Bittersweet Symphony: Samia
On second album ‘Honey’, Samia is staking her claim to join the confessional singer-songwriter elite. “I feel like hope is the saddest human emotion,” she explains.
15th February 2023
From The Magazine
Squid Games
Readying the follow-up to ‘Bright Green Field’ with a prolonged period of experimentation, a work-in-progress live tour and a little help from Tom Jones, Squid are diving back in for a second round.
13th February 2023
Damon Albarn on Gorillaz collaborations: “Is there a method? No, not really — just being open to joy”
The Gorillaz mastermind comments on the process behind his favourite collabs.
7th February 2023
Blondshell: “I didn’t hold back on the size of my anger, my sadness, my longing”
Permitting herself to write with extreme, undiluted honesty for the first time, Sabrina Teitelbaum’s forthcoming debut is an outpouring of emotion to cling onto.
7th February 2023
This Is Us: Paramore
Reunited after a much-needed self-care time out, ‘This Is Why’ finds Hayley Williams, Zac Farro and Taylor York embracing the core of the band and fully owning their place at the top of the podium.
6th February 2023
Paramore shout out Lime Garden & Yard Act as some of their favourite new British bands
Rozi Plain, Wet Leg and Loathe are also among their recent go-tos.
6th February 2023
DIY’s February 2023 issue — feat. Paramore, Shame, RAYE & more — is out now!
Our first issue of the year also features The Murder Capital, Samia, Squid and loads more.
6th February 2023
In The Studio… Shame
For the band’s upcoming third album, Shame have prioritised collaboration and made an interconnected ode to friendship.
15th November 2022
Lowertown: “It’s nice to hear people who embrace a manic way of living”
In five short years, Atlanta’s Lowertown have graduated from high school classrooms to the Dirty Hit roster. On their debut album ‘I Love To Lie’, the duo are expanding their horizons even further.
21st October 2022
Big Big Love: The Big Moon
Taking third album ‘Here Is Everything’ out on the road, we join The Big Moon for a rollercoaster of new motherhood, missing gear and much more besides.
19th October 2022
Independent Woman: Tove Lo
Tove Lo fills us in on everything “Dirt Femme’ and beyond.
18th October 2022
Home & Away: Alvvays
After five years away, Alvvays’ third album “Blue Rev’ speaks to the past, present and future of a band making their most ambitious music yet.
17th October 2022
Blaze Of Glory: Mykki Blanco
Mykki Blanco has spent a career creating their own path and leading by innovative example. On indie-leaning new LP “Stay Close to Music’, they’re offering up yet more surprises.
14th October 2022
The Circle of Life: Sorry
Staring down the big questions and tackling existentialism in their own idiosyncratic way, “Anywhere But Here’ is showing the world a new, evolved Sorry.
14th October 2022
Normal People: Gilla Band
Dublin’s Gilla Band (fka Girl Band) have never been ones to pander. On “Most Normal’, they’re embracing that ethos fully with an art-for-art’s-sake record that stretches from the silly to the sublime.
12th October 2022
FLOHIO: Heart & Soul
South London rapper FLOHIO’s debut “Out of Heart’ may have been a long time coming, but its emotive, progressive wares show an artist more than worth the wait.
5th October 2022
Pretty Sick: “This album doesn’t try to hide anything”
Channelling the grizzled catharsis of “90s grunge, Sabrina Fuentes and her band have crossed the Atlantic and come out fighting.
27th September 2022
Channel Tres: Just Can’t Get Enough
Creating his own self-described niche of Compton house, Channel Tres is dancing all the way to the top.
26th September 2022
piri & tommy: “It sounded like Fleetwood Mac house!”
Partners in and out of music, the Manchester pair’s intrinsic bond is taking them from viral newcomers to UK dance’s next big hope.
23rd September 2022
Something Like Happiness: Alex G
Nine albums in and, on “God Save The Animals’, Alex G is still treading his own path. This time however, he’s letting a few more people in on the journey too.
22nd September 2022
Death Cab For Cutie: “I want us to be the best version of what we are”
Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard contemplates the pandemic fuelled existentialism in the band’s tenth album, ‘Asphalt Meadows’.
17th September 2022
Strange Magic: Jockstrap
‘I Love You Jennifer B’ is an album of weirdness and whimsy, of technical prowess and nostalgic escapism. At its core sit Jockstrap: two musicians tinkering around in their own curious playground.
15th September 2022
Noughties But Nice: Mura Masa
Simultaneously packed with nostalgia and a modern dream cast of collaborators, “demon time’ finds Mura Masa concocting a time-spanning party for the ages.
14th September 2022
Back In The Race: Wunderhorse
After the combustion of his teenage band Dead Pretties, Jacob Slater did some much-needed reevaluating. From it came Wunderhorse, and a debut album — “Cub’ — that stares into a far brighter future.
13th September 2022