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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

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Big Big Train – Victoria Theatre, Halifax: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 2nd November 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

We catch up with the first Big Big Train tour at Halifax’s Victoria Theatre – a grand performance on the Grand Tour.

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Marillion – Afraid Of Sunlight deluxe edition: album review

By Mike Ainscoe on 2nd November 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Marillion are emerging as a worthy challenger to Jethro Tull in the spectacular re-issue series stakes. Afraid Of Sunlight hits the same sweet spot.

Harri Endersby – Mazes: Album Review

By Howard King on 1st November 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Harri Endersby helps us travel wherever we want with her wonderful new album.

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WHEEL announce UK Tour February 2020

By At The Barrier on 31st October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Prog metallers Wheel announce a handful of UK date fro February 2020 backing up their Moving Backwards album.

Pist – Hailz: Album Review

By Dominic Walsh on 31st October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Pist diversify on their latest outing, to devastating effect.

Winterfylleth on Type O Negative

By Special Guest on 31st October 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Winterfylleth are one of the UK’s finest metal acts. In this article, the bands bassist, Nick Wallwork, talks of his love of the mighty Type O Negative.

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Black Star Riders, Stone Broken, Wayward Sons – The Ritz, Manchester: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 30th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Black Star Riders, Stone Broken and Wayward Sons in a triple bill hard rock extravaganza at Manchester Ritz. We were there!

Amy Studt – Happiest Girl In The Universe: Album Review

By Howard King on 30th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Amy Studt returns after a decade long hiatus to deliver something very special.

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Lunatraktors on Portishead

By Special Guest on 30th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The ‘broken folk’ duo of Carli Jefferson and Clair Le Couteur who together make up Lunatraktors, tell us why they love Portishead.

Lux Lyall releases third single, Gun Metal Horses

By At The Barrier on 29th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

London-based artiste Lux Lyall brings an enchanting, Old-Hollywood noir mystique with her third release ‘Gun Metal Horses’.

PIST on Orange Goblin

By Special Guest on 29th October 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Bury’s riff monsters, PIST, are massive fans of rock and roll. Here, Dave Rowlands, the band’s singer, shares his love of one of the finest rock and roll bands that England has to offer: Orange Goblin.

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Rising Up Peterloo – HOME, Manchester: Live Review

By Dominic Walsh on 29th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Rising Up Peterloo is billed as Modern Folk Theatre. Debs Newbold and Sean Cooney (The Young’Uns) have created something visceral and affecting in a minimal way.

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Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited, live at Royal Festival Hall – Album Review

By Howard King on 28th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The avid Genesis fan can help themselves to a series of Steve Hackett’s Revisited live albums and now here’s another.

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Bruce Soord – All This Will Be Yours: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 28th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The Pineapple Thief frontman has a new solo venture, “an observational record” that captures a mix of joy and consternation.

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Simple Minds – Live In The City Of Angels: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 27th October 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Simple Mids again invite us to come in, come out of the rain. We only need say one thing – “Let me see those hands.”

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