DIY Magazine

Manchester quartet Porij talk dance music, queer representation, and their debut album 'Teething'

Porij: Dance Yrself Clean

Armed with a coming-of-age record like none you’ve heard before, Porij have arrived - and here, bringing heart to the dancefloor is the order of the day.

METZ on growing up, sonic evolution, and their fifth album 'Up On Gravity Hill'

METZ: “I don’t think you ever want to walk the same path over and over”

We catch up with the Canadian noiseniks’ drummer Hayden Menzies on the ease of working with longtime pals and pushing punk parameters.

23rd April 2024

Wide Awake Festival adds Lambrini Girls, Dry Cleaning, yeule and more to 2024 line-up

Wide Awake share final line-up additions, including Fat Dog, Lynks, and Plantoid

The Brixton day fest will welcome King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard as this year’s headliners.

23rd April 2024

Lambrini Girls share personal new song ‘Body Of Mine’

The Brighton duo will also play their biggest headline to date at London’s Scala this June.

23rd April 2024

Willie J Healey drops new single ‘The Apple’

You know what they say, one a day keeps the doctor away…

23rd April 2024

DEADLETTER announce debut album 'Hysterical Strength' and share lead single 'Mere Mortal'

DEADLETTER confirm details of debut album ‘Hysterical Strength’

The six piece have also shared the LP’s lead single ‘Mere Mortals’.

23rd April 2024

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Cat Burns chats Ed Sheeran, sisterhood, and living with autism on DIY magazine's Before They Knew Better podcast

Cat Burns chats Ed Sheeran, sisterhood, and neurodiversity on latest episode of Before They Knew Better

Ahead of the arrival of her anticipated debut album, we delve into the BRIT nominee’s formative years.

23rd April 2024

Flow Festival Helsinki adds Raye, IDLES, Alvvays and more to 2024 lineup

Flow Festival Helsinki adds Aurora, Halsey, Janelle Monáe and more to 2024 lineup

They’ll join the likes of Pulp, Fred again.., The Smile and Jessie Ware in Finland this August.

23rd April 2024

Nia Archives presents ‘Silence Is Loud’ to HERE at Outernet with celebratory swagger

Her boundary-pushing, genre-hopping triumph of a debut album has just landed; this show feels like something of a victory lap for an artist whose star is about to go supernova.

22nd April 2024

Fat Dog announce debut album ‘WOOF.’

The band have also unveiled their third single, ‘Running’, and confirmed a new show at London’s Kentish Town Forum.

22nd April 2024

Wild Fields Festival announce Kae Tempest, Ezra Collective, Squid and more for 2024 lineup

The Norwich festival is set to combine sustainability, wellness, and music for a two-day knees up in Earlham Park.

22nd April 2024

St Vincent dives into her fiery seventh record 'All Born Screaming'

St Vincent: Chaos Mode

Unleashing a voracious, visceral seventh record fuelled by the colours and sounds of fire and fervour, ‘All Born Screaming’ shows St Vincent isn’t slowing down any time soon.

22nd April 2024