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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 […]

In Case You Missed It: Film News is back once again to fill you in on all the latest stories from the silver screen. In this edition, we’ll be covering the loss of a monumental figure of both film and television, […]

Just like it’s predecessor, episode 3 ‘Warrior’s Fate’ follows immediately after ‘The Wanderer’, and this is not a bad thing. Not a bad thing at all. ‘Warrior’s Fate’ mixed the strengths of the last two episodes, […]

Due to the band’s emergence alongside the likes of Peace and Swim Deep, Jaws are often (wrongly) revered as the runts of the Birmingham indie wave. If you were to witness one of the group’s live shows, however, […]

Now, I’m not the biggest Kings Of Leon fan – not by a long shot. However, I distinctly remember their album Youth and Young Manhood being one of the first ‘guitar heavy’ albums I bought and immediately loved. ‘Red […]

It’s approaching that time of the year again. Summer, festival season. Line ups will be completed soon, if not already, and decisions must be made which one to go to. Planning what to take to a festival can be […]

We are all guilty of mishearing lyrics in songs and while it can be embarrassing for us, it’s also extremely amusing for those around us. Singing that one line of a song at the top of your lungs and later […]

This novel is almost poetically depressing. Sylvia Plath takes us on the journey of Esther Greenwood, a beautiful, bright and hopeful young girl, who faces mental health troubles in 1950s America. The novel itself […]

With a mere three months until the upcoming UK General Election, Paige Dent and The Indiependent are here to show you the truth behind The Green Party’s aim of achieving ‘the Common Good’ for all.

It would […]

Dynamic indie/alternative four piece band Veludo Planes have recently indulged the public with their catchy debut single ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’, an impending success which was released on iTunes on March 1st. […]