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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

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Signia Alpha – Entropy: Album Review

By John Barlass on 26th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Signia Alpha sees Damned bassman join multi-instrumentalist Matt Webster for a feast of cacophonous psychedelia.

Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS: Album Review

By Maddy Harries on 24th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Olivia Rodrigo’s highly anticipated follow up to Sour, GUTS, shows that she is going to be around for a very long time.

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Madness, Money & Music – Sheena Easton: Review

By Dominic Walsh on 22nd September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Sheena Easton has her 1982 album, Madness, Money & Music, reissued and expanded via Cherry Red Records.

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Rita Braga – Illegal Planet: Album Review

By John Barlass on 21st September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Quirky Rita is back – and she’s as challenging and entertaining as ever. Illegal Planet is an album that we’re going to want to hear again and again.

Merry Hell – Croston Old School House: Live Review

By Howard King on 21st September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Merry Hell’s Winter tour hits the road after a stunningly successful summer. In the quaint village of Croston, they deliver a brilliant performance.

Nunnery Norheim – You Are Here: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 21st September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

“But what if I arrive”; is this journey or destination? Be beguiled by this play of songs, cast in a chamber folk light by the literate duo of Nunnery Norheim.

The Curator

The Curator – Living Space: Album Review

By John Barlass on 21st September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

An intriguing multi-media projection of a future that never came to be – from The Curator, aka Alistair Murphy

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Spurv – Brefjære: Album Review

By Howard King on 20th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Spurv’s  fourth full-length release – Brefjære – evolved from musical ideas that express the far northern landscape of Norway, recognising the strength needed to survive a harsh environment.

Penguins Go Pop – 20th Century Pop: Album Review

By John Barlass on 20th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Reissue of a piece of lost treasure from Norwich’s quirky pop masters, Penguins Go Pop.  14 riveting and hilarious stories, guaranteed to cut through the deepest moods.

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Paris Texas – Bird In Hand: Album Review

By John Barlass on 18th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Sweet melodies, tight harmonies and lots of nifty picking – Antwerp Appalachians Paris Texas show what they can do.

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Various Artists – Round and Round – Progressive Sounds of 1974: Album Review

By Gareth Allen on 18th September 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Round and Round is a superlative box set collection of artists and bands who were making an impact in 1974, under the broad banner of progressive rock.

Nieve Ella

Nieve Ella – Lifetime of Wanting: EP Review

By Maddy Harries on 18th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Nieve Ella makes a powerful comeback with her incredible second EP, ‘Lifetime of Wanting’. 

She's In The Trees

She’s In The Trees on Bonnie Prince Billy: Why I Love

By Special Guest on 17th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

She’s In The Trees are a Liverpool based band dealing in haunting, ethereal music. Amy from the band joins us to write for our Why I Love column.

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Ava Earl – Too Much: Album Review

By John Barlass on 17th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

After the preliminaries, here’s the main event.  Alaskan singer-songwriter Ava Earl gets brutally honest – with herself, as well as with us.

The Eisenhowers

The Eisenhowers – Nudge Unit Blues : Album Review

By Seuras Og on 17th September 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Glasgow post-punk polemicist, Raymond Weir, is angry…..The Eisenhowers release Nudge Unit Blues.

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