Blacklisters, the Leeds quartet who were once described as 'Mclusky being Pulled Apart By Horses' by NME, are putting the finishing touches to their latest release, Adult.  Before the release (18th September, get it down on a post-in somewhere) the band decided to head up to Greenmount Studio to thrash out a live performance of 'I Knock Myself Out'. Have a watch below. If you like what you hear Adult will be released via Smalltown America (home of Jetplane Landing, USA...

Gatwick Airport is expecting its busiest ever bank holiday, with nearly 600,000 passengers passing through the airport. The figure represents a 17.2% increase in passenger numbers since 2009. The numbers are boosted by new services, including the arrival of Pegasus airlines to serve Turkish destinations, and Norwegian Airline Dreamliner's new route to Orlando. However Berlin is the fastest growing route since last year - it's 54% more popular than during the bank holiday weekend last year. Madrid is the second fastest...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  When you walk along a supermarket isle passing fresh kale housed next to ripe cucumbers, apples next to kiwi fruit, it is easy to see how the concept of seasonality has lost its relevance in the 21st century. It's a theme Michael Pollan picks up on in The Omnivore's Dilemma, which explores what it's like to live in a World where we can literally eat anything. A large Sainsbury's store stocks approximately 30,000 products, many of which...

By Patrick Vernon On any given day, large numbers of people cross the forecourts of motorcycle dealers such as Metropolis looking for a new way to get around and every year some 130,000+ new motorbike registrations are made. There are many reasons people prefer riding a motorbike to driving a car, but one of the most common is the ability to avoid traffic jams. When the jam is not too tightly packed, a slim bike and a skilful rider always has the edge...

By Henry Austin Described as “a swarm” by Prime Minister David Cameron, images and stories about migrants attempting to gain access to the Eurotunnel have saturated British media this summer. But as Emily Dugan points out in the prologue of her new book “Finding Home, Real Stories of Migrants in Britain,” it is easy to forget we are talking about a collection of disparate people from across the globe. Focusing on 10, The Independent newspaper’s Social Affairs Editor succeeds in...

By Leslie Byron Pitt The more you consider the bizarre tale of The Wolfpack, that harder it is for you to bend your head fully round it. The documentary about seven siblings, homeschooled and confined in their Lower East Side Manhattan apartment, away from the waking world by their father, evokes grim thoughts of the deplorable Josef Fritzl. This tale not as grievous as the acts of Fritzl, yet it does ponder a certain amount of concern. We observe Angulo...

Trolls, whether they claim craggy woodland and moist caves as their home or the dark caverns of the internet, have always been a blight on society, fictional or otherwise. Has a definitive troll-slaying method ever been developed? We're not sure, but Sun Club seem to have the right idea giving them a good smashing in their video for 'Tropicoller Lease'. Sunshine pop meets off-kilter alt as the band's frolicking turns to frenzy, the pink-haired creatures arriving to disrupt an idyllic summer...

By Noy Shani Mayoral candidate and Green Party member Rashid Nix reckons he has the winning formula to beat the London housing crisis. Beaming with confidence in a recent talk in Denmark Hill, Southwark, Nix spoke enthusiastically about his mission. “There is a link between mental health, mental well-being and housing. The plan is deliverable and has already stirred some interest,” he said. The dreadlocked 49-year-old, who increased the Green Party’s support by 400 per cent in his constituency of Dulwich and...

Robocop, Leatherface, He-Man and a rather sinister xenomorph all star in the latest apocalyptic video from synthwave crew Gunship. Events unfold in a Claymation wasteland, brought to grisly life by award-winning animator/director Lee Hardcastle (The ABC’s of Death, ). It's a loving homage to iconic 80's do-gooders and big-bads with a razor-sharp cyberpunk soundtrack to score the carnage. Gunship's new album is out now via Horsie in the Hedge available to order here.