Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Hempsteadys. Credit: Brian Slattery Photo NME the Illest, vocalist and hype man for the New ...

Legendary Jamaican band The Skatalites stop in town during 50th anniversary tour The Skatalites are about as ska as it gets. And those who were quick on the draw will see the legendary band from ...

There's a very good chance that you've never heard of the Venezuelan band Desorden Público unless you: live neck-deep in the world of ska music, the infectious, uptempo predecessor to Jamaican reggae ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the East Coast F U tour. In 1999, hardcore band H20 from New York and punk band The Bouncing Souls from New Jersey embarked on this tour, which helped spread ...

Greg Lee, one of the lead singers for the L.A. ska group Hepcat, died on March 19. He was 54. His partner, Amanda Becker, announced the news on Instagram. “Greg had a massive brain aneurysm followed ...

Wednesday night, it turned out, was Ska Night at the Hollywood Bowl. That’s how Ezra Koenig described Vampire Weekend’s latest visit to the iconic venue in the Cahuenga Pass, where he and his ...

Las Cruces, New Mexico, may sound like an unlikely place for a ska music scene, but it’s been home to at least two ska bands that have properly represented the music. One band is directly responsible ...

New Orleans ska punks Bad Operation are spending a couple of weeks in September out on the road, and to get things warmed up, the band on Friday dropped a new single and music video. In true Bad ...

Before The Menzingers became one of the most beloved punk bands of the last nearly-20 years, three members–co-vocalist/guitarist Tom May, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino–played in the ...

Brian Seese returned to his native Pittsburgh in 1996 after two years in Las Vegas with a bug on his mind. “I wanted to start a ska band,” said Seese, now 48, a utility company worker and father of ...

The post Five Iron Frenzy and the Return of Christian Ska: Exclusive In Defense of Ska Book Excerpt appeared first on Consequence. In this chapter from the expanded edition of IDOS, Carnes explores a ...

Less Than Jake is a well-known name in the punk scene. With having just about 20 years experience, several label changes, eight full-length studio albums and countless singles and compilations, the ...