HAIM are the cover stars of DIY’s June 2025 issue!
Our latest edition of the magazine also features Finn Wolfhard, Queens of the Stone Age, Jacob Alon, Garbage and loads more.
11th June 2025
From The Magazine
ratbag: “I really don’t want to be restricted by anything, in any capacity”
Meet the 21-year-old Auckland multihyphenate who is taking world-building to a whole new level.
3rd June 2025
Rico Nasty: Killer Instinct
After beginning to feel pigeonholed by internal doubt and industry pressure, Rico Nasty realised she needed to go back to basics and trust her gut: on third album ‘LETHAL’, she’s unearthed the most potent version of herself yet.
29th May 2025
L. Mayland: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream
The Last Dinner Party’s Lizzie Mayland on their band’s brush with burnout, searching for home, and striking out alone with solo EP ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’.
28th May 2025
PUP: Dog Days Are Over
After over a decade in the game, Toronto punks PUP still know how to make light of the darker moments of life; five albums in, they remain focused on embracing the moment.
27th May 2025
DEADLETTER: “The music seems to have really resonated with people out on the road”
Having cultivated a fierce reputation via their frenzied live shows and last year’s debut ‘Hysterical Strength’, this summer’s set to be another scorcher for Yorkshire troop DEADLETTER. Ahead of a packed festival season, we catch up with frontman Zac Lawrence to dive into what lies ahead.
27th May 2025
DIY Label Spotlight #6: Breakfast Records
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
26th May 2025
Nova Twins: Angels and Demons
After the dizzying success of second album ‘Supernova’, Nova Twins may have looked like superheroes on the outside, but things were getting darker within. Now, via the making of third album ‘Parasites & Butterflies’, they’ve navigated their way through the tunnel to become the most balanced version of themselves yet.
20th May 2025
Sports Team: Boys To Men
On third album ‘Boys These Days’, Britain’s silliest guitar band Sports Team return with newfound ‘60s pop sensibilities, while their sardonic lyrical tightrope takes a (slightly) more serious tone.
19th May 2025
Barry Can’t Swim is the cover star of DIY’s 2025 Festival Guide!
This year’s special standalone edition also features Sprints, Ezra Furman, DEADLETTER and loads more.
16th May 2025
Ezra Furman: Tender Loving Care
Now on the verge of releasing her tenth studio album, Ezra Furman knows the meaning of courage and community more than most. With this month’s A World Of Love And Care — a specially-curated day festival hosted at London’s EartH — she’s re-affirming the case for love as a revolutionary act.
13th May 2025
Nova Twins are the cover stars of DIY’s May 2025 issue!
Our new issue also features interviews with Damiano David, Sports Team, Låpsley, PUP and loads more.
12th May 2025
Alien Chicks: “We’re figuring it out as we go along”
Gearing up for the release of a second EP, Alien Chicks are the South London punk trio braving the rail network to storm as many stages as they can.
8th May 2025
Wishy: “These songs are more delicate and intimate”
A year on from the release of their debut ‘Triple Seven’, US quintet Wishy are showing off a different side to their sonic coin with new EP ‘Planet Popstar’.
7th May 2025
Black Country, New Road: Whole New World
Over the past six years, Black Country, New Road have shifted in just about every sense possible, whether through choice or necessity. Now, on third album ‘Forever Howlong’, they’re settling into a fresh new rhythm and it’s suiting them well.
6th May 2025
DIY Label Spotlight #5: Chess Club Records
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
5th May 2025
Momma: Ain’t A Cloud In Sight
On fourth album ‘Welcome To My Blue Sky’, Momma’s Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten channel parallel experiences and their enduring friendship into an evocative collection of mushy dream-rock.
1st May 2025
For One Night Only!: Tunde Adebimpe curates his dream gig
The TV On The Radio frontman turned solo star gives us an insight into his ideal night out.
30th April 2025
Lucy Dacus: True Romance
Fresh from dominating the music world as one third of boygenius — and gaining legions of new fans in the process — Lucy Dacus is back with her most intimate and vulnerable solo record to date.
30th April 2025
Back From The Brink: Sunflower Bean
After third record ‘Headful Of Sugar’, New York trio Sunflower Bean found themselves drifting. But thanks to time apart and changed perspectives, they’ve returned with ‘Mortal Primetime’ — an album brimming with newfound defiance.
29th April 2025
Prima Queen: “We hope that people see themselves in the stories”
A debut album that’s been ten years in the making, ‘The Prize’ sees Transatlantic duo Prima Queen once again share their unique portraits of everyday life, love and everything in between.
28th April 2025
Djo is the cover star of DIY’s April 2025 issue!
Our latest edition also features chats with Lucy Dacus, Sunflower Bean, Black Country, New Road and loads more.
8th April 2025
DIY Label Spotlight #4: Submarine Cat
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
7th April 2025
For One Night Only!: Dora Jar curates her dream gig
The folk-pop experimentalist gives us an insight into her ideal night out.
7th April 2025