The Hooters
The Hooters go full ska on their first album in 15+ years (listen)
Before The Hooters achieved fame with ’80s new wave/power pop hits like “And We Danced,” they started out as a local Philly ska band, and now they return to those roots for their first-ever full ska album…
'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…
Phosphorescent & Heaven's Jail playing first-ever duo set at next Cabinet of Wonders w/ Marc Ribot, Marc Cohn, more
Phosphorescent at Outside Lands 2014 (more by Samantha Saturday)
Earlier this year, we mentioned that Francesco Ferorelli’s Brooklyn-based folk rock band Heaven’s Jail released an album produced by and featuring Phosphorescent main man Matthew Houck…
