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Stevie Wonder, Smithereens, Boredoms, Ted Leo, Anvil, Mighty...
I previously mentioned the big Mandela concert going down at MSG on July 18th. Well, that show was moved to Radio City Music Hall .
Big D and The Kids Table Update
Big D and the Kids Table have revealed the title, track listing and release date for their sixth full-length. Fluent In Stroll will be released on July 7, 2009 via Side One Dummy.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones Update And Tour
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have been busy for quite a while now writing songs and recording demos for a new full-length. The band writes: In June we will begin recording the album in Los Angeles with our good friend Ted Hutt on board as Producer.
Guilty Pleasures: I *Heart* Ska
Don't be a ska hater. It's repetitive, it all sounds the same, there's that weird "skank" dance they do.
Hophead: Relive Your Skankin' Days
Remember the great ska craze of the mid-90s? My memory of that era is a bit cloudy, but from what I recall it was a thankfully short-lived phenomenon in which kids rediscovered English ska punk from the '80s, which itself was a rediscovery of the original version of ska, a Jamaican dance music that English mods listened to, a trendy precursor to ...
SunFest hookups: Love in the mosh pit
When Lacey McLennand was growing up here in the late '90s, she was a big fan of ska, including a local band called The Worms.
Punk group rises to occasion at UB
The college show atmosphere is unmistakable. A heavy vinyl tarp is placed over the basketball floor, an expensive light and sound setup is trucked in and the sports arena is transformed into a full-fledged music venue.
Get ready to bust out the Hypercolor shirts, fanny packs, blue hair dye and chain wallets this summer, because shit is about to get way '90s. That's right, Music City is rapidly becoming quite a hotbed for the '90s oldies circuit.
N.E.R.D. headlines first night of Big Dance shows
Friday night, the Big Dance was more like the Big Chill. With temperatures in the low 40s and whipping winds making it feel like half that, the kickoff to the weekend of free concerts on Detroit's Riverfront made the Final Four feel like the Frozen Four.
The Im... - Mighty Mighty Bossto...
A great deal of the groundwork for the mid- to late-'90s explosion of ska and ska-metal was laid by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, who were one of the first bands to cross high-energy ska with hardcore punk and heavy metal and who also helped shift its tone toward testosterone-filled party music.
Denver's favorite ska band Judge Roughneck is playing the Bluebird Theatre tonight.
Tokyo Police Club: The Canadian indie-rock band released one of those "critically acclaimed" albums, Elephant Shell , last year.
On their second album, Random Hand produce their brand of unlikely but ultimately victorious furious ska crossed with metal.
The English Beat isn't just any punk band with a cause
Dave Wakeling is the only original member of The English Beat that will perform in Pittsburgh this Saturday, but he can't shake the band name.
Continue reading "Bigger Thomas headlines a winter ska party at the Sellersville Theatre"
Be prepared to dance. The N.J. ska band Bigger Thomas plays the Sellersville Theater Friday night.
Reel Big Fish - Fame, Fortune and Fornication Review
Fame, Fortune and Fornication Review Posted by Tom Santoro on 01.31.2009 The ska band blows...their horns for a collection of covers.
The Toasters: Still heating ska fans' buns
Perspiration dripping and brass blasting, the Toasters helped introduce bouncing third-wave ska music to the mainstream in the 1990s.
Brian Fallon Posts New Track, Gaslight Anthem Sign Guitar For Charity
The Gaslight Anthem 's Brian Fallon posted another new solo track. The latest, " Cold Cold Ground ," is available at his MySpace page .
St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO
Killing the stigma, starting the party
Home << Diem << Killing the stigma, starting the party While ska music was conceived in the late 1950s, most music fans recall its late a 90s resurgence, when bands like No Doubt, Sublime, The Mighty Mighty ...
Mighty Mighty Bosstones deliver mighty good show
For the next 80 minutes on Friday night, Barrett pretty much got his wish. Revived last Christmas after a four-year break, the Throwdown is a holiday tradition once again, and some things never change: You can ...