Features

Baptism by Fire: Sleigh Bells

Attempting to make their fourth album in just five years, Sleigh Bells hit a wall, and then the brake pedal. With ‘Jessica Rabbit’ they return three years later, bolder, brasher, and re-energised.

31st October 2016

Tracks (Run the Jewels, Dream Wife, The Shins & More)

All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.

28th October 2016

When it Started: CRX

Best known for shredding guitar in The Strokes, Nick Valensi took things back to the bare bones for his new band.

27th October 2016

Park Life: the Glastonbury stage’s greatest secret sets

With Emily Eavis promising plenty of treats for The Park Stage’s 10th birthday, we pick out its most memorable surprise moments.

27th October 2016

Soul Purpose: Kadhja Bonet

The singer and multi-instrumentalist has just released an expanded version of her debut mini-album. We talked to her about ‘The Visitor’ and taking control of your own destiny

26th October 2016

TOY: a shot in the dark

With new album ‘Clear Shot’, TOY are wafting away the psychedelic clouds and charging ahead.

26th October 2016

The Neu Bulletin (Flasher, Bambi Lou, Horsey, Artificial Pleasure & more)

DIY’s essential, weekly guide to the best new music.

26th October 2016

Trudy and the Romance: “We’re not trying to be the tightest thing”

These doo-wop loving, Liverpool-based oddballs could reincarnate Elvis if they put their minds to it.

25th October 2016

Hair we go, hair we go, hair we go: Soft Hair

Connan Mockasin, and Sam Dust of Late of the Pier and LA Priest fame have made an album under the name Soft Hair. As you’d imagine, it’s a bit weird.

25th October 2016

Strokes of brilliance: the musicians using art as an outlet

Right now, loads of musicians are revealing themselves to be dab hands with a paint brush. We spoke to a few of the current crop about why art is their go-to.

25th October 2016

The Japanese House hits the road: “I’m just not nervous at all, which is really weird!”

With her biggest UK tour fast approaching, Amber Bain’s rid herself of stage-fright, finally embracing the limelight.

24th October 2016

Grizzly Bear: What the hell are they up to?

With a new album imminent, we take a look at what the band have been up to since ‘Shields’.

24th October 2016

Tracks (Yak, Sad13, The Flaming Lips & More)

All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.

21st October 2016

Xenia Rubinos: “No one comes out of the womb feeling like an outcast”

Brooklyn-based musician’s ‘Black Terry Cat’ album is a thoughtful portrait of personal identity. She speaks to Eugenie Johnson ahead of UK dates.

20th October 2016

New Tricks: Jimmy Eat World

The emo stalwarts talk DIY through their new obsessions — musical and otherwise.

20th October 2016

A weekend away: American Football

Seventeen years after writing an album that defined a genre before swiftly parting ways, American Football’s return sees them more content and happier, but still vital.

19th October 2016

My Generation: Kero Kero Bonito

Racing towards the release of their debut album, Kero Kero Bonito are as bold as ever.

19th October 2016

The Neu Bulletin (Bad Nerves, Obongjayar, Many Voices Speak & more)

DIY’s essential, weekly guide to the best new music.

19th October 2016

Run to the hills: Jagwar Ma

Jagwar Ma locked themselves away in the deepest, darkest French countryside to follow-up on dancefloor-smashing debut ‘Howlin’’. They found inspiration — but no phone signal.

18th October 2016

One year on:
Girls Against

With the organisation celebrating its first birthday — and stacks of future plans to stamp out sexual assault and harassment in the works — founding member Hann tells DIY what’s next.

18th October 2016

Borders, belonging and beats: Swet Shop Boys

Swet Shop Boys go for broke and rep their mixed-up identities through a bona fide blend of South Asian influences, UK grime and American hip hop with debut release ‘Cashmere’.

17th October 2016