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With the release of his sixth studio album Positive Songs For Negative People, Frank Turner has bestowed upon us a beautiful story of lost love with ‘Mittens’, one of the highlights of the excellent new album. […]

Over the past few years, Robin Thicke has caused a lot of controversy, notably with the Marvin Gaye rip off ‘Blurred Lines’ containing arguably sexist lyrics. Then, after divorcing ex-wife Paula Patton in February […]

Rock ‘n’ roll is in hard times. The ‘rockstars’ of old are steadily tailing off and there’s an apparent lack of heirs to the throne waiting in the wings to take their place. The airwaves are filled with co […]

A little over 100 days into his second term as Prime Minister, footage has emerged of David Cameron doing something that has truly shocked the nation. The footage in question doesn’t implicate him in any kind of s […]

Arguably the most popular forms of modern technology are text messaging and the use of social media. Said technologies have become such a vital part of what society considers a normal life, that it seems that […]

Selene Mortimore launches the Indiependent’s Piece of the Week feature this week, with ‘Casa Tomada’ by  Rafael Gomezbarros.

To start off the ‘Piece of the Week’ feature, it was a hard choice to decide on a […]

Currently we’re in the midst of the biggest shift the music industry has ever seen. The old music industry – made up of record labels, dingy tour vans playing vinyls, and hours sat at a 4-track record machine to […]

The newest track from this Leeds foursome, Post War Glamour Girls, goes from nought to a hundred in a fraction of a second, kicking off in style with a proper face-melter of a guitar riff. And it never slows down […]

Released on the 1st of August, Control of the Going’s ‘Wild Flower’ is a song doused in strength and contrast from start to finish. Describing their sound as “neo psychedelic/post punk”, the Mancunian band […]

Today I stumbled across a photograph of a protester holding a sign – an expression of anger was clear across his face. It read: “£85 BILLION A YEAR ON CORPORATE TAX EVASION,

£100 BILLION ON TRIDENT

and y […]

We are taught about incidents in History classes that demonstrate racism and discrimination and the vast consequences. Children in schools are taught that – because of legislation put in place by governments – […]

When speaking of Suffolk, one rarely races to name arts or culture as its greatest export. In fact, when I mention my home county to the my musically-minded acquaintances, I am usually met with point-blank […]

Title: The A B C Murders

Author: Agatha Christie

What I think So Far: At about halfway in, I’m greatly enjoying every part of this novel – the writing style, the characters, the plot itself, and of course […]

Reeking with sentiment and dusted in pain, Ghost is the new EP from Birmingham duo Winter 1982. Consisting of only four tracks, the band, who have been dubbed as “haunting, alternative folk”, manage to showcase a […]

The influence of religion is fading away in society, and people are finding new, alternative ways to structure their ethical and moral beliefs.  Christianity used to be the dominant religion of the UK and now the […]

According to the quote on the back cover from Game of Thrones creator George R.R Martin, Felicia Day is “an actress, a gamer, a screenwriter, a songwriter, a producer, a director, a webmaster, a costumer and que […]

XYLØ, the alternative brother-sister duo from Los Angeles, California have caused somewhat of a mini explosion in the indie scene with the release of their debut track ‘America’ turning more than a few heads. Just […]

Fresh off the back of his ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ mixtape self-proclaimed ‘Essex boi’ Jordan Cardy has released a new single entitled‘Fake ID’.  With an instantly memorable chorus and a characteristically ramshackle […]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright

Synopsis: Unbreakable is the most epic indie film you will ever see, after David Dunn (Willis) survives a horrendous accident he is told repeatedly by […]