When Radiohead released 'In Rainbows' online (for as much as an individual's conscience was willing to pay for it), The Times declared it 'The Day the Music Industry Died.' But for Andrew Parkinson – who spent the summer working at independent label Southern Records – this just didn't ring true. So we asked him to investigate if smaller independent labels really are flourishing whilst the so-called 'Big Four' flounder. To help him he speaks with one of the two founders of Montreal-based Constellation Records, Ian Ilavsky, Southern Records' Allison Schnackenberg and Dave Bell of newly created Nottingham net-label, Records on Ribs.

As last year’s Melvins’ record ‘A Senile Animal’ suggested, often the best way to deal with a dead horse is to inject it with fresh blood.

I once read a review of Nottingham droner Gareth Hardwick that described his music as "ok, but a little repetitive".

To any dance music aficionado, the words ‘Warp Records’ are a badge symbolising the pursuit of innovative and barrier-blurring beats.

Holy Fuck are an instantaneously exciting prospect due to their no-laptops, semi-improvised and live-orientated approach to dance music, meaning they’ve rapidly become darlings of the critics.

When Crippled Lucifer was originally released in 1997, Southern Lord provocatively labelled it the “slaying of false doom hippies.” Whether Burning Witch deserved the tag is entirely subjective bu

Rock Dream marks the fifth collaborative release between two of Japan's premier experimental acts: stoner/sludge/psych/doom trio Boris and prolific noise artist Merzbow.

The only thing more deranged than Tom Delonge’s self-proclaimed messiah status is the new Angels & Airwaves album ‘I-Empire’.

With a chirpy name like Severe Torture, there are no prizes for guessing what the order is here. Death Metal.

Before becoming seventh President of the USA, Andrew Jackson had a glowing military career typified by Jack Bauer-esque rule-breaking.

When critics said in 1991 that the ‘Use Your Illusion’ opus was a diverse offering they had clearly never heard of Dillinger Escape Plan.

Female singer songwriter Remi Nicole is another struggling up the well-beaten path to stardom with her guitar based pop sound.

As an antidote to the money flying around this issue, Miles Seaton of Akron/Family ruminates on love, joy and being part of a quasi-religious hermetic brethren.

In light of the money issue, Impact interviews two of the latest musicians to ‘bend over’ for the corporate buck.