DIY • 1st February 2023 Review: RAYE - My 21st Century Blues It would be impossible for anyone to sleep on RAYE anymore.
DIY • 18th January 2023 Review: Biig Piig - Bubblegum Jess is discovering and experimenting with new sounds, ones that reflect the various facets of a transient life.
DIY • 28th October 2022 Review: Fred again.. - Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) With his third outing, he places vulnerability firmly back on the dancefloor.
DIY • 21st October 2022 Review: Taylor Swift – Midnights A record that paints a picture of Taylor’s heartbreak and self-worth in the spotlight but finds enough common ground in spiralling night-time memories to take fans with her.
DIY • 6th October 2022 Review: Sorry - Anywhere But Here It reeks of cobbled back alleys, underground dive bars and flickering streetlights, yet with a playful nod and an unmistakable affection.
DIY • 14th September 2022 Review: Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows A record that finds its voice in emerging into musical freedoms found in separation.
DIY • 7th September 2022 Review: Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard Oliver takes on both past and present realities with a candour that surprises even him.
DIY • 17th August 2022 Review: Phoebe Green - Lucky Me As bold as the personality that runs through it.
DIY • 17th August 2022 Review: Lauran Hibberd - Garageband Superstar Fun without feeling frivolous, packing relatable substance into its genuinely jovial sound.
DIY • 13th July 2022 Review: Beabadoobee - Beatopia The land of ‘Beatopia’ is a far better world for letting others in.
DIY • 22nd June 2022 Review: MUNA - MUNA A celebratory expression of queer love that loses none of the trio’s magic.
DIY • 15th June 2022 Review: Perfume Genius - Ugly Season An album in its truest form, a record to sit with and take in as one whole.
DIY • 18th May 2022 Review: Charlie Hickey - Nervous At Night ‘Nervous At Night’ places Charlie at a crossroads, largely in-keeping with its coming of age tale.
DIY • 12th May 2022 Review: The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention It all feels remarkably familiar, but given the record’s pedigree, that’s far from a bad thing.
DIY • 11th May 2022 Review: Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter Change, escape and identity are not easy things to navigate, and ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is the dark, unsettling, sprawling beauty that comes out of it.
DIY • 28th April 2022 Review: Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons The pair have found the sonic balance between friendship, unity, and individual identity.
DIY • 6th April 2022 Review: The Linda Lindas - Growing Up A record that reaches across the generational divide through both its mastery of sound and the universality of its stories.
DIY • 1st April 2022 Review: Pillow Queens - Leave The Light On Intimacy is replaced here by an urgent yearning for something bigger.
DIY • 9th March 2022 Review: Jenny Hval - Classic Objects ‘Classic Objects’ walks the line between art and humanity, between nature and fabrication, between the real and the conceptual.
DIY Magazine • 4th March 2022 Review: Nilüfer Yanya - PAINLESS A true representation of its creator; simultaneously delicate, fierce, vulnerable and fiery.
