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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

Steve Hackett – The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Live Review

By At The Barrier on 22nd October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Exactly two years since his last visit, Steve Hackett and his band grace the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

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Norrie ‘Tago’ MacIver – Over Hulton Folk Club: Live Review

By Howard King on 22nd October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

We report back from a night at Over Hulton Folk club with Norrie ‘Tago’ MacIver.

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Behemoth & Dimmu Borgir w/ Dark Funeral – O2 Brixton Academy, London: Live Review

By Jack Merry on 21st October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The In League With Satan Tour rolls into London’s O2 Brixton Academy. We went along to see if Satan would put in an appearance!

Richard Thompson – Hippies, Thugs and Heroes: Album Review

By John Barlass on 21st October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Richard Thompson – ‘The finest rock songwriter since Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix’ – is back with an album that sits high in the canon.

Dan Whitehouse – Only Love: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 20th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Dan Whitehouse on a subtle and touching exploration of absence and presence. A beatific exemplar of less is more.

Wolves In The Throne Room – Estuary: Album Review

By rickleaglestone on 20th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The influential Wolves In The Throne Room deliver their latest black metal opus; Estuary.

Merry Hell – Victoria Hall, Settle: Live Music

By Jen Taylor [JenFoto] on 19th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Settle’s Victoria Hall bears witness to Merry Hell’s best gig? Quite possibly!

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Who Do You Love? The Recordings 1967-1972: Album Review

By Gareth Allen on 19th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

West Coast improvisational legends, Quicksilver Messenger Service, are celebrated across a seven-disc box set.

Yôkaї – Humboldt: album Review

By John Barlass on 19th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Belgian 6-piece experimentalists Yôkaї open the next chapter of their story, stripping things back with new album Humboldt,

Shores Of Null – Homesick: Album Review

By rickleaglestone on 19th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Some places only ache once you have left them, and others you leave because they ache. Shores of Null have built an entire record in the space between the two.

Insomnium – Netherworlds: Album Review

By rickleaglestone on 17th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Thirty years is a long time to stay sad, but few bands have turned sorrow into a career quite as gracefully as Insomnium.

Singles Selection – Issue #26

By At The Barrier on 16th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Welcome to Issue #26 of Singles Selection. With Singles Selection, we take a look at some of the brand new singles that have pricked our ears.

Track Dogs – Still At The Music: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 16th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Track Dogs celebrate 20 years on the track, as they cast their catchy field wider than ever. The best mariachi ragtime band in the world?

Mother Of Graves – The Light That Keeps Us: Album Review

By Martin Harris on 16th October 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Carved from grief and crowned with melody, The Light That Keeps Us lingers long after its final note has faded.

Mariecke Borger – Unravel: Album Review

By John Barlass on 16th October 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Mariecke Borger takes prompts from Joni Mitchell and James Taylor to fashion ten personal and wonderfully intimate songs for her third album, Unravel.

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