For a brief period in the mid-1990s, ska bands dominated the musical landscape. If you were alive and skanking at the time, it was impossible to ignore the cadre of 10+ member groups playing upbeat, ...

Jayniac Jr. are back with "Tougher Than Tarzan," a propulsive new single that fuses the band's signature blend of rock, ska, and hip-hop into one of their most urgent and culturally resonant tracks ...

Their idiosyncratic mixture of personal, protest and party music earned Fishbone some famous fans, but bad timing, bad luck and a religious cult set them back The righteous skank of the Californian ...

Ska — that venerable Jamaican-born music — has endured as many ups and downs as the Democratic Party, and right about now it’s just as dead and buried as an avowed McGovernite’s chances of winning a ...

After entertaining the crowds at the reggae-driven Cali Vibes festival in Long Beach back in February, ska and punk rock veterans Mad Caddies are set to return to the area on tour in May with a whole ...

There are few things singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris loves more than the winter holidays. “I celebrate all the holidays,” says Powell, who for 20 years or so has thrown an annual ...

When we did our 2020 ska recap, I said that 2021 seemed poised to be an even bigger year for ska than 2020 was, and wow did that turn out to be an understatement. This year gave us three great new ...

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 ...

Gabriel Gonzalez, the original trumpet player for the popular rock/ska band No Doubt, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 57. Gonzalez reportedly died in a motorcycle crash in Hermosa ...

Playing ska music is inherently problematic for two specific reasons. First of all, the typical skinny-tie-wearing, porkpie-hat-clad outfit has, on average, like, 10 members. It’s hard enough to ...