Andrew Butcher

Live Review: The Last Dinner Party // UEA, Norwich, 25.11.2025 Stepping into the UEA LCR on a chilly November evening to see The Last Dinner Party felt like entering a […]

INTERVIEW: EMMMA The first time I saw London-based American singer EMMMA, she was opening for Pale Waves at the Waterfront, […]

Album Review: Everybody Scream // Florence + The Machine When Florence + The Machine announced a 31 October release date for their sixth studio album it seemed fitting. […]

Live Review: Pale Waves // Waterfront, Norwich, 22.10.25 On a chilly autumn night, Pale Waves brought chandeliers, eyeliner, and a dose of gothic glamour to Norwich, […]

The Last Dinner Party Announce 35-Date Headline Tour Across UK, Europe and Australia It is fair to say The Last Dinner Party have not been resting on their laurels this summer. Fresh from a string […]

Album Review: The Life of a Showgirl // Taylor Swift What does a megastar do when she’s already played every part? That’s the question hanging over Taylor Swi […]

Album Review: Virgin // Lorde If Lorde’s last album Solar Power (2021) was an exercise in pastel escapism—sun-bleached beaches, organic con […]

Interview: AFTERDRIVE Hailing from Ipswich, four-piece band AFTERDRIVE are starting to garner attention in the music industry with […]

Album Review: Something Beautiful // Miley Cyrus Long before its release, Something Beautiful came dressed in expectation. Miley Cyrus described her ninth […]

Live Review: Stanleys // The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 17.05.2025 As Stanleys took to The Waterfront stage to the strains of The Mike Flowers Pops’ ‘Wonderwall’, it was diffi […]

Live Review: The Mary Wallopers // UEA LCR, Norwich, 28.03.25 “What’s the f**king craic?” Charles Hendy asked the crowd packed into the LCR at UEA Norwich, setting the scene […]

Track Review: The Giver // Chappell Roan Chappell Roan’s new single, ‘The Giver’, is a cheeky side-step from the camp-pop of the ‘Pink Pony Club’ i […]

Live Review: Gracie Abrams // O2 Arena, London 06/03/2025 After a brief break from touring due to illness, Gracie Abrams triumphantly returned to the stage at London’s O […]

The Indiependent's Best Live Music Moments Of 2024 2024 has blessed us with a fantastic variety of live music; from global superstars like Taylor Swift, Bruce […]

Introducing Kaeto Kaeto is an emerging Scottish-born, London-based artist, making her mark on the music industry with her unique […]

Live Review: The Last Dinner Party // Nick Rayn’s LCR, UEA, Norwich, 27.09.2024 Arriving to see The Last Dinner Party felt, for a moment, like stepping into a Florence + the Machine gig. […]

Taylor Swift: Top Ten Eras Tour Mash Ups The surprise songs section of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, where the singer performs two or three songs, usually a […]

Album Review: Radical Optimism // Dua Lipa For many of us Future Nostalgia, an album overflowing with retro-futurist disco-inspired bangers, was the […]

Album Review: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT // Taylor Swift “You know you are good when you can even do it with a broken heart,” sings Taylor Swift on her 11th studio alb […]

Album Review: Bleachers // Bleachers Self-titling your fourth studio album could be seen as laziness, or a re-launch given the move to iconic label […]