The Independent

• Rock band Cage the Elephant emerge from loss and hospitalization with new album 'Neon Pill' | The Independent | May 16, 2024, 1:28 p.m.
To say Cage the Elephant’s latest album had a turbulent birth would be an understatement

• Jordan Rakei performs song ‘Hope And Dreams’ from new album in Music Box | The Independent | May 13, 2024, noon
Jordan Rakei celebrates the release of his fifth album, the ambitious and ornate record The Loop, by performing the track "Hopes And Dreams" for Music Box. The producer and multi-instrumentalist showcases the album's more vulnerable and emotive side with a pared-back version of the song, as the album version features a full orchestra. It also comes ahead of Rakei’s forthcoming performance at London's Royal Albert Hall. Watch Music Box across your desktop, mobile and connected TV, as well as on our Independent TV YouTube page.

• Kings of Leon have dropped the dead weight on Can We Please Have Fun - review | The Independent | May 10, 2024, 5 a.m.
A far cry from the beardy, beery bawling of previous years, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ is surprisingly fresh and full of energy, says Helen Brown

• Rachel Chinouriri: ‘I’m a Black girl with indie songs, people didn’t know what to do’ | The Independent | May 5, 2024, 5 a.m.
As the indie-pop singer releases her first album, What a Devastating Turn of Events’, she speaks to Ellie Muir about the six years it took to release it, her music constantly being miscategorised as R&B or urban, and her decision to use the St George’s Cross on her album artwork