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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

will lawton

Will Lawton & The Alchemists – Alchemy: EP Review

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

Lush, alchemical dreamscapes. West country wizardry abounds on the new EP from Will Lawton & The Alchemists

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Blue Rose Code – Thirteen Years: Single Review

By Gareth Allen on 17th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Blue Rose Code have released a powerful new single, calling out injustice and inequality, and providing some great live music performances.

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Easter Roundup: Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks, The Lowland Brothers

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

Morsels we mislaid earlier…..from Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks and The Lowland.

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Mike & The Mechanics, York Barbican: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 16th April 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

We’re at the opening night of the Mike & The Mechanics ‘Refueled’ tour in York.

Thomas Charlie Pedersen – Employees Must Wash Hands: Album Review

By John Barlass on 14th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Sixties pop, folk introspection and orchestral manoeuvres.  They’re all present and correct on the third solo album from Copenhagen’s Thomas Charlie Pedersen.

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Josienne Clarke – Onliness : Album Review

By Seuras Og on 14th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Revisioned, refashioned, revitalised, this is the work of a woman revived. Thank you, Josienne.

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Various Artists – Cherry Stars Collide (Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995): Album Review

By Gareth Allen on 13th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Cherry Stars Collide is an excellent retrospective of the artists who inhabited and developed the musical landscape of dream pop and shoegaze.

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Clang Quartet – A Slow Death For The Peacemaker: Album news

By At The Barrier on 13th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

On April 11th, the noise-rock project founded and curated by Scotty Irving released its’ newest LP. ‘A Slow Death For The Peacemaker’ via Strange Mono/No Rent Records as a limited edition of 150 cassettes.

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Ferna – understudy: Album Review

By John Barlass on 11th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Curiouser and curiouser.  The debut album from Belfast songstress Ferna is a lesson in variety and unpredictability

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Maddie Morris – Upstream: EP Review

By Howard King on 11th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Young Folk star Maddie Morris makes a stand on the Upstream EP.

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Craig Gould – Songs From The Campfire: Album Review

By John Barlass on 11th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The long-awaited debut album from Tamworth folk/Americana songwriter Craig Gould. Songs From The Campfire is a work of beauty.

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Peter Hook & The Light – Easter Homecoming – Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 10th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

We take on the three night challenge of Peter Hook & The Light and the Easter Homecoming at Manchester’s Albert Hall.

The Legends Of Tomorrow – The Weather At World’s End 1997-2022 : Album Review

By Seuras Og on 6th April 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Ulster renaissance man, Colin Harper unleashes his bourgeois fury and a whole lot more.

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Bird In The Belly – Coventry Fair: EP Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 6th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

New two song EP from Bird In The Belly combines the urban and rural in their inimitable style.

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Annie Keating – Album release date fixed: News

By John Barlass on 6th April 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Here it comes… Hard Frost, the new album from our favourite Brooklynite, Annie Keating, has just appeared above the horizon.

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