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Our band, Uncle Frank Says No!, had the opportunity to play up at Fright Fest this past Saturday, so why not as Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (well, most of them!) and some muppet additions! Had a blast of a time, and it was great to see all of the park goers who stopped by enjoying our music!

..our guitarist's first show was a ska show and it shows up in beautiful, mysterious ways.

ps- we're joy drip. we just released our first full length The Big Empty all about the aftermath of sobriety and all that comes with it. it’s not ska, tho :(

I have a friend who doesn’t really listen to music beyond popular hits or video game soundtracks (just to clarify, this is a different person from the one I mentioned in my other post). I’d like to recommend some songs to get him into ska—the goal is for us to start a band together someday—but I want to be careful with my recommendations so I don’t end up scaring him away from the genre. What would you suggest?

I was listening to French radio today and came across this banger that I think this community would appreciate

Hi all, I've got what is hopefully not too weird, obscure a request (but I'm not super sanguine given I've had zero luck tracking this down). Back when I was teenager in the early aughts, there was a French skinhead ska band I absolutely adored called the Explorers (later, from what I can tell, when by Explorersz and even Eksplorersz to keep from being mixed up with the prog rock band). I had their first album, Fight, and the Ten Commandments EP - I don't even remember how the shit I got these in the States, just something I got from a friend of a friend of a friend and fell in love with. Both of those discs went missing when someone stole my CD binder from a jobsite years later, and I've never been able to find them any of their music again. What little internet presence they had in the aughts has mostly disappeared like so much internet ephemera, they have nothing on streaming services like Spotify, and if I ever do see one of their CDs for sale, it's always somewhere in Europe; I've never seen a copy pop up in the US since the aughts. If anyone knew where I could get my hands on a copy of any of their releases, they'd be my absolute hero; I've been going through old music and finding myself bummed yet again at the loss.

Given the time of year, I think this song is appropriate; to be honest, it’s one of their best, even if it is famous.

https://youtu.be/S8Ty8wPSsv8?si=7I68jBn0S_YJPRz4

WNC ska band, Heavy Lifters, play this Saturday at a great little venue called 185 King St. calling all rudies in the Western North Carolina mountains!! Long shot, but figured I’d put it out there.

This brazilian rapper is famous for his range and has dropped his ska EP, which is gonna be a series of 3.

The first one had children oriented lyrics and has a more "classical" sound. (Is it 2nd wave influenced? Im not sure).

He said the other ones are gonna be "angrier", so i expect a ska punk sound in the future.

Very fine relic from a different era here, an excellent smattering of - mostly - European ska, with exceptional contributions from Les Frelons (France), Natural Rhythm (England), The Late Notes (Australia), and The Banditos (Scotland). Includes a great track from The Trojans which does not appear on their 'Ala-Ska' album!! Detailed written documentation of the mid- to late-'80s scene and history of Zoot! fanzine in the liner notes. No bad songs on this double LP! I have no idea where I picked this up, I've been carrying it around for years!

How did I ever find out about this band? Because I have two CDs, in addition to this 4-song 7" EP, by them in my collection. Chances are, I probably saw 'em at 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, CA. Quite charming, snotty and witty, snappy little ska punk outfit from Santa Cruz. Gives off "four friends who started a band just for fun" vibes. Poorly-Xeroxed lyric sheet with words that don't quite match the songs. I mean honestly, what's not to love? In a different dimension I was in a band like this in the '90s, but in reality I was too busy taking drugs and drinking during that time to create anything meaningful.

I’ll listen to basically anything

Here it is, the ska punk compilation with a few bands that became huge (Sublime, LTJ, RBF) and others not so much. I know this one had a few different releases due to cover art copyright issues. Tracks by Slapstick, The Independents and Skankin' Pickle stand out for me. Lots of weird, self-referencial, in-joke type lyrics. Many of these bands, this is the only place I've ever heard them and I'm unsure what else they put out. This holds up though 30 years later, it's still a fun listen for me, with the exception of Gangster Fun's song making fun of overweight women.

Hey r/Ska!

We just put together a 30-second teaser for our upcoming single, "Devolution," and wanted to share a quick preview with the sub.

The Concept: We’re taking the original drum, percussion, bass, and select horn tracks from our 2024 single "Revolution" and deconstructing the whole thing into a deep, atmospheric dub track. We stripped the vocal narrative entirely and rebuilt the arrangement with spacey melodica, fresh keyboard textures, rhythm guitars, and low-end baritone sax solos.

It’s part of a 3-track study in taking a single rhythmic foundation across different styles:

1. Revolution (2024) – Vocal-driven ska/reggae anthem.
2. Devolution (Drops late Oct) – Atmospheric, spacey dub reinvention.
3. Evolution (Coming soon) – Big-band ska-jazz workout (recorded exclusively for the upcoming On Safari with This Is Ska compilation on This Is Ska Records).

Check out the 30-second clip attached and let us know what you think of the dub mix!

More German ska! Ten bands and zero bad songs on this 1992 compilation. Fellow oldheads, and collectors of physical media regardless of age, will understand the importance an item can take on when it was found in a certain place at a certain time. I got this CD in Brattleboro, VT, at a store called Turn It Up! while on a trip in 2014 with the father who didn't raise me. Visited family from his side who hadn't seen me since I was two years old (I was 40 by then). As far as the album goes, I love it! There are seven volumes of the Ska... Ska... Skandal! series. My public library has them ALL through the Freegal Music service. I've listened to No 1 and this one so far...

Hi pals! If you're a fan of Less than Jake, Half Past Two, Blink 182 and Paramore you should check out my band PINK SLIP's new music video!

Filmed in our friends' backyard in Boston, MA with all of our nearest and queerest, this music video is a tasty, bratty little bite of hooky ska punk. Featuring multiple members of the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers (BLOWW), this video is a messy, sweaty ode to chaotic chemistry topped off with an ICONIC hot dog makeout sesh.

Hope you have as much fun watching as we did making it! 💖