Planet Holy Wood: Years & Years are back

Returning with the ridiculously brilliant ​‘Sanctify’ — beamed straight from your new favourite planet, Palo Santo — Years & Years are back to smuggle pop filth into the mainstream.

3rd April 2018

Never say die: Chvrches

Moving Stateside for album three, opening their doors to collaborators for the first time, and ripping up their rulebook in the process, Chvrches’ voice is bolder than ever on ​‘Love is Dead’.

30th March 2018

The Second Coming of Kate Nash

Ten years after catapulting into the public eye, Kate Nash is having one hell of a second wind. With new album ​‘Yesterday Was Forever’, we find the singer grabbing her new life by the balls.

29th March 2018

The Neu Bulletin (Boy Pablo, Altopalo, Illuminati Hotties & more)

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

29th March 2018

Nick J.D. Hodgson talks Live at Leeds & the city’s musical evolution

The Leeds musician talks through his favourite local venues and just why Leeds is such a special place for music.

27th March 2018

The Fantastic Mr George (Ezra)

Packing his bags and heading out on trip after trip to craft new album ​‘Staying At Tamara’s’, George Ezra returns with a record overflowing with personality, providing the escapism we need right now.

26th March 2018

Tracks: Snail Mail, Panic At The Disco, Iceage & more

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

23rd March 2018

The Neu Bulletin (Ross From Friends, BAUM, Castorp & more)

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

22nd March 2018

Ray of light: Sunflower Bean

Sunflower Bean’s second album might be inspired in part by political turmoil in America, but they’re using that tragedy to find strength in numbers.

21st March 2018

The time for moving on: Nakhane

“It was like cleaning a wound,” the South African singer says of his powerful new album ​‘You Will Not Die’, which sees him exorcising his past.

20th March 2018

Welcome to rock school, with Demob Happy!

Equal parts hard-riffing monsters and sweetened harmonic seducers, Demob Happy have existed in their own unquantifiable box from day one. Let’s get to the bottom of this particular rock riddle.

19th March 2018

Tracks: Courtney Barnett, MØ and Jack Antonoff, Sigrid & more

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

16th March 2018

Bright young things: The Britanys

New York’s buzziest newcomers are upping their game and leaving their heroes behind.

15th March 2018

“If something feels right, then maybe it’s right. That’s what this album proved” - Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison talks 10 years of ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’

We talk to the singer about the legacy of the band’s breakout second album, the latest addition to our Hall of Fame.

14th March 2018

Looking back on Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’

Affective to its core, the Scots’ breakout second album remains a brilliantly honest, witty documentation of gut-wrenching heartbreak.

14th March 2018

Three of a kind: Young Fathers

Ending a year that’s seen them release brilliant third album ​‘Cocoa Sugar’ with a UK tour and huge Brixton Academy gig, Young Fathers remain the most idiosyncratic, convention-swerving band we have.

12th March 2018

Introducing Your Passport to SXSW featuring LIFE, Pale Waves, IDLES & more

We’ve rounded up all the best acts playing at SXSW this year and packed them into a passport-sized zine.

12th March 2018

Flip/reverse: alt-J

Handing out the keys to third album ​‘Relaxer’, alt‑J have roped in a host of hip hop’s great and good to whittle their work into something new.

10th March 2018

Head out on the road with Low Island & Friends

DIY joined the Oxford band as they embarked upon the inaugural Low Island & Friends tour last year.

8th March 2018

The Neu Bulletin (Ari Roar, Tallies, Thunder Jackson & more)

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

8th March 2018

Tracks: Chvrches, Lorde ft Run The Jewels, Iceage & more

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

2nd March 2018

The Neu Bulletin (King Princess, Bodega, Jo Passed & more)

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

1st March 2018

Whenyoung are your new favourite indie band

Hanging with Bono and penning sweet, infectious indie-pop, this London-via-Dublin trio are a supremely exciting prospect.

28th February 2018

“We got rid of all the half measures” - Peace are powering back up

It’s been three long years in the making, but Peace are finally back in the game with gloriously ballsy single ​‘Power’ and a third LP around the corner.

27th February 2018