MRCY: “If you can dream, you can make it happen”
A collaboration between two established behind-the-scenes figures, with MRCY, Kojo Degraft-Johnson and Barney Lister are stepping into their own spotlight.
19th June 2024
From The Magazine
2024’s festival season essentials
‘Tis the season! (For groundsheets, guy ropes, and tinnies, that is).
19th June 2024
Starshaped: Been Stellar
Been Stellar might well be New York’s next great guitar band, but heading into debut ‘Scream From New York, NY’, they’re moulding that term into a new shape.
18th June 2024
Orlando Weeks: European Union
Having upped sticks to Lisbon, establishing a family and artistic base that’s allowed him to be more creative than ever, ‘LOJA’ is the sound of Orlando Weeks relaxing into a new era.
14th June 2024
Etta Marcus: “There’s something really lazy about calling something ‘sad girl’ music”
Having forcefully broken down her own musical boundaries on recent mini-album ‘The Death of Summer & Other Promises’, the South Londoner’s future is wide open.
14th June 2024
Goat Girl: For Better Or Worse
Having collectively weathered a series of significant personal storms, London now-trio Goat Girl are once more on solid ground. New album ‘Below The Waste’ sees them digging through the debris and laying the foundations for an expansive alternative future.
13th June 2024
Alfie Templeman: He’s Got Soul
Armed with an all-star cast of producers and a zealous appetite for experimentation, Alfie Templeman’s ‘Radiosoul’ marks a brilliant (and sometimes bonkers) new chapter for the prolific musician.
12th June 2024
Ebbb: “By not focusing our attention on social media, we just put all of our energy into the music”
We chat to the elusive London trio ahead of their debut EP release and their set at Ipswich’s Brighten The Corners Festival.
11th June 2024
Glass Animals: Up, Up, And Away…
The unexpected, stratospheric success of ‘Heat Waves’ elevated Glass Animals to music’s A List, putting Dave Bayley in the eyeline of everyone from Elton to Lana. But it would take an existential crisis at the top of a mountain to set him back on course to ‘I Love You So F***ing Much’: an album about love, space and everything in between.
10th June 2024
Glass Animals are the cover stars of DIY’s June 2024 issue!
Our new issue also features Los Campesinos!, Goat Girl, Lava La Rue, Alfie Templeman and loads more ace acts.
7th June 2024
Aurora: With Every Heartbeat
Scandipop star AURORA knows a thing or two about bringing crowds together, and with a fourth album rooted in humanity and healing, she’ll be spending the summer in joyful communion.
7th June 2024
Cardinals: “We try to realise the importance of being subversive, thematically and sonically”
Ireland’s next great guitar hopes – this time, with added accordion.
6th June 2024
Lip Critic: “When people come see us, they can get involved without there being this huge wall of seriousness”
Throwing punk, hardcore and electronic influences into a uniquely frenzied blender, NYC’s most thrilling new exports just want to entertain.
31st May 2024
Sans Soucis: “the topics I sing about can spark conversations”
Born in Italy and based in London, Giulia Grispino is fusing languages and genres for a debut album that’s as political as it is party-ready.
29th May 2024
The Mysterines: Facing The Future
While The Mysterines’ debut saw the Liverpool quartet stand out as one of guitar music’s brightest new stars, on follow-up ‘Afraid Of Tomorrows’ they’re embarking on a foreboding but startling new chapter.
28th May 2024
DIY’s Pirate Highlight! Sans Soucis, Ruti and more
We’re shining a light on some of the brilliant artists coming out of Pirate Studios right now.
27th May 2024
Crumb: “This album feels a bit less manicured and timid – it’s not afraid to lean into the weirder sides of our sound”
Ahead of their turn playing Wide Awake this weekend, we catch up with NYC’s Crumb all about their hot-off-the-press new album, ‘AMAMA’.
23rd May 2024
Wasia Project: Yearning Difficulties
William G. Hardy and his sister Olivia Hardy are tackling growing pains with Wasia Project, an alt-pop musical outlet that’s wise beyond its years.
23rd May 2024
In The Studio With… Fat Dog
Ahead of September’s fittingly-titled debut album ‘WOOF.’, Fat Dog’s Joe Love and Chris Hughes give us a chaotic peek into their musical pound.
22nd May 2024
Yannis & The Yaw: Legends Only
Finally completing his long-in-the-making project with the late, great Tony Allen, ‘Lagos, Paris, London’ marks the first chapter for Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis’ new collaborative vehicle, Yannis & The Yaw.
20th May 2024
Orla Gartland: Chaos Rules
Ahead of her set at Live At Leeds In The Park this weekend, beloved indie-pop sensation Orla Gartland fills us in on what to expect from her much-anticipated upcoming new era.
20th May 2024
Kaeto: “I’d like to have the space to continue reinventing”
The London-based musician forging adventurous new trails in the pop realm.
17th May 2024
A. G. Cook: Blurred Lines
With a third project that takes the idea of ‘Britpop’ and subverts it into his own three-part reimagining of the word, A. G. Cook is further consolidating his own distinct musical universe.
16th May 2024
Corinne Bailey Rae: Over The Rainbow
Having triumphantly returned with one of last year’s biggest musical curveballs, Corinne Bailey Rae is now gearing up to bring the full spectrum of ‘Black Rainbows’ to new stages and new generations.
15th May 2024