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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

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June Tabor & Oysterband – Royal Northern College Of Music, Manchester: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 14th October 2024 • ( 3 Comments )

We’re at the RNCM in Manchester to help bid a Long Goodbye to folk icons Oysterband and June Tabor.

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Flamy Grant – CHURCH: Album Review

By John Barlass on 14th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Christian music without judgement, hypocrisy, fire or brimstone – CHURCH, the eagerly awaited sophomore album from North Carolinian drag queen, Flamy Grant sets out values for a better world.

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Chloe Matharu – Sailors & Rolling Stones: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 14th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Incorporeal blend of icy harp and crystalline vocals meet muted electronica to challenge perceptions, possibilities and genre.

Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere: Album Review

By Dominic Walsh on 13th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Blood Incantation return with a genre smashing new album that will go down in history as one of the greatest metal records, ever. It’s a bold statement befitting of Absolute Elsewhere.

Frankie Archer – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review

By Seuras Og on 13th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

We head to one of our favourite venues; Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham; to see one of our favourites artists – Frankie Archer.

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention – Who We Would Like To See: Opinion

By At The Barrier on 12th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2024 was a great success. In the face of adversity, the festival saw one of its’ most consistent bills in many a year. We look forward to 2025 and who we would love to see on the bill.

Chat Pile – Cool World: Album Review

By Harry Hodgson on 11th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Cool World is the second album from Chat Pile and sees them going from strength to strength expanding and furthering their brutal sound into a relentless and distinctive full body of work.

Magnetar – There Will Be No Peace In My Valley: Album Review

By Dominic Walsh on 11th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Album number one from Magnetar shows the talented trio melding plenty of influences into one humongous beast of a record.

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Johnny Foreigner – How to Be Hopeful: Album Review

By John Barlass on 11th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Ambitious, engaging and utterly unpredictable. Birmingham indie-rock heroes Johnny Foreigner are back again – and they’ve got something to say.

Arch Enemy / In Flames / Soilwork – Eventim Apollo: Live Review

By Graham Hilling on 11th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The “Rising From The North” tour rolls into London bringing some of the best in Swedish metal, we checked it out!

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Steve Hackett – The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 11th October 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

We’re in Liverpool for Steve Hackett and his latest Genesis related extravaganza.

Fairport Convention Autumn Tour: Preview

By At The Barrier on 11th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Our heads up for the imminent Fairport 2024 Autumn Tour.

JET – O2 Ritz, Manchester: Live Review

By At The Barrier on 10th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

We’re at the O2 Ritz in Manchester as Jet celebrate 20 years of Get Born. Tempesst is in support.

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A Night Of Salvation / Damnation Festival 2024 Preview: Opinion

By At The Barrier on 9th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Damnation Festival 2024 is set to be another big one. After the successes of 2022 and 2023, the largest indoor metal festival returns to Manchester on November 1st and 2nd, 2024.

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The Lost Notes – Good Luck Shoes: Album Review

By John Barlass on 9th October 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Accomplished 3rd album from Brummie Americana hotshots The Lost Notes – ten new songs that tell tales of the wary, the loved, the wild and the lost.

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