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As the melodic arpeggio-riff that opens ‘Painkiller’ by The Jacques gently lulls the listener into a melancholic haze, one is instantly drawn in by the raw honesty of the Bristol indie-rock outfit’s latest track […]

Just been dumped? Fear not! The Indiependent’s very own Emmie Morris picks a mix of ten tracks, old and new, that hold the best lyrics to help one get over a broken heart.

10. ‘She tastes like sunlight and […]

‘Ant-Man’ is Marvel’s latest addition to their cinematic universe, it follows the story of Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man) who gives his suit to a low life thief Scott Lang, in order to achieve an intricate heist […]

Patrick Gunning photographed the intriguing Fictonian at St Pancras Old Church on Thursday.

Secreted away in a little North London garden, The Old St. Pancras Church, with its flickering candle light and ramshackle set of old lamps and blue lighting makes for a mysterious place to hold a gig, and a […]

The Hoosiers may have been fading in and out of your listening history since the release of ‘Goodbye Mr. A’, but this early EP release from their upcoming October album The Secret Service follows the example […]

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is a story about corruption. The influence of Basil […]

Following on from the impressive legacy already set by Lana Del Rey so far, the eponymous track ‘Honeymoon’ has left fans excitedly anticipating the rest of the album – set for release in September this […]

We’re standing in the crushed frenzy of Alt-J’s headline set. It’s coming to the end of their last song – ‘Breezeblocks’ – and we hear some murmuring and jostling behind us. People are leaving. A man next to us […]

With the Tate Britain opening an exhibition entitled ‘Fighting History’, showcasing historical events depicted in art and in the Centenary year of the First World War, Ella Khalek explores Francisco de Goya’s […]

My dad gave me a copy of Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism a few months back now as a present. I read it in one sitting. Not because I enjoyed it, it was anything but enjoyable, it was horrific, upsetting and […]

Written by Sue Townsend, the bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series, my expectations were high for The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year. Although the novel starts off extremely promising – inviting genuine […]

In feminist circles, ‘intersectionality’ has become something of a buzzword. It connotes straying away from the traditional definition of feminism as something universal and all-encompassing and instead […]

If you’re looking for somewhere to run an event on the future of the Labour, an exploration into intellectual socialism and a cushy middle-class-but-left-wing debate, Latitude is the place to pitch your […]

This week The Indiependent caught up with The Glass Caves, a UK based alternative rock band playing a bunch of killer shows for the UK throughout the summer. With a similar sound that can only be described as […]

Meat Is Murder // The Smiths
I had to start with a Smiths song, it just made sense, but which one? I’ve opted for ‘Meat Is Murder’, not necessarily my all-time favourite track from Morrissey and company, but it […]

Title: Americanah

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

What I think so far: Shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and claiming a spot on the New York Time’s 10 Best Books of 2013 list, I started […]