{{short description|British music magazine}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox magazine | title = DIY | image_file = DIY SLIDER.jpg | image_size = 250px | editor = Sarah Jamieson | category = Music magazine | language = English | frequency = Monthly | publisher = DIY Music Limited | firstdate = April 2011 (print) | country = United Kingdom | website = {{URL|http://diymag.com/}} | previous_editor = Stephen Ackroyd | oclc = 801265842 }}

Launched in 2002, '''''DIY''''' is a British music publication, in print and online. Starting in 2011, a print edition has been released monthly available in UK venues, clubs and shops.<ref>{{cite web|title=DIY {{!}} Stockists|date=June 2014 |url=http://diymag.com/stockists|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> The organisation also hosts live music events and has a record label.

==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 indie pop band Bis and staffed largely by a freelance writing team from around the globe. The website features music news and reviews.{{cn|date=July 2025}}

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."<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-09-01 |url=http://www.btdma.com/index.php/dma07/voting |title=BT Digital Music Awards 07 |publisher=BT Digital Music Awards |access-date=2007-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915011433/http://www.btdma.com/index.php/dma07/voting |archive-date=2007-09-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2011, ''DIY'' started a free monthly music magazine. Cover acts have included Paramore, Mumford and Sons, Biffy Clyro, Jamie xx, Years & Years, LCD Soundsystem, Fall Out Boy, and Bastille.{{cn|date=July 2025}}

On 11 March 2013, ''DIY'' started a weekly magazine in addition to the print title, published via tablet computer and iPhone - this was later pulled in favour of limited edition, one-off titles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ackroyd|first1=Stephen|title=Hello|url=http://stephenackroyd.tumblr.com/post/92623061469/superfoodxdiy|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-date=22 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122012106/http://stephenackroyd.tumblr.com/post/92623061469/superfoodxdiy|url-status=dead}}</ref> Superfood and METZ have both released limited edition 'zines' in collaboration with DIY as part of this.{{cn|date=July 2025}}

In June 2014, DIY rebranded, dropping the "This Is Fake" and launching its new official website, diymag.com.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}

==DIY Presents== ''DIY'' host live shows across the UK under the name ''DIY Presents''.

Every January (since at least 2013), they run shows under the ''Hello'' moniker, previewing new acts at London's The Old Blue Last pub.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Balmont |first=James |date=21 March 2024 |title=An Oral History of the Old Blue Last |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/bars-and-pubs/an-oral-history-of-the-old-blue-last |access-date=16 March 2025 |website=TimeOut}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-09 |title=DIY Presents HELLO 2015 – Era Journal |url=https://erajournal.co.uk/laurie-chen/diy-presents-hello-2015/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Previous acts to play at ''Hello'' shows include Wolf Alice,<ref name=":0" /> Girl Band and Spring King.

In October 2014, DIY worked with PledgeMusic for a UK-wide ''DIY Presents'' tour,<ref>{{cite web|title=DIY PRESENTS GOES ON THE ROAD WITH PLEDGEMUSIC FOR A UK TOUR AND LONDON ALL-DAYER|date=5 September 2014 |url=http://diymag.com/2014/09/05/diy-presents-pledgemusic-uk-tour-london-all-dayer|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=DIY PRESENTS TOUR 2014 CULMINATES TODAY WITH ALL-DAYER AT THE LAUNDRY, LONDON|date=November 2014 |url=http://diymag.com/2014/11/01/diy-tour-2014-culminates-today-with-all-dayer-at-the-laundry-london|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>

In the autumn of 2015, ''DIY Presents'' hosted a new music called ''Neu Tour 2015'', which saw VANT, The Big Moon and Inheaven tour the country, culmating in a London date at Camden's Dingwalls.

==This Is Fake DIY Records==

In 2007 ''DIY'' started a record label.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This Is Fake DIY Records Discography |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/99899-This-Is-Fake-DIY-Records |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref> Its roster included Duels, Heads We Dance, Manda Rin, Model Horror, Love Ends Disaster!, Popular Workshop, The Research, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, We Are The Physics and You Animals.

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://diymag.com/}}

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