Grimes of Thrones
Claire Boucher is a massive Game of Thrones fan. No, really. She’s obsessed. With this in mind, we took the chance to grill her on next season predictions, and fan theories galore.
8th March 2016
From The Magazine
The genius of Grimes
Grimes exists on another planet, while everyone else revs up their rocket engines to play catch-up. The word genius is thrown around too lightly these days. Here’s one, right here.
4th March 2016
Daughter: a weird kind of therapy
The London trio return with a new album bigger, more direct and drenched in sorrow. It’s a full-on experience for everyone involved.
2nd March 2016
Santigold: “It’s a very narcissistic time”
Philly’s left-field pop queen is back, with her consumerism obsessed third album, and a dream team of producers behind her.
1st March 2016
Cross Record: “I want people to feel a certain way”
Chances are you might have crossed paths with Emily Cross. This experimental musician has been everywhere.
27th February 2016
Metronomy: “I guess this album is an audio pedicure”
With his new album, Metronomy’s Joe Mount is getting a “musical pedicure”, treating himself to “me time” and ignoring any rules. DIY goes in the studio.
5th February 2016
Animal Collective: “It’s not like we wrote songs about sniffing glue”
In the new issue of DIY, the warped experimentalists discuss new album ‘Painting With’.
28th January 2016
Alt‑J: “This is actually my job! That’s always quite surreal”
Five years ago, Alt‑J were piecing together their debut. Now they’re headlining festivals worldwide. Gus Unger-Hamilton popped along to DIY’s party for a good old reminisce..
4th January 2016
Wolf Alice: “Every aspect of being in a band is great”
As DIY celebrates its 50th issue, we invite Ellie, Theo, Joff and Joel to the barmiest party in town.
4th January 2016
DIIV: a sea of trouble
The past three years have been torrid for Zachary Cole Smith. Addiction, controversial bandmates and his relationship have set the agenda. ‘Is The Is Are’ is “my chance at redemption”, he says.
2nd January 2016
Animal Collective in the studio: “We used the word punchy, we wanted a physical space”
A melting pot of dinosaurs, paddling pools, and cubist art, this Baltimore band’s next steps are as experimental as ever.
29th December 2015
Years & Years talk Star Wars, North Korea and olive spreads at the end of a whirlwind year
Catching up with 2015’s biggest breakthrough as they touch down after twelve months of madness.
18th December 2015
Readers Poll 2015: The Results
We asked about your favourites from 2015, and you responded in droves.
12th December 2015
The Big Moon: “I had to turn off my emails because I was freaking out”
Fresh from a ‘Eureka Moment’, this London group are howling their way to the top.
6th December 2015
Years & Years: “You could open a deli with our rider”
Band answer all the big questions in DIY’s December 2015 / January 2016 issue.
3rd December 2015
Santigold talks new album ’99¢’: “It’s a very narcissistic time”
2016 LP makes comment on a sales-crazy modern age.
3rd December 2015
Biffy Clyro talk new album: “It sounds like Deafheaven meets Tears for Fears meets Death Grips”
Follow-up to ‘Opposites’ is due out in 2016.
3rd December 2015
Diet Cig: “We stomp and scream our hearts out”
Diet Cig might act too cool for school, but that doesn’t stop them from being top of their class.
27th November 2015
Here’s what’s up — Raury: “I’m a super wildcard, you don’t know what I’m gonna make next”
Nineteen years old, Raury speaks for a generation who shun narrow-mindedness and embrace everything.
25th November 2015
Father John Misty: “If you’re gonna be creative, you open the door of madness and you let everything in”
While most of his singer-songwriter peers treat their work as ‘serious business’, Father John Misty wields his warped sense of humour like a weapon through everything from songs to social media.
23rd November 2015
Savages: “This time we couldn’t pretend we weren’t making a record”
Braver, bolder and more of a beast than their debut, Savages are returning with their second record and it’s going to be huge.
20th November 2015
Chairlift: “I had a sound in my head that was different to anything we had done before”
As the duo prepare to release their third full-length, they speak to DIY about finding a new space, feeling experimental and drawing from real life.
19th November 2015
Run the Jewels: “We’ll never be a super serious group”
Poodle-shooting rule breakers with a penchant for cat noises and politics, not even Killer Mike and El‑P could’ve predicted just how big they’d become in 2015.
18th November 2015
Bloc Party: “There was a purpose with this record we haven’t had with any of the others”
‘Hymns’ marks the start of a new chapter for Bloc Party. DIY goes in the studio.
11th November 2015