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| Editor | Sarah Jamieson |
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| Former editors | Stephen Ackroyd |
| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | DIY Music Limited |
| First issue | April 2011 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | diymag |
| OCLC | 801265842 |
DIY is aUnited Kingdom-basedmusic publication, in print and online. Its free print edition is released monthly with a physical circulation of 40,000 in UK venues, clubs and shops.[1]
DIY was launched in 2002 by then-editor Stephen Ackroyd & Emma Swann as an online-only publication called This Is Fake DIY, named aftera song by Scottishindie pop bandBis and staffed largely by a freelance writing team from around the globe. The website features news, reviews and features.[citation needed] In September 2007,DIY was nominated for Best Music Magazine at the annualBT Digital Music Awards, where it was described as "a great mix of humour and pop culture that has become the envy of the internet."[2]
In April 2011,DIY started a free monthlymusic magazine. Cover acts have includedParamore,Mumford and Sons,Biffy Clyro,Jamie xx,Years & Years,Wolf Alice,LCD Soundsystem,Fall Out Boy, andBastille (full list below).[citation needed] On 11 March 2013,DIY started a weekly magazine in addition to the print title, published viatablet computer andiPhone - this was later pulled in favour of limited edition, one-off titles.[3]Superfood andMETZ have both released limited edition 'zines' in collaboration with DIY as part of this.[citation needed] In June 2014, DIY rebranded, dropping the "This Is Fake" and launching its new URL - diymag.com.
DIY also host live shows across the UK under the name DIY Presents.
Every year, they host a run of shows under the Hello moniker, previewing new acts at London's The Old Blue Last. Previous acts to play at DIY's Hello shows includeWolf Alice,Girl Band andSpring King.
October 2014 saw DIY team up withPledgeMusic for the first UK-wide DIY Presents tour,[4] culminating in an all-dayer held at London venue The Laundry on 1 November. The tour was opened by local acts, as picked via fan-vote, and headlined byShy Nature andFlyte. The all-dayer was headlined byJAWS, and featuredMenace Beach,Spring King,Hinds and many more.[5]
In the autumn of 2015, DIY's new music arm Neu hosted the DIY Presents Neu Tour 2015, which sawVANT,The Big Moon andInheaven tour the country, culmating in a London date at Camden'sDingwalls.
In 2007DIY started arecord label. Its roster includedDuels,Heads We Dance,Manda Rin,Model Horror, Love Ends Disaster!,Popular Workshop,The Research,The Victorian English Gentlemens Club,We Are The Physics andYou Animals.