''DIY'' is a

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-based music 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.

DIY Magazine

''DIY'' was launched in 2002 by then-editor Stephen Ackroyd & Emma Swann as an online-only publication called This Is Fake DIY, named after a song by Scottish

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band Bis and staffed largely by a freelance writing team from around the globe. The website features news, reviews and features. In September 2007, DIY was nominated for Best Music Magazine at the annual BT Digital Music Awards, where it was described as "a great mix of humour and pop culture that has become the envy of the internet." In April 2011, ''DIY'' started a free monthly

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. Cover acts have included

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Jamie xx James Thomas Smith (born 28 October 1988), known professionally as Jamie xx, is an English musician, DJ, record producer, and remixer. He is known for both his solo work and as a member of the indie pop band the xx. He has been described as a " ...

, Years & Years,

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, and

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(full list below). On 11 March 2013, ''DIY'' started a weekly magazine in addition to the print title, published via

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and

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- this was later pulled in favour of limited edition, one-off titles. Superfood and

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have both released limited edition 'zines' in collaboration with DIY as part of this. In June 2014, DIY rebranded, dropping the "This Is Fake" and launching its new URL - diymag.com.

DIY Presents

''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 include

, Girl Band and Spring King. October 2014 saw DIY team up with

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for the first UK-wide DIY Presents tour, 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 by Shy Nature and Flyte. The all-dayer was headlined by JAWS, and featured Menace Beach, Spring King, Hinds and many more. In the autumn of 2015, DIY's new music arm Neu hosted the DIY Presents Neu Tour 2015, which saw VANT,

The Big Moon The Big Moon are a British indie rock band, formed in 2014 in London by frontwoman Juliette Jackson. Their debut album, ''Love in the 4th Dimension'', was released on 6 April 2017, containing a number of tracks previously released on their EP ' ...

and Inheaven tour the country, culmating in a London date at Camden's

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This Is Fake DIY Records

In 2007 ''DIY'' started a

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. Its roster included

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, Heads We Dance,

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, Model Horror, Love Ends Disaster!, Popular Workshop, The Research,

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, We Are The Physics and You Animals.

References

External links

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