DIY Magazine

DIY is a music magazine based in the United Kingdom, available both in print and online. The magazine offers a free monthly print edition, which has a circulation of 40,000 copies distributed in various venues, clubs, and shops across the UK.

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Open'er Festival adds Wolf Alice, Conan Gray and more to 2025 lineup • Festivals • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Daisy Carter

Poland’s biggest festival will also play host to the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Doechii, Massive Attack and more this summer. Both new names are gearing up to release their much-anticipated new albums (‘The Clearing’ and ‘Wishbone’ respectively) in August, so their Open’er sets are sure to be an ideal opportunity to hear sneak previews of new songs before they’re officially released.
Finn Wolfhard on life beyond Stranger Things, coming of age, and his debut solo album 'Happy Birthday' • Interview • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Daisy Carter

As he rapidly approaches the end of a trajectory-changing chapter in his life, Finn Wolfhard is blowing out the candles on the next with his debut solo album, ‘Happy Birthday’.
McKinley Dixon on his genre-bending, mystical fifth album 'Magic, Alive!' • Interview • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Joe Goggins

A master of genre-bending, boundary-pushing reinvention, on fifth studio album ‘Magic, Alive!’ McKinley Dixon is casting story-led spells of a different kind. If you’re yet to hop on the McKinley Dixon train, now would be a good time. Be warned in advance, though, that it moves at breakneck speed.
Brighten The Corners 2025, various venues, Ipswich • Festivals • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Ben Jolley

Master Peace, Mandrake Handshake, SILVERWINGKILLER, BLACK FONDU, The Orchestra (For Now) and Y also shine at city’s genre-spanning two-dayer. When it comes to supporting grassroots venues and DIY artists, the team behind Ipswich festival Brighten The Corners do it better than most. With half a decade under its belt, the two-dayer sees gigs split across seven different spaces, half of which are owned by the organisers.
Queens Of The Stone Age on the creation of their one-of-a-kind concert film, Alive In The Catacombs • Interview • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Rishi Shah

Fulfilling a vision that’s been brewing for two decades, QOTSA bassist Michael Shuman and director Thomas Rames discuss stripping things down alongside the Parisian dead for their eerie, one-of-a-kind concert film, Alive In The Catacombs. There’s only one way into the Paris Catacombs. Two miles south of the River Seine, the 131-step descent below Square de l’Abbé-Migne transports you into the dim, narrow humidity of one the city’s spookiest tourist attractions.
Westside Cowboy talk winning Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition, their No Band Is An Island initiative, and debut EP 'This Better Be Something Great' • Interview • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Daisy Carter

Rapidly climbing the rungs and notching up the wins, Westside Cowboy are the buzzy Britainicana newcomers determined to let down the ladder behind them. It’s 9am on a Tuesday, and Aoife Anson O’Connell is giving bandmate Reuben Haycocks an impromptu, a capella rendition of Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘These Words’, assuring him that no, he definitely DOES know at least two of her songs. “That’s where we aim to get to,” deadpans fellow bandmate Paddy Murphy, “all on stage with Britney mics.
HAIM - I quit

1 week ago | diymag.com | Ben Tipple

4-5 Stars Their ‘fuck it’ attitude is nothing short of palpable. Released: 20th June 2025 Label: Polydor The fourth studio album by the acclaimed HAIM sisters could just as easily be called ‘fuck it’.
UNIVERSITY - McCartney, It’ll Be OK

1 week ago | diymag.com | Isabella Ambrosio

4 Stars Headspinning, full-throttle, and with absolutely no breaks, UNIVERSITY launch headfirst into a symphony of clashing sounds and melodies on debut record, ‘McCartney, It’ll Be OK’. Post-punk in places, straight aggro in others, this chaotic and cluttered yet malleable record throws caution to the wind as the quartet use their instruments to push their sonic boundaries and find beauty within the chaos they create.
The Hives unveil pop-art inspired video for rollicking new single 'Paint A Picture' • News • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Daisy Carter

Their seventh LP, ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’, lands at the end of August. Due out on 29th August via Play It Again Sam, their seventh full-length was introduced back in April with lead single ‘Enough Is Enough’. Now, they’ve followed it up with ‘Paint A Picture’ - another anthemic “fan favourite” track which is, according to the band, about “trying to convince people and yourself that living outside of society is a good idea”.
Dundalk band Just Mustard make confident return with widescreen single 'POLLYANNA' • News • DIY Magazine

1 week ago | diymag.com | Daisy Carter

The track is the Dundalk band’s first new music in three years. Back with their first release since the arrival of 2022 album ‘Heart Under’, Just Mustard have today offered up new track ‘POLLYANNA’ - a cinematic, shoegazey cut that combines pummelling instrumental breakdowns with ethereal, almost haunting vocals.