Category: SKA
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Dr Schwamp – Tunes, Tall Tales & Tinctures LP
Dr. Schwamp is one of the most characteristic bands I had an opportunity to encounter during my explorations through the vast world of music. Their musical direction is not so obvious to be defined by simplistic terms, neither the group tends to converge on a particular genre. Quite the contrary, Dr. Schwamp floats between an…
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Arm The Poor – Vomnibus LP (Toe Tapper Records)
Arm The Poor is a longstanding ska-punk quartet originating from Tampa, Florida. The group started in 2004 by delivering the perfect blend of hardcore punk, skate punk, and ska music, combined into an entirely polished form. However, Arm The Poor liberates enough power through their highly engaging music, so this is not another typical contemporary…
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Frau Doktor – Onkel Punk CD (Rookie Records)
Frau Doktor is a longstanding German ska group originating from Wiesbaden. The group started by covering the essentials of sixties ska music with a little bit of punk rock lurking in the background. Gradually, they introduced more instruments, more improvisations, more experimentations, and evolved into something much more familiar to ska orchestra than a simplistic…
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V/A – For Family And Flag Vol. 1. (Pirates Press Records)
Pirates Press Records are active for fifteen years and counting by releasing only the premium streetpunk, Oi!, ska, and reggae artists you could imagine. Since the establishment in 2005, Pirates Press has worked hard on promoting its extensive roster by simultaneously pushing new names in the game and renowned artists, without losing any quality along…
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The Slackers – Nobody’s Listening / Sleep Outside 12″ EP (Pirates Press Records)
The Slackers are one of those groups that don’t need an introduction. This New York City ska institution has been active for three decades without doing any breaks in between. Quite the contrary, the group is famous for being highly prolific by publishing full-lengths every two or three years, with loads of live albums, extended…
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The Slackers – Blue 7” (Pirates Press Records)
The Slackers are proudly keeping the flame of ska music alive since their formation in 1991. This prolific Manhattan, NYC based orchestra is keeping it busy with an exceptional quality being present throughout their entire discography. Their specific blend of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz is the main attribute that settles…
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K-STE – Grünblau CD (Hicktown Records)
K-STE is a characteristic German hip-hop quartet that carries a lot of surprises along the way. The group lurks around the scene for quite some time by delivering quality tracks right to the table. Since 2016, K-STE released a self-titled EP recording with three compelling tunes and promoted their latest debut with a couple of…
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Hightime – Thrive 7” (Pee Records)
Hightime is an amazing mashup of various genres coming from Adelaide, Australia. Thrive is their brand new 7” record that has been announced on the social media a while ago. By mashup, I mean tons of well-incorporated influences ranging from highly addictive fundamentals of melodic skate punk and jazz to perfectly arranged elements of reggae…
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The Restarts – Uprising LP (Pirates Press Records)
The Restarts has become a punk rock institution and whoever listened to these political punk rockers is presumably assured that nothing occurs without a reason. The band was established in Hackney, London’s East End, with a definite purpose to bring back social awareness on a DIY punk rock scene and since then, The Restarts has…
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Leecher – Change Of Seasons
Leecher are punk rock band from San Jose, California and Change Of The Seasons is their latest album which has been published couple od days ago through their bandcamp page. There’s a lot of things going on in their music, with clearly a lot of musical influences involved into each track. Band members obviously possess…
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Authority Zero – Persona Non Grata LP
Authority Zero are back with another banger. Band started in Mesa, Arizona back in 1994. and became popular among punk rockers for it’s distinctive mixure of reggae / ska sound with classic skate punk, but some of their works also have a great hardcore punk vibe. The band regularly tours North America, Europe and Japan.…
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The Interrupters – Fight The Good Fight (Hellcat Records)
The Interrupters are pretty much active nowadays, there’s a lot of cool things going on around them in the past couple of years and they published their second full lenght album called Fight The Good Fight back in june. The album was announced with instant hit titled She’s Kerosene, followed by a video totally made…
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