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Last Saturday brought with it the most important date in the Sheffield geek community calendar; the Yorkshire Cosplay Con. I went into this experience a complete novice, completely new to the entire idea of […]

Garage and indie rock band Great White Underground are an exciting new addition to the music scene in Bradford and Leeds. Unsigned and inexperienced, the four piece’s track ‘Eels’ is upbeat and full of energetic […]

Ethan Ash is an English singer/songwriter who has been playing guitar since the age of 6 and has turned this childhood hobby into a blossoming career. He has been the supporting act on the tours of some big names […]

Having set up his own music studio after working on various production projects, London based producer Boxed in (Oli Bayston) has found the time to write and record an album of his own. Given Bayston’s previous […]

Manchester-based Korsairs are a young band comprising two brothers and two sisters whose natural guitar sound is vaguely reminiscent of Little Man Tate or Mumm-ra. Being new to the music world, the pairs of […]

Title: The Reader

Author: Bernhard Schlink

What I think so far: After reading The Book Thief, I have really been into German War novels, but the ones that aren’t too difficult and a bit chick flick-y, he […]

Title: A Fish Called Wanda

Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline,  Michael Palin and Tom Georgeson

Synopsis: Written by and starring Monty Python’s John Cleese, A Fish Called Wanda is an […]

We and the Vikings reach a defining chapter in season 3 as well as the TV series as a whole.’Paris’ literally begins on the doorstep of the famous city. The episode follows the preparation of Ragnar and his Viking […]

For a four piece of Liverpudlian lads formed in the relatively recent 2013, Circa Waves have had a glittering debut to their musical career. Opening for an iconic band such as the Libertines is not luck’s doing, […]

I was privileged enough to see The Who play on their 50th year anniversary tour, the band were awesome playing with the same passion as they did 50 years ago and the sound was reasonable. I have been to the O2 a […]

Following the success of their 2013 EP She Likes the Drama, Sisteray have accumulated a substantial fan base and the support of BBC London and XFM. ‘No Escape’ is the latest offering from the London four-piece and […]

Name: The Palmiros

Hometown: Livingston

Download: ‘Mojo Girl’

The Palmiros are a modern day blues influenced rock n’ roll collective from Livingston, Scotland consisting of vocalist/guitarist Gary Mclean, […]

There have been huge mix-ups within BBC Radio 1 lately, with Zane Lowe and Fearne Cotton both announcing their departure from the radio station, taking with them a huge legacy and passion for music. So, what are […]

Another week, another brave Indiependent contributor steps up the iPod docking station, prepared to lay bare their musical soul for the world to scrutinise… take it away, Kaitlyn!

Round Here // Counting […]

The arrival of something special is evident when a band supports the Rolling Stones before their debut album is even released. That’s exactly what happened with Hudson Taylor, the duo of pop-folk brothers from […]

The last track on an album is the postage stamp that completes the whole experience of listening to a record, and closers are the songs that bring a sprawling close to proceedings. Here at The Indiependent (being […]

March, 2005: Old fans and soon-to-be-fans alike sat in front of their television sets, awaiting the arrival of a new Doctor, fresh from war. It seems bizarre to think that it was a whole decade ago that the Sci-Fi […]

In this edition of In Case You Missed It: Film News, we catch up with all the major headlines from the silver screen – including the latest Marvel/DC and Disney news, as well as some other juicy tidbits. And of […]

The Walking Dead has always managed to deliver mind-blowing season finales that not only tie loose ends from narrative arcs that have spanned the past season, but most importantly they leave audiences with just […]

The 2nd Young Adult Literature Convention will be held from July 17-19 at London’s Olympia. Part of Waterstones Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman Laureate initiatives, this event is the largest dedicated to […]