Forgetting the Future are an indie rock band from a town called Thurso in northern Scotland. The outfit consists of singer/songwriter Robbie McNicol, guitarist Jamie Mackay, bassist Max Paul and drummer Connor Wilson. They formed in 2014 when they were around fourteen; creating music together for that long and from such a young age has […]Read More
The head of Edinburgh Festival Fringe has said she wants to see the “madness” return to next year’s event. Speaking at an online debate about the cancellation of Edinburgh’s festivals this year, Chief Executive Shona McCarthy said “I want to see the Fringe as live as possible next year. I want to walk around corners […]Read More
Scott Silven’s The Journey will return to the Traverse Theatre‘s online performance space for one week only next Spring. This follows a completely sold-out October run of the acclaimed interactive show. Running from the 14th to the 18th of April 2021, fans of this “extraordinary illusionist, mentalist, and performance artist” will be given the opportunity […]Read More
As a passionate Scot, I thought my review of Lost At Christmas could only go one of two ways. Either I was going to embrace every cheesy, clichéd moment of ‘Scotland’s first Christmas Movie,’ shamelessly pointing at every Scottish landmark I could find. Or, I was going to be humming and hawing at every inaccuracy and overplayed […]Read More
I like to think of myself as a relatively fun person, so yesterday I spent two hours analysing the skills I had garnered from my French language and literature degree. Like I said, I’m a hoot. Six months into unemployed life, I have been delving back into the depths of my degree to discover every […]Read More
Dumfries and Galloway Dance have announced a series of online watch parties to showcase contemporary dance.Read More
The Scottish government has announced a £10 million fund to help theatres and performing arts venues survive the COVID-19 lockdown. The fund comes as part of the Scottish Government’s £185 million ‘Business Support Fund’. After the pandemic sent the UK into lockdown, many hospitality and entertainment venues such as restaurants, cinemas and, sadly, our beloved […]Read More
Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi has been waiting to captivate and make his mark on the country’s local music scene for some time – having conquered a sold-out show at the renowned King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut venue, Lewis has also succeeded in releasing a memorable, gorgeous debut single in ‘Bruises’. Lewis has an impassioned stirring voice […]Read More
With the cold and dark Glaswegian winter nights drawing in, sparks were sure to fly on Sauchiehall Street as The Temper Trap graced Scotland’s biggest and best city with their presence once again. Back in May, they entertained the Art School, a month after releasing their fourth studio album, Thick As Thieves. Having toured the record […]Read More
Biffy Clyro have reached the distinguished milestone of their seventh album and with it is the beginning of a new cycle in the band’s life. Biffy Clyro by their own admission are a band who embrace the three album cycle, in which there is a simple stylistic or thematic similarity grouping the trilogy together. The […]Read More
T in the Park has cemented itself in being Scotland’s biggest music festival since its first weekend in 1994; in their first year, they hosted headliners Rage Against the Machine and Primal Scream. Since then, it has expanded into a three-day event, with acts now performing at the Strathallan Castle in Perthshire, during the second weekend of July. The main […]Read More
Robert Burns, while a hero to many Scots writers and poets, rarely crops up when you ask for poets South of the border or overseas. Probably because of his commitment to Scottish nationalism just after the Jacobite rebellions, or his noble insistence in writing in what was then common Scots dialect, he has never really […]Read More
In anticipation of the release of a new EP, The Indiependent recently had a chat with the Mia Wallace of Scotland, Ms. Luna Webster. One half of the electronic duo Old Barber whose track ‘Prism (Part One) ‘ is premièring today on the site, Webster also finds time to record dark and sultry sounds under […]Read More
‘Macbeth’ comes to us from director Justin Kurzel, whose previous projects include the critically acclaimed ‘The Snowtown Murders’. Kurzel is also working on the Assassins Creed movie, scheduled for release next year as is ‘Macbeth’ himself, starring Michael Fassbender in the lead role. The casting for Macbeth is excellent, with Marion Cotillard as Lady MacBeth, David […]Read More
Social media is a powerful tool. It can start revolutions, both political and cultural. We have seen increasingly important events happen on social media, to the point where some events have shaped history (the Arab Spring, to name one such event). So, naturally, everybody wants to exploit social media for their gain. This includes political […]Read More
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