The Selecter

No Values 2024 lineup (Misfits, Turnstile, Dillinger Escape Plan, Power Trip, Iggy Pop, more)

Plus Social Distortion, Joyce Manor, Ceremony, Bad Religion, The Damned, Viagra Boys, Scowl, Suicidal Tendencies, The Jesus Lizard, Soul Glo, L7, and still more.

50 Great Music Documentaries to Stream Right Now

From ’90s ska to Nina Simone, from Anti-Flag to the history of hip hop, there’s something for everyone in this roundup of new and recent documentaries to stream.

Screaming Females cover The Selecter's "On My Radio" for comic series

Screaming Females and Worriers will cover The Selecter and Mission of Burma, respectively, for the second issue of ”post-apocalyptic coming-of-age” comic book series ’What’s the Furthest Place From Here?’ which is coming out via Image Comics.

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.

'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…

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…

Record Store Day announces 2021 exclusive titles (full list)

Record Store Day 2021 happens across two “Drops“ in June and July, and this year includes exclusive titles from The Ramones, The Clash, John Prine, MF DOOM’s first group KMD, Wipers, The Cure, Steely Dan, Beastie Boys, The Replacements, and much more.

An excerpt on Jeff Rosenstock's band ASOB from new ska book + Q&A with author Aaron Carnes

Musician and journalist Aaron Carnes (Flat Planet, Gnarboots) is releasing his book ‘In Defense of Ska’ in 2021. Ahead of that, we’re debuting the ‘Ska Is Dead’ chapter which focuses on Jeff Rosenstock’s band Arrogant Sons of Bitches, and we spoke to Aaron about his book and about why ska needs defending…

Q&A w/ Jeff Rosenstock on surprise releases, pop punk, 10 songs that inspired 'NO DREAM' & more

Jeff talked about life in quarantine, shared some good tour memories, and discussed how his great new album was inspired by The Muffs, Jimmy Cliff, Sicko, The Mr T Experience, The Chinkees, and more…
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