Culture Shock

20 Great Ska & Ska-Punk Albums from 2021

2021 has arguably been ska’s biggest year since the third wave died down, and the genre produced tons of great albums this year. Here are 20, from We Are The Union, Catbite, Flying Raccoon Suit, Jeff Rosenstock, Big D and the Kids Table, and more…

64 Essential Ska Albums from 1964 to Present

With ska gaining mainstream traction in the U.S. once again, we put together a list of 64 essential ska albums from 1964 to present, with albums released during each of the past seven decades by artists from all over the world.

17 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Green Day, Culture Shock, Mikey Erg, Toro y Moi, Batushka, Jay Gonzalez & Michael Cerveris, Gazelle Twin, and more…

SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2019 lineup (PUP, Denzel Curry, JPEGMAFIA, Deerhoof, more)

SUNY Purchase‘s Culture Shock returns April 26-27, and as usual, the lineup is pretty great…

SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2017 lineup (Mitski, Front Bottoms, Mykki Blanco, White Lung, Jay Som, Saba, more)

The lineup also includes Alvvays, Ravyn Lenae, Open Mike Eagle, Screaming Females, and more.

Culture Shock released their first album in 27 years, touring with World/Inferno

Citizen Fish, the anarcho ska punk band of Subhumans/Citizen Fish’s Dick Lucas, released their first album in 27 years this past June on Alternative Tentacles. They begin a tour with World/Inferno Friendship Society this week.

SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2014 lineup (Lil B, Flatbush Zombies, Kelela, Speedy Ortiz, Modern Baseball & more)

Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) SUNY Purchase‘s annual Culture Shock festival returns this year from April 25-26. The day 1 lineup includes Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies, R&B boundary pusher Kelela (who plays NYC this week), footwork wizard Traxman, indie rapper Milo, comedian Neil Hamburger, jazz trio Dawn of Midi, pop shoegazers Field Mouse, the funky Pluto Moons, and the punky Palbe…

DJ Koze released a guest-filled album (stream it), playing Electric Daisy Carnival Chicago (lineup)

DJ Koze (aka German producer Stefan Kozella) has been establishing himself in the electronic scene for over a decade, and he returned this year with his first full length album since 2005, Amygdala…

SUNY Purchase Culture Shock 2012 pics (Idle Warship, EMA, Big Freedia, Tycho, Cloud Nothings, Islands, Felice Brothers)

The 20th annual Culture Shock festival went down at SUNY Puchase from April 27-28. Day 1 (4/27) kicked off with the Stooges-meets-Jesus Lizard punk of Pissed Jeans, followed by California rapper Casey Veggies, who played SOBs a few days earlier…

EMA playing free show @ Whitney tonight (she's here to play Culture Shock which starts today)

Cold Cave aren’t the only big indie band playing a NYC museum tonight. As you can see from the above tweet, EMA has scneduled a last minute, free show at the Whitney Museum, happening at 7ish TONIGHT (4/27)…
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