Ska-B-Q: (noun) a social gathering taking place outdoors where food is prepared over an open flame, and music with reggae, punk rock and pop influence is played exclusively. For your summer Ska-B-Q ...
It’s another great week for ska, and here’s a roundup of some new songs (and one album) out this week that we highly recommend checking out. New Haven ska-punk vets Sgt. Scag have been at it since the ...
It's hard to believe Magadog has been soldiering since 1992. This band (and this album in particular) recall a time in life when going to shows with a group of friends was 100-percent fun. I'm ...
Some musical styles never die, they only recede to regroup and return again in a different guise. Ska is a great example of that. It developed as a uniquely Jamaican sort of folk music which drew on ...
There's a very good chance that you've never heard of the Venezuelan band Desorden Público unless you: live neck-deep in the world of ska music, the infectious, uptempo predecessor to Jamaican reggae ...
It’s impossible to talk about ska in 2023 without talking about Jer Hunter — but not many people are talking about ska. Jer is trying to change that. The 28-year-old first found the genre as a kid, ...
In 1992 — well after ska music’s 2 Tone era — no one could’ve told The Miggedys lead singer Tricia Lynn Gonzales there was a seedy underbelly to the music that saved her world. She was 17, and the ...
Tape Girl’s bedroom pop-infused ska puts a genuinely new spin on the decades-old genre, and each new single she releases is great. The new “Shoveling (Myself Out Of The Snow)” is no exception. As on ...