Simple Minds – Street Fighting Years: Reissue news
News of the new re-issue of the Simple Minds Street Fighting Years album in multiple formats.
Martyn Joseph – Days Of Decision, A Tribute To Phil Ochs: Album Review
Martyn Joseph turns his attention to the songs of Phil Ochs on Days Of Decision on Pipe Records.
Bonded – Rest In Violence: Album Review
Bonded are a band born of members of many great bands. A collective group of veterans releasing their debut record together; Rest In Violence.
Jonathan Hultén releases first single & video from new album
Jonathan Hultén, the darkly enigmatic Swedish Grammy-winning songwriter has released the first single & video for track “The Mountain” taken from his debut solo album Chants From Another Place, due for release on Kscope on 13th March.
The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff – theatre production news
A new theatrical version of The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff performed by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners, The Young’uns will open Northern Stage’s 50th anniversary season (4-22 February) ahead of regional performances.
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – X, The Godless Void And Other Stories: Album Review
Six years on from IX, Texan art-rock punk mothertruckers And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, come back with a vengeance on their tenth.
InMe on Biffy Clyro
InMe are ready to release their new album. In the run up to the album coming out, Gazz Marlow took some time to write about his love of Biffy Clyro.
Neil Peart of Rush – a tribute
The At The Barrier tribute to Rush drummer Neil Peart. A devastating loss to the music world.
Time Tunnel: Thin Lizzy – Manchester 1979
Mike Ainscoe looks back at his first ever gig – an encounter with thin Lizzy at Manchester Apollo in 1979.
The Inspector Cluzo – Brothers In Ideals: Album Review
The Inspector Cluzo mix a unique way of presenting blues lyrics, spoken word and falsetto voices with outstanding traditional blues playing.
Civil Villains on Every Time I Die
Civil Villains’ drummer, Toby Warren, shares his love of the American hardcore punk band, Every Time I Die in the latest in our Why I Love series.
Glenn Hughes – Justified Man, The Studio Albums 1995-2003: Album Review
A monster set from a particularly prolific period for Glenn Hughes. To be fair, the voice of rock has never shied away from being anything less than active.
Fred Deakin – The Lasters: Album Review
Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin takes a conceptual trip into the end of the world in his own inimitable style.
Neil Innes – A Celebration
At The Barrier writer, John, is a devotee of the man and the many guises and talents of Mr Neil James Innes. Please enjoy, not an obituary, but a personal celebration of one of England’s finest performers.
Raphael Weinroth-Browne – World’s Within: Album Review
Seen recently rocking out with Leprous on their amazing Pitfalls tour, we discover that there’s more to Canadian cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne than meets the eye.
