Check out Episode 8 from one of the hotter podcasts in the skank-0-sphere, Version City. Continue reading ‘Version City Episode 8′
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What is happenin’ YO?
Are the latest headlines pushing you over the edge?
I’m still pushy about pushin the ska genre into the world and beyond!
Obsession isn’t the right word for me right now…
I simply love Ska music, fans and bands.
But take a moment and check out the threads, man…the threads!
FRI MAY 1ST
FISHBONE LIVE!
A VERY SPECIAL HELLAMAD CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION
BANG DATA * MONKEY
Dj El Kool Kyle
That’s Right Folks, FISHBONE is coming to the Shattuck Down Low. Fishbone lives up to their legend as THE group to bridge the gap between the funk of George Clinton and Continue reading ‘Fishbone? Monkey? May 1st Shattuck Downlow…’
Upbeat without forcing the party, Berkeley, California’s ska-veterans The Uptones return with their first studio album in decades, nailing down a bottom end that cements the groove with horns that reach for the stratosphere. The years have betrayed them none. Four original members augmented by an additional fantastic four, the eight-piece cruise with neither nostalgia nor a rusted gear. Initially, the studio might not seem the place to capture a definitive live act – their most noted Continue reading ‘The Uptones – Skanking Foolz Unite – Reviewed for iTunes by Rob O’ Connor’
20 years on the scene… Almost 900 gigs in 10 countries (Czech republic, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, UK, Slovak republic)… Continue reading ‘Polemic – Pick of the Week’
No. 1 Station is a Ska band from London. It’s perfectly obvious when you hear their songs. A breath of fresh air for ska fans. They got that tail waggin’ Blue Beat Jamaican sound. Their myspace tracks make ME think of dancing on the black and white… Great band!
After watching Moose and Din build a Ska Shrine, I keep dreaming about dancing on the black and white. What a brilliant way to appease the Ska Gods!
What’s with the shoes?
King Django and the Stubborn Records posse have a most excellent podcast which we highly recommend Continue reading ‘Train to Version City’
There has long been a connection between the fashion and music of Mod and Ska. Though Mod was born in England, and Ska was born in Jamaica, they have shared certain looks, sounds and attitudes, over time. In Los Angeles in the early 1980s these styles came together in a new and big way. Continue reading ‘It Ska Mod Mod Mod Mod Mod World!’
The Big. Band from the UK. That’s all I’m gonna say… -listen to The BiG-
