This ska cover of the classic Ghostbusters theme is a fun and energetic way to keep to keep those spooky vibes going all year ...

Brief looks at recordings on independent or smaller labels: ”This Gun for Hire,” the Toasters, Moon Records, P.O. Box 1412 Cooper Station, New York, N.Y. 10276-You can find some fairly radical ...

On a wide but quiet strip of Vermont Avenue in South Los Angeles, in the run-down Casa Honduras dance hall, the ska kids are waiting for the next band to start. Couples are making out in the corners ...

That amazing double bill goes down on April 10 at Irving Plaza and April 11 at Warsaw, and tickets for those shows go on BrooklynVegan presale Thursday (10/30) at 10 AM, using the code BVDHC. Any ...

The post Dance Hall Crashers’ Karina Deniké Talks NOFX, Greg Lee, and California Ska: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Deniké wastes no time getting into detail about the band’s rocky history, ...

The eeriest element on “Ska Cubano,” the debut release of the new Cumbancha world music label, is not the counterintuitive fusion of Jamaican ska’s scratchy, frequently manic meter with Cuba’s more ...

Well, actually, ska is experiencing somewhat of a revival. Drawing its inspiration from the original ska music, which is all about loud, vibrant brass, upbeat songs with staccato guitars, and the ...

Pick up our exclusive electric blue vinyl variant of the new Mike Park / Catbite split. “We’ve known each other since we were teenagers, just being in the Bay Area,” Mike told us during our recent ...

At this point, the jokes about ska are about as tired as the jokes about fedoras — which are maybe one of the more deserved of the many digs at ska. It’s got horns. It’s corny. It’s silly. It’s “what ...

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 ...

Basketball may be the main attraction this weekend for Final Four fans. But music brought out the masses Friday night at Discovery Green, where Sublime with Rome kicked off the Big Dance concert ...