DIY’s Albums of 2022 • DIY Magazine
WEBDec 12, 2022 · 1. JOCKSTRAP - I LOVE YOU JENNIFER B. As soon as we first pressed play on ‘I Love You Jennifer B’ - the extraordinarily accomplished debut album from South London duo Jockstrap - we knew that there was a strong-to-definite chance that it would end up sitting here, at the very top of our Albums of 2022 pile.
AURORA - What Happened To The Heart? review • DIY Magazine
WEBJun 7, 2024 · For the first half of the record, AURORA, post-breakup, speaks all things left unsaid, closing the door but not without mourning: “We’re good people and we both deserve peace,” she sings on ‘Some Type of Skin’, before howling “My God! It’s a lot! / I’ve got to build some type of skin!”. But the heart does not ache only for ...
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future review • DIY Magazine
WEBLabel: 4AD. Whether solo or with Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker ’s reputation as a playful, heartfelt, sincere, and ethereally comforting writer precedes her. On ‘Bright Future’ however, a change is felt. Introspective from the start, ‘Real House’ opens with a raw look back on earlier life at a steady and measured pace.
Latest music news • DIY Magazine
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Rachel Chinouriri and Cat Burns call out industry prejudice on powerful new collaboration, ‘Even’. The single reflects on their shared experiences of making music as young Black British women. 3rd October 2024, 12:27pm. Kaiser Chiefs announce huge hometown show to celebrate 20 years of ‘Employment’. The Leeds legends will be joined by a stellar lineup of supports, including The Cribs ...
Hannah Diamond - Perfect Picture review • DIY Magazine
WEBHannah Diamond has always favoured clarity. The poster child for the original hyperpop ambassadors, art collective PC Music, Hannah swirls through the crystal clear production and raving-but-minimalist electronic pop that the label came to represent.For years, her concept releases straddled the commerciality of pop with a sort of transparent irony: in embracing its building blocks at their ...
Spring King: “When you love something, perseverance is second …
WEBMay 4, 2016 · For me being on the road with the band, playing our music to people, and travelling the country is always fun. We have a great time on tour, something always happens which is either funny, challenging or surreal; even the …
Ghetts - On Purpose, With Purpose review • DIY Magazine
WEBThere are few artists boasting a discography as strong as Ghetts. With three superb full lengths and a collection of mixtapes under his belt, he returns with his most vulnerable and considered effort to date with ‘On Purpose, With Purpose’. His trademark bombastic flows and high-energy beats remain intact, particularly on the Kano and ...
New issue of DIY out now, feat. Marina and the Diamonds, …
WEBMar 27, 2015 · The issue issue of DIY - fronted by the amazing Marina and the Diamonds - is out right now, available to read online, physically via our stockists, or on yr iPhone and iPad via Apple Newsstand.. This month’s cover feature gets ‘Froot’-y and checks in with one of pop’s bravest, most inventive voices.
Gerard Way: Do the hard things • Cover Feature • DIY Magazine
WEBAug 8, 2014 · It’s safe to say that Gerard was stepping into the unknown. For the best part of a decade-and-a-half, he had graced stages around the world, kicking and screaming, sweating and bleeding his way to the most dizzying heights of popularity. He had taken his band out of the dirty basements of New Jersey, tracked down the souls of 1000 evil men ...
October 2020 • DIY Magazine
WEBLike the Los Camp! banger, we’re straight in at (issue) 101, kicking off our next centenary with a brand spanking new issue jam-packed with loads of legends.