Bleech 9:3 – YES, Manchester: Live Review
We’re back at YES in Manchester for an electric set from Bleech 9:3.
Kraftwerk – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
It’s more fun to compute. Kraftwerk bring their Multimedia tour to Manchester – the first visit from the German pioneers in the city in nearly ten years.
Desertfest Festival 2026 Day Three – Camden, London: Live Review
Desertfest delivers an absolutely top class line up of stoner rock, doom and desert rock across three stacked days in the capital. Here is our day one round up.
Desertfest Festival 2026 Day Two – Camden, London: Live Review
Desertfest delivers an absolutely top class line up of stoner rock, doom and desert rock across three stacked days in the capital. Here is our day one round up.
Desertfest Festival 2026 Day One – Camden, London: Live Review
Desertfest delivers an absolutely top class line up of stoner rock, doom and desert rock across three stacked days in the capital. Here is our day one round up.
Kingfishr – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester: Live Review
Kingfishr make a little corner of Manchester, right by Old Trafford, a piece of Ireland for a night.
Tim Bowness w/ Bruce Soord & Jon Sykes – Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room: Live Review
Burning Shed is 25 – Tim Bowness and the Butterfly Mind band with Bruce Soord & Jon Sykes party on in Liverpool.
Thomas Dolby – O2 Institute, Birmingham: Live Review
We’re in Birmingham to catch synth pop pioneer Thomas Dolby who continues to reinvent the art form.
Super Furry Animals w/ Getdown Services – O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
According to the internet, it is 11 years since Super Furry Animals last trod the boards in Manchester. With over a decade in the books, one of Wales’ finest exports remind us all how great they are.
Basement – Projekts, Manchester: Live Review
We’re down at Projekts skatepark in Manchester for a lively happening with Basement.
Kiefer Sutherland w/ Colin Andrews – New Century Hall, Manchester: Live Review
Kiefer Sutherland brings his Love Will Bring You Home Tour to Manchester.
Barbara w/ The 85ers – The Louisiana, Bristol: Live Review
At The Barrier’s favourite fop-poppers, Barbara are half way through their Spring ’26 tour. We boarded the Barbara barge as it moored in Bristol Docks…
The Royston Club w/ Permanent (Joy) & Overpass – o2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester: Live Review
Wrexham indie-rock band, The Royston Club, head to Victoria Warehouse in Manchester for their Song For The Spine Tour.
Karnivool w/Intervals – Manchester Academy: Live Review
We catch Karnivool at the end of their European jaunt and learn that the future of exhilarating progressive music is in safe hands.
Midge Ure – A Man Of Two Worlds Tour, Birmingham: Live Review
We catch up for some nostalgia and reliving of youth with Midge Ure in Birmingham on his Man Of Two Worlds tour.