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.
September 23, 2022 12:00pm
Neu Interviews
KEG: “We’re all too stupid and uncomfortable to do anything vulnerable and serious”
Egg costumes, Uncut Gems and an EP that sounds like “a panic attack in loads of different states” - it’s all par for the course for Brighton wildcards KEG.
September 2, 2022 12:30pm
The Lounge Society: “I don’t want to be just another post-punk band”
Still in their teens, these Speedy Wunderground-signed outfit are aiming to reach far past the connotations of that description.
August 23, 2022 12:16pm
Witch Fever: “We want people to feel empowered by the album”
Using their debut album to tackle themes of religion, inequality and oppression, this Manchester quartet are proving themselves a bold new voice for heavy music.
August 17, 2022 3:00pm
Kokoroko: “We don’t do two shows in a row that are the same”
Having proven their live chops time and time again, the London octet are finally translating their West African funk fusion onto record with debut ‘Could We Be More’.
August 15, 2022 11:30am
Enumclaw: “We’re making music that people can see themselves in”
The wildly ambitious Washington quartet aiming to shake up the grunge-rock landscape with a scintillating combination of bangers and bravado.
July 27, 2022 4:30pm
Willow Kayne: “If I can change the direction that pop can be that’s what success sounds like”
Creating a multi-sensory, ‘90s-soaked world, Willow Kayne’s already bagged an Ivor Novello and is only aiming higher from here.
July 26, 2022 3:29pm
Crawlers: “The fans have just been crazy in the best way”
With over 30 million streams and a host of sold out shows under their belt, things are only going to get bigger for Crawlers.
July 22, 2022 11:30am
NY State of Mind: Been Stellar
New York’s next-in-line to the indie throne are branching out of America and taking on the world.
June 24, 2022 1:00pm
Momma: “We need to be Jack Black’s best friend”
LA bezzies channelling ‘90s alt-rock into a heart-on-sleeve yet tongue-in-cheek new form.
June 20, 2022 12:00pm
Cassyette: “I’ve been on such a journey musically but it always started with rock music”
Meet the Essex singer whose genre-blending vision is turning heads across the rock world.
June 13, 2022 12:00pm
Horsegirl: “We were these little freaks at our DIY shows”
Cantering to the top of SXSW’s buzz list, Chicago teen trio Horsegirl are harking back to the alt-’90s and offering up different ‘Versions of Modern Performance’.
June 6, 2022 11:17am
Fanclubwallet: “I love fun songs, but all that was coming out was this heart-crushing stuff”
Ottawa musician Hannah Judge has had her fair share of challenges over the past year, but it’s with her debut album that she’s been able to find herself again.
May 20, 2022 12:10pm
Honeyglaze: “We’ve never tried to consciously fit in”
With their debut album released this month, Speedy Wunderground’s latest signings are weaving a heady, hypnotic spell.
April 29, 2022 11:06am
Pinty: “I think all humans strive for a bit of connection in their lives”
The Peckham MC adding cathartic personal tales to his house-infused sonic melting pot.
April 19, 2022 12:39pm
Prima Queen: “What’s powerful is that we are best friends and we write the songs together”
Two transatlantic best friends brought together by fate, Prima Queen are now turning heads with their warmly powerful indie-rock.
April 14, 2022 11:20am
Meet Christian Alexander: Brockhampton’s favourite new artist
Armed with his debut album proper ‘I Don’t Like You’, Christian Alexander is ready to take his lo-fi charm worldwide.
April 5, 2022 1:09pm
VLURE: “We’ve always really wanted to burst the bubble of what a ‘post-punk’ band should sound like”
Meet the Glaswegian quintet rewriting the rulebook on post-punk, and giving it a good dose of club culture.
March 21, 2022 12:31pm
Chrissi: “It’s not a script and there’s no facade there - it’s just 100% me”
Confessional songwriting and onstage bants by the bucketload, from the 20-year-old Londoner putting all of herself out there.
March 18, 2022 12:07pm
Grove: “The fluidity of a human being is viscous and doesn’t need to be contained in boxes”
Rising Bristol-based artist and producer Grove on their search for identity and how, sometimes, fulfilment is found by cultivating your own safe space.
March 15, 2022 2:49pm
Lola Young: “Everything at the moment that I fucking love is about girl power”
Meet the 21-year-old South Londoner injecting openness and honesty back into mainstream pop.
February 24, 2022 1:00pm
GRACEY: “I was writing for other people so much, so if I know another artist can sing the song, then I don’t want to do it”
After years behind the scenes, GRACEY is stepping into the spotlight and ready to rival Robyn for the sad banger crown.
November 23, 2021 3:37pm
Static Dress: “I never want anything to be the easy way, or the conventional way of doing things”
Meet the creative force behind the Leeds hardcore punk band who are burning the rulebook and building a new world of their own.
November 22, 2021 2:39pm
Sipho: “I’m just trying to normalise being me”
From Birmingham to beaming into the nation’s living rooms, 21-year-old Sipho is making cathartic masterpieces with a twinkle in his eye.
November 17, 2021 4:45pm
Get To Know… Lime Garden
The Brighton quartet are playing live as part of DIY’s Great Escape First Fifty showcase this week - and here’s everything you need to know about ‘em.
November 16, 2021 3:35pm