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Xbox have confirmed that their Xbox Live Indie Games (XLIG) programme is to come to an end.

New subscriptions to the service, along with membership renewals, are no longer being accepted and publishers will now […]

After the huge success of their third album, Currents, Tame Impala are on the crest of their biggest career peak yet. And, having recently announced two huge gigs at the Manchester Arena and London’s Alexandra […]

While FIFA 16 is full of new and exciting features, it’s been revealed that not all of them will be available to everyone.

Players on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 won’t be able to access a lot of the custom […]

Alternative band The Mexanines are a foursome from Bradford, UK. They have released a new single ‘Rocket’ which will appear on a 4-track EP to be released September 25th.

One thing instantly noticeable abo […]

I’d like to begin this by saying, it’s a refugee crisis, not a migrant crisis. Nearly every headline of the newspapers for the past fortnight concerned the “migrants” fleeing from their countries. A migrant […]

Frank Sinatra was truly one of those rare gems who managed to capture the hearts of every age. To mark the centenary of Sinatra’s life, we have compiled another “best of” at the Indiependent – with our most treas […]

“I’m headed straight for the castle / They wanna make me their queen”- announces Halsey’s haunting vocal over a destructive bassline in the chorus of ‘Castle’, the opening track of her highly anticipated […]

From the Ducie Bridge to The Deaf Institute: 5th September 2014 – three lads from the market town of Glossop, along with another from Salford, journeyed to the Ducie Bridge pub on the north side of Manchester, t […]

Bungie have released the Destiny 2.0 update ahead of the release of The Taken King.

In a statement, the developers confirm that there will be no events daily or weekly running from September 8-14, as the game […]

Nintendo have announced a new title – Pokemon GO! – which will see the monsters enter reality.

While cities such as Tokyo, Paris and New York have served as inspiration for virtual maps in the past, this new t […]

An ex-minor in possession, a four-time bankrupt, a plagiarist, and a possible facilitator to investment fraud.

Despite sounding like the candidates to a bad season of MTV’s Real World, these are actually the […]

Cool cats Eagles of Death Metal (Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, and Jesse Hughes) are back with their fourth studio album, Zipper Down. It’s set to release in a few months, and in anticipation they have […]

If you need something to lift you up out of a gloomy situation, ‘99 Red Balloons’ is your song. Infectiously upbeat synths and bouncy vocals blend into the wildly danceable classic. For those of us soon headed to […]

I grew up in a household that was vegetarian, used herbal remedies, and didn’t own a microwave. In the deepest darkest corner of rural Kent, this was seen as really weird. I, however, didn’t realise quite how wei […]

Dan Auerbach may have taken a break from The Black Keys, but in many ways, The Black Keys haven’t taken a break from him. Although he brings new formulas and ideas to the table with each of his many side-projects […]

Too is the youthfully ignorant twenty-something’s album of the decade. Not only does Too fill my “bad-butt wannabe punk” needs but FIDLAR just gets it. Case in point, ‘Leave Me Alone.’ If you’re anything like me […]

The concept album has seen a rebirth this century, with new-coming debut albums and established artists boasting albums that tell narratives or portray united concepts as a crucial aspect of their repertoire. No […]

In-stores can be fairly timid affairs. Your favourite band surrounded by hoards of CDs, stood in front of a crowd that tend to resist any sort of movement in the hope of giving their image and freshly coiffured […]

The atmosphere, the people, the amazing sound, as well as being close to the artists who create the music I love is what makes the experience of going to a gig so unique. A band I have seen many times for just […]