We get a lot of music sent to us here at the esteemed (and downright stanky) MetalSucks Mansion. Some of it is decent, less is stellar, and as you can imagine, tons fall in the disappointing to ...

Bristol, UK trio Beak> announced earlier this year that drummer/singer Geoff Barrow (also of Portishead and Invada Records) would be retiring from the group following their 2025 North American tour.

“Thank you for coming to this show…we know there are loads of other shit English bands to see this week.” Geoff Barrow and the rest of Beak> (bassist Billy Fuller and keyboardist/guitarist Will Young) ...

“If you’re a Beak> fan,” suggests the band’s bassist Billy Fuller, “to wake up in the morning and go, ‘Fuck me! There’s a new Beak> record! Fucking hell, there’s a tour’ – it’ll just be a nice little ...

In the topsy-turvy music business of the 21st century, the element of anonymity can often be as impactful as instant identification. Take Beak>, the Bristol, England, trio composed of Geoff Barrow, ...

BEAK> have made a statement announcing the departure of Geoff Barrow from the band after the upcoming live dates. "After nearly 16 years of bad language & random tempo decisions, Geoff is sadly ...

Geoff Barrow is leaving Beak>, the band he co-founded, in 2009, after Portishead released Third. The band will complete its forthcoming tour dates, in Europe and North America, before Barrow moves on ...

"We're big Lankum fans," Geoff Barrow says over the phone one January evening. "To sound unique within something you think has been done so much that it can never transform into something new; that's ...