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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

Richard Ashcroft – Co-op Live, Manchester: Live Review

By At The Barrier on 10th November 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Fresh from supporting Oasis on their UK tour, Richard Ashcroft stepped ever confidently into the spotlight, bringing his headline arena tour to Manchester’s Co-op Live

Saxon – The O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 9th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Saxon fly the flag for the NWOBHM at Manchester’s Os Apollo, celebrating their iconic Wheels Of Steel album.

Lunatic Soul – The World Under Unsun: Album review

By Mike Ainscoe on 9th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Mariusz Duda’s Lunatic Soul reaches its eighth and final installment. The result is a piece of work on an epic scale with some stunning highs.

Volbeat w/ Bush, Witch Fever – Nottingham Arena: Live Review

By Andy Pountney on 7th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Denmark’s Volbeat roll into Nottingham on the back of their recent God Of Angel’s Trust album with Bush and Witch Fever in support.

Dan Whitehouse – The Bells Of Brierley Hill

By At The Barrier on 7th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Dan Whitehouse releases a new single on 11th November on Want To Know Records. The Bells Of Brierley Hill reflects on the human costs of war…

Martyn Joseph – Troubled Horses: Album Review

By Stuart Anderton on 7th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Stripped-back songs reveal their inner strength as veteran Welsh singer, Martyn Joseph, keeps it simple.

Leprous – An Evening Of Atonement: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 7th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Leprous capture their in concert magic with an expansive live album

Jeen – For The Romance: EP Review

By John Barlass on 6th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Existential crises and bouts of free-fall all play their part in making For the Romance – the eighth release from alt-indie songwriter Jeen – a rewarding experience.

Aquakultre – What Are You Sayin’: Single Review

By John Barlass on 6th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Lead single, What Are You Sayin’ provides a taster of what’s to come. on the forthcoming album singer/rapper/composer Aquakultre.

Ragged Bear Festival 2025: Live Review

By Jen Taylor [JenFoto] on 6th November 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Join us for the 9th edition of the small but perfectly formed folk-rock festival in the heart of Nuneaton. Ragged Bear.

Gong – New Single/Album: News

By At The Barrier on 6th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Gong – new single, video, album news…and more touring.

Ventenner on Filter: Why I Love

By Special Guest on 6th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

On the back of the Slow Dissolve release, Charlie Dawe of Ventenner joins us for a Why I Love on Richard Patrick / Filter.

Stuart Anthony & Larry Beckett – I Love You: New Single

By Mike Ainscoe on 5th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The next single is out from the Larry Beckett / Stuart Anthony & Friends collaboration on the songs of Jacques Brel.

Fergus McCreadie – The Shieling: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 5th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Don’t call this fusion, the sound of Fergus McCreadie proves folk and jazz are entirely the same thing, and always have been.

The Boojums – The Boojums: Album Review

By JohnMartinson on 5th November 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Boojums debut is a dose of Pop-Rock with the bottle shaken and the top flicked off.

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