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 ...

The post What It’s Like Touring as a Ska Band, with Jeff Rosenstock, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Omnigone: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Davis shares his recent road stories and explores ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ska genre, which often focuses on fast-paced horn-driven music, began in Jamaica in the mid-20th century. Today, music historians break the genre into three significant periods. Its origins are in ...

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 ...

“I’ve been told most of my life that the music you love is not popular, and then it’s dead. And I respond, no it’s very much alive and it’s always going to be there.” Saxophonist David Hillyard always ...

Since launching during the pandemic, the Mile High Ska collective has been a source of community and friendship for local fans. Credit: Justine Bean Photography Picture in your mind’s eye the average ...

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 ...

As Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump rose to the forefront of punk and emo, he remained a lifelong ska fan, and more recently he's been publicly opening up about his love of the genre--he just wore a ...

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 ...

Milwaukee ska-punks Something To Do announced last fall that their new album Here Comes the Panic would be arriving in early 2024, and now it’s officially set to come out this Friday (1/5). You can ...