In Deep
When fulfilling your ambitions fails to fill a hole, what do you do next? With widescreen second LP ‘Where’s My Utopia?’ Yard Act are unearthing the answers (or at least some of them) in familial foundations and unfettered creative freedom.
19th January 2024, 4:00pm
Interview
Featuring string sections and a kids’ choir, the Wirral songwriter’s fifth solo LP marks his most ambitious yet.
12th January 2024, 5:45pm
Interview
Pushing her witty, gothic storytelling into evermore adventurous territory with each release, the West London singer is striving for originality above all.
22nd December 2023, 12:30pm
Interview
Cheltenham’s Jojo Orme is creating arresting, emotional collages using gothic post-punk soundscapes and her theatrical spoken word delivery.
21st December 2023, 12:30pm
Interview
Armed with spoken word songs that celebrate the beauty in the everyday, the Manchester poet is ticking off career milestones seemingly by the minute.
20th December 2023, 11:00am
Interview
Crashing into life with debut single ‘Norwegian Wood’ back in the peak of summer, Picture Parlour have had a rollercoaster 2023 full of hype-ridden highs and troll-fuelled troubles. Emerging with their heads more firmly in the game than ever, there’s little that can stop them now.
19th December 2023, 3:00pm
Interview
With a viral, life-changing hit in her back pocket, and a knack for writing witty but intimate vignettes of life and love, the Inverness singer is focussed on the long game.
17th December 2023, 3:00pm
Interview
With this year’s debut EP ‘going… going… GONE!’, hemlocke springs has firmly bid farewell to normality and stepped into a world of offbeat technicolour performance.
13th December 2023, 3:00pm
We’re bringing our annual new music series back once more throughout January!
8th December 2023, 10:00am
Interview
We gathered a bunch of DIY faves in one room to look back at the highlights and big music moments of the past year.
1st December 2023, 12:30pm
Interview
A steady ascent has seen Jelani Blackman pick up famous collaborators from Gorillaz to Ghetts along the way, but with debut LP ‘The Heart Of It’, the Londoner is standing front and centre.
9th November 2023, 3:00pm
Live Review
Equally dedicated to both sides, it’s exactly what a city festival should be.
8th November 2023, 5:45pm
Interview
Creating their own Pilgrim’s progress via a trinity of mythology-fuelled, modern folk EPs, Tapir! are a band firmly in their own lane.
27th October 2023, 12:00pm
Interview
Meet the otherworldly, self-dubbed “ouija-pop” star whose creativity knows no bounds.
16th October 2023, 2:00pm
Live Review
It was another vintage year for the multi-venue Hamburg soiree.
26th September 2023, 3:00pm
Live Review
Along with its eclectic line-up, the alchemy of the Dorset event makes it the perfect way to close out summer.
7th September 2023, 3:00pm
Live Review
Check out DIY’s photos from across this year’s End Of The Road, including Future Islands, Wet Leg, Flohio and more.
7th September 2023, 2:59pm
Live Review
Richard D. James does his best to lift the roof off a day of patchy sound at London’s Victoria Park.
25th August 2023, 1:45pm
In Deep
Four musicians. Three brothers. Two ex-Maccabees. One long in the making debut single. Put the maths together, and you get the birth of 86TVs.
18th August 2023, 3:00pm
Interview
Out of a period of personal and professional turmoil, The Xcerts have emerged closer and more united than ever; fifth album ‘Learning How to Live and Let Go’ finds a band relaxing into themselves and reaping the benefits.
14th August 2023, 3:00pm
Interview
Whether supremely personal, not that deep or a little bit of both, Baxter Dury’s latest ‘I Thought I Was Better Than You’ comes as his most lyrically intriguing yet.
11th July 2023, 3:00pm
Live Review
Within an undeniable set of bangers, it was a notably tense moment that encapsulates the current mood around the band.
3rd July 2023, 5:54pm
Interview
On second album ‘The Good Witch’, Maisie Peters is operating at the height of her powers.
28th June 2023, 3:30pm
Live Review
CMAT, Nova Twins and Lil Nas X also provided show-stopping turns on the festival’s final day.
27th June 2023, 11:00am
Featuring Green Day, English Teacher, Everything Everything, Caity Baser and more!