DIY Weekly, 3rd March 2014 - Feat. Royal Blood, Courtney Barnett & More

The unstoppable rise of Royal Blood fronts the new DIY Weekly, our free-to-read and subscribe edition available online and on iPad.

Brighton’s Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr are shaking the foundations one thundering riff at a time. They’re the hottest new rock band in the world right now. We therefore decided to meet the pair in the middle of their current UK tour, months ahead of their hugely-anticipated debut album. “We just make music,” the two of them claim. That’s quite the understatement.

Elsewhere in the new Weekly you’ll find our interview with Courtney Barnett. Australia’s fastest rising star meets us further away from home than ever before. But with a debut album being recorded in April, she’s an artist that’s only looking ahead.

The Men divulge the secrets of how to make five albums in five years without a) getting bored and b) making a single misstep.

We speak to JAWS ahead of their DIY x Frukt Fixers gig in London this week, Great Ytene are Neu’s featured new band and there’s already an additional interview with St. Vincent on top of this month’s cover feature in DIY 27.

All that, plus find out what the hell’s going on with Bob from Franz Ferdinand and his new photography exhibition. We’ve also got the verdict on new albums from Eagulls, Real Estate and Blood Red Shoes, alongside the fallout from St. Vincent and Blood Orange’s gigs in London.

It’s all yours, for exactly zero pence. Grab the issue on iTunes to download the iPad version, or simply read the whole thing on Issuu online, right now.