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
Neu Interviews
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
Geese: “We wanted to be like Radiohead meets Yes meets religious experience”
On debut album ‘Projector’, Brooklyn teens Geese are channeling inner city anxiety and a maximalist spirit.
November 9, 2021 3:33pm
daine: “I forget people gas me up so much!”
Finding the sweet spot between emo and hyperpop, the Aussie teen is already reaching for the stratosphere.
October 29, 2021 2:24pm
No Rome on debut album ‘It’s All Smiles’: “I’m obsessed with sound designing, crazy textures & details”
Sharing new track ‘When She Comes Around’, Rome gives us the goss on his eagerly-awaited debut…
October 22, 2021 10:19am
PinkPantheress: “I always wanted to have an audience”
The viral ‘Just For Me’ star is finally starting to lift the veil…
October 12, 2021 2:16pm
renforshort: “I want people to feel like they’re not the only person feeling something”
The pop grunge star on wanting more people to join her world.
October 8, 2021 8:08am
New York’s Gustaf on pushing the humour in debut LP ‘Audio Drag For Ego Slobs’
The buzziest band in New York City present their funky, fun debut album.
October 6, 2021 11:08am
Molly Payton: “I never just want to make one sound. I want it to have that full spectrum of emotion”
With her feet firmly back on UK soil after an unexpectedly extended trip to her New Zealand home, Molly Payton is ready to unleash her staggering new mini-album.
October 4, 2021 3:16pm
WOOZE: “Our sound is evolving much like the evolution tree of the Pokémon Bulbasaur”
The British / Korean duo taking an intergalactic trip through pop’s weird side.
September 21, 2021 5:01pm
All Day Long: Wet Leg
They’ve only got one song currently out in the world, but Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg are riding their ‘Chaise Longue’ to the top of 2021’s buzz list.
September 15, 2021 2:07pm
Deb Never: “I just like to keep everyone guessing and keep everyone on their toes”
With the effortless style of new EP ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?’ landing this month, meet LA’s coolest new kid.
September 9, 2021 3:43pm
Still Woozy: “It always has to satisfy the heart; the buck stops with the heart”
After years of drip-feeding singles, the self-sufficient Portland musician’s long-awaited debut cements the arrival of a prodigious talent.
September 6, 2021 2:15pm
Spencer.: “I’m a producer first; I think that sounds are the coolest thing”
The multi-talented producer and artist, causing a stir from jazz camp to NYC.
August 19, 2021 5:05pm
Porij: “Make big, dirty tunes, have a blast, and hopefully you’ll be alright”
The Manchester gang, taking dance music to new places.
August 17, 2021 5:00pm
Orla Gartland: “I think I’ve finally made something that I’m happy for other people to hear”
The Dublin-born London-based artist is channelling the past six years into a debut album that cuts to her core.
August 13, 2021 12:33pm
Meet Me @ The Altar: “The plan was always to be the biggest band in the world”
Meet the pop punk trio reinvigorating the scene and pushing it forward into an entirely new era.
August 10, 2021 4:27pm
Jensen McRae: “The representation for Black women - especially in folk music, but really across all genres - is really limited”
Offering up profound, meaningful songs delving into the issues surrounding her life, and the odd Phoebe Bridgers parody for good measure, Jensen McRae is already proving to be utterly captivating.
August 4, 2021 11:52am
Horsey: “All of the decisions we make are, what’s the dumbest thing we could do?”
Probably the only band in the world to simultaneously reference King Krule and Tenacious D.
July 27, 2021 4:33pm