Ska fans should break out their checkerboard Vans and pork pie hats, as Philadelphia ska-punk quartet Catbite is headlining a two-stop, mini tour next month with a popular YouTube cover artist.

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 ...

Listening to Roka Hueka’s danceable Latin ska, it’s easy to forget that the band’s lyrics take on hard issues like immigration and racism. The music’s fun. It keeps you moving. It sounds like the ...

The post In Defense of Ska’s Aaron Carnes on New Second Edition of His Book and His Ska Band Past: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Carnes is more than just a ska fan, as he discusses his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nervy art pop and a ska band for people who hate ska bands top this month's roundup of Vegas releases. PAN DE SAL, "The Revisits EP" (pandesalband.com): Pan de Sal's pop ephemera suggests that this ...

Dissidente’s debut album arrives next week via Bad Time Records, and you can get it on limited-to-100 transparent blue vinyl, exclusively in our stores, or bundled with other limited and exclusive ska ...

For years OC has supported the likes of Social Distortion, The Offspring, Lit, The Vandals, Cold War Kids, Young the Giant, and Dirty Heads. Sure, there’s been a ton of great bands that’ve come out of ...

“Stunted,” the first song from Ghost Tones’ latest release Live at the Cellar, starts with a long flourish from an electric guitar, a horn winding its way through it. Then the drummer settles in on a ...