Info & Contacts

This Is Fake DIY sprouted forth as a bedroom run DIY set up covering music that excited its authors back in the hazy, simple days of 2002, way before your Nan would have even heard of a social network. Since then it has grown up big and strong, turning from hobby to full time concern, moving to 'trendy' East London (the rent was cheap, none of us own a trucker cap), and setting up our own record label.

DIY remains one of the most visited underground music sites in the UK, and still has a firm grip on its roots. No matter how flashy we may occasionally seem, it's all coded, designed and implemented by an evolving team, many of whom have been here from the very start. They really, honestly, have nothing better to do.

Oh, and in case you were wondering - the name comes from a song by a band called Bis (Listen on Spotify). We could explain, but you'd still not understand.

Contacting DIY

If you'd like to get in touch with DIY HQ, the best way is to email us at editor@thisisfakediy.co.uk.

Alternatively, if you'd like us to consider your release for review or you'd like to send us presents (we like presents), our postal address is:

First Floor
9 Chapel Place
Rivington Street
LONDON
EC2A 3DQ

If you're interested in advertising with DIY, e-mail adverts@thisisfakediy.co.uk.

If you want to write to DIY, have features to pitch or simply want to get in touch about becoming part of the team, again, editor@thisisfakediy.co.uk is the best place to start.

Team DIY is...

Stephen Ackroyd / Emma Swann / Viki Sinden / Hannah Hancock Rubinsky

Contributors (past and present):
Adam Simons / Aditi Sriram / Adrian Tulley / Aimée Albans / Alana J. Corbett / Alex Hoban / Alex Shoaf / Alexia Kapranos / Alistair Clark / Amanda Van West / Amy Rich / Andrew Beltran / Annie Moore / Ashley Hancock / Attic Lights / Aysha Hussain / Barefoot Confessor / Becky Reed / Becky Ross / Ben Marsden / Ben Tyrer / Bevis Man / Brendan Mckenna / Brian Jarreau / Caleb Iosso / Cameron Clarke / Carl Howard / Casey Acierno / Charlie Ashcroft / Charlie Hughes / Charlie Ralph / Chloé Thomas / Chris Saunders / Christine Nielsen / Claire Devooged / Claire Noble / Claire Rossiter / Clark Westfield / Connie Jehu / Dale Cox / Dani Beck / Daniel Watson / Dave Rowlinson / David A. Thomas / David Meller / David Quinn / David Renshaw / Dean Renphrey / Del Noble / Digby Bodenham / Echaskech / Ellen Swingler / Ellie Rose / Elsie Martins / Emily Kendrick / Emmy Watts / Envelopes / Erik Thompson / Erin Goss / Evelyn Jowett / Fiona McKinlay / Frightened Rabbit & The Twilight Sad / Gareth David / Gareth Main, Bearded Magazine / Gareth O’Malley / Gareth Paisey / Garreth F. Hirons / Geoff Smith, Loner / Guy Purssell / Hannah Currie / Hannah-Rachel Sunderland / Harlem Shakes / Harriet Jennings / Hayley Fairclough / Heads We Dance / Heidi Akerman / Hollie Robson / Holy Ghost Revival / Huw Nesbitt / Jack Urwin / Jacky Hall / Jacob Goldwasser / Jacob Sheppard / Jade French / Jade Lane / Jake May / James Barker / James Canham / James Canham / James Keen / James McCrimmon / James Woodfine / James Yuill / Jamie Milton / Jamie Wightman / Jasmine Phull / Jason Edwards / Jeremy Peel / Jeremy Warmsley / Jess Pinney / Joe O’Sullivan / Joe Skrebels / Joel Stanier / John McGarvey / John Mutch / Jordan Joice / Karim Maksoud / Karis Ferguson / Kate Hutchinson / Katherine Rodgers / Kerry Alexander / Kev Sherry / Kevin Douch, Big Scary Monsters / Keyboard Choir / Kirkland Ciccone / Kirsty Cunningham / Kirsty Krampf / Lail Arad / Lail Arad / Laura Routledge / Lawrence Vaughan / Leah Henson / Lee Morris / Lee White / Lemonade / Lewis Moulds / Linda Aust / Linda Martin / Lucia Hodgson / Lucy Tesco / Marc Thomas / Martin Mcelroy / Mary Chang / Matt Barnes / Matt Schimsky / Matthew Britton / Matthew Britton & Miriam Baynes / Matthew Davies / Matthew Horton / Max Foxman / Maxwell Baker / Maya Weisinger / Megan Boyle / Meilyr Jones / Melanie Lapierre / Meryl Trussler / Michael M / Mike Title / Missy Campbell / Mungo Sparks / Natalie Kaye / Nia Thomas / Nick Guy / Nick Klagge / Oleh Zaychenko / Olga Bas / Oli Simpson / Ollie Williams / Padma / Paul Emmett / Paula Gonzalez / Peter Bloxham / Phil South / Polly Thomas / Racheal Crowther / Rachel Durant / Richard Bendall-Jones / Richard Fox / Rob Facey / Robert Slusher / Robert Slusher / Ruth Offord / Sam Johnson / Sara B. Alcala / Sarah Leahy / Siân Rowe / Simon Butcher / Simone Scott Warren / Sinead Grainger / Sophie Barnes / Sparky Deathcap / Still Flyin’ / Stuart McCaighy / Sugar Crisis / Tara Mulholland / Tasha Hewer / Tess Eaton / Tessa Buddle / The Dears / The Rosie Taylor Project / The Sinister Cat / The Twilight Sad & Frightened Rabbit / The Virgins / Thomas Maxwell-Smith / Thomas Truax / Tim McIver / Tom Brookes / Tom Horrell / Toni-Michelle Spencer / Tristan Bennett / Tristan Hanks / Vicky Eacott / Wendy Davies / Wesley Easton / Wil Tonks / Will Canzoneri / Willis Arnold / Wonderswan /