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Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes O2 Brixton Academy Support: Vukovi, Basement If it was still in any doubt after his first record finally ended its run last winter, Frank Carter has surely solidified his position with tour two as one of the best frontmen working today. His performance with The Rattlesnakes at the O2 Brixton - the final show on the Modern Ruin tour - is a triumph of visceral rock 'n' roll. With melody and swagger, as well as the hardcore...

Ecclectic art rockers Moulettes have announced an extensive UK/Irish jaunt throughout December, encompassing 18 shows and bringing a rapturous conclusion to their two-year Preternatural tour which has taken the group across Europe and Canada. The band will be performing at Cadogan Hall, London on Friday. Moulettes' Hannah Miller and Raevennan Husbandes took the time ahead of the show to chat to TLE about the upcoming tour and the recording process of Preternatural. What can fans expect on your upcoming tour? Any...

A photographer has released a collection of fun images showing handmade stencils shaping the world's most recognisable landmarks. Rich McCor, 30, visited tourist attractions around the world and held the card cut-outs in place to add characters and objects to the scenery. Rich's new book is priced at £12.99 and is available to buy at amazon.co.uk New book by photographer Rich McCor called Around The World In Cut-Outs. Stencil in San Francisco, USA. Stencil at Tower Bridge, London by Rich...

Dr Rajan Sankaran heads the International Academy of Advanced Homeopathy in Mumbai, and is the international bestselling author of more than 20 books. His first non-homeopathy book, ‘Dog, Yogi, Banyan Tree', is now out on Amazon UK. Here, Dr Sankaran tells the London Economic why mindfulness has become so important in today’s frantic, technology-driven society. In your books, you describe the practice of ‘silent witnessing’ to find peace of mind. What is that? Most people from all walks of life,...

It's been over a year since TLE were last in touch with Scottish post rockers Dialects, when the group were busy taking apart the stage at Arctangent with some fierce as hell set of expansive instrumental. At that time the quartet had an EP to their name 'L.T.K.L.T.L', and one seriously tight session at the Audiotree studios in Chicago. Just before their set, guitarists Conor and Steven were kind enough to sit down with us in the ATG press area...

Just as the sun's rays dim with each passing day, the Winter Solstice pacing a grim march ever closer with each rotation of Earth on its frigid axis - November got DARK. Look at this lot! The new Rolo Tomassi track - truly a beast of graveyard-slinking synths and Eva Spence's inimitably howl. Converge are back with The Dusk In Us with all their metalcore muscle flayed away to reveal the noise rock sinew beneath. Even Sufjan has been Drawn...

By Garry Curtis, author of Incoming! Garry Curtis is a former Royal Marine Commando and one of the UK’s most respected hostile environment consultants whose clients include the BBC war correspondent, John Simpson.  Here Curtis, 49, lifts the lid on one of the most dangerous jobs in the world and how he overcame PTSD. His biography, Incoming! hits the UK shelves this week, and is available to buy on Amazon UK. It looks exciting on the TV, glamorous even. Journalists,...

They say one of the things that inspires a nation's folk-law and fairy tales is the composition of its forests. Germany's Black Forest, known for inspiring Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty, has a slightly dark and sinister feel to them which is reflected in stories by the Brothers Grimm, whereas British forests, which have a mythical feel, inspire tales such as the Chronicles of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings and Robin Hood. The parallel came to mind listening to Jim...

A controversial play about a notorious child killer has been axed - following an emotional appeal from the victims' families. Evil Raymond Leslie Morris, dubbed the 'Monster of Cannock Chase', raped and murdered a seven-year-old girl and was suspected of strangling two others in the 1960s. Evil Morris was caged for life after he snatched schoolgirl Christine Darby, seven, off a street and strangled her before dumping her body on Cannock Chase, Staffs., in 1967. He was also prime suspect...