The Fest 20 lineup: Hot Water Music, Bouncing Souls, AVAIL, Samiam, Piebald & MUCH more
The always-awesome Gainesville punk festival The Fest returns for its 20th year, and the lineup is stacked...
Mustard Plug
Mustard Plug & Catbite touring together; Dissidente release new song
Mustard Plug are in the midst of celebrating their 30th anniversary, and they just announced a tour with Catbite surrounding This Is Not Croydon Fest. Also, Catbite's Bad Time Records labelmates Dissidente have a new hardcore punk ripper...
Buck-O-Nine vocalist Jon Pebsworth suffered a heart attack; GoFundMe launched; shows postponed
Buck-O-Nine were set to begin their run on the 'In Defense of Ska Tour' with Mustard Plug and Omnigone this week.
Tour news: Colin Quinn, Outside Lands Night Shows, Bela Fleck, Habibi, more
Plus: The Fugees, Little Simz, Vanjess, She & Him, Cassandra Jenkins, Mustard Plug, Illuminati Hotties/Fenne Lily, LIl Tecca, Activity, and more tour and festival news.
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.
Catbite announce 2021 tour dates w/ TBOTW, Magic Grehlin (Teenage Halloween), Mustard Plug, more
Philly ska band Catbite's anticipated sophomore album 'Nice One' comes out in August via Bad Time Records (pre-order our cyan blue vinyl variant) and they're playing some shows with some awesome lineups...
‘Ska Boom!’ book highlights U.S. ska in between 2 Tone & 3rd wave – Q&A w/ author Marc Wasserman
The narrative that ska comes and goes in ways in damaging to the genre, and not even all that accurate. Marc Wasserman's new oral history 'Ska Boom!' looks at the American ska scene of the 1980s, and the bands that bridged the gap between 2 Tone and the third wave...
The Fest adds 30+ bands to 2021 lineup
PEARS, The Casket Lottery, Direct Hit, Ratboys, Be Well, Brendan Kelly, Militarie Gun, NØ MAN, Camp Trash, Joystick and more join the already-stacked lineup...
Jeff Rosenstock & Polyvinyl have made a 9-hour playlist of ska songs
The 9-hour, 181-song playlist includes songs from all across ska's long, rich history -- from its origins in Jamaica to some of today's best DIY ska bands -- and it also includes ska-adjacent songs by The Beatles, Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Pixies, and more...
Thou’s Bryan Funck made a 2-hour ska-punk mix with a very entertaining track-by-track breakdown
”Ska punk is truly 'a young person's game' if there ever was one,” Bryan says. ”That being said, since I made this mixtape a couple of days ago, I've probably listened to it ten times.”