Of Monsters and Men: “We know our fans wouldn’t want anything totally different”
Group talk change and new album ‘Beneath The Skin’ in their home city of Reykjavik, for the new issue of DIY.
21st May 2015
From The Magazine
Deftones describe the “more freeing” experience of making their new album
Abe Cunningham speaks to DIY in our June issue, out Friday 22nd May.
21st May 2015
FFS: “As fate turned out, we bumped into each other on the street”
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks discuss their beginnings in the June issue of DIY.
20th May 2015
Girl Band: “I wanted it to sound as good as we could make it sound”
Band discuss their debut LP in the new issue of DIY.
20th May 2015
Gengahr dream big with their debut album: “If we feel like we can do it, we’ll do it ourselves”
Group discuss going from The O2 to taking their first big steps in the new issue of DIY.
20th May 2015
SOAK ditches the “beyond her years” tag with a “wise” debut album
Bridie Monds-Watson is hoping to go beyond “super lazy tags”, speaking in the new issue of DIY.
20th May 2015
Girlpool’s debut album “shows a change of emotional taste”
While the duo’s EP became infamous for its brutal honesty, the pair can pinpoint the differences between it and their new full-length.
20th May 2015
Babes in Toyland: “We had a whole new generation of fans”
Trading in grudges for grunge, the Minneapolis punks are back, touring and hinting at new material.
20th May 2015
Joanna Gruesome “I wanted it to be a bit more grounded”
Joanna Gruesome are tackling new subjects on their latest album, ‘Peanut Butter’.
20th May 2015
“We sort of had to start again”: The Maccabees on ‘Marks To Prove It’
Chucking an entire record and holing up in Elephant and Castle to rethink, The Maccabees tell us about their new album in the next issue of DIY.
19th May 2015
Everything Everything touch on “One Direction territory” for ‘Get To Heaven’
From unlikely influences to new beginnings, the band give us the scoop on ‘Get To Heaven’ in the new issue of DIY, landing this Friday.
19th May 2015
Shamir: “I used to be so annoyed by disco”
Shamir’s ascent has been swift; on the climb he’s found a new appreciation for unlikely genres.
18th May 2015
Jamie xx: DIY’s June 2015 cover star revealed
We go ‘In Colour’ this month, with the new issue out this Friday (22nd May).
18th May 2015
Django Django: “It feels like we’ve taken a big step forward”
Free from the constraints of day jobs and degrees, Django Django are coming into their own — and they’re all the more confident for it.
5th May 2015
Brandon Flowers: “I was able to do whatever I could dream of”
As Brandon Flowers gears up for his solo return, it’s clear that his confidence is growing.
5th May 2015
Twin Atlantic’s Sam McTrusty answers your questions in Popstar Postbag
We gave fans a chance to ask Twin Atlantic just about anything they fancied and forced Sam to answer all of the Qs.
28th April 2015
Marmozets to take on DIY’s Popstar Postbag
Marmozets are gearing up to take on your questions.
28th April 2015
Alabama Shakes: “I’m not sure what kinda band we are anymore”
Think you know Alabama Shakes? Think again.
25th April 2015
Mumford & Sons: “Fuck the banjo”
After they (kind of) split, Mumford & Sons returned by ditching their trademark. It’s out with the folk instruments, in with the electrified ‘Wilder Mind’.
24th April 2015
DIIV: “This record is going to mean a lot, to a lot of people”
DIIV’s new record reflects on a turbulent few years. “It has its darker moments,” Zachary Cole Smith explains.
24th April 2015
Hot Chip: “It is a bit more stripped down in some ways”
The band “tried to decide what were the key parts” when making their forthcoming album, ‘Why Make Sense?’
23rd April 2015
Best Coast: “We were just gonna make the record that we wanted to make”
The band decided to open themselves up even more on their third record, Bethany Cosentino explains in the new issue of DIY.
23rd April 2015
Hop Along: “Life is grimy. It gets ugly”
In the new issue of DIY, Frances Quinlan and co. talk new album ‘Painted Shut’.
23rd April 2015
Shamir: “It’s crazy to think that I’ve only really made this music for a little over a year”
Las Vegas phenomenon talks disco and being hyped to the heavens, in the new issue of DIY.
22nd April 2015