Voodoo Glow Skulls

This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ takes a look at some of the most essential classic albums in ska-punk, a genre which -- yes, really -- is having a comeback.

Plus: Omar Apollo, Maxwell, Taiwan's Sunset Rollercoaster, Pottery, Leif Vollebekk, Reverend Horton Heat, Dead Rider, Girlpool, Sir Babygirl, and more tour news.

Plus: Dead Meadow, Sun Ra Arkestra, Damien Rice, Dawes, Muse, Jethro Tull, Slayer, SOAK, Imogen Heap, and more.

Ohio is getting a new punk festival, and the inaugural lineup also includes Sick Of It All, Suicidal Tendencies, The Damned, OFF!, and more.

Psychobilly and surf king Reverend Horton Heat doesn't slow down. He just wrapped up his Holiday Hayride tour, and is already back on the road and will stay there through the first half of 2018...

The fest also includes Dropkick Murphys, Reagan Youth, The Casualties, Slaughter and the Dogs, Murphy's Law, The Toasters, The Selecter, Kevin Seconds, Good Riddance, and still more...

The punk supergroup features members of Strung Out, Pulley, Face to Face, No Use for a Name, Ten Foot Pole, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and more.

Flogging Molly are doing their annual St. Patrick's Day Weekend cruise, the Salty Dog Cruise, again in 2017 from March 10-13 off the coast of Miami. The lineup for this one has Flogging Molly joined by NOFX, DeVotchKa, Less Than Jake, The English Beat, The Bouncing Souls, CJ Ramone, The Skatali…

The Selecter @ Coachella 2013 (more by Dana Yavin)

The English Beat, which is basically frontman Dave Wakeling and a bunch of hired hands at this point, will play The Bell House on October 19, and a Long Island show on October 25 at The Paramount...