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DIY MagazineScenesPrima Queen announce second album ‘A Touch Of Divine’ and share new single ‘Alanis Morissette’ The duo’s new LP, ‘A Touch Of Divine’ is set for release on 26th February 2027.

DIY MagazineScenesKEG announce sophomore LP ‘Relaxin’ Next To The Hospital’ and share new single ‘Call Me Satan’ The South London post-punkers are also embarking on an extensive UK and Ireland tour.

DIY MagazineScenesThe Neu Bulletin (Bathing Suits, Little Grandad, Big Red) DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

DIY MagazineScenesRachel Chinouriri: Change Of Tune Her debut album made tidal waves in the indie pond and propelled her towards pop’s big leagues, but on follow-up LP ‘I think I spoke too soon’, Rachel Chinouriri is doing things a little differently.

DIY MagazineScenesGet To Know… Die Twice Ahead of their turn playing DIY’s MOTH Club stage for The Great Escape’s First Fifty launch, we learn more about the Brighton-based upstarts.

DIY MagazineScenesFat Dog have the time of their lives at huge Brixton Academy homecoming The South London stalwarts dish out a live beating — and a lesson on not taking things too seriously — at their biggest headline show yet.

DIY MagazineScenesLeft of the Dial 2026: A utopia for music makers and fans alike Rotterdam’s yearly jamboree never ceases to deliver.

DIY MagazineScenesBeck: Along For The Ride Over more than 30 years, Beck has refused to be pigeonholed. Now, returning to some of his most timeless moments with new album ‘Ride Lonesome’, the iconoclastic genre-bender is showing that classic…

DIY MagazineScenesIntroducing… World News We sit down with London up-and-comers World News to discuss DIY sensibilities, working with artist development platform TuneCore, and their debut album ‘In Purgatory’.

DIY MagazineScenesWhat went down at the JADE x Knats 2026 Mercury Prize after party The two North East nominees invited DIY for a night out on the Toon… and well, it would’ve been rude not to!

DIY MagazineScenesSam Fender and Muse announced for Rock Werchter 2027 The Belgian superfest returns from 1st-4th July at Festivalpark in Werchter.

DIY MagazineScenesPhoebe Bridgers to headline All Points East 2027 Bridgers will be joined by Caroline Polachek, Kelsey Lu, Danielle Ponder and jasmine.4.t and more yet to be announced.

DIY MagazineScenesRAYE celebrates Mercury Prize win with big-hearted Royal Albert Hall performance The star was joined onstage by a full orchestra, a young people’s vocal ensemble, and even a few family members for good measure.

DIY MagazineScenesUgly: “There have been so many hurdles we’ve had to overcome” Ten years in the making, Cambridge’s Ugly are on the brink of releasing their debut album — here, they run us through the journey it took to achieve this colossal victory.

DIY MagazineScenesThe Neu Bulletin (Kiosk, Hank, Big Softy and more!) DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

DIY MagazineScenesBeck is the cover star of DIY’s October 2026 issue! Our latest mag also features interviews with Queens of the Stone Age, The Big Moon, Lambrini Girls, walt disco and loads more.

DIY MagazineScenesRAYE wins 2026 Mercury Prize for ‘THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.’ After losing out on the prize in 2023, the London singer reigns supreme in Newcastle.

DIY MagazineScenesSam Fender unveils details of 2027 Proper Massive Stadium Tour It’ll include two nights each at St James’ Park and Wembley, as well as a headlining slot at Rock Werchter.

DIY MagazineScenesWar Child Records — HELP(2) DIY’s definitive guide to the 2026 Mercury Prize shortlist.

DIY MagazineScenesSpanish Horses to kick off SON Estrella Galicia’s autumn/winter gig series The fast-rising Parisian indie-rockers are the first headliner announced for the latest set of SON Estrella Galicia live shows.

DIY MagazineScenesSuede — Antidepressants DIY’s definitive guide to the 2026 Mercury Prize shortlist.

DIY MagazineScenesPaul McCartney — The Boys Of Dungeon Lane DIY’s definitive guide to the 2026 Mercury Prize shortlist.

DIY MagazineScenesRAYE — THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. DIY’s definitive guide to the 2026 Mercury Prize shortlist.

DIY MagazineScenesDIY and WTF announce The Nordic Invasion London showcase The show will include performances from three stellar Finnish acts, including Glayden, Malla and Us.

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

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