Blue Sky Thinking: Gus Dapperton
Experiencing the highs and lows of touring life as he’s worked his way up the indie ranks, ‘Orca’ finds Gus Dapperton embracing his vulnerability and coming out fighting.
10th December 2020
From The Magazine
Double Trouble: Royal Blood
Swinging back into action with the funk-tinged strut of new single ‘Trouble’s Coming’, Royal Blood’s formula looks like it’s been given a shake up. What changed? “My entire life!” explains Mike Kerr.
10th December 2020
The Weird & Wonderful World of Tkay Maidza
With the advent of new EP ‘Last Year Was Weird Vol.2’, the Australian rapper is learning to invest in every part of herself.
8th December 2020
Class of 2021: Pa Salieu
From Coventry to magazine covers across the country, Pa Salieu is the undeniable force shaking up the face of British rap.
6th December 2020
Class of 2021: Ashnikko
Arriving in a whirlwind of blue hair, badass lyrical quips and a penchant for life’s filthier pleasures, Ashnikko is here to disrupt the pop landscape — and reclaim the word ‘cunt’ while she’s at it.
4th December 2020
DIY’s Class of 2021 issue — feat. Ashnikko, Bree Runway, Master Peace & more — is out now!
Our December 2020 / January 2021 double issue also features Baby Queen, Black Country, New Road, Tate McRae and loads more!
4th December 2020
Buried Treasures: The Kills
The Kills are back with a newly-compiled rarities collection, looking back on their formative years and all the ‘Little Bastards’ they created along the way.
27th November 2020
Anything But… with Will Joseph Cook
In which we talk to some of our faves about anything but music (see what we did there?)…
25th November 2020
Rebel Girls: Big Joanie
London punks Big Joanie have been tipped by every artist in the scene worth their salt. Now, it’s time for the wider world to get to know them, too.
25th November 2020
A Grand Unveiling: Sundara Karma
While many of us spent lockdown avoiding video calls and queueing for the local shop, Sundara Karma did things differently. Now, they’ve returned with a new EP in tow, and their boldest statement yet.
23rd November 2020
Brothers In Arms: The Cribs
Heading into their 20th anniversary as a band, and following their hardest two years yet, ‘Night Network’ finds The Cribs more unified than ever and able to let the world in a little more as a result.
20th November 2020
Boy Meets World: Boy Pablo
With a casual 70 million streams on one of his earliest singles, the three years leading up to Nico Muñoz’s debut have been nothing short of spectacular. Now, he’s welcoming you into his universe.
18th November 2020
MICHELLE: “Each band member has such different pools of genres that they can reach their tentacles into”
An eclectic bunch of New Yorkers, rewriting their own version of how to be a band.
17th November 2020
A Quiet Revolution: Michael Kiwanuka
With his most recent, Hyundai Mercury Prize-winning album, Michael offered up his most spectacular record yet. Now, as the year draws to a close, he reflects on what’s been a strange one for us all.
16th November 2020
Poetic License: John Cooper Clarke meets Fontaines DC’s Grian Chatten
One’s a stalwart of the scene, the punk poet of the people — the bard of Salford. One’s the eloquent singer of Ireland’s most literary-minded young chart-botherers. We’ll leave them to it…
13th November 2020
Katy J Pearson: “I am the leader of the new country scene!”
The new queen of UK country, inspired by PJ Harvey, the West Country and… her toothbrush?
13th November 2020
Class of 2021: Bree Runway
Creative mastermind, friend of Missy Elliott and business mogul in the making: Project Runway is already well underway, and in 2021, Bree’s going in all guns blazing.
12th November 2020
Cover Girl: Marika Hackman
Marika Hackman spent the strange summer recording takes on Beyoncé, Radiohead and some of music’s biggest stars. “It gave me a big sense of relief,” she explains of her new ‘Covers’ LP.
11th November 2020
Jean Dawson: “I want it to feel like Manchester and Compton had a baby. I want it to be like if Morrissey was black”
The genre-blurring trailblazer pushing for greatness.
11th November 2020
Planet Of The Apes: Gorillaz
‘Song Machine’ might have been born from a playful spirit, but it’s also an album that finds Gorillaz holding a mirror to the modern world’s divisions, and offering up a far more utopian alternative.
6th November 2020
The November issue of DIY — feat. Gorillaz, The Kills, Michael Kiwanuka and more — is out now!
Our latest issue also features chats with The Cribs, Marika Hackman, John Cooper Clarke and Fontaines DC, Big Joanie, and loads more.
6th November 2020
Gorillaz have written a track for Dolly Parton
Damon Albarn also rallies against the UK government’s management of the pandemic in this month’s cover feature.
5th November 2020
Anything But… with Shame’s Charlie Steen
In which we talk to some of our faves about anything but music (see what we did there?)…
29th October 2020
Home Counties: “We’ve actually got really into shitty ‘80s synth music, and ‘70s cop drama music”
The Bristol band talk literal and musical ‘Redevelopment’.
29th October 2020