New doc on ska in the 90s coming next week
After receding into the underground following its big post-punk revival (aka the Second Wave), ska roared back in through the middle 90s. Every week brought a new band with a fresh take on
Read MoreAfter receding into the underground following its big post-punk revival (aka the Second Wave), ska roared back in through the middle 90s. Every week brought a new band with a fresh take on
Read MoreOne of the great things about the alt-rock revolution of the 1990s was its seemingly endless diversity. The sounds from this part of the rock universe had always been varied because the idea
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving, American readers. We appreciate the day of football you provide for us people up north. Please accept our thanks with this roundup of music news for November 22, 2018. Rapper 6ix9ine
Read MoreOut in the Nevada desert for the weekend at the Life is Beautiful festival. Let’s see how this goes. Meanwhile, here’s music news for Friday, September 21, 2018. Beyonce’s ex-drummer is suing her
Read MoreAs I said in the preamble to part one, ska seems to be one of those immortal musical genres. And like metal, goth, punk and a few others, ska has a rich, rich
Read MoreWhen it comes to genres of music, most of them come and go. They’re hyped, reach some kind of peak, and then fade away. Just look at the graveyard of forgotten genres. Anyone
Read MoreThe final Vans Warped Tour has come and gone in Toronto and wow, what an experience! I needed a few days to recuperate. Now I that I have recovered, here is my review:
Read MoreWhen the producers of a documentary on 90s-era ska went to Kickstarter to look for funding, they had no idea that they’d read their $40,000 target in less than a week. Money came
Read MoreOne of the most useful things about music is that it can be used to tell the world who you are. We’ve all done it, too. We’ve used music as a symbol of
Read MoreThe latest celebrity death in 2o16 is singer George Michael. He was found dead today (December 25) in bed after apparently dying in his sleep at his home in Goring, Oxfordshire. His publicist says
Read MoreWhen a bunch of British punk fans became enamoured with the music of Jamaican immigrants in cities like Coventry, some of the first songs they learned about came from Cecil Bustamente Campell, the
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