TOUR NEWS: GWAR unveil invasion plans
Cosmic scumdog warriors GWAR have announced a run of headline shows around their appearance at this summer’s Bloodstock festival.
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Author: Team Uber
Skynd – Manchester, Deaf Institute – 19 February 2022
It’s a rainy Saturday night in Manchester. The venue is a new one on Bona and it is also the first time he has had the opportunity to experience Skynd live. For the uninitiated, Skynd are a mysterious industrial/darkwave band that are hard to pigeonhole. The main members are Skynd, otherwise known as Marina Ortega, the lead singer and Father the multi-instrumentalist who covers the drumming live. They also have a bassist, but Bona doesn’t not know who fills this role; come to think of if we don’t think anyone knows outside of the band, such is the air of secrecy that surrounds this unusual outfit. The subject matter of Skynd is real crimes and each of their songs is based upon a murder, serial killers or, in the case of Eliza Lam, unsolved crime.
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Conjuring Fate/So Long Until The Séance/Wild Heat – Belfast, Limelight 2 – 19 February 2022
Long term ÜR readers will remember that, once upon a time, Monk and DQ practically lived in Belfast’s historic Slimer, often attending gigs with such regularity that the staff offered to provide them with camp beds. But, that was before the world got all Covidicated, with the result that they had darkened its door only once in just shy of 23 long months; in fact it had been almost three months to the day since they had last taken up residence in their spiritual second home – but, to be honest, from their feet sticking to the floor almost as soon as theywalked through the door on this blustery Saturday afternoon, to the smell of stale sweat and piss emanating from the men’s toilets, it was as if they had never been away…
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Nanna Barslev – ‘Lysbærer’ (By Norse Music)
‘Lysbærer’ is the debut solo album of the renown Nordic folk artist and composer Nanna Barslev, who invites us into a hidden world between dark and light in nature and human nature, from misty underworld roots to ancient mountain calls, from scenic battle fields to meditative healing spells, with protection spells and words from the Edda. Sounds intriguing so far…
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TOUR DATES: Less Than Jake confirm Ireland/ÜK shows will go ahead
Despite continuing Covidications on mainland Europe sounding the death knell for their planned Scandinavian shows next month, Floria ska punk legends Less Than Jake have confirmed that their Irish and ÜK shows will go ahead as scheduled.
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