Ska-B-Q: (noun) a social gathering taking place outdoors where food is prepared over an open flame, and music with reggae, punk rock and pop influence is played exclusively. For your summer Ska-B-Q ...

The post Rob Harvilla on ’90s Music, Ska Erasure, and the Defining Songs of the 2000s: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. As the host of 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s, Harvilla has explored quite ...

Summer doesn’t officially begin until this Sunday, June 21. But it’s been a bit hot outside this week (when not raining), and in case you want to get an early start, why not begin with the official ...

Ska never went away, but there’s more widespread interest for the genre right now than there has been in a while. Nostalgia tends to move in 20-ish year cycles and it’s been about two decades since ...

“Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac, yeah/The boy’s a time bomb.” Can anyone forget the first time they heard Armstrong’s shopping list of rebel style shouting out of a radio or MTV?

Basic Radio was not a traditional ska band, or even trying to emulate the 2 Tone Records sound in any way. The group, whose members included Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, played rock, punk, and ...