Wired for Sound: Merchandise

With their fifth album, the Tampa group are getting abstract, and entering a new space.

11th March 2016

The genius of Grimes

Grimes exists on another planet, while everyone else revs up their rocket engines to play catch-up. The word genius is thrown around too lightly these days. Here’s one, right here.

4th March 2016

Daughter: a weird kind of therapy

The London trio return with a new album bigger, more direct and drenched in sorrow. It’s a full-on experience for everyone involved.

2nd March 2016

Santigold: “It’s a very narcissistic time”

Philly’s left-field pop queen is back, with her consumerism obsessed third album, and a dream team of producers behind her.

1st March 2016

Mothers: “It’s more of an empowering record than a sad record”

Mothers’ debut album is a snapshot of a band’s earliest steps like no other — as Kristine Leschper reveals, it’s just ​“a snapshot.”

29th February 2016

Cross Record: “I want people to feel a certain way”

Chances are you might have crossed paths with Emily Cross. This experimental musician has been everywhere.

27th February 2016

Kagoule: “This is a heavier experiment for us”

We go behind the curtain with the Nottingham band as they record new track ​‘Pharmacy’ in the heart of Curtain Road.

22nd February 2016

GIRLI: “I want people to feel uncomfortable!”

This North London future-pop sensation wants to be anything but ​‘alright’.

19th February 2016

School Of Seven Bells: “It was like I had a sense of urgency to tell our story”

Following the tragic passing of her bandmate Benjamin Curtis, Alejandra Deheza finished their vision alone. The resulting album is the band’s final goodbye.

17th February 2016

Cutting loose: Panic! At The Disco

Brendon Urie’s released his fifth album as Panic! At The Disco and this time, it really is all about him.

16th February 2016

Junior Boys: “I’m just feverishly working on music all the time”

Junior Boys’ new album ​‘Big Black Coat’ nearly didn’t happen — thankfully, Jeremy Greenspan found inspiration close to home.

15th February 2016

Making Waves: Beach Baby

The London band talk juggling recording a debut with picking up dead leaves.

9th February 2016

SWMRS: “we want to give people a different way of escaping”

We caught up with California band SWMRS in a Brighton alleyway. As you do.

6th February 2016

Metronomy: “I guess this album is an audio pedicure”

With his new album, Metronomy’s Joe Mount is getting a ​“musical pedicure”, treating himself to ​“me time” and ignoring any rules. DIY goes in the studio.

5th February 2016

Muncie Girls: “It’s encouraging people to be politically active”

Referencing Sylvia Plath and dismantling the patriarchy in a single breath, this Exeter trio mean business on their debut.

3rd February 2016

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.

2nd February 2016

Youth Lagoon’s demise is just the start of Trevor Powers’ next adventure

While we may be losing an outstanding project, Will Richards argues that in being able to step away from Youth Lagoon, Trevor Powers might finally be artistically free.

2nd February 2016

Turning On An Axis: Mystery Jets

Mystery Jets aren’t just returning with a new album; they’re back as a whole new band.

30th January 2016

Savages are the answer

Surrendering to love on ​‘Adore Life’, Savages have grown into one of the most vital bands around.

29th January 2016

Animal Collective: “It’s not like we wrote songs about sniffing glue”

In the new issue of DIY, the warped experimentalists discuss new album ​‘Painting With’.

28th January 2016

Johnny Foreigner in the studio: “We got there in the end”

Ahead of tonight’s Curtain Call 2016 show, we catch up with Alexei Berrow as the band piece together album six.

26th January 2016

Beach Slang in conversation: “You hope you’re doing work that’s going to matter on some level”

The unifying, anthemic sense of camaraderie behind Beach Slang’s every move is no accident — frontman James Alex is keen to be a saviour.

26th January 2016

Birdskulls: “There’s been a really good atmosphere”

We go behind the curtain with the Brighton trio as they record a new track in the heart on Curtain Road.

25th January 2016

Turnover: “We’ll definitely keep changing things up”

Ahead of a UK tour and following a year that saw them morph into a dream-punk behemoth with latest album ​‘Peripheral Vision’, Turnover are ready to take 2016 by storm.

14th January 2016