Bad Time Records

23 great sets we saw at SXSW 2023

From Militarie Gun to Soul Glo to Conway the Machine to Genesis Owusu to Mugger to Sudan Archives, here are 23 of the best sets we saw at SXSW ’23.

Omnigone tap Jay from Suicide Machines for new song, talk new LP, ska scene & more in new Q&A

”When we were doing Link 80, other ska punk albums 9 times out of 10 sounded like absolute garbage. Bands only cared about the live show. Now, albums are king again. So, we put a ton of work into making this the best record we could make.”

Bad Time Records documentary/concert film 'This Is New Tone' coming (Kickstarter launched)

Inspired by ‘Dance Craze,’ ‘This Is New Tone’ will follow the 2023 Bad Time Records tour and document the current ska renaissance that Bad Time has been at the center of…

Tour news: Cass McCombs, Caustic Wound, For Your Health, The Hated, Norma Jean, more

Plus: Ted Leo, Codeine, Cavetown, Wild Pink, The Piano Recital (Japanese Breakfast / Kevin Morby, more), Bad Time Records Tour (We Are the Union, Catbite, more), and more tour and festival news.

We Are The Union, Catbite, Kill Lincoln, Bad Operation & more going on 2023 Bad Time Records tour

The tour also includes New Orleans’ Community Records Block Party, which will feature a reunion from Bad Operation’s former band Fatter Than Albert.

Folly and The Best of the Worst talk mixing ska with hardcore, ska's reputation, their new split & more

Folly and The Best of the Worst are both bands that mix ska with heavy metallic post-hardcore. They’ve often been the odd band out, but now they found each other and released a new split, which features Folly’s first song in 14 years, and they join us on the BV podcast to talk about that and much more…

Folly release first new song in 14 years on split with The Best of the Worst (listen)

Folly, the incredibly unique 2000s-era NJ band that mixed ska with metallic post-hardcore, have released their first new song in 14 years!

Mike Park & Catbite announce split 12" (exclusive blue vinyl & new song streams)

The second installment of Bad Time Records’ Wavebreaker series is a split between DIY ska-punk veteran Mike Park and his favorite newer ska band, Catbite…

Go see a ska show!!! (Kill Lincoln, JER & The Best of the Worst pics & review)

The current DIY ska scene really picked up steam during the pandemic, and now that we’re (sort of) on the other side, ska shows are happening again, and they are glorious.

Jeff Rosenstock talks returning to ska roots, releases new ska song "NO U"

The song appears on Bad Time Records’ recently announced compilation The Shape of Ska Punk To Come: Volume 2.
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