Some musical styles never die, they only recede to regroup and return again in a different guise. Ska is a great example of that. It developed as a uniquely Jamaican sort of folk music which drew on ...

Gainesville ska-punk vets Less Than Jake are gearing up to release their first album in seven years, Silver Linings, on December 11 via Pure Noise (pre-order). It’s their first full-length since ...

The guitars and drums barrel into a barely stitched-together blast of punk rock, tripping right into jerky ska. The horns kick in immediately with a staccato, robotic pep-band horn line. Lead singer ...

Aaron Carnes fell in love with ska music in the early ’90s. Skankin’ Pickle was his favorite, but the list of bands he listened to in the genre was extensive: MU330, Blue Meanies, Suicide Machines, ...

A rising tide, it is said, raises all boats. For Jody Sillstrop, however, the rising tide that has elevated ska music for the last few years can’t recede quickly enough.”It’s only my opinion, but I ...

Basic Radio was not a traditional ska band, or even trying to emulate the 2 Tone Records sound in any way. The group, whose members included Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, played rock, punk, and ...