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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

Heavy Music Awards 2023: News

By Graham Hilling on 17th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Milestone show, the Heavy Music Awards, coming to Londons iconic OVO Wembley Arena in May

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land Of Sleeper: Album Review

By Dominic Walsh on 16th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs return to deliver another slab of gritty, sludgy rock with lashings of groove.

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Orbital – Optical Delusion: Album Review

By At The Barrier on 16th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Orbital deliver album number 10, born out of the pandemic. Another slew of special guests add to the ever vibrant mix that Orbital always deliver.

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Love Folk 2023 – The Atkinson, Southport: Live Review

By Jen Taylor [JenFoto] on 16th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

We’re at the excellent Love Folk Festival at The Atkinson who regularly serve up a top class bill of the established and the upcoming.

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Transatlantic – The Final Flight, Live At L’Olympia: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 16th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

A comprehensive and fitting souvenir of what may well be, as the title suggests, the final flight for Transatlantic.

Katatonia & Sólstafir w/ SOM – O2 Ritz, Manchester: Live Review

By At The Barrier on 15th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Katatonia & Sólstafir roll into Manchester with SOM to bring some shadowy sounds to the masses. We were there to witness a brilliant tour package.

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Stuart Anthony & Larry Beckett – An afternoon of poetry & music: Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 15th February 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

On the 24th of June 2022, Larry Beckett and Stuart Anthony played an intimate show billed as ‘An afternoon of poetry & music’. A showcase for their collaboration on the Mirabeau Bridge album, there’s now a limited cassette release (Bandcamp) and full film (set to be available on […]

The Golden Dregs – On Grace And Dignity: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 15th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheerful pessimism and wry acceptance duel here, in a triumph of, mostly, melancholia, to uplift and aerate the soul. Altogether quietly superb.

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Real Terms – Vantage: Album Review

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

Intricate and accomplished debut album from Liverpool alt-pop experimentalists, Real Terms.

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UFO – Werewolves Of London: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 14th February 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

UFO are still, and always will be, strangers in the night. However…here’s the alternative.

John Cale – Town Hall, Birmingham: Live Review

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

John Cale delivers a fulminant retrospective, blending the current with the past, a mix of deep cuts and a lot of new.

Lisa O’Neill – All Of This Is Chance: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 13th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Heavy and heady fifth helping from the Co. Cavan maverick, Lisa O’Neill, beguiling and bountiful both.

Leprous, Monuments, Kalandra – The O2 Ritz, Manchester: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 13th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Leprous are on tour promoting the Aphelion album. We catch a stunning show in Manchester.

Anchor Lane – Call This A Reality?: Album Review

By Micha Thompson on 12th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Anchor Lane return with their new album following up 2020’s Casino. Call This A Reality? sees the Glaswegian trio step up.

Cosse – It Turns Pale: Album Review

By John Barlass on 9th February 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Debut album from Parisian post-noise outfit, Cosse.  Prepare to be challenged and amazed.

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