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Everybody has one band that picked them up when they were down and taught them to carry on. Everybody has one band that changed their perspectives on what would otherwise be a possibly painful situation and teach […]

Dublin-born singer-songwriter Conor Dardis’ storytelling has remained humbly undiscovered so far on Soundcloud, but with songs as promising as ‘Accelerator’, it is only a matter of time before a wider audience […]

After touring with US band Ex Hex in February, Princess released their third single ‘Black Window’ on March 2nd. The Dublin-based experimental rock/noise/indie duo has put together a hypnotising melody infused […]

Title: Persuasion

Author: Jane Austen

What I think so far: Whilst not the ‘cult-classic’ that is Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion holds the advantage that the reader will enter into it with few pre-conceived […]

It Follows has been living off festival buzz for quite some time now, and for good reason – in a genre that frequently attracts cynical filmmaking, a unique piece is quite something. The film centers on Maika […]

Worlds away from the venue they had played the previous evening with fellow Manchester band, The Charlatans, I got to spend some time chatting with a rapidly emerging band Blossoms in the small back room of York […]

Yesterday was March 8th – International Women’s Day: the day we have an excuse to express our love for women proudly and freely, so here at The Indiependent, we’ve given a shout out to our favourite girl group […]

It’s quite difficult, I think, to always know the right words to describe music. All too often, I find myself using ‘very’ or ‘awfully’ or something along those lines, in the place of anything quantifiably […]

Tula, a Berlin-based group from Sweden, have released a new single ‘River’, and it is beautifully haunting and catchy. The band’s sound is a fascinating mixture of many magnificent artists; vocals which would fit […]

Ezra Furman has been on the music scene since 2006 when he started out in four-piece rock band Ezra Furman & the Harpoons and released the critically acclaimed album Banging Down The Doors. 3 studio albums later […]

Sauna Youth’s ‘Transmitters’ is a track that can only be described as getting hit in the face, but in a good way. The jittery, upbeat punkiness of the song is pounded out from the speedy but steady drums and […]

Despite studying towards my English Literature degree, most of the life-changing books I’ve read were written by authors that are, well, anything but English. I am dubious as to what that might say about me – I […]

Taken from her forthcoming EP Pools To Bathe In, 19 year old London-based artist The Japanese House has just released her debut single ‘Still’.

Co-produced by George Daniel and Matty Healy of The 1975, the […]

This September will be a huge step in my life and my future career. I will finally be going to university. Living away from home may be tough for some but I am relishing the prospect of newfound freedom away from […]

Paul McCartney’s second solo album, ‘McCartney II’, is an underrated hidden gem of the 1980’s. Whilst the album reached number 1 in the UK, it is usually forgotten amongst McCartney’s extensive back catalogue of […]

So we all know the deal. Your friends are due round in five minutes yet you’re bouncing around your bedroom, belting your heart out into a hairbrush as you sing…. One Direction?! Mika?!! ABBA?!!!!  We all have t […]

IS TROPICAL, a four-piece band originating from London, is on the road to releasing their third full length album, Black Anything. Not wanting to take the traditional route in releasing the album, the band decided […]

Being from a family of passionate and diverse music fans, including an opinionated punk, a long-term emo music devotee and a ex-indie DJ, I’ve certainly had a lot of ‘musical phases’ over the years. Frankly, I […]

‘That’s enough. Now this book is yours’. This is how Charles Bukowski ended his introduction to Ask the Dust, John Fanté’s second novel, the third chronologically in the Arturo Bandini saga. The Bandini books ar […]

The music industry is vicious. It is competitive, it is ever-changing and it demands a lot of artists and their labels. Fighting to keep your name alive isn’t always achievable, and all too often great bands are […]