Features

Bill Ryder-Jones on weighty new LP ‘Yawn’: “It’s a really good time for people to hear musicians being honest”

We spoke to Bill about the process of making his fourth full-length solo album.

11th July 2018

The 15 best albums of the year so far

We’re half way through the year(!) so we’ve rounded up the best LPs we’ve heard so far in 2018.

9th July 2018

Daydream Believers: Black Honey

Coming four years and four EPs since they arrived on the scene in a haze of attention-grabbing mystique, is Black Honey’s debut album worth the wait? Well, we put them on the bloody cover didn’t we…

6th July 2018

Matt Maltese: A different kind of love song

On debut LP ‘Bad Contestant’, London boy Matt Maltese is ripping up the modern singer songwriter rulebook and emerging with an album that tackles love and life in all its good, bad and ugly truth.

6th July 2018

BODEGA take us through their brilliant debut album ‘Endless Scroll’, track by track

The five star-rated debut is out today via What’s Your Rupture?.

6th July 2018

Drahla are the UK’s most uncompromising new band

Touring with Ought and METZ and penning warped, dark post-punk, things are looking up for Drahla.

2nd July 2018

Tracks: Pale Waves, Charli XCX, Black Honey & more

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

29th June 2018

Listen up: Let’s Eat Grandma

Returning with the spellbinding pop of second album ‘I’m All Ears’, Let’s Eat Grandma are evolving, accentuating their differences, and entering a whole new world.

27th June 2018

“My voice isn’t made to sing happy songs” - Protomartyr are continuing to rage

Releasing new EP ‘Consolation’ — featuring Kelley Deal of The Breeders — Joe Casey talks the band’s slow and steady evolution.

27th June 2018

Full house: Sports Team

Craving a side of theatricality with your indie gig? Some pizazz? Maybe a few sharks?! Welcome Sports Team: the flamboyant, hilarious answer to all your prayers.

26th June 2018

Neu Recommended (Haiku Hands, Black Midi, Hatchie & more)

Our monthly guide of the buzziest new acts around.

26th June 2018

Kadhja Bonet is - slowly but surely - getting to where she wants to be

With dream-like new album ‘Childqueen’, the singer is continuing her personal evolution.

22nd June 2018

Squirrel Flower lays out her emotions on new EP ‘Contact Sports’

The Iowa-via-Boston singer’s new EP explores intimacy, betrayal and place, all set to the backdrop of the American Midwest.

22nd June 2018

What to listen to today: Nine Inch Nails, Panic! At The Disco, Death Grips, Years & Years and more

It’s new music Friday, and there’s tonnes of great new stuff out — we’ve picked some of the best.

22nd June 2018

Tracks: Years & Years, Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz & more

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

22nd June 2018

King Princess is a queer pop star for a new generation

With Harry Styles and Mark Ronson on her side, it’s no surprise that Mikaela Strauss is ready to be an icon.

21st June 2018

The Neu Bulletin (Rachel Chinouriri, Rendez-Vous, Amilli & more)

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

20th June 2018

Dream Wife, Slaves, The Horrors and more on the new DIY Podcast

We’re up in Hull for 53 Degrees North.

19th June 2018

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: “People seem to find a lot of nostalgia in our music”

On their debut album ‘Hope Downs’, these Aussie indie-rockers find hope from the great expanse of their homeland.

14th June 2018

Drenge: “We wanted to come back and remind people what we stand for”

Fresh from their Grand Re-Opening UK tour and ferocious new single ‘This Dance’, the Derbyshire duo are prepping a new album and ready to get firmly back in the ring.

12th June 2018