The Maccabees look back on 2015: “It felt like we had an election campaign!”
From number one albums, to selfies with Dizzee Rascal, it’s been a big year for this lot.
17th December 2015
Features
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The DIY List: The year in music [31-40]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
17th December 2015
When one door closes: the present and future of the UK’s independent venues
As Power Lunches becomes the latest small venue to close its doors in 2015, Will Richards asks how we can move forward.
17th December 2015
Spring King’s Tarek Musa takes us through his favourite drummers
The multi-talented sticksman picks out his favourite fellow skin-bashers.
17th December 2015
The DIY List: The year in music [21-30]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
17th December 2015
SOAK: “I don’t know what I expected to happen”
Debut albums and Mercury nods would change most people for good. Not Bridie. A year on, she’s still hiding in bins.
16th December 2015
Marika Hackman: “I’m very much in a different place”
From releasing her debut, to tolerating DIY’s dreadful Maraca Hackman puns, Marika’s had a mad old 2015. We catch up to take stock.
16th December 2015
The DIY List 2015: The year in music [51-60]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
16th December 2015
Artists’ Picks: Favourite albums of the year
We quiz some of our favourite familiar faces on their top records from 2015.
16th December 2015
The Neu Bulletin (Elf Kid, Smash Williams, Palm Honey & more)
DIY’s weekly guide to the best new music.
16th December 2015
The DIY List 2015: The year in music [50-41]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
16th December 2015
Speedy Ortiz talk favourite records, Festivus, and the perils of working with muppets after a manic 2015
Fingers crossed for another Hannibal Buress collab next year…
16th December 2015
Stella Mozgawa: “I’m musically and creatively promiscuous”
This year Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa got behind the kit for everyone from Jamie xx to Kurt Vile. We look back on a manic 2015 with the in-demand drummer.
15th December 2015
The DIY List: The year in music [71-80]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
15th December 2015
Road rage: Milk Teeth take us through a playlist of their 2015 tour buddies
After a year of non-stop road time, the Stroud rockers look back over the best of the best.
15th December 2015
The DIY List 2015: The year in music [61-70]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
15th December 2015
The Japanese House offers up some of her inspirations
Take a look behind the creative curtain of one of the year’s most compelling voices.
15th December 2015
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The DIY List 2015: The year in music [91-100]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
14th December 2015
James Blake breaking his ‘Radio Silence’ is set to be one of 2016’s defining moments
He’s been hanging about in the shadows since that Mercury win, but that ‘Radio Silence’ looks like it’s finally coming to an end.
14th December 2015
James Blake breaking his ‘Radio Silence’ is set to be one of 2016’s defining moments
He’s been hanging about in the shadows since that Mercury win, but that ‘Radio Silence’ looks like it’s finally coming to an end.
14th December 2015
The DIY List 2015: The year in music [81-90]
Albums, tracks, headline slots, stupid tweets. Everything counts in the list, our definitive rundown of who and what made our 2015.
14th December 2015
Readers Poll 2015: The Results
We asked about your favourites from 2015, and you responded in droves.
12th December 2015
From metal to madness - Sun Club: “We changed our band name every week”
Baltimore group took on various incarnations before landing on their excitable pop. They speak to Jess Goodman.
11th December 2015
All systems go: VANT
From growing up in a punk band to inciting mosh pits at half past eight on a Tuesday night, VANT are ready for the charge.
11th December 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.