the charts.
4th May 2016
Spring King: “When you love something, perseverance is second nature”
Tarek Musa joins DIY’s 50th issue bash as he gears up for the release of that long-anticipated debut album.
4th May 2016
Poliça talk ‘United Crushers’: “I saw this record as my last chance”
The band’s Channy Leaneagh opens up about the “transformative head spaces” that their new album was born in.
1st May 2016
Jaws in the studio: “We wrote a lot of bloody songs for this record”
Now that the Birmingham trio have completed work on their follow-up to ‘Be Slowly’, the band’s Connor Schofield offers up a few details.
1st May 2016
Rip it up and start again: Biffy Clyro
The Scottish trio are tearing up their own rulebook for album seven.
30th April 2016
The Kills: “This feeling of completeness - with art, that’s a big thing”
Mishaps, mayhem, and Vladimir Putin – it’s an unusual backdrop for an album to say the least. Then again, The Kills have never played by the rules.
29th April 2016
The Wytches: “Our writing process is so fucked”
As the Brighton force ready their second album, this weekend they play two secret shows in an abandoned warehouse. Not exactly low-key, then. They speak to Ali Shutler.
28th April 2016
Black is the warmest colour: Eagulls
With new album ‘Ullages’, Eagulls are adding more shades to their dark and gloomy colour palette.
25th April 2016
Blood Red Shoes: “We had a lot of false starts trying to write the next album”
To the outside world, it may seem like the Brighton duo have been ‘rather quiet’ lately; obviously, that’s not the case at all. Drummer Steven Ansell fills us in on what’s been happening for the band.
20th April 2016
Dreaming spires: Hudson Scott
This Oxford newcomer’s got mates in massive places, but Hudson Scott’s proving he soars his highest when he’s flying solo.
18th April 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.