Jenny Gillespie Mason – In The Safety Of The Light: Album Review
Jenny Gillespie Mason finds solace in a collection of wistful and dreamy outings.
Fortress Festival 2027 – 10 Bands We Would Like To See: Opinion
A selection of At The Barrier writers that frequent Fortress Festival offer a pick or two as to who we would love to see on the bill at Fortress Festival 2027.
Bedouine – Neon Summer Skin: Album Review
Bedouine – Azniv Korkejian – revisits the feelings of childhood safety and security and mourns the passing of those feelings on Neon Summer Skin.
The Cases – Mr Penny: EP Review
The Cases explore love, lust and everything inbetween on the new EP, Mr Penny.
Fortress Festival 2026 Day Two – Scarborough Spa: Gallery Review
A visual review of Fortress Festival 2026 featuring a selection of images from across the event in Scarborough.
Fortress Festival 2026 Day One – Scarborough Spa: Gallery Review
A visual review of Fortress Festival 2026 featuring a selection of images from across the event in Scarborough.
The Fugitives – The Fugitives: Album Review
Let these folk’n’country Canadians, The Fugitives, escape into your ears for their, lucky for some, seventh set of songs.
A.A.Williams – Solstice: Album Review
Overwhelmed or unprepared – here’s the latest chilling portion of A.A.Williams Gothic noire melodrama.
Hue And Cry – Everybody: Album Review
Hue And Cry catch up with 50 years of electronic music.
Seafret – Manchester Academy 3: Live Review
We join Seafret at Manchester Academy 3 for songs new and old.
The Great Observer – Loss of Transcendence: Album Review
Italian act The Great Observer unleash a debut steeped in death metal’s darkest traditions and most volatile mutations.
Maisie Peters – Florescence: Album Review
Maisie Peters returns with her third studio album, Florescence, following the release of the triumphant The Good Witch.
Niall Horan – Dinner Party: Album Review
Three years on from his hit album The Show, Niall Horan treats us to a love letter of an album.
Peter Hook & The Light, 76//26//50 – Manchester Academy: Live Review
A night of nostalgia and fifty years of music making as Peter Hook & The Light deliver a career-busting epic set in Manchester.
Fyrdsman – The Free Man: Album Review
Tim Shaw’s Fyrdsman project makes a long-awaited return. The Free Man is a work that examines post-1066 England.