Drummer with tectonic-plate shifting instrumental electronic outfit Three Trapped Tigers releases his debut solo album, Colossal Squid, streaming exclusively with The Independent

The largest metal festival in the UK announces all three headline acts plus an additional 12 bands for the 15^th annual event

Watford-based indie-punk rock band stream their debut album exploring themes of addiction and gender dysphoria, exclusively with The Independent

Bristol-based post-hardcore / metal hybridists collate together their earliest material and stream it with The Independent

Dissonant, angular Brighton three-piece stream their second album, Quixota, exclusively with The Independent

One of the most volatile and incendiary bands of the 21^st century, The Dillinger Escape Plan have decided to call it quits after 20 years and six ferocious albums. Ben Weinman and Greg Puciato sat down to discuss breaking up on their own terms and the making of the band’s most subversive artistic statement yet

They may mean well but coupled-up friends can be irritating at best, writes Lisa Bonos

'In 10 years’ time, no-one will bat an eyelid'

Experimental Finnish quintet Oddarrang stream their fourth album, Agartha, exclusively with The Independent

Models are expected to be flawless as they show off the most beautiful clothes in the world, not bloated, spotty or God-forbid, leaking

In just 3 years, Beach Slang’s career trajectory has sky-rocketed, with countless devotees falling for the Philly troubadours’ heart-on-sleeve punk rock poetry soundtracked to buzz-saw guitars. We stream their second album, A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings, whilst frontman James Alex recounts the highs and lows of getting to this point

Famous pets are earning their owners serious amounts of cash. But as Kashmira Gander discovers, they are also doing their bit to protect their canine friends

Emily McMillan made headlines for fraud and theft six years ago. Now clean, she talks to Kashmira Gander about hitting rock bottom, rehab and recovery.

Wine tinnies is a growing trend among millennials in the US, and it won’t be long before it reaches our shores too, says Kashmira Gander

Some migrate for work, some for political reasons – and others for The One, a notion that sparked the heartwarming Love Migration Project, reports Kashmira Gander

Prison radio is one of the only ways inmates can access the outside world. Kashmira Gander finds out how it can play an essential role in rehabilitation