The Skatalites playing summer shows, including NYC w/ The Slackers’ DJ Agent Jay
Ska legends and pioneers The Skatalites -- still with original vocalist Doreen Shaffer -- will return to the road this month....
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Catbite announce 2021 tour dates w/ TBOTW, Magic Grehlin (Teenage Halloween), Mustard Plug…
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...
Bim Skala Bim release first album in 8 years, ‘Sonic Tonic’ (listen)
Boston ska legends Bim Skala Bim are back with a new album, which features contributions from members of The Slackers, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Skatalites, and more...
‘Ska Boom!’ book highlights U.S. ska in between 2 Tone & 3rd wave – Q&A w/ author Marc Was…
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 Slackers playing backyard parties, announce tour w/ The Aggrolites (BV Presale for NYC…
The Slackers just made their return to the stage post-pandemic, and they have more shows coming up, too.
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 brea…
”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.”
Stream Andy B & the World’s ska/folk/punk album ft. 172 musicians
Members of Less Than Jake, The Slackers, RX Bandits, Reel Big Fish, Death By Stereo, Bracket, Ten Foot Pole, Skatune Network, Call Me Malcolm, Bite Me Bambi, Random Hand, The Toasters, Abraskadabra, Faintest Idea, and more make up this international 172-person collective...
The Year In Ska & Ska-Punk: Albums, EPs & Singles not to miss from 2020
A ton of good ska and ska-punk records came out in 2020. Here are 18 -- plus some non-album singles and honorable mentions -- that we highly recommend.
The Slackers announce holiday livestream benefitting independent venues
NYC ska vets The Slackers have already done a few cool livestreams this year, and now they've announced one that takes the place of their annual holiday shows...