After a decade of touring with dance troupes and focusing on the visual and performance arts, Canadian electroclash artist Peaches, born Merrill Nisker, is kicking off a world tour in Florida with the ...

Peaches is primarily known as a purveyor of transgressive, sex positive anthems that have no room for shame whatsoever. This is just as it should be, although her music might not be for the easily ...

To celebrate their milestone, the independent music group – comprised of a record label, publisher and management company – have teamed up with War Child and Music Venue Trust to announce a string of ...

In 1997, the programmers of the Making Scenes queer film and video festival in Ottawa, Ontario, received an unmarked package in the mail. It contained a videotape of an original film and no return ...

A young African-American woman walked onstage, led by a white man holding a leash attached to a collar around her neck. “As he spoke, he yanked up her dress to display her shaved genitals, and he then ...

Fifteen years ago, Tim Dellow and Toby L decided to take on the music industry with £1,000 and no real idea of how to do it. Along the way they've picked up three co-workers, a shed load of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Transgressive has moved early to sign British-Indonesian artist Nadia Kadek. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter is yet to officially release any music, but has already won early support from BBC ...

Leiden, University Library, 583, printed work (16th century) with medieval fragments inside (12th century). Photo by Erik Kwakkel. CC BY 4.0. Premodern Transgressive Literatures takes a decisively ...