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On 24th June, President Obama unveiled a new national US monument. In a long list of prolific monuments (including Mount Rushmore, The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial and the 9/11 memorial), this monument perhaps […]

With their sixth studio album, Stay Together, due for release in October, Kaiser Chiefs took the stage at London’s iconic Palladium for a special one off show. Treating fans to some of the band’s most iconic s […]

Oh Hollywood, you can’t stop rebooting, remaking or ‘sequeling’ movies. But it’s fine as long as these movies make money for you, and are enjoyable for audiences. I am one of the few who didn’t hate on this new […]

Recently I went to The Midi Music Company based in Deptford for one of their ‘Music Explosion’ talks. At these talks, TMMC bring in some music industry professionals to hold a lecture and relay how they came to be […]

Terraform are a progressive metal band with members from both Birmingham and London. They mix crushing djent grooves with ambient guitars, similar to Periphery. They made their way on the metal scene through […]

Terraform are a progressive metal band with members from both Birmingham and London. They mix crushing djent grooves with ambient guitars, similar to Periphery. They made their way on the metal scene through […]

I’d heard a lot about Father John Misty before I arrived in Bilbao. From the fact that his performances are famed for their crowd interaction and biting, cynical wit, to the fact that his upbringing in Maryland […]

Schemata Theory are a metal quintet from Reading. In 2012, they released their debut album Dry Lung Rhetoric to positive reviews, and building their reputation in the metal scene through sharing festival line ups […]

It’s been almost 2 years since Bombay Bicycle Club last played a live show and despite their current hiatus, it’s safe to say that the band have kept themselves busy. Bassist Ed Nash has since established his sol […]

Biffy Clyro

Fresh off the back of releasing seventh studio album ‘Ellipsis’, Biffy are set to bring their hard hitting rock show to the sunny reaches of Spain. Now at a level where they can virtually per […]

Despite the relatively short amount of time they’ve been on the scene, it’s hard to deny that Years & Years and Olly Alexander have a certain inimitable swagger. And given the applause with which they were greeted […]

During the Birmingham PRIDE celebrations, I attended a screening of ‘Gaby Baby’, a documentary film that delves into the issues of same-sex marriages through following the lives of four Australian families. I […]

Right. It’s time to put the ‘indie’ into The Indiependent. As a huge cinema geek, one of my favourite aspects of the world of movies is independent cinema. Most indie films go unnoticed, which is a crying shame, […]

Released in 1988, the manga adaptation from creator Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira has remained one of the many spearheads in anime, reaching critical acclaim and gained a cult following, many of which, who are critics a […]

It’s been seven years in the making, but yesterday Sir John Chilcot published his report into the Iraq War. Before Britain’s devastating intervention in Iraq had even reached its conclusion, as military and civ […]

Gaming Glories is a special edition gaming feature that allows writers to revisit and explore games that have helped shaped their gaming history. Each volume features a different writer examining different games […]

This year’s helping of Blissfields witnessed every possible form of weather, although even the rain didn’t manage to dampen the spirits of those who’d flocked to see Dizzee Rascal and Everything Everything […]