1+ day, 5+ min ago   (170+ words) More jangulating gold from the bottom of The Tubs’ tub. Self-hatred has never sounded so good! Hell is other people, or so they say, but Hell, the song, here seems more to be much closer to home. A superb thrash…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (307+ words) Rockabilly, country and a smidgeon of folk see Sunjay cherry-picking from rock’n’roll and country legends to put his own twist on well recognised songs. Sunjay says: “This song captures love exactly as it is, joyful, chaotic, and impossible to control....

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1159+ words) Evanescence w/ Poppy, K.Flay – First Direct Arena, Leeds: Live Review At The Barrier Evanescence w/ Poppy, K.Flay – First Direct Arena, Leeds: Live Review Evanescence, Poppy, K.Flay – First Direct Arena, Leeds – 8th September 2026 Long before the doors were due to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1069+ words) The Meffs – Business: Album Review At The Barrier The Meffs – Business: Album Review Business is the second LP from UK Britpunk mob, The Meffs. The duo bring forth more fire and fury. The Meffs deal in what they have cheerfully…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (205+ words) Richard now joins us for a Why I Love to explain where he finds inspiration in the music of Nick Drake. I remember the first time I heard Cello Song and being bowled over by its beauty and brilliance, anchored…...

1+ week, 57+ min ago   (310+ words) Zara Smile – Listen: Single Review At The Barrier Zara Smile – Listen: Single Review Queer alt-pop rise Zara Smile wants to be heard in new track Listen. With a sound that merges alternative, rock and folk, blends raw lyricism with genre-defying…...

1+ week, 13+ min ago   (232+ words) A lavish 3rd helping of songs in the key of bird, brimming with brightness and beauty, as the dream team, Polwart, Fowlis, Drever etc, reprise the impossible. The book follows the seven wonders of birds: Nest, Egg, Beak, Song, Feather, Flight…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (284+ words) Heavy music’s patron saint of the beautifully bleak, Chelsea Wolfe, releases The Dark. Wolfe has always kept one boot in heavy territory, citing black metal as an influence, has flirted openly with doom, and made an entire record (Bloodmoon: I)…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (720+ words) Welcome to Quick Takes for August ’26 – our monthly appraisal of albums that were too good to get away. Part 2 of this month’s crop includes Jethro Tull, The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams, Jamie Webster, Crumbling Ghost and Rusty Shackle. Partnering up…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (298+ words) Glorious Wolf is a studio project by guitarist/composer and recording artist Ruud Dielen from the Netherlands. Blending progressive rock soundscapes and epic stories, their latest album, Elements Of Hope was released in June 2026. Ruud parks his prog for a…...