The Specials

Tim and The Interrupters were in LA to play a set as The Specials' backing band, and before The Specials went on, Jesse joined his old Operation Ivy bandmate to play their classic ”Sound System.”

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.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by The Specials, Audiobooks, Ducks Ltd, Cindy, and more.

This week's playlist includes new music by The Specials, Anxious, Sturgill Simpson ft. Willie Nelson, Deafheaven, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and more.

The album features "twelve singular takes on specially chosen protest songs across an almost 100-year span and shows The Specials still care, are still protesting and are still pissed off," including songs by Leonard Cohen, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Bob Marley & more

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.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Greentea Peng, Crowded House and International Teachers of Pop, plus Gang of Four tribute ‘The Problem of Leisure‘ and reissues from The Specials and Pernice Brothers.

We Are The Union's new album is Reade Wolcott's coming out story as a trans woman, and it's also a musical reinvention that mixes the band's ska roots with a strong influence from the current indie/DIY scene. We had an in-depth chat with Reade about the album, the current ska scene, and much more...

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 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...