100% Ska Podcast

Tonight we say goodbye to Greg Lee, co-founder and co-singer of Hepcat, who tragically and unexpectedly passed away last week.

We also focus on some of the great modern neo-traditional ska sounds that Hepcat helped usher into the 90s and the 21st century.

As part of that we listen to some of newer music hitting your turntable and digital players that has come out recently.

Grab your shoes, roll up the rug, and come dance wid’ me!

Full Playlist:

Lucky Luxury – Camp for the Night

Hepcat – Dance Wid Me

Hepcat – Black Sky

Hepcat – No Worries

Hepcat – Nigel (Quarantine Version)

Skinnerbox – Hepcat Season

The Georgetown Orbits – Fool”s Game

Caz Gardiner and the Badasonics – Tic Tac Toe

Monica Vanderwyde – Hard to Be True

The Bandits – El Corral

Caribbean Beat Combo – Surfin’ Out

The Delegators – I Don’t Mind

The Utopians – On The Road

The Soularites – Time Is Up

Los Caurolites – Veo en Ti

The Manor – Kelly’s Heroes

Skanky Banks – One For All

NYC Ska Orchestra – On a Clear Day

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – The Phensic, Last Reel Hero, The Going Rate, Smugly Ugly (DJ and Host)

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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This week we’re highlighting two great festivals coming up in 2024 – This is Not Croydon Fest 5, and of course Supernova Ska Festival – both of which still have tickets available

We’re also just generally highlighting bands that are out on the road this spring – whether its a weekend tour or longer and ready to play live for you!

Additionally, we’re highlighting new music specifically from Danny Rebel and the KGBs, Half Past Two, and Cenzo!

Check out some tunes, get psyched, and then see ’em live when they come through your town!

Full Playlist:

Danny Rebel & the KGB – Spiral Eyes

Half Past Two – Dominoes

Spring Heeled Jack – Electric

The Toasters – Weekend in LA

Eastern Standard Time – Tick Tock

The Aggrolites – The Volcano

We Are The Union – Big River

Stop the Presses – Terminator

Buford O’Sullivan and the Robots – Stolen Soul

Madness – House of Fun

The Planet Smashers – The Manta Ray Dance

The Pietasters – Crazy Monkey Woman

The Slackers – Wrongful Suspicion

Mephiskapheles – Satan on the Beach

Catbite – Come on Baby

Flying Racoon Suit – Driftwood

The Prizefighters – Follow My Sound

The Steady 45s – Maria Julia

Cenzo – Beg, Borrow & Steal

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – The Phensic, Last Reel, Hero, +1 TBA (DJ and Host)

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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It’s already March, and we’re marching and dancing toward the first day of spring, so let this new episode put a spring in your step. Today is also Bandcamp Friday, so if you hear something you like, go check and see if the band has something to offer!

This week we’re spending some time in the wayback machine, hitting you with some new vinyl releases, spotlighting some of the newer digital-only output, and presenting through the episode three fantastic bands from Mexico.

Let’s listen on!

Full Playlist:

Old Boys in Town – Working Day

Los Kung Fu Monkeys – Rudeboy Rockers

The Step Daughters – Right Sound

Los Placebos – Rocksteady Rollercoaster

Brixton Sounds – Skachondo

Machtoc – The First Time

House of Rhythm – Nothing in Life

Monkey Shop – Where to Go

Headline – Scrounger

The Rins – Greener

Rum Luck – Ghost Town

Mike Ska – Arson Killers

Last Reel Hero – The Heat and the Pressure

Cool Wise Men – King’s Boogaloo

Boomshot – Keep Moving On

Travelers All-Stars – Yellow Laces

The West Kensingtons – Django

The Boy Detective – A Dreadful Collection of Memoranda

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – ???

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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Once again we find the pendulum of ska shaking back and forth this episode with a wide variety of sweet soulsteady, reggae, and all the way to anarcho ska-punk to scratch that energetic itch.

We’ve got new release music from Tyrone Turtle, reissues from Coolidge (vinyl debut) and Against All Authority, sweet ska from Spain, and a few fun covers scattered throughout.

We also continue our dedication to spotlighting newer digital-only music (the cost of record pressing is so prohibitive!) with the likes of Fratelli Lambretta Ska-Jazz, The Write-Ups, The Fishska, and Rock Shed Rangers!

Listen on, and discover some new tunes for collection!

Full Playlist:

Fratelli Lambretta Ska Jazz – CSB

Coolidge – Barely Getting By

Against All Authority – Watered Down and Passive

The Decepticonz – You Must Fight To Live on the Planet of the Apes

Geier Sturzflug – Bruttosozialprodukt

Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers – Only You

The Rocksteady Conspiracy – Trouble & Danger

Winston Groovy – Reggae Fever

The Pepper Pots – Stay On Your Way

The Write-Ups – Operation Arrowhead

Rock Shed Rangers – Frame of Reference

Part-Time Genius – Digital Now

The Fishska – Banned in Jakarta

Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – Soma

Solomon Jabby – Tone Wheel Express

The Void Union (featuring Hayley Jane) – Garden of Eden

Go Jimmy Go – Valentine’s Day

Trying to Get By – OHNO

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, Across the Aisle (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show!

6/14 – ???

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, +1 TBA (DJ and Host)

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This week we continue doing some major new releases catchup, highlighting some great albums, singles and a compilation that have come out in 2023. Additionally we’re highlighting some digital only releases as we continue to spotlight great music that hasn’t (yet) appeared on vinyl.

We also hop in the time machine to check out some 80s rarities that we’ve recently added to the 100% Ska library!

Follow along on the playlist, and see what bands you need to explore further and check out live when they come to your town!

Full Playlist:

Something to Do – Legal Abortion

Loving Paupers – Mary

Inspecter 7 – Sway

Inciters – Love Comes Around

Staya Staya – Tiempos Duros

Smoke & Mirrors Sound System – Band of Gold

Crazy Baldhead w/ Ali Presses – Love on Loop

Half Past Two – See You Again

A Contra Tiempo Ska-Jazz – Massive

The Stars That Wouldn’t Shine – Anything #3

Trowsers – Come Dance

The Squids – Bottle Cap

The Untouchables – Whiplash 

The Kittyhawks – Rally Cry

The Rag – Showdown

Brehdren – Garrrie!!

Mel Tepid & Them Soul-Ska Farmers – I Wanna Know

Eric Din – Rabbitus Maximus

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

2/9 – The Pandemics, El Grande, Llama Tsunami, DJ Maddie Ruthless (DJ and Host)

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, Barbicide, Across the Aisle (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show!

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This week we continue to look back on 2023 and some of the great new vinyl releases, some “finally available” on vinyl reissues, and of course continue our spotlight on some of great digital (and CD) only releases that have been coming out recently.

Of particular note, Barbicide’s new album Songs about Heartbreak and Nazis is a must listen, you have to check out the new Roots and Basses Latin Ska compilation from Asbestos Records, and Pietasters fans rejoice, for All Day is finally on vinyl!

Check out the entire episode and find some new music, then go see ’em live!

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Full Playlist:

Barbicide – Jezebel

Cenzo – Move Like Ya Gone

Skappository – R U Rude 2?

Llama Tsunami – Sweet Release

La Muerta – Batle

The Dance Crashers – Unity

Jr. Thomas and the Volcanoes – Bumps in the Night

Westbound Train – For the First Time

The Scotch Bonnets – The Good One

The Pietasters – Dream of You

Reel Big Fish – Beer

Suicide Machines – Hey

Isaac Green and the Skalars – Spoiled Brat

The Scofflaws – Lost to the TV

Sound System Seven – Wherezat Ska Band

Chilled Monkey Brains – Nostalgia Just Ain’t What It Used to Be

The Overits – No Problem

The Bracers – Borstal Breakout

Foolish Relics – Words on Bathroom Walls

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

2/9 – The Pandemics, El Grande, Llama Tsunami, DJ Maddie Ruthless (DJ and Host)

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

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The 100% Ska Podcast returns! After a way too-long, and way-unintended hiatus, we’re back with stacks of records and inbox full of digital-only releases to start catching up on.

This week we play some of the great record releases of 2023 including Mustard Plug, Sgt. Scag, Fishbone, and J. Navarro & the Traitors, while slipping into new digital releases from Killer Diller, The Bakesys, Western Mecanique, and The Unsustainables.

Let’s get right into it!

Full Playlist:

Killer Diller – Brass Knuckles

The Bakesys – On The Way Back Home

Mustard Plug – Vampire

Sgt Scag – Everest

Bite Me Bambi – This Love is Dead

Fishbone – All We Have is Now

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – How Long Do I Have to Wait for You

The Upshitters – Not Franco Nero

Quito Ska Jazz – Apollo – ECUADOR

Top Shotta Band – Ska Ska

Joker’s Republic – Anxiety

The Resignators – Bluebird Tattoo

Dope Times – Drink With Me

J. Navarro and the Traitors – World For Us

Western Mecanique – On The Road

Rebelation – Ever Fallen in Love

The Unsustainables – Window Washer

Atlas & Oracle – Greed

Le Grand Miercoles – Fukushima

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

2/9 – The Pandemics, El Grande, Llama Tsunami, DJ Maddie Ruthless (DJ and Host)

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we’re checking out several new digital singles we’ve been sent over the past few weeks, listen to some new and new-ish vinyl releases, hop in the time machine with some 90s singles, and get our circle pit on with some high-crunch ska-core.

On the digital side we have a track from the debut album of The Phensic (new project from the founders of Bigger Thomas), and the new album from PatSKAts, plus singles from The Pandemics and Skappository.

On the new-ish vinyl side, we check check out Westbound Train’s new album, along with fare from Bad Time Records with JER and Joe Gittleman.

Next we’ll really get into a debrief on Supernova International Ska Festival 2023!

Full Playlist:

The Phensic – War Inside (from the album, Don’t Test Me)

The Pandemics – Reject Reset Repeat (new single!)

Westbound Train – Stranded

Jer – Garden of Understanding

Joe Gittleman – Pete Lost the Beat

Key Day and the Newentun All Stars – Bad Guy

Hitmen for Hire – Money in the Pocket

Housewife’s Choice – It’s Raining

E.S.P. – Nine to Five

KlinKhammer – Out of Sight

El Bosso and die Ping Pongs – Brutus

The Holophonics – Don’t Buy the Hype

Stuck Lucky – Come As You Like

Liberator – Louder Than Words

PatSKAts – I Can’t Get Enough (from their self-titled album)

Skappository ft. Chris Malone – 54-46 (That’s My Number) (new single!)

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

10/13 – The Classy Wrecks, The End Times, Barbicide, Boss Selektah Diana (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we’re listening to some brand new tracks (and new-ish) tracks from The Classy Wrecks, Be Decent, Inokasira Rangers, The Hotknives, along with Max Iss and the Minions, and The Skamotts.

We also get in some great ska-jazz material, as David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 have been announce as a last minute addition to Supernova 2023.

We also get into some good ol’ fashioned 90s ska fun, and say goodbye to Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell.

Find us at Supernova 2023

100% Ska Podcast will be livestreaming video throughout Supernova Ska Festival 2023 via our Facebook page and Ryan Midnight’s Instagram profile.

If you are at the fest find us and get some stickers and pins while supplies last!

Full Playlist:

The Classy Wrecks – Figure It Out

Be Decent – The Struggle Continues (get the EP now!)

Inokasira Rangers – Take On Me

The Skamotts – Wind Machine

Max Iss and the Minions – Lord Cumiana

The Hotknives – She’s a Lady

David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 – Closer to My Heart

Senior All-Stars – Schoolyard

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra – Ska Mama

The Shifters – Let’s Dance

Boss Riot – Dance All Night

The Indecision – Swing Those Hips

The Snails – Liberty Street Lights

Buddy Jay’s Jamaican Jazz Band – Buddy Up

King Chango – Latin Ska

The Aquabats – Cat With 2 Heads

Let’s Go Bowling – Spy Market

Voodoo Glow Skulls – Band Geek Mafia

Smash Mouth – Flo

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

9/8 – Subway to Skaville’s Unofficial (but Sanctioned) Countdown to Supernova 2023 Show

10/13 – The Classy Wrecks, The End Times, Barbicide, Boss Selektah Diana (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we’re listening to some more music from more bands that will be playing at Supernova Ska Festival 2023 – specifically the bands of Bad Time Records who will have a dedicated block at the festival!

We’re also getting into some rare ska singles from the late 70s, listening to some newish music, and putting the spotlight on Guerrero Records!

Take a listen!

Full Playlist:

The Scofflaws – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

Holly Cook – Happy Hour

Highball Holiday – Why?

Tommy Tornado and the Clerks – Back on Track

Two Tone Club – Attack of Madness

Bad Operation – Stay Inside

We Are The Union – Boys Will Be Girls

Catbite – Scratch Me Up

J Navarro and the Traitors – No Control

Os Paralamas Du Sucesso – Ska

Noit Otni and the Pits – Moving Target

The Squatter Boys – Sound of the Sphinx

The Tuners – Eastern Reggae

Le Birrette – Let Me Stay

Esco Chris – The Suspects

Los Barrelshots – Aggro Reggae Boss

The Zensies – We Can Still Dance

Half Past Two – You in a Suit

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

9/8 – Subway to Skaville’s Unofficial (but Sanctioned) Countdown to Supernova 2023 Show

10/13 – The Classy Wrecks, The End Times, Barbicide, Boss Selektah Diana (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we’re putting the spotlight on Escape Hatch Records, the new San Diego-based label that has come out both guns blazing and ready to take turntables by storm!

We’re checking out some of their brand new releases including The Dynamos, along with the reissue of Unsteady’s debut album, the Gangbusters album finally seeing the light of day after 33 years, and more.

For the vinylheads, these releases are gorgeous! Check out all the new releases currently available at Escape Hatch Records!

Additionally, we look at some of the great bands San Diego has produced over the years, a series of “digital only” singles, and 7″ fun! Enjoy!

Full Playlist:

Unsteady – Martha

Gangbusters – A Million Miles

The Dynamos – I Must Remove

King Roostah & Wise Owl – Take My Breath Away

Smoke & Mirrors Soundsystem – The Great Dubvide – (Victor Rice dub based on The Great Divide)

The Donkey Show – Bali Island

Buck-o-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth

Spy Kids – Covert Action

The Trowsers – Color TV Reality

The Hourglass Cats – God Forsaken Heat

Atlas & Oracle ft. Flying Raccoon Suit – Goodness Gracious

Proyecto Secreto – Soon Will Be Enough

Dubmatix (Ft. Dennis Alcapone) – Soul Ska

The Professionals – Jungle Drums Part One

Z – Legalize Erdbeereis

The Belle Stars – Sweet Memory

The Fun Boy Three – The Telephone Always Rings

Rebelation – Every Day is Exactly the Same

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

8/11 – The End Times, ghost tones, Eric Daino (of The Holophonics), Guest DJ Mike Drance (Host and DJ)

9/8 – Subway to Skaville’s Unofficial (but Sanctioned) Countdown to Supernova 2023 Show

10/13 – Subway to Skaville at Otto’ Shrunken Head – Bands TBA

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With only two months until the beginning of Supernova International Ska Festival 2023, I thought it was time to start counting down and giving the bands playing this year some extra love!

So here are about half the bands you’ll hear all weekend long, between the official festival and the after party shows. We’ll continue to showcasing the great acts coming as we get a bit closer to September.

Of note, this weekend is the last weekend to get your weekend passes, so head over to supernovaska.com if you still need ’em! Weekday tickets, and after-party tickets, will still be available.

And now, on with the anticipation!

Full Playlist:

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Down Beat Stomp

Fishbone – A Selection

The Pietasters – Ocean

The Untouchables – Free Yourself

Rude Girl Revue – Lioness

Eastern Standard Time – Are You Ready?

The Toasters – You’re Gonna Pay

The Planet Smashers – What’s Going Down

The Scofflaws – Spider on My Bed

The Aggrolites – Camel Rock

Hollie Cook – That Very Night

The Loving Paupers – The Words

Roger Rivas – Autumn Breeze

Out of Control Army – Cat Nation

Dr Ring Ding – Piping Hot

Adhesivo – A Veces

The Skapones – From Cradle to Grave

The Skoidats – Skinhead Hop

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

7/21 – The Simulators, Dunia & Aram, The Manipulators, Guest DJ Mike Drance (Host and DJ)

8/11 – The End Times, Drop Party, Eric Daino (of The Holophonics), J.T. Turret, Guest DJ Yana Lil’ Jerk (Host and DJ)

9/8 – Subway to Skaville’s Unofficial Countdown to Supernova 2023 Show – Bands TBA

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Tonight we’re checking out a bunch of new (and new-ish) tunes to keep your summer library hot with releases from Jump Up Records, Canana Records, Old Neighborhood, and Ska Punk International!

Of note are brand-new releases from The Prizefighters and Amy Gabba & the Almost Famous, plus the collaborative Rocksteady 7 Meets Crazy Baldhead, and the new digital single from Skankt.

We also get into some Euro-fun and smattering of 45s to round it all out.

Crank it to a reasonable 7 or 8, stay hydrated, and enjoy!

Full Playlist:

The Prizefighters – What Are You Going To

Amy Gabba and the Almost Famous – Makes Me Want You More

Bumsy and the Moochers – Times Up

The Downsetters – Do You Believe?

The Agonizers – Give and Take

Rocksteady 7 meets Crazy Baldhead – Distant Cousins

The Moskito Bite – There’s a Man

Bim Skala Bim – Bring It On Home to Me

Lollypop Lorry – Jamaica Ska

Bad Manners – Inner London Violence

No Sports – Rudy

Skaos – Better Beware

The Deltones – Big Trouble

The Repeaters – Shake It Mr. Maitland

Detroit Riddim Crew – Do Something

Jamaica 69 – Olvidame

Victor Rice – Five

Skankt – Don’t Trust Her

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

7/21 – The Simulators, Dunia & Aram, The Manipulators, Guest DJ Mike Drance (Host and DJ)

8/11 – The End Times, Drop Party, Eric Daino (of The Holophonics), J.T. Turret, Guest DJ Yana Lil’ Jerk (Host and DJ)

9/8 – Subway to Skaville’s Unofficial Countdown to Supernova 2023 Show – Bands TBA

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As we ramp up to the summer of ska, we’re getting the podcast going again, and if you’re local in the NYC area be sure to check out the upcoming Subway to Skaville calendar at the bottom of the page.

There’s no Bandcamp Friday this month, but we’re highlighting two releases on tonight’s episode, Not From Concentrate and their album #tbt which collects an archive of older material, and the new EP from The Manipulators.

Let’s get on with the tunes!

Full Playlist:

Not From Concentrate – That Saturday

The Volecanoes – Is There Anybody There

The Busters – Scooter Maniacs

Rude Guest – Girl Like You

Reluctant Stereotypes – Reluctant

Boss Sound Manifesto – Dig It

Spicy Roots – Run Away Run

The Magadogs – Come On (Extended Version)

The Upsessions – Cool Ska Time

The Appetizers – Dark Fruit

Los Granadians del Espacio Exterior – A Tu Lado

Unsteady – Test of Time third time album

The Soulsteppers – Do It Again

Culture Shock – Visibility

Swoons – Deckkraft 100%

The Offenders – Harsh Reality

2 Tone Lizard Kings – Insomnia

The Manipulators – Beertown

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6/9 – Barbicide, Sgt. Scag, The Imperial Walkers, Common Sense Kid, DJ Agent Jay (Host and DJ)

7/21 – The Simulators, Dunia & Aram, The Manipulators (Host and DJ)

8/10 – Subway to Skaville! Bands TBA!

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On tonight’s episode we hear brand new music from The Prizefighters off their album coming later this year, and the newest release from The Night Owls. We also hear several tracks from the 90s that have recently been making their way to vinyl.

Plus we’ll hit you we some international ska, this week coming from Spain and Poland!

We’re also recording this on April 20th, so of course we have to get a few songs in about the herb.

Full Playlist:

The Prizefighters – Kick the Can

The Night Owls – I Only Have Eyes for You

Dr Raju – Mister Right

Andres Cotter featuring Mark Foggo – Bad Bad Skankin Man

David Hillyard and the Rocksteady Seven – Change of Plan

The Slackers – Motor City

Johnny Too Bad and the Strike Outs – Sad Taco

The B-3s – Only Human

Let’s Go Bowling – Take a Walk

Las Melinas – Wazne

Sally Brown – Boss Nass

Soweto – Dream of You

xRob Black – Soul Snack

Mephiskapheles – Satan Stole My Weed

The Scofflaws – Grazin’ in the Grass

The Selecter – My Collie

Flying Viper – Devil’s Harvest

Roland Alphonso – Pipeline

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4/25 – Stop the Presses, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Mega Infinity (Host)

5/19 – Joker’s Republic, The Agonizes, and Across the Aisle – 4th Anniversary Show! (DJ and Host)

6/9 – Subway To Skaville! Bands TBA (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we’re checking out some new tunes and new reissues that have come out in the past few weeks, diving into the Spanish ska scene, and checking out some of the “2-Clone” singles that are new to the collection.

Of note is the new 12″ from Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers (limited copies available at Jump Up Records), a new release from The Abruptors, a reissue of The Chinkees first album (both available on Asian Man Records) and the new Melbourne Ska Orchestra compilation highlighting 20 years of music! We also close out the show with a new digital release from Indonesia’s Gudtings!

Full Playlist:

English Beat – Too Nice to Talk to

Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers – Franco Nero

The Abruptors – Anxiety

Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Lygon Street Meltdown

The Chinkees – You Don’t Know

Klang – Beat It

Roberto Jacketti and the Scooters – Kaktie

The Regulars – Rude Boy Gone Jail

Coolnotes – Sugar Sugar

The Kinky Coo Coo’s – Face to Face

Jamaican Jazz Lovers – The Killer Whale

Mr Freak Ska – M’agrades Molt

The Cabrians – Ace of Spades

Dr. Calypso – Anti Ska

NY Citizens – Boxer Shorts

Monkey Business – Mistakes

Neutrinoz – The Obvious

Gudtings – Sweeter Than Your Lover

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3/31 – The English Beat w/ special guest DJ Ryan Midnight

4/14 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, Barbicide, The Penniless Loafers, DJ Supermorgan (Host)

4/25 – Stop the Presses, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Mega Infinity (Host)

5/19 – Subway To Skaville! Bands TBA (DJ and Host)

6/9 – Subway To Skaville! Bands TBA (DJ and Host)

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Bandcamp Friday is back! This month we’ve got our Bandcamp ska spectacular looking ahead some of the new releases, and a look back on a few albums you should get into your collection if you haven’t already!

Some of the newest releases you’ll find highlighted here include The Pomps, Some Ska Band, Not From Concentrate, and Cosmic Shuffling, while looking back you’ll hear some of my favorite tunes from The Tellways, Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra and King Django!

Check out the full playlist below for links to each of the band’s Bandcamp profiles!

Full Playlist:

The Prizefighters – Fistful of Credits (Single)

The Pomps – Monarchs (BOTTOM OF THE POMPS)

Soul Radics – Think Twice (RUDE GIRLS TO THE FRONT compilation)

The Tellways – Tellway Stomp (OUT TO THE COSMOS)

Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra – Natfuli (TOMBSTONE)

Some Ska Band – Keep on Moving (EVERY NOW AND THEN)

Rhoda Dakar – Man Who Sold the World (VERSION GIRL pre-order)

Not From Concentrate – Comfortable Life (Going Nowhere Fast) (Single)

Ska City – Mister Doctor Charlie (SKA CITY)

Key Day and the Newentun All-Stars – Bad Guy (Single)

Cosmic Shuffling – Jupiter’s Garden (Single)

Junior Dell & The D-Lites – See You Later Alligator (Single)

Rebelation – Brighter Darker Day (POUNDS AND PENCE)

King Django – Reason (REASON)

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3/31 – The English Beat w/ special guest DJ Ryan Midnight

4/14 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, The Penniless Loafers, more TBA (DJ and Host)

4/25 – Stop the Presses, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Megawave Infinity, plus more TBA! (Host)

6/9 – Subway To Skaville! Bands TBA (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we’re taking a look at some of the exceptional releases from two labels! First up is Productions Impossible Records, from France, focusing on the French ska scene, along with other subcultures including surf and rockabilly! Check out their full offerings!

We also dive into some of the recent-ish releases from Happy People Records, as they release new exclusive tracks and add new life to already-released tracks by slapping them on heavy-weight, high quality 45s!

We also get into some fun with more 45s from across the spectrum of time! Take a listen!

Full Playlist:

Les Partisans – Ma Rengaine

65 Mines Street – Anton the Undertaker

Moon Hop – Space Jackers

Upten – Can’t Believe

Taste in Vibes – Cat of Ska

Count Valentine and the Love Notes – Fifth of You

Smoke and Mirrors Sound System – Scroll on By

The Upshitters – Sleng Teng ’69

Les Singes Vert – Personal Jesus

Roger Rivas – 10 Plagues

The Bandulus – Am I a Good Man

The Pietasters – Keep on Lyin

Phoenix City All-Stars – I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction)

Roland Alphonso – Way Out West

Prince Buster All-Stars – Down Beat Burial

The Dynamites – Red Moon

Pama Dice – Sin Sun and Sex

The Felons – Change Your Style

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3/31 – ???

4/14 – Bands TBA! (DJ and Host)

4/25 – Stop the Presses, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Megawave Infinity, plus more TBA! (Host)

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Tonight we’re checking out some more of the 2022 releases from the tail-end of the year (including releases from Jump Up Records and Guerroro Records), getting into some of the newest 2023 releases and pre-orders available now, along with another trip back to the 90s with a stack of 7″ records!

Of note in the pre-orders is The Skapones new album Northern Gods (available this week), and from Title Holder their new album What Better Time, coming later in 2023.

Check out the links next to the playlist songs for additional new releases to check out!

Full Playlist:

Hepcat – 7 Years of Plenty (Badasonic Records)

The Pandemics – Bodega Cat

Buford O’Sullivan and the Robots – Stolen Soul

Los Barrelshots – Old Western Bullet

Boss Capone – Don’t Love Me

The Skapones – Assassin’s Creed

Title Holder – Going Insane – JUMP START ALBUM PRE-ORDER – QUEENS

Zeme Libre – Pretty Boy (from Take Me Alive)

The Kubricks – Getting On It (from Between Antipodes)

Steady Earnest – Feel the Rush

The Rocksteady Conspiracy – Feeling it (single)

The Overits – Fight the Fights (from 4-Song EP)

A Contratiempo Ska-Jazz – Swing Elephant

Deal’s Gone Bad – The Elephants

The Kingpins – Do The Ska

Dr Ring Ding and the Senior All-Stars – Green Pepper

Yeska – Greyhound to Chiapas

Panoramic View – Beethoven Symphony 7 Allegretto (single)

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2/10 – The Pomps, Barbicide, Not From Concentrate, Jo Mercado, plus DJ Ryan Midnight and Yana Lil’ Jerk (Host and DJ)

4/25 – Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, plus more TBA! (Host)

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Tonight we finally get around to showcasing some of the best ska albums of 2022! You’ll find an assortment of debut albums, followups, neo-traditional, ska-punk, pop-driven and everything in between. It’s been a great year for ska indeed!

Take a listen, and if you like what you hear, check out the full albums listed in parenthesis next to each song!

Full Playlist:

The Bruce Lee Band – Did You Find the Money Farm (One Step Forward, Two Steps Back)

Chainska Brassika – New Cross Stomp (Tales of a Londoner)

The Slackers – Hanging On (Don’t Let the Sunshine Fool Ya)

David Hillyard and the Rocksteady Seven – Was I Made for These Times (Plague Doctor)

The Frightnrs – Tuesday (Always)

Stop the Presses – Terminator (Got It)

The Fuss – Call My Name (In Person)

The Step Daughters – Rude (The Right Sound)

The Bakesys – Atomic Invasion (Sentences I’d Like To Hear the End of)

Buster Shuffle – Go Steady (Go Steady)

Don Cosmic – Himalaya (Hula Hoop)

The Valkyrians – The Monster (Monsterpiece)

Smoke & Mirrors Sound System – Mad World (Undercover)

The Rough Kutz – Tommy Ten Men (Strictly Anti-Cabaret)

The Busters – Falling (Love Bombs)

The Dance Crashers – Unity (Rawtown)

Westbound Train – Gutter (Dedication)

Joker’s Republic – Necessary Evil (Necessary Evil)

Dunia & Aram – It’s Never Easy (Bedfellows)

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2/10 – The Pomps, Barbicide, Not From Concentrate, Jo Mercado, plus DJ Ryan Midnight and Yana Lil’ Jerk (Host and DJ)

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Tonight we’re looking back on some of the best reissues of 2022, allowing us to fill in the missing slots of our collection without breaking the bank, and getting some “debut on vinyl” too.

This includes The Slackers and their reissue of “Wasted Days” (Pirates Press Records) The Skalars vinyl debut of “Change Up”, and The Magnetics vinyl issue of two EPs on “Cocktails and Fairy Tales” (on and through Jump Up Records) and Skankin’ Pickle “The Green Album” (Dr. Strange Records).

We also take a listen to some of the best “new to the collection” titles of 2022, which offers a snapshot into everything you can expect on a 100% Ska episode – 90s ska, 80s “2-Clone” rarities, boss dubby reggae, neo-traditional, and everything in between!

Enjoy, and look for next week’s episode where we look back on the best (to me) new releases of 2022!

Full Playlist:

Bad Habit – Against You

The Slackers – Wasted Days

The Magnetics – Campari

The Skalars – Box of Death

Skankin’ Pickle – Gas in My Car

The Porkers – Schooners of the Black

MU330 – Hoosier Love

Easy Big Fella – Aliens

Pist N Broke – Pist N Broke

The Lambrettas – Poison Ivy

Little Tigers – Ska City

The Employees – Pick It Up

Skinners – Jump Up You Can Do it

The Senior All-Stars – West to East

Los Aggrotones – El Reggae es Algo Serio

The Revivers – Black Panther

La Fundacion – Nunca Sabras

Chickenpox – Fight Back

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1/20 – Cenzo, Drop Party, Skappository, DJ Ryan Midnight and Duff Guy (Host and DJ)

2/10 – The Pomps, Barbicide, Not From Concentrate, Jo Mercado, plus DJ Ryan Midnight and Yana Lil’ Jerk (Host and DJ)

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On our first episode of 2023 (our sixth season!) we are highlighting some of the amazing bands that have been announced to play at the 2023 Supernova International Ska Festival!

The festival has already announced some incredible headlining acts including Fishbone, The Untouchables, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and the Piestasters, along with an incredible assortment of US-based bands, and international talent making their way stateside.

Listen in to get a taste of what you’ll hear when the festival takes place September 15th – 17th in Fort Monroe VA, and check out all the details on https://www.supernovaska.com/!

Full Playlist:

The Untouchables – The General

Fishbone – Skankin to the Beat

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Monster Rock (JAPAN)

The Toasters – 2-Tone Army

The Pietasters – Movin On Up

Catbite – Bad Influence

Bad Operation – Bad Operation

Kill Lincoln – Going Under

We Are The Union – Ordinary Life

Out of Control Army – Global Ska (MEXICO)

The Planet Smashers – What’s Going Down (CANADA)

Adhesivo – Autopisteando (EL SALVADOR)

Dr Ring Ding – All Because I Love You (GERMANY)

Bite Me Bambi – Carried Away

Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra – As One (HUNGARY)

Eastern Standard Time – Totem Pole

The Loving Paupers – Where’s My Wave

The Skapones – From Cradle to Grave (UK)

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1/20 – Cenzo, Drop Party, Skappository, DJ Ryan Midnight and Duff Guy (Host and DJ)

2/10 – The Pomps, Barbicide, Not From Concentrate, Jo Mercado, plus DJ Ryan Midnight and Yana Lil’ Jerk (Host and DJ)

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Tonight we say goodbye to Terry Hall, who passed away earlier this week, in shocking news to the ska community. He will be great missed, but the music he helped create will go on, and continue to go on and inspire.

We also put the spotlight on NYC’s Daptone Records label, with a look at some of their more ska and reggae-oriented singles they’ve released.

We also get nice and ska-jazzy, as I’ve been in the mood to spread some nice melodies!

Full Playlist:

The Allstonians – Gale Force

The Specials – The Lunatics

Shuffle and Bang – Daahoud Ska

Junior Dell and the D-Lites – Meanwhile on the 15th Floor…

Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation – Mortality

Leon Dinero – Lover Like Me

Charles Bradley and the Inversions – Whatcha Doing (To Me)

James Hunter Six – Carina

The Frightnrs – I’d Rather Go Blind

Susan Cadogan and the Magnetics – My Oh My

Skinnerbox – Does He Love You?

Intensified – Back Again

Dance Hall Crashers – He Wants me Back

Wild Man Riddim – On a Jetpack to Cuba

Ska Jazz Messengers – Mil Veces No

Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – Yardbird Suite

Dani Radic and the Slackers – It’s Raining

Roger Rivas – Christmas Time

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

1/20 – Cenzo, Drop Party, Skappository, DJ Ryan Midnight and Duff Guy (Host and DJ)

2/10 – The Pomps, Barbicide, TBA, DJ Ryan Midnight and Friends (Host and DJ)

3/17 – St Patrick’s Day Party at Otto’s Shrunken Head!

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Well, the end of the year is coming, its starting to get a little frosty outside, but the decks are always hot with the sound of ska! Tonight we get into a few new releases, get into some fun covers and interpretations, and as almost-always, run the gambit of ska styles before the episode is through!

Of new release (and reissue) note, we take a listen to the vinyl-debut of The Scofflaws “Ska in Hi-Fi”, Mike Park off the Wavebreaker #2 split, Park Rangers’ Creep 7″, and Half Past Two on their vinyl edition of the Holidays EP.

Beyond that, we take an international trek to Japan and Germany among other countries, and time travel back to the 80s. Take a listen, and have fun!

Full Playlist:

The Freecoasters – This Christmas

The Scofflaws – Ska Groovy

The Usuals – Down For the Count

Half Past Two – Holiday

Park Rangers – Creep

Mike Park – I Couldn’t Wait Out Through the Night (feat. Karina Denike)

Los Placebos – Skantaloop

The Drops – Dance with Black Tarantula

The Equators – More Than a Person

Redska – La Nostra Strada

Ska N’ Ska – Boom

Less Than Jake – Happyman

The Readymen – Headline News

No Sports – Stay Rude Stay Rebel

Ngobo Ngobo – Good For U, Man

Rhyth-o-Matics – Walking in the Shadow

Nuclear Device – Ska Kings and Queens

The Specials – Too Much Too Young

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

1/20 – Cenzo, Drop Party, TBA, DJ Ryan Midnight and Duff Guy (Host and DJ)

2/10 – The Pomps, Barbicide, TBA, DJ Ryan Midnight and Friends (Host and DJ)

3/17 – St Patrick’s Day Party!

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This week we open with the only Blue Beat single released by Brigitte Bond, a transwoman singer, performer, and activist in the 1960s and 70s, who would go on to inspire the classic Beat Girl logo. A new documentary about her life, Blue Beat Baby, is now available for streaming on YouTube.

We also hit you with two brand new releases from Stop the Presses and The Fuss, both available on Jump Up Records, and both being each bands’ sophomore LP release.

And then we take you on a rather nice, melodic journey through the rest of the show as we take a moment in the calmness before the chaos that’s about to unfurl. Let’s take a listen!

Full Playlist:

Brigitte Bond – Blue Beat Baby

Stop the Presses – Ride or Die

The Fuss – Look Forward to You

New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble – Low Blow

The Mighty Fishers – Caribbean Nights

St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review – Policy Of Truth

Dave Hillyard – Pulling Strings

The Harmonauts – Confidence the Killer

Roger Rivas – Moving Lava

Drop Collective – Blowing the Clouds Away

The Delegators – Minus One

Contra Coup – Everyday

Pressure Cooker – London Bridge

Soweto – In For a Penny, In For a Pound

Skaville Train – Take Over

The Xplosions – Scraping

David Usma & the Siderens – Darkness

Greyhound – Sky High

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

11/18 – Stop the Presses, The Pandemics, Barbicide, The Yeggs (Host and DJ)

12/9 – The Simulators, The Manipulators, and TBA (Host and DJ)

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We’re halfway to Halloween, so let’s break out some spooky ska (and a little dub) to start really getting you in the mood, because why wait for the 31st, right? Let this be your soundtrack to costume making, pumpkin carving, house decorating, or maybe some inspiration for your playlist come trick ‘r treat time.

We’ve got selections from across the spectrum of ska all lined up tonight!

Let’s dive in to this extended episode, and see what delights we can find!

Full Playlist:

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – Frankenstein

The Upsetters – Night Doctor

King Horror – Frankenstein

The Toasters – Frankenska

Mephiskapheles – Satanic Debris

Mustard Plug – Mr Smiley

Pilfers – Show No Fear

Desorden Publico – Los Zombies

The Hempsteadys – When Dead are Undead

The Radiation Kings – Dia De Los Muertos

Stop the Presses – Dead Man’s Party

Skaos – Munsters

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Vampire

SLK – Walk of the Mummy

65 Mines Street – Nite Shot II

Fishbone – Bonin’ in the Boneyard

The Specials – Bonediggin

The Aggrolites – Grave Digger

The Pressure – Real Horrorshow

Los Aggrotones ft. Hoolie Cook – Spooky

Gold Cobra – Friday the 13th Dub

Crazy Baldhead – Astro Zombies (Dub)

Bonus Mystery Track!

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10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head spinning ska, post-punk, goth, dub and more!

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

11/18 – Stop the Presses, The Pandemics, Barbicide, The Yeggs (Host and DJ)

12/9 – The Simulators, The Manipulators, and TBA (Host and DJ)

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As we settle into autumn, its time to also settle in with some good rum and excellent tunes to keep the heart beating and feet tapping!

Tonight we take a listen to the brand new 12″ release from The Slackers, New York Berlin (available now direct from Pirates Press Records!), a toe-tapping tunes that looks somewhat fondly back on danger days of NYC.

We also listen to the debut track from Mono and the Alienlites, and the newest output from The PMR Ska Collective.

We also rip through a great selection of jazzy instrumentals, roots reggae, an assortment of 90s 7″s, and some energetic European ska!

Full Playlist:

Mono and the Alienlites – Funny Feeling

The Slackers – New York Berlin

The Debonaires – No Dice

Los Barrelshots – Triton

The Revivers – Black Panther

Isaac Green and the Skalars – TroubleBound

The Usuals – Catahoula

The Parka Kings – Alone

Superdot – Magnificent Bob

The Attractors – Grinding Work

The Loving Paupers – The Words

Yellow Umbrella – Lights Down Low

John Bunkley – Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Dutch Ska Express – Babylon Hooligans

The Liptones – Morka Kvarter

The Bartenders – Monkeys Club

Fence – Scorched Earth

PMR Ska Collective – On Top of the World

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy, DJ Pitter Pat (Host)

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

11/18 – Stop the Presses, The Pandemics, Barbicide, The Yeggs (Host and DJ)

12/9 – Ska night at Otto’s Shrunken Head (bands to be announced!)

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Your DJ Ryan Midnight is about to bounce for vacation, but here’s one more episode before heading off for a week. Plus an important message about this podcast being irrefutably pro-choice!

On this week’s episode, we take a listen to recent reissues from Maroon Town and The Burial, spend some time with bands from across Europe, Japan, and Ecuador, and spend some time in the land of 3rd wave American ska!

Oh, and we also tempt fate playing a song to the growing hurricane activity in the Atlantic!

Full Playlist:

Alternative TV – My Hand is Still Wet

Maroon Town – Woman Say No

Mistakes – Out of Time

Creve-Coeur – Creve-Coeur

The Burial – The Gift

Quito Ska Jazz – Ciudad Del Ska

La Fundacion – Makambo

Jet707 – Skaville Train

Akatz – Joakin Murrieta

Let’s Go Bowling – You Take Me

The Redemption – Starting Over

Punch the Clown – Crackerjack

Pressure Cooker – London Bridge

Thee Hurricanes – Category 5

Le Grand Miercoles – Cowboy Fantasma

Second Step – Opportunity

Not Bob Marley – No Respect

The Scofflaws – Nude Beach

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10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy, DJ Pitter Pat (Host)

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

11/18 – Ska night at Otto’s Shrunken Head (bands to be announced!)

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The summer isn’t quite over yet! Tonight’s new release focus includes the newest output from Old Neighborhood Music with Victor Rice, the newest release from AloeVera Records with Le Birrette, and the EP release by Late for Life from earlier this year.

We also take a look at some of the previous releases on AloeVera Records, keep the international ska coming from Japan, and wish The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ Devil’s Night Out a happy birthday!

Enjoy!

Full Playlist:

Late for Life – Lou Slips

Victor Rice – Satta Soul Version

Arthur Kay’s Originals – Samurais of Ska

Chickenpox – Fight Back

The 4 Skins – Plastic Gangster

Le Birette – Marina

The Officinalis – For Her Eyes Only

The Blackstones – Change of Plan

The Mighty Megatons with Keith Rowe – Sound System

Buford O’Sullivan – I Can’t Decide

The Skamotts – Alien Steps

The King Lion – Obeah Man

Westbound Train – Come and Get It

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Devil’s Night Out

Less Kro – Reisen

Freedom of Expression – Forward We Stumble

The Inevitables – The Last of Bell Ringers

Super Hi-Fi – We Will Begin Again

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10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy, DJ Pitter Pat (Host)

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

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This week we expand the look at some great international ska from Japan, England, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and another look at more fun tunes from France.

We also get into some new releases including Smoke and Mirror Sound System’s new LP, Undercover (available on Escape Hatch Records), Buster Shuffle’s latest effort, Gogol Bordello’s new ska-punk influenced track, and a sneak peak at the new band Subsetters who will be releasing a single and album on Happy People Records.

We’ll also give you a few fun slices of 80s and 90s ska!

Full Playlist:

Gogol Bordello – Focus Coin

Buster Shuffle – This City is Ours

Spokstan – Parasit

The Aggressors BC – AGGRESSOR

Jump with Joey – El Diablo Ska

Smoke and Mirrors Sound System – The Killing Moon

Unsteady – Sway

Ska Rockets – Rocket Ska

Benkei – Saturday Nite

Two Tone Club – Ugly Boy

Berbiseyans – Ghost Member

Babylon Fighters – Fuck You

Les Skalopes – Ya Vendra Mi Turno

Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero (Vapor Mix)

Slow Gherkin – I Only Smoke When I’m Drunk

The Siren Six! – Kill Your Idol

The Loafers – Skankenstein

Subsetters – Stop Drop and Roll

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8/26 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, The End Times, Beat Stu, Jo Mercado, DJ Agent Jay, DJ Ryan Midnight (Host and DJ)

10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy (Host)

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

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Tonight we’re taking a trip across the Atlantic to the fertile ska grounds of France and Spain to spotlight some of the great bands and songs that have been coming from the region as far back as the 2-Tone craze!

From Spain, we highlight some of the melodic ska and roots reggae tunes with The Offbeaters and Crepitans, and the big brass sounds of Don Cosmic

From France, we hear the legendary Skarface, along with more of big bouncing 3rd wave inspired tunes from Beer Beer Orchestra and Bizness, and some spitting punky-reggae from Dirty Distrct and The Internationalists.

There’s so much more to hear as well, so hop on this jet plane and take a trip with me!

Full Playlist:

Les Leopards – Hula Hoop Oup

Thorpedians – Violator Strikes Back

The Offbeaters – Leaving This Train SPAIN

Ruben Lopez & the Diatones – Diatone Time

The Crepitans – True Love

Les Liquidators – Return to Skatown

The Explorers – Rock Steady Monster

Rude Boy System – St. Louis Ska

Bizness – Spider Ska

Dirty District – L’Homme a la Tete de Chiffre

Protex Blue – Already Dead

The Internationalists – Kicking on the Wrong Door

Beer Beer Orchestra – Rudo Duro

Skarface – Wherever We’re Looking At

86 Crew – Promesses

Don Cosmic – Happy Monday

Banana Boats – Bom Bom

L’Home Llop & the Astramats – See You in September

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8/11 – Skadanks, Stubborn All-Stars, DJ Boogaloo Pete, DJ Ryan Midnight (DJ)

8/26 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, The End Times, Beat Stu, Jo Mercado, DJ Agent Jay, DJ Ryan Midnight (Host and DJ)

10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy (Host)

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

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Tonight we’re getting this podcast back on the tracks and going full steam ahead! Its a been a bit since the last episode, and we’ve got a bunch of brand new tunes, some new reissues on wax, and a few other goodies that have found their way into the collection.

Of note on the new releases include Smoke and Mirrors Sound System’s new 10″ release on Jump Up Records, Skankin’ Pickle’s Green Album, which has been reissued by Dr Strange Records, The Night Owls Version LP collecting their previous 7″ releases, and the adorable Travelers All-Star 7″.

Additionally we take a listen to several new digital singles!

Full Playlist:

The Night Owls – Let’s Stay Together

Smoke and Mirrors Sound System w/ Monty Neysmith – Start All Over

Hjalmar B Allstars – Tjack Snorris

Jr Thomas and the Volcanos- Lava Rock

Travelers All-Stars – Love In The Stars

Skankin Pickle – Start Today

The Porkers – Aporkalypso

No Doubt – Where’s Your Lovin’ (1988 Version)

Ocean 11 – Miss Understanding

Dunia & Aram – It’s Never Easy

Siames – El Reloj

Atlas & Oracle – Don’t Need to Try

Foolish Relics – The Art of Confusion

The Amphetameanies – Desert Culture

Cartoon Violence – Serpico

Bigger Thomas – Chaos

Bim Skala Bim – Fear No Evil

Gain Stages – In The Mood

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8/11 – Skadanks, Stubborn All-Stars, Boogaloo Pete, DJ Ryan Midnight (DJ)

8/26 – The End Times, Beat Stu, Jo Mercado, DJ Agent Jay, DJ Ryan Midnight (Host and DJ)

10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy (Host)

10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head

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On tonight’s episode, we take a listen to a new track from Joker’s Republic (off their upcoming album Necessary Evil) and The Untouchables from their new 7″ picture disc release.

We also dive into some recently acquired rarities via Toxic Toast Records, some catalog tracks from Angel City Records and Original Gravity, and generally just try to find a good mix of tunes some self healing.

Full Playlist:

Joker’s Republic – Gin and Tonic

The Untouchables – Hooked on a Feeling

Alpheus – Rudies

Dr Ring Ding – Fun

Casino Royale – Casino Royale

MU330 – Press

Rude Bones – Hey What’s This Noise

Just Kidding – I Don’t Understand It

The Targets – Unity Beat

Key Day & Newentun All Stars – All You Fascists Bound to Lose

Carroll Thompson – Dance With Me

Malandro Nine Five – Justinian’s Forgery

Mobtown – Coming to Get’cha (Live)

Stahl – Bring It On Back

Jackie Mendez – I Can’t Stay

Prince Alphonso and the Fever – Tune Up Ska

Woodfield Rd Allstars – Coast to Coast

The Pacers – Hassenpfeffer

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7/15 – Dunia & Aram, The Penniless Loafers, Bachslider, Boss Selektah Diana @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/23 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, Ensamble Calavera, Not From Concentrate @ Bar Freda (host and DJ)

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Tonight we listen to some of the newer releases that are out there, including some of the digital-only singles and albums released in the past month or so.

Additionally we listen to a track off The Frightnrs’ new album Always (available via Plaid Room Records) and get hyped for some of the bands touring and playing this summer!

And we’ll get into a genre-spanning assortment of tracks that are sure to please!

Full Playlist:

The Freecoasters – Seven Falls

Not From Concentrate – Die Trying (new single)

The Twilights – Flight of the Pterodactyl (new single)

The Bakesys – Hope to See Some Rude Girls But We Never Do (album)

The Inevitables vs Youth City Sound System – Countdown

The Frightnrs – You, Still

Bad Operation – Bad Operation

La-PPISCH – One Two Ska

Disport – The Downbeat Goes On

Buford O’Sullivan – I Can’t Decide

The Abruptors – Rise & Fall

The Akrylykz – Ska’d for Life

Mealticket – Lisa Marie

The Regulators – Mek Wi Rukumbine

The Transilvanians – Charlton Heston en Donana

The Upshitters – For a Few Dollars More (trim intro)

The West Kensington – Ecstasy of Gold

The Ruts – Staring at the Rude Boys

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6/17 – The Freecoasters, Beat Brigade, Donut City @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/15 – Dunia & Aram, Bachslider, Boss Selektah Diana + TBA @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/23 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, Ensamble Calavera, Not From Concentrate @ Bar Freda (host and DJ)

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Its been a few moments, but we’re back with a new episode, and trying to get back on schedule!

Tonight hear a track from the new David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 album “Plague Doctor”, a new track from The Gravelites (out of Indonesia!), and a track from the new-ish Left Alone album “Checkers & Plaid”.

You’ll also get an assortment of blistering instrumental tracks, rare 80s ska, a wicked dub version of the Stranger Things main theme, and more!

Full Playlist:

The Gravelites and Skaline – Summon the Soul

David Hillyard & the Rocksteady Seven – Plague Doctor

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Monster Rock

Jah Jazz Orchestra – King Solomon

The Oldians – The Mighty Thumb

Left Alone – Mile High

Die Tornados – The Evil

The Dead 60s – Ghostfaced Killer

The Crombies – Blood and Fire

Camper Van Beethoven – Border Ska

Steppin’ Lazer – All I Do is Ska

Class Action – Going Nowhere

East of Eden – Sea of Happiness

Kingston Rudieska – East and West

Hollie Cook – Milk and Honey

Green Torrejas – Villa Adelina

Black Emeralds – Bed Bug

The Upstarters – Stranger Things (Dub)

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Beat Brigade, Donut City @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/15 – Dunia & Aram, Bachslider + TBA @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/23 – Ensamble Calavera, Not From Concentrate, +TBA @ Bar Freda (host and DJ)

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Tonight we take a listen to a track from The Bruce Lee Band of their brand new album One Step Forward, Two Steps Back available now via Asian Man Records!

We also hit you a classic buffet of ska styles and from around the globe and across time, as you’ve come to expect from the show! Dig in, and find a new-to-you band you like!

Full Playlist:

The Bruce Lee Band – Putting Up With All My Crazy

Suspense Heroes Syndicate – Raise Another Glass

Easy Big Fella – Aliens

3City Stompers – Lajdaki

Skatala – Guarrindong

Mr. Review – Chasing

El Bosso & Die Ping Pongs – Immer Nur Ska

The Boxboys – Busy Boy

The Trowsers – Color TV Reality

The Ska Flames – Kurasawa

Spy Kids – Covert Action

The B-Sides – She’s a Raver

Painted Saints – Loathe

The Adjusters – Truth to Power

The Steady 45s – Meaning of Love

The Red Stripes – Big Boss Man

Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers – Drugs Mule

AKA The Syndicate – Waiting for Monkey (Live at Skamouth)

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Beat Brigade, Donut City @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/15 – Dunia & Aram, +TBA @ Otto’s Shrunken Head (host and DJ)

7/23 – Ensamble Calavera, Not From Concentrate, +TBA @ Bar Freda (host and DJ)

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Well, this is it, the final Bandcamp Friday currently on the calendar, and we’re making this one helluva Ska Spectacular preview of what you can currently get on Bandcamp.

Most of the music you’ll hear on the episode has been released in the past month or so, but we do look back on some of the great releases still available on Bandcamp for your listening pleasure (and on vinyl, to boot!)

Check out the links next to all the bands in playlist, to grab these releases, and to see what else they have available!

Full Playlist:

The Prizefighters – Fistful of Credits (single)

Brachoi – Solchoi (Errances Itérées album)

Oklahoma Stackhouse – The Grove (Ok. album)

Sunny Coast Rude Boys – El Rollo (Rude Style! album)

Swinging Relatives – Skank Steady (Montreal 1986 collection)

The Manipulators – Racist Pig (Wow! 30 Cans album)

Title Holder – Hanging by a Thread (Story of My Life EP)

Oka Over – Fragen (Over EP)

Day Labor – Siguele (Amigos album)

The Frightnrs – Always (Always album)

Susan Cadogan and the Magnetics – My Oh My (single)

Roy Ellis & Cosmic Shuffling – Shine Your Light on Me (single)

Rhoda Dakar – Walking After Midnight (single)

The Tellways – Space Force (Out to the Cosmos album)

Sir Jay & the Ska-Tanauts – COVID-19 Special (single)

Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra – Sunrise from the East (Tombstone album)

Georgetown Orbits – Hang on Sloopy (single)

The Kyber Rifles – Midnight Shadows (Rude Rebel Radio album)

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave (host and DJ)

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Beat Brigade, Donut City (host and DJ)

7/15 – Dunia & Aram, +TBA (host and DJ)

7/23 – Ensamble Calavera, Not From Concentrate, +TBA (host and DJ)

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Tonight we take another trip on S-K-Airlines for trip around the world (and even back in time) to highlight some of great international ska acts from today and yesteryear!

We start off with tracks from two brand new releases – the Too Hectic! Ska Punk Goes International compilation and the Best of Out of Control Army – which are both available via Jump Up Records.

From Mexico, we’ll take a meandering stroll to Hungary, Germany, and Ireland just to name a few of our stops, and of course we’ll make a pitstop to refuel in the good ol’ USA.

We’ll also hit you with a few upcoming shows on the concert calendar! Next week, watch for our final Bandcamp Friday preview episode!

Full Playlist:

Los Kung Fu Monkeys – Bang Bang

Out of Control Army – Cat Nation

Bad Habit – Stop the Power

The Hacklers – Rude Bhoy

The Skapitanos – Lonely Nights

Skinners – Jump Up You Can Do It

Statuto – Abbiamo Vinto Il Festival de Sanremo

The Valkyrians – Call Me After Midnight

The Belle Stars – Hiawatha

Save Ferris – Golden Silence

Bowcat – Cruising Speed

Regatta 69 – Someone to Cling

Blades – Beef Bowl

The Champions Inc – Are You Reggae Now?

The Allniters – Hold On

Ska Contenders – Siempre Conmigo

Cairo – I Like Bluebeat

Madness – Return of the Las Palmas 7

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave (host and DJ)

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Beat Brigade, Donut City (host and DJ)

7/15 – Dunia & Aram, +TBA (host and DJ)

7/23 – Ensamble Calavera, Not From Concentrate, +TBA (host and DJ)

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Tonight we interview the one and only Coolie Ranx on the eve of the release of his debut solo album, Days Gone By. We talk about the genesis of the album, the 2021 Supernova International Ska Festival, his collaboration on “Mad Dog” with Eastern Standard Time, and so much more!

We also highlight some of Coolie’s favorite recent ska tracks, take a listen to tracks from The Toasters and Pilfers, and highlight some of the tracks he has guested on!

Days Gone By is available for pre-order on Bandcamp now, and is scheduled to be released in June!

Highlighted Tracks this Episode:

Pilfers – Generation

Eastern Standard Time – Mad Dog

Coolie Ranx – Incredible

Pannonia AllStars Ska Orchestra – Billy Boyo

Harijan -Decondition

The Loving Paupers – Lines

75 Days of Sun – Shoot for the Stars

Toasters – Dub 56 (Chat)

Pilfers – Easy Life

Metro Stylee – Back Again

The Doped Up Dollies – Be Free

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

4/22 – Mephiskapheles, Mustard Plug, Catbite, Stop the Presses, Title Holder (featured DJ)

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave (host and DJ)

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Donut City +1 TBA (host and DJ)

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Tonight we celebrate the bands currently, or are about to go on tour across the United States, as we continue heralding the return of live music and venues. If you are comfortable being out, please support your scene!

We also start off with a track from The Slackers’ brand new album, Don’t Let the Sunlight Fool Ya, officially released today on Pirates Press Records!

For your (mostly) complete and up-to-date listings of all upcoming ska shows in the United States, check out SkaShowFinder.com!

Full Playlist:

The Slackers – Statehouse

Mephiskapheles – Satan Stole My Weed

Catbite – Amphetamine Delight

Mustard Plug – I Made Love to a Martian

Stop the Presses – Rude Skank

The Pietasters – Five Days of the Week

Spring Heeled Jack – Pay Some Dues

J. Navarro and the Traitors – Deeper

The Best Of The Worst – Illusion Of Choice

Rude Girl Revue – Lioness

Kill Lincoln – Going Under

Beat Brigade – Armageddon Beat

Soul Radics – Down to the Hall

The Dendrites – Oh Yea? Oh Yeah!

The Beat ft. Ranking Roger – Public Confidential

King Kong 4 – To Lose Before You Start

The Hypocondriacs – I Know Now

The Mobsters – Steppin Out

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

4/22 – Mephiskapheles, Mustard Plug, Catbite, Stop the Presses, Title Holder (featured DJ)

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave (host and DJ)

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Donut City +1 TBA (host and DJ)

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Cranking out this week’s episode on a Sunday to help finish out the weekend, or perhaps start the week, just right! We’ve got brand new music from NYC’s Not From Concentrate, released to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility 2022, a selection from Flying Vipers’ new LP collecting their first two cassettes, and finally get to around to playing a track from the Suicide Machines most recent album.

From there, you can expect as always a wide selection of rare 80s releases, 90s singles, and recent fare from around the world like Jah on Slide, The Magnetics and Yellow Cap!

Full Playlist:

Not From Concentrate – Clark Kent

Flying Vipers – Coffee Kush

The Magnetics – Candy Man

Top Shotta Band – Share My Love

Seattle-ites – Prado for P’rez

The Checkered Cabs – Something About the Weekend

Yellow Cap – Behind the Stars

Jah on Slide – Everybody Dance the Ska

The Allentons – Pyramid 5

The Suicide Machines – Smile

Lockstep – The City is Burning

Blind Spot – Maude

The Action League – Rudeboy’s Life

Billy Sheet’s Undercover – Weekend in Dubrovnik

Shot Black and White – Day In / Day Out

The Papers – Who Put The Reggae on the Radio

The Hoovers – Jimmy Jones

Tommy McCook – Always on Sunday

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

4/22 – Mephiskapheles, Mustard Plug, Catbite, Stop the Presses, Title Holder (featured DJ)

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave (host and DJ)

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Donut City +1 TBA (host and DJ)

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Its Bandcamp Friday again, April 1st, but this ain’t no joke! We’re bringing you another ska preview spectacular showcasing some great recently released singles and album tracks to give you some inspiration for your shopping cart. Support your scene!

This episode has some amazing international representation of the current ska scene (and ska styles!), from Checkered Past (Cambodia!) to The Skatuesques (Ireland), and Guess What (Belgium) to Sr. Mephisto (Costa Rica).

Homegrown US acts of note include Coolie Ranx (with his debut solo album), The Simulators (outta Connecticut!), and Catbite (Philly!). You’ll also hear The Jinkies, from the late 90s, who’ve just put their self-titled album up. And there’s so much more to discover this episode!

Check out all the bands via their Bandcamp links in the playlist below!

Full Playlist:

The Skatuesques – Back in the Day (SKA CARES COMPILATION)

The Simulators – Take a Chance on Me (Single)

Don Cosmic and La Familia Torelli – Himalaya (HULA HOOP EP)

Checkered Past – Interrogation (PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT)

Louie Zong – Minor Setback (SKABLAM EP)

Coolie Ranx – All Dem Ah Try (DAYS GONE BY)

Catbite – Police Man (STILL STUBBORN Vol 2. COMP)

Sr. Mephisto – Casino Hell – (MI SANTA MUERTE EP)

Miskales – Mis Amigos (Single)

Lee Scratch Perry backed by the 18th Parallel – Words from the Upsetter (Single)

Gain Stages and Jade Tremba – Sunflower Seeds (Single)

Night Owls – Let’s Stay Together (VERSIONS)

The Jinkies – Answer Me (THE JINKIES)

Young Costello – Party All The Time (Single)

Guess What – Tic Toc (ESKAPOLOGY)

Braindead – Straight Line (Single)

SiBANNAC – Culture (REPEAT OFFENDERS)

Sgt Scag – Spotless and Sponsored (COLIN’S PUNK ROCK WORLD COMP)

More Bandcamp!

Need more inspiration? Check out our March 2022 and December 2021 Bandcamp episodes!

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After a slight, unintended hiatus, we’re back and bringing you an episode filled with an eclectic selection of ska styles you can find on each show. We are always here to fill that void of your favorite old ska college radio show!

No brand new releases this week – though we’ll be publishing another episode later this week in support of Bandcamp Friday – so this week I’m asking you to check out your local record shops and dig deep! You never know what you may find. Several tracks you’ll hear tonight are off records recently found out in the wild!

Full Playlist:

The Untouchables – Tropical Bird

The Shifters – Let’s Dance

Luana Point – Les Liaions Dengereuses

The Steadys – Just Reflections (Live)

Bette Bright – Hello I Am Your Heart

Pist n Broke – Pist n Broke

Citizen Fish – Disposable Dream

The Beatdown – Mary

Urban Blight – U Must B

Los Placebos – Time for Action

Hot Stove Jimmy – Foxy

The Skunks – Bounce

Strange Fruit – In The Mood for Lovin’

The Frightnrs – Never Answer

Big Ska Band w/ Lester Sterling – Jamaica Farewell

The Pressure – Kingston Review

The Elevators – Rocksteady

The Orobians – Close to Me

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by DJ Ryan Midnight:

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Donut City +1 TBA

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Tonight we’re showcasing the various sounds you’re likely to hear on 100% Ska, from rare 80s tracks, to ska-punk, to boss reggae and jazz influenced tracks, and more, you’ll find it all here on every week.

If one set doesn’t strike your fancy, the next one very well might!

Of note on this week’s show, a rarity from Little Tigers (from Athens, GA), The Void Union (as they start their weekend tour of New England), Let’s Go Bowling (who celebrate the birthday release of Mr. Twist), and King Django (ahead of their live performance in NYC). Plus so much more! Watch for the weekend calendar too!

Full Playlist:

Little Tigers – Ska City

The Urbations – Skaffle

The Terrorists – Treat Her Right

Headline – Carolina

Skunks – C’est Eski C’est Eska

Void Union – Build a World

The Usuals – Three a.m.

King Django – Fistful of Riddim (A3)

The Impalers – Uppercut

Let’s Go Bowling – Spy Market

Monkey Shop – Tomorrow We May Know

Kemuri – Ato-Ichinen

Assorted Jelly Beans – Brain Dead

Brixton Sounds – Me Perdi

Blue Beat Makers – You’ve Been So Nice

The Revivers – Reggae Fever

Leo and the Lineup – Hit the Streets

Cryin’ Out Loud – Pounding Heart

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/19 – King Django, Sonic Libido, Barbicide

5/27 –Stop the Presses, Flying Racoon Suit, Stuck Lucky, Megawave

6/17 – The Freecoasters, Donut City +1 TBA

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March 4th is Bandcamp Friday once again, and we are hitting you up with a ton of great brand new and new-ish ska releases to celebrate the day! All these releases will be available from the bands for instant digital download, and some are available on vinyl as well!

Of particular note are some of the brand new tracks you’ll hear on the episode from Some Ska Band, Detroit Riddim Crew, The Bruce Lee Band, David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, and Travelers All-Stars. Additionally we’ve got a track from the brand new compilation Still Stubborn Volume 2, and a continuing look at the Ska Cares comp.

Check the links by each track in the Full Playlist below to dive into the release, and check out the band’s full discography.

Bands are are also releasing new merch, like The Prizefighters, who have a new hoodie and t-shirt available! Check out the profiles of your favorite bands to see what goodies they may have!

Full Playlist:

Some Ska Band – Suburban Jungle (BETTER TOGETHER EP)

Detroit Riddim Crew – Forward (INSTRU-MENTAL)

The Pietasters – Hypmotize (SKA CARES COMPILATION)

Flying Raccoon Suit – Rebirth (AFTERGLOW)

Crazy Baldhead – Then You Know (STEREO PROPHECY and ELECTRIC HYMNS)

The Bruce Lee Band – Did You Find the Money Tree (ADVANCE SINGLE)

D’Ska Assassins – Buzzin’ Like a Bee (BUZZIN’ LIKE A BEE)

Rough Kutz – Man in the Mirror (SPECIALIZED PROJECT)

Inokasira Rangers – White Man in Hammersmith Palais (RANGERS PATROL 77-82 UK)

David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 – The Frog (PLAGUE DOCTOR)

The Fuss – Gin and Tonic (STILL STUBBORN VOLUME 2)

Lucky Luxury – Muldoon’s Move (…GOES ELSEWHERE)

The Phonosonics – Take Me for Granted (NEW AGAIN)

The Replicators – Serenity Now (DON’T TAKE ME HOME)

Title Holder – It Doesn’t Matter (SINGLE)

Peg and the Rejected – 2Stoned (SINGLE)

Staflos – Wasted Space (SINGLE)

Travelers All-Stars – Love in the Stars (SINGLE)

Pinacle Sound – Come on Board (SOUL MEDICINE)

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We haven’t done an all-60s ska show in quite a while, so tonight we’ll be doing just that! Nothing but pure Jamaica ska and rocksteady for your listening pleasure. No breaks, no interruptions just pure dancing and grooving mood.

Some songs you know, some you may not, but I think you’ll find a few new songs to you’ll be humming in no time!

Next episode the pendulum swings the other way as we highlight some of the great new releases of 2022 (and late 2021) ahead of Bandcamp Friday!

Full Playlist:

Lloyd & Glen – Rudies Give Up

Tommy McCook – Freedom Sounds

Llans Thelwell & the Celestials – Mughead Ska

Jackie Opel – Turn Your Lamp Down

Byron Lee & the Dragonaires – Frankenstein

Roland Alphonso – Lee Oswald

The Blues Busters – Soon You’ll Be Gone

The Gaylads – Rolling Down

Lord Sir Comic – Ska-ing West

Dobby Dobson – Cry Another Cry

David Isaacs – I’d Rather Be Lonely

The Sensations – Long Time Me No See You Girl

Eddie Perkins – My Darling

The Uniques – Love and Devotions

X-Rays – Big Brother

Pat Kelly – Little Boy Blue

The Maytals – One Look

Vin Gordon – Sounds and Soul

Stranger & Gladdy – Rudies All Around

The Rulers – Copasetic

Honeyboy Martin & The Voices – Dreader Than Dread

The Pioneers – Some of The Bawl

Eric Morris – Blackman Ska

Trammy – Horns of Paradise

Lynn Taitt and the Jets – The Joker

Ken Parker – A Change is Gonna Come

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This week we’re taking a look at some of the new and recent releases coming out of early 2022 and late 2021, plus we get into celebrating the quickly returning concept of live shows and full tours!

Be on the look out for massive tours this spring from Mephiskapheles, Stop the Presses, Big D and the Kids Table, plus plenty of shows in your neighborhood (we highlight few upcoming shows here in the Northeast)!

Of note this week, we listen to the newest release from Sgt Scag which will be on the Viva! Songs of Freedom compilation, The Ska Vengers (from India) and their contribution to theSka Cares: a Benefit for the Alpha Institute compilation, a track from The Step Daughters debut LP on Jump Up Records, a track from The Bakesys latest record, and a listen to some of the first singles coming out of Ecuador’s new label Football Records!

As always, we also hit you with a few nice slices of ska from the 80s and 90s!

Full Playlist:

Sgt Scag – One More Parade

The Step Daughters – We Are One

Mephiskapheles – Paradise

Voodoo Glow Skulls – Los Hombres No Lloran

Thumper – Holy Roller

The Ska Vengers – Tempo

The Bakesys – Atomic Invasion

Stop the Presses – Rude Skank

The Donkey Show – Feeling Nice

Staya Staya – El Ultimo Tren

Los Argonautas – Cianeas a Shaka Steady

Rudy Willy’s Soundsystem – Beware of Bad Dogs

King Chango – I Don’t Care

Buddy Jay’s Jamaican Jazz Band – Buddy Up

The Israelites – Resurrection

The Snails – Death Caught Me

The Insteps – I’m the King

The Slackers – Don’t Let the Sunlight Fool Ya

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Well, Valentine’s Day is around the corner, so how about an episode full of love, romance, desire, and affection? Its our non-ska-pun-titled Valentine’s Day episode!

We’re getting this out a little early, so hopefully you are sick of love songs. Enjoy!

For those of you in the NYC area, we just announced our next show – King Django, Sonic Libido, and Barbicide at Otto’s Shrunken Head 3/19! See you there!

Full Playlist:

Madness – It Must Be Love

Go Jimmy Go – Valentine’s Day

Jackie Mendez – Let’s Fall in Love

Hepcat – Together Someday

The Aggrolites – Love Isn’t Love

The Toasters – Thrill Me Up

Bad Manners – My Girl Lollipop

The Pietasters – Tell You Why

The Middle Volga Social Club – Love You So

The Stubborn All-Stars – Glimmer of Hope

Isaac Green & the Skalars – I Love You

Soweto – I Will Never Let You Go

Dakka Skanks – Skinhead Boy

Boomtown United – Feels So Nice

Catbite – Scratch Me Up

The Indecision – Swing Those Hips

The Delegators – Be Good To Me

Lord Tanamo – I’m in the Mood for Love

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Welcome to our first episode of February! Looks like we’re getting six more weeks of winter, so grab a good stout, or a lovely aged rum, and let’s get our dance on inside while we wait to thaw out.

On tonight’s episode we listen to a track from the brand new compilation from Stubborn Records, Still Stubborn: Volume 1 (available now on Bandcamp) which kicks off the label’s thirtieth anniversary! Be on the look out for more volumes in 2022. We also listen to another digital-only single from Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers.

Beyond that, you’ll get a cross section of ska from the 80s, 90s, and into the 21st century!

Full Playlist:

Killer Diller – Fight For Your Woman

Buford O’Sullivan – Decade Revival Song

Napoleon Solo – 0 0 5 9

Boss Riot – I Can’t Forget About You Baby

Sammy Kay and the East Los Three – Highs and Lows

Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – The Best Goes Ska

Boomshot! – You’ve Never Known

Solomon Jabby – Tone Wheel Express

The Shifters – It’s Been Too Long

Rancid with the Stubborn All-Stars – I Wanna Riot

The Planet Smashers – Pee in the Elevator

Unsteady – ME

The Aquabats – Powdered Milk Man!

Legal Gender – Overcast

Ocean 11 – Ancient Chinese Ska

The Fundamentals – Cool Down and Let It All Out

2 Tone Lizard Kings – Super 8

Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers – Drunk and Dancing

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The next episode should be all about love!

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Tonight we spread the breaking news that The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have officially broken up, stating they “have decided to no longer continue on as a band.” We pay tribute to the band, which was the gateway to the sound of ska for your DJ Ryan Midnight, though several tracks across their discography.

We also listen to advance tracks coming from the new Detroit Riddim Crew album (available on Abbey Productions and Jump Up Records on February 4th) and the new Zoob & The Co-operators 7″ (available for pre-order on Happy People Records, releasing on January 28th)

We also, of course bring you heaping helping of great ska from across the Us and Europe!

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Full Playlist:

Detroit Riddim Crew – Midnight Walk

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones farewell block

– Don’t Know How to Party

– Bad in Plaid

– Green Bay, Wisconsin

– The Cave (1986 Recording)

The Fuss – Driving Me

The Big Takeover – Girlie Girlie

Skatax – Soul Sister

Monty Neysmith and The Bishops – Love Rock

The Pandemics – Killing Time

Monkey – Hitchin’ a Ride

The Aggressors BC – 29 Years

The New Riddim – Hell of a Year

The Braces – In Ska Mood

The Deltones – Make Me Smile

The Boxboys – American Masquerade

State of Emergency – Police Chase

Zoob & The Co-operators – Up Trooper’s Hill

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This afternoon we come to terms with the fact Madness has finally cancelled their US Tour after postponing dates for almost two years due to the pandemic. We listen to some of the early output on the 2-Tone label (via original 45 singles!) and also dive into some of the 2-Tone inspired bands of the era and go “a step beyond” into some other inspired music and just straight up good tunes!

We also open the show with Rhoda Dakar’s brand new single, her version of Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World”, available on her Bandcamp page as a digital or limited edition single.

Full Playlist:

Rhoda Dakar – The Man Who Sold the World

Madness – The Prince

The Specials – Gangsters

The Bodysnatchers – Ruder Than You

The English Beat – Ranking Full Stop

The Jamaican Survivors – Oochi Ska

The Ram Jam Band – Free Town (Part Two)

Mark Foggo and the Secret Meeting – New Shoes

The Employees – Pick It Up

Floyd Lloyd and the Potato 5 – Tear Up

The Rude Boys – Rudeboy Shuffle

Mr. Review – Rudeboy’s Rhapsody

The Offenders – 2-Tone Time

N-E-1 – So We Go

Moon Invaders – Pick Up the Pieces

The Dropsteppers – Darker Side of Grey

The Repeaters – Shake It Mr. Maitland

Second Step – Men In Suits (Demo)

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As has become tradition at the beginning of the year, this week looks back some of the “best” and noteworthy additions to the 100% Ska Podcast library, and also looks at some of the new reissues of older material that came out in 2021.

Full Playlist:

The Scofflaws – Paul Getty

Skinnerbox – Hepcat Season

Eastern Standard Time – Return of the Prophet

Proyecto Secreto – Tainee

The Far East – NYC Dream

Adhesivo – Dia De Rutina

The Chinkees – You Don’t Know

Babylon Fighters – Fuck You

Less Than Jake – Happyman

Rico Rodriguez – We Want Peace

Maroon Town – Hope

Prince Fatty meets the Mutant Hi-Fi – Moscow Mule

Aphrodite Delacruz – Toxic

The Crazy 8s – Johnny Q

SLK – Walk of the Mummy

The Fabulous Titans – Johnny Rocker

The Pressure Boys – Armchair Radical

Park Rangers – Smells Like Teen Spirit

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This week on 100% Ska, our first episode of 2022, we take a look back at some of the amazing new music released on vinyl in 2021, including fantastic albums (primarily released from US-based bands) and a host of singles released from around the world including several newer imprints proudly carrying forth the ska banner.

You’ll hear releases from Jump Up Records, Bad Time Records, and smaller (but no less important) labels like Mixed Tape Records, Guerrero Records, El Paso Records and Canana Records!

Let’s find out what 2021 had for ska enthusiast!

Next week we’ll take a look at some of the 2021 vinyl re-issues and older new additions to the 100% Ska library acquired last year.

Full Playlist:

Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra – Sunrise in the East

Mr Kingpin – Don’t Know Who I Am

Smoke & Mirrors SoundSystem – Nobody Did It

Wild Man Riddim – Northwest

The Freecoasters – Magnolia

Catbite – Asinine Aesthetic

Half Past Two – Shine

Bim Skala Bim – Lightning

The Tellways – Space Force

Buster Shuffle – Sucker Punch Blues

Sir Jay and the Skatanauts – Swiss Ska Fever

The 18th Parallel – Stamp n Go

Junior Dell & the D-Lites – Miss Aranivah

Dani Radic with The Slackers – Keep Going

Georgetown Orbits – Hang on Sloopy

Chinatown Ska – Oasis Ska

The Zensies – We Can Still Dance

Le Grand Miercoles – El Hombre De La Melodica

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Well, after a brief disappearing act to get over COVID, your DJ Ryan Midnight is back for one last episode this year! Tonight we bring your a winter dance party filled with belated Christmas / winter melodies, an assortment of instrumentals to keep you company by the fire, and more toe-tapping tunes.

We also open with the latest single from Joker’s Republic, their cover of “Love My Way”, a song two years in the making!

Next episode we’ll take a look at the best-ish of vinyl releases from 2021!

Full Playlist:

Joker’s Republic – Love My Way

The Scotch Bonnets – Winter Reggae Party

Roger Rivas – Winter Wonderland

Detroit Riddim Crew – Sleigh Ride

Lollypop Lorry – Skankin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Rico Rodriguez – Fiesta

The Upsessions – Lincoln County  War

The Steadytones – Come With Me

Rhyth-o-Matics – El Toro

Culture Shock – Someone Has to Pay

Boss Sound Manifesto – Dig It

Bigger Thomas – Manhattan Holiday

King Django – Avenue A

The Senior All-Stars – Les’ Dance

Victor Rice – Bermuda Triangle

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra – Ska de Janiero

Don Cosmic – A Good Year

Buena Onda Reggae Club – Big Trouble Inna Ska Jazz Town

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Tonight we put the spotlight on Guerrero Records, a new imprint coming out of Los Angeles focusing on traditional ska and roots reggae, as we listen to cuts from their first three releases (check them out on Bandcamp and Facebook).

We also listen to a bunch of new releases, including the digital-only EP from friends of the show The Georgetown Orbits (available on Bandcamp), a track from The Bluebeats “Alternate Mix” of their debut Dance With Me (available on Bandcamp), No Sports’ new album “Twang!”, and The Selecter’s 40th Anniversary release of Too Much Pressure.

We round it out with a whole lotta ska from Germany, along with the UK, Venezuela, Austria, and the USA. Just a bit of every style from around the world, as you’ve come to expect from 100% Ska!

If you are local to NYC, come out to our Holiday Ska Party on December 17th at Otto’s Shrunken Head!

Full Playlist:

The Georgetown Orbits – Better Off Dead

Le Birrette – Let Me Stay

Esco Chris – The Suspects

Intensified – Skinhead Train

Los Aggrios – Meteorito

No Sports – Together Strong

The Selecter – They Make Me Mad

The 27 Red – Angry Man

Rare and Tasty – Saxism

The Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – Fussy Business

The Zensies – We Can Still Dance

Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation – No Bam Bam

Spicy Roots – Judy’s Pub

Right Turn Eddie – What Could It Be

Dance Hall Crashers – Othello

Desorden Publico – Ska de Aca

Crazy Baldhead – Hey Monday

The Bluebeats – Don’t Get Crazy (Alternate Mix)

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Tonight’s episode features a slew of great new releases – both on vinyl and digital – that you are going to need in your collection ASAP, along with a lovely assortment of international ska selection, and a happy birthday to Fishbone’s In Your Face!

December 3rd is also Bandcamp Friday, so if you’ve got some music in your shopping cart, now is the time to pull the trigger, as Bandcamp waives their fees.

Our new album release spotlight focuses on Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra, with their album Tombstone (available direct from the band), Dani Radic w/ the Slackers (on Jump Up Records) and Half Past Two’s self-titled album (available on Pay Attention Records via Jump Up)

On the Bandcamp side, check out Ensamble Calavera and Rebelation, (look for other bands you love too!), Kultura Infame on Apple Music, and the Prizefighters on the Viva! The Freedom Songs Benefit Comp.

If you are local to NYC, come out to our Holiday Ska Party on December 17th at Otto’s Shrunken Head!

Full Playlist:

Fishbone – A Selection

Ensamble Calavera – Ska Playing Loud

Rebelation – Minor Incident

Kultura Infame – Amar Sin Olvido (featuring Maria Blues)

The Prizefighters – Joe Hill

Dani Radic w/ Slackers – Let Me Be

Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra- Grey Ghost

Cosmic Shuffling – Eastern Ska

Black Cat Zoot – No Swinging in Your Walking

Half Past Two – Top Gun

The Readymen – Headline News

Fence – Scorched Earth

The Amphetameanies – Say Something Special

The Upsessions – Margharita

The Magadogs – Come On (Extended Version)

T-Killas – Running

Potato 5 – Dial M for Murder

Richard Ace – Stayin Alive

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Tonight we’re breaking format to bring you an all-CD episode featuring American ska bands from the 90s, where all the music you’ll hear has never – to the best of my research and knowledge – been released on vinyl. A few of these are probably on cassette, for those fact-checking.

So we are going to be spending a lot of time with Moon Ska Records, but you’ll also hear music from Stubborn Records, Elevator Music, and Jump Up Records, along with a few self-released albums.

We’ll be getting back to the vinyl format next week!

Also, if you have a ska CDs sitting around collecting dust, 100% Ska is ready to give them a new forever home. Get in touch!

Full Playlist:

NY Citizens Decadent Swine

Ruder Than You – Misskaculation

SMA – Leeches and Lampreys

Skanic – Eyesore

Public Service – Rydim Drop

The Radiation Kings – Gin & Tonic

Steady Ernest – Reckon

The Insteps – The Dragon

The Scofflaws – Nude Beach

The Skunks – Dubz 57 Sauce

Inspecter 7 – The Infamous

The Checkered Cabs – Walking in Threads

Buford O’Sullivan – When the Snake Gets His Way

Weaker Youth Ensemble – Wake Up (to Yourself)

Agent 99 Get a Grip (Live)

Stinkfish – Ronnie’s Revenge

Jiker – Minor Threat

Jump with Joey – Jack Lord Ska

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Tonight we offer you an assortment of new(er) releases, along with some fun 80s rarities, and highlighting great bands from around the globe proudly waving the ska banner!

Highlighting the brand new music on this episode, we haveLong Island NY’s new band, Skappository, with a track from their new EP, the Dancehall Remix of The Slackers’ Watch This, from Agent Jay’s new label, Old Neighborhood Music, Lucky Devil Trading Company‘s first release, and the reissue of Ska Jazz Messengers LP, Introspeccion.

If you are in the New York City area, your DJ Ryan Midnight will be presenting and hosting the next Subway to Skaville series show at Otto’s Shrunken Head on November 20th.

Full Playlist:

Skappository – R U Rude 2? Up Yours EP

The Ska Jazz Messengers – Tunja

Hjalmar B Allstars – The Night Tram Fuck Up

New York Ska Jazz Ensemble – Stardust

The Steady 45s – Pressure

The Drops – Honie Honie Babie

Silver Sonics – Mr Prince

Jamaica 69 – Olvidame

The Slackers – Watch This (The Dancehall Remix)

Neutrinoz – Its About Time

The Nails – Transatlantic Ska

Rude Guest – Spooked

Reluctant Stereotypes – Lofaska

Spy Kids – Carousel

The Aquabats – Playdough

Cartoon Violence – Careful

Rocksteady Sporting Club – Island in the Sun

Lucky Devil Trading Company – Tornado

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Tonight we put the spotlight on two brand new releases coming out this week – first its Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra’s S.O.S mini-album (available for download and streaming) from Nacional Records, and then the 25th anniversary release of Less Than Jake’s Losing Streak, being released on Smartpunk Records (which may already be completely sold out).

From there we bring you a lovely cross-section of ska styles from around the globe, as you’ve come to expect, including a track from the recent Wild Man Riddim release, Panatlantic (listen to my recent interview with them).

If you are in the New York City area, your DJ Ryan Midnight will be presenting and hosting the next Subway to Skaville series show at Otto’s Shrunken Head on November 20th.

Full Playlist:

Tokyo Ska Paradise – Ska Bon-Dance ~ We Welcome the Spirits

The Silvertones meet The West Kingsingtons – Give Love a Try

The Bandulus – Back to the City

Thee Hurricanes – Category 5

Wild Man Riddim – Northwest

Less Than Jake – Never Going Back to New Jersey

Swoons – Deckkraft 100%

Dr. Calypso – La Sirena del Taulat

The Riffs – Peter Gunn

Mr. Review – One Way Ticket

The Porkers – Prost!

Mark Foggo’s Skasters – New Shoes

The Mudsharks – This Is Why

The Equators – More Than a Person

Shuffle and Bang – Grand Central

Jack Rabbit Slim – Profolactic

Jr Thomas and the Volcanos – 2nd Time Around

Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra – Game of Thrones Theme (ska version)

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Tonight we’re breaking completely away from our beloved ska genre to bring you an assortment of tricks and treats from my collection! Surprisingly I listen to other genres too, and tonight will give you an eclectic smattering of my tastes, most of which is being pulled direct from the 80s and from original releases.

Of course, since its almost Halloween, tonight’s episode has more than a few odes to the world of horror and science fiction!

Hope you enjoy this little break, but don’t worry, we’ll be back to 100% Ska next week!

Full Playlist:

Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk

Hot Ice – Theme from Friday the 13th Part 3

Dokken – Dream Warriors

Alice Cooper – He’s Back

Gentlemen Afterdark – Open the Door

Scandal – Goodbye to You

The Belle Stars – Slick Trick

Samantha Fox – Touch Me

Wednesday Week – If Only

John Farnham – Break the Ice

Camouflage – Love is a Shield

Pseudo Echo – Dancing Until Midnight

Pete Shelley – Telephone Operator

The Hated – I am a Rock

Husker Du – In a Free Land

The Pogues – Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Plasmatics – Squirm (Live)

Tek 3 – Spin That Wheel

Micro Chip League – New York (Dance Floor Cut)

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On tonight’s episode we welcome Dave McWane, lead singer of Big D and the Kids Table, to the show on the eve of the band’s brand new release, Do Your Art, being released on SideOneDummy Records.

We talk the production of the album, get deep into the meaning behind the song “Forever a Freak”, discuss an upcoming side project Dave is working on and more!

The album itself can be ordered direct from SideOneDummy Records and will be available as of 10/22.

We also listen to some legends of ska from the Boston scene, bring your more slices of ska from around the US, and wish a happy birthday to two landmark records, which were release 42 years ago today!

Full Playlist:

Big D and the Kids Table – Hey

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – They Came to Boston

Bim Skala Bim – Wandering Soul

The Allstonians – Grey Afternoon

7 League Boots – Anxious Hunger

Big D and the Kids Table – Forever a Freak

The Specials – Dawning of A New Era

Madness – Razor Blade Alley

Eastern Standard Time – El Guapo

Monkey Business – Mistakes

The Slackers – Baba Roots

Skinnerbox – Hepcat Season

The Void Union (featuring Hayley Jane) – Garden of Eden

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Tonight on 100% Ska we start off with two new singles from the NYC scene from The Far East and then The Slackers! Then, as part of a celebration of the new James Bond movie, we listen to some of the great ska tracks and interpretations of themes to Bond, and close it all out with a goodbye to Everett Moreton, drummer of the English Beat, who passed away this week.

In between these segments, you’ll hear some amazing ska from the 80s, 90s, and into the 00s, including some early 80s adjacent-ska from right here in New Jersey!

If you like the James Bond segment of the episode check out the great mix that friend of the show, Ted Morris, put together of various 60s ska renditions to themes and odes to 007!

Full Playlist:

The Far East – NYC Dream

The Slackers and Papa B – Love I Bring

Winston Francis and the High Notes – Dancing Mood

Red Soul Community – Now or Never

The Meow Meows – If You Were My Boy

Skaos – The Munsters

The Uptown Rulers – Somebody Else’s Fun

The Pinch – Meeting You

The Graduate – Elvis Should Play Ska

The Selecter – James Bond

Jammah Tammah – From Russia With Love

Tommy McCook and His Orchestra – Goldfinger

Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Brothers – James Bond

Mr 2 Badd – So Nervous

The Suspects – SOB

Operation Ivy – Bad Town

The Adjusters – Pressure 24

The English Beat – Twist & Crawl

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Tonight on 100% Ska, we first highlight the brand-new, all-women supergroup, Rude Girl Revue, and then take off for a jet-setting international extravaganza of ska that will take us through the UK, Europe, South America, and the United States!

Rude Girl Revue is an all-women supergroup comprised of the women playing who were playing in the bands at Supernova Ska Festival, along with a few others from bands local to Virginia, and began as a concept almost two years ago by the hosts of the podcast Checkered Cast. For their inaugural performance at Supernova 2021 they performed a set of mostly covers, but also debuted two original songs recorded prior the event, which are now available for download! Check the songs out on the Rude Girl Revue Bandcamp page, and listen to an interview between Checkered Cast and some of the founding members to learn more about the band!

With 2021’s Supernova featuring bands almost exclusively from the United States, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the great international bands that are out there performing today, that could one day find themselves on the stage at Supernova on this week’s episode!

And we finish out the show with the new single from Half Past Two, whose new album will be out on Pay Attention Records at the end of October!

If you aren’t familiar with the bands, but like what you hear, definitely dive deeper! Many of these bands have multiple albums and singles ready for you to discover!

Full Playlist:

Rude Girl Revue – Lioness (United States)

Adhesivo – A Veces (El Salvador)

The Bartenders – Cebron (Poland)

Maroon Town – Bullit (UK)

The Magnetics – Coffee and Sugar (Italy)

Keith Rowe and the Mighty Megatons – Sound System (Spain)

Soweto – Honey Ryder (Spain)

Prince Alphonso and the Fever – Killer Diller (UK)

The Regulators – Race Track (UK)

Aphrodite Delacruz – Toxic (UK)

David Usma & the Siderens – Hell Moon (Columbia)

Staya Staya – Tren Pelado (Argentina)

Isaac Green and the Skalars – Don’t Count (United States)

Los Vicios De Papa – Esperanza (United States)

El Bosso & Die Ping Pongs – Immer Nur Ska (Germany)

Skatala – El Capita Swing (Spain)

The Liptones – Morka Kvarter (Sweden)

Half Past Two – Scratched CD (United States)

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This week on 100% Ska we speak with guitarist and co-founder of the band Wild Man Riddim, Martin Brostigen, all the way from Oslo, Norway, to discuss their new album Panatlantic, and the Norwegian ska scene!

To help give you a taste of Norwegian ska, this week’s episodes features all-Norwegian ska bands, sampling the past 25 years or so of the scene! If you like what you hear, check out the rest of the bands!

You can get the new Wild Man Riddim album on digital release (get it on Bandcamp) or on vinyl through the band’s label (available now via Tiger Records). You can also check out their live performance of “Tigertown Locktown” in celebration of the record’s release, and a one of the livestream performances from 2020.

Full Playlist:

Chakras – You Name It

The Phantoms – Equializer

Hopalong Knut – Mager Trost

MT Hammed – Skabaluba

Skam – Spilt Melk

Wild Man Riddim – On a Jetpack to Cuba

Ska Patrol – Sunny Side

SKA-frika – Svigermonster

The Uptowners – Donkey Tail

No Torso – Fatal Fraud

Lame Ducks – Radiowave

Norsk Rakk – Skarpladd

Fence – Conform, Obey, Consume

Rub A Dubs – Real Love

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It is the week of Supernova Ska Fest 2021, and you know what that means! It’s Part 2 of our Supernova International Ska Fest celebration as we listen to some more of the bands that will be on the bill this year (along with some of the bands that were originally booked, but couldn’t make it).

This time around we have more of the 90s heart throbs that made us fans including The Toasters and Mephiskapheles, newer bands like Mr. Kingpin and The Loving Paupers, plus Adhesivo bringing the “international” from El Salvador.

If you can’t make the festival in-person, you can still watch the entire weekend via livestream! Weekend and day passes are now available, and the 100% Ska Podcast is a sponsor! Also, don’t forget to check out our Supernova 2021 Part 1 episode if you haven’t already.

If you are heading to the festival, your DJ Ryan Midnight will be wandering around all weekend. Say hi, and get a pin and sticker!

UPDATE: When this episode was originally recorded, Dr. Ring Ding was still scheduled to appear. Unfortunately due to visa issues, he will longer be performing this year.

Full Playlist:

Adhesivo ft. Nicoletta – Azul

Mr. Kingpin – Lightning in a Bottle (New LP on Jump Up Records)

King Django – Avenue A

The Toasters – 2-Tone Army

Mephiskapheles – Mephiskapheles

Dr. Ring Ding – Fun

Bim Skala Bim – Cuz A U

Buck o Nine – Voice in My Head ’96

Matamoska – Doom Boogie

Roger Rivas & the Brothers of Reggae – One More Dance

Detroit Riddim Crew – Fight For Your Rights

Eastern Standard Time – Agua y Cerveza

The Loving Paupers – Don’t Care (7″ available on Happy People Records)

The Planet Smashers – Change

The Skapones – Eyes of a Child

The Skoidats – Night of the Droogs

Danny Rebel & the KGB – Whispering Eye

The Pietasters – Factory Concerto

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Tonight we put the spotlight on Smoke & Mirror Soundsystem, the brand new collaboration helmed by John Roy of Unsteady. Like many music projects started during the quarantine of 2020, this is a group that for the most part exists only in recorded format, and features a multitude of performers from the ska scene around the country from New York City to San Diego. Watch for a live version of the band, which appears to be in the works

Their debut album, Strength in Numbers, is also the first record released by new label Mixed Tape Records, and the LP is available now direct from the label.

We also list to a host of new singles released so far from 2021, including Junior Dell & the D-Lites, Dakka Shanks, and Tight Spot.

Finally, get the skinny on the concert calendar, with a bunch of concerts in the NYC area ahead of the Supernova Ska Festival

Full Playlist:

Smoke & Mirrors Soundsystem – Mile in Their Shoes

Junior Dell & the D-Lites – Miss Aranivah

The 18th Parallel – Stamp ‘n’ Go

Woodfield Road All-Stars – Muhammad Ali

The Seattleites – Ska-La-Mode

Tight Spot – Time Heals Everything (Happy People Records)

Carroll Thompson & the Mighty Megatons – Dance With Me

Key Day & Newentun All Stars – All You Fascists Bound to Lose

Erin Bardwell Collective – Please Please Please

Le Grand Miercoles – Cowboy Fantasma

The Void Union – Centipede

The Ska Flames – Star Eyes

King Zepha – Grass in Greener

Unsteady – Dr Buru

Go Jimmy Go – Head Up High

Stubborn All-Stars – True Mental

Agent 99 – Happy?

Dakka Skanks – You Can’t Cancel This (Digital Single)

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Tonight we welcome two members of Punch the Clown – founding member Rick Rocklewitz (drums, vocals) and Kevin Newby (bass) – to the show to discuss the band, their label Raj Records, and of course their brand new anthology LP “Punch the Clown is a Hit Machine” which will be available Labor Day weekend direct from their website – punchtheclown.band

And to get you psyched for a trip down 90s ska memory lane with the band, we’re bringing you a selection of 90s 7″ records that I think will get you in the mood!

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Full Playlist:

MU330 – Vacation

The Chinkees – You Don’t Know

The Jinkies – Road Trip

The Parka Kings – Alone

Superdot – Magnificent Bob

Slow Gherkin – Covert Advertising

The Exceptions – Flowering Scrunch

SeeSpot – Orient Express (Live)

The Instigators – Matty’s Song

The Jumpstarts – Lost City

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Tonight is a little experiment as the 100% Ska Podcast goes 100% dub! Aside from the intro, it’s nothing but non-stop music.

This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, to compile a bunch of the dub rendition tracks found on many of the LPs and singles I have. Hope you enjoy it!

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Full Playlist:

The Red Stripes – Gonna Dub Now (album available on Bandcamp)

Hepcat – Miss Dubgeniality

The Players Band – Hot Milk Dub

Babylon Fighters – PAB Dub

Skints – On A Mission (Dub)

Kingston Rudieska – Sir Dub

Detroit Riddim Crew – Castle Dub

Two Tone Club – Bloody in Dub

Dead 60s – Too Much TV (Dub)

Caz and the Day Laborers – You Got Dub

The Fuss – Dub It Down

Colin Giles meets Victor Rice – DubLady

The Prizefighters – Fibbers Dub

Western Standard Time – Tunnel Vision (Dub)

Top Shotta Band – Dub of My Heart

Sir J and the Kinkylab All-Stars – Lost Rhytm Dub

The Specials – Clangsters Dub

Madness – Mad House (Instrumental Dub Version)

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As Hurricane Henri approaches the East Coast – specifically Connecticut – we start off the show with an all CT ska set to send some good thoughts their way!

Additionally, we listen to brand new music from John Bunkley, Buster Shuffle, and Captain Accident, recent releases you need to hear, plus take a return trip to the 80s for some rare ska tracks as an addendum to the Lost American 80s Ska episode from a few weeks back! The NYC ska concert calendar is also in full swing, find out what’s happening over the next few weeks.

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Full Playlist:

Thee Hurricanes – The Phantom

Spring Heeled Jack – Addicted

The Hempsteadys – Rudy Comes From the Streets

Sgt Scag – Cultination (order from the band)

Johnny Too Bad and the Strike-Outs – St Paul Street

John Bunkley – Monday Tuesday Wednesday (order direct)

Arthur Kay and the Clerks – Reggae n’ Ska

Soul Radics – Everything I Said I Wouldn’t Do (Import Available via Jump Up Records)

Intensified – Fat Cat

Buster Shuffle – Sucker Punch Blues

Dutch Ska Express – Babylon Hooligans

Steppin Lazer – Follow the Leader

X-Streams – That’s Why They Wait

The Robustos – No Strangers Here

The Bluebeats – Don’t Get Crazy

Second Step – Opportunity

Dakka Skanks – Skinhead Boy

Captain Accident – Miami Incoming (order via website)

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Tonight is Part 1 of our Supernova International Ska Fest celebration as we listen to some of the bands that will be on the bill this year! From the originators, The Skatalites, to the 90s heart throbs The Pietasters and Hepcat, and some of the newer fresh bands such as Bowcat and Half Past Two.

We also listen to a track off the brand new release from Catbite, “Nice One” (available on Bad Time Records), a follow to their stellar self-titled debut.

While Supernova 2021 is officially sold-out, you can still attend the festival virtually via livestream! Supernova is current fundraising to bring you 30 hours of livestream direct from the festival, and you can support the effort while getting a massive discount via Kickstarter right now!

Don’t forget to follow DJ Ryan Midnight and the 100% Ska Podcast on Facebook and get your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show by subscribing to the podcast if you haven’t already!

Full Playlist:

Catbite – Creepin’

The Players Band – Vacation (order direct from the band)

The Dendrites – Pookie

The Big Takeover – Girlie Girlie (order direct from the band)

The Scotch Bonnets – Hair Did

Half Past Two – At Least Be Decent (order direct from the band)

Stop the Presses – Wasted Youth

Bowcat – Soul Catcher

Hub City Stompers – Skinhead Boi

The Pilfers – Generation

Monkey – The Epic

Mustard Plug – Beer

The Skunks – Bounce

Hepcat – Skavez

The Pietasters – Drunken Master

The Slackers – She Wants to be Alone

The Skatalites – Skamania

Some Ska Band – American Skalines

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Tonight on 100% Ska, we highlight some of great music you should be aware of for Bandcamp Friday, August 8th, with all 100% of sales going direct to the bands!

We also take a look at some of the new releases coming out, including an anthology from Punch the Clown (order direct from the band!), and split 7″ from Bad Time Records and Parking Lot Records.

Finally, we hop in the DeLorean for some fantastic slices of 80s ska direct from NYC!

Need more Bandcamp recommendations? Check out recent episodes S4E16 and S4E20 for some great bands that deserve your attention!

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Full Playlist:

Punch the Clown – Leaving

The Bakesys – Get Your Moon Boots On (Ska mix) (on Bandcamp)

Rocky Sullivan, Phys.D – I Can’t Decide (on Bandcamp)

The Moochers – Turn Your Lamp Down Low (on Bandcamp)

Perkie & The Co-operators – (Mumma was a) Bankrobber (on Bandcamp)

Less Than Jake – Need Some Shaking (order on Bad Time Records)

The Rough Kutz – Friday Night

The Redemption – Starting Over (order on Specimen)

Dutch Ska Express – Babylon Hooligans

The Mighty Fishers – Dancing Mood

Yellow Umbrella – False Prophets

The Brooklyn Attractors – Distraction

The Skanads – Rude Boy’s on the Rise

Not Bob Marley – No Respect

Urban Blight – Escape from Reality

Beat Brigade – Try and Try Again

The Boilers – Gangibus Gorilla

Black Market – Star Trek TNG Theme (Dub Remix) (on Bandcamp)

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Tonight! We’re getting back to a mix of brand new and recent releases after a few weeks of episodes celebrating the 80s and 90s. And tonight’s mix features some great tunes coming out of Jump Up Records and Happy People Records amongst others!

First up is the first-time-on-vinyl release of The Scofflaws self-titled record, which can still be yours, along with the brand new album from Bim Skala Bim, and two new 7″ releases from Happy People.

We also have a track off the debut album from Mexico City’s Girls Go Ska, available digitally via Bandcamp.

Don’t forget to follow DJ Ryan Midnight and the 100% Ska Podcast on Facebook and get your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show by subscribing to the podcast if you haven’t already!

Full Playlist:

Girls Go Ska – La Tierra

The Scofflaws – Paul Getty

St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review – Elephant Riddim

The Impalers – The Return of Jackson

Voodoo Glow Skulls – Left for Dead

Bim Skala Bim – Easy Skankin

Nuclear Device – Coscorron Steady Beat

The Soulsteppers – ‘Bout Time

3City Stompers – Skok Na Bank

Phoenix City All-Stars – Ghost Town

Atsushi & the Moisties – The Sound of Ska

David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 – Blast Off

Alana Turner – Darling I Will Stay

Mad Conductor – Radio Madness

Open Season – Rocksteady Fever

The Usuals – Salty Coffee

The Beat ft. Ranking Roger – Maniac

Gigantes Magneticos – Hittin’ the Beach

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Tonight on the 100% Ska Podcast, “Professor” DJ Ryan Midnight is giving you a history lesson in the lost and lesser-known American ska bands from the 1980s. Our exploration will take us to all four corners of the country and through the midwest, to show just how deep the upbeat sound was permeating at the time. And not just bands that only played ska, but those with a variety of influences that knew ska would make you dance!

Come along as we travel from the Pacific NW to Phoenix, Chicago to Nashville, and Vermont to Chapel Hill NC, and discover just how rich and vibrant the ska community has always been, and always will be!

The episode is HIGHLY influenced by the upcoming book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History by Marc Wasserman, which you can pre-order now from DiWulf Publishing. As a bonus, while supplies last, pre-orders will also get a CD curated by Chuck Wren highlighting the 80s scene, which will include some of the bands you hear tonight!

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Full Playlist:

The Offs – My World (NYC)

SLK – Walk of the Mummy (Ann Arbor, MI)

The Pressure Boys – Don’t Fool Me (Chapel Hill, NC)

The Crazy 8s – Rude Boys Don’t Win (Portland, OR)

State of Emergency – Understand (Chicago, IL)

The X-Streams – Rhythm of Life (Phoenix, AZ)

Dutty Rass – Our Time Baby (Palmdale, CA)

Freedom of Expression – Forward We Stumble (Nashville, TN)

The Effects – Island (Phoenix, AZ)

The Alan Mann Band – You’re Not the Only One (Philadelphia, PA)

Class Action – Getting Nowhere (Boston, MA)

The Diversions – Rudie (Washington, DC)

The Young Executives – Original Sin (Seattle, WA)

The Fabulous Titans – Rico’s Lament (Bay Area, CA)

The Decentz – Get in Trouble (Burlington, VA)

The Erector Set – GI Jump (Cincinatti, OH)

The Hoovers – The World Gone Mad (San Francisco, CA)

Heavy Manners – Blue Beat (Chicago, IL)

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Tonight! We travel back in time the hedonistic days of 90s ska, as we celebrate some of the great bands of the era that had CD-only releases of their material! Your DJ Ryan Midnight must have gone mad from the heat!

We take a listen to releases and highlight the behemoth that was Moon Ska Records, examine a cross section of styles from neo-traditional to ska-punk, and dive into the phenomena that was the ska compilation, or the skampilation if you are pun-inclined.

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(…and don’t worry, we’ll be returning to the all-vinyl format again next week!)

Full Playlist:

Warsaw – Tap Nasty

The Pietasters – Must Catch a Train (Live)

Mento Buru – Move it Girl

Highball Holiday – Why

The Bluebeats – Esmerelda

The Smooths – Get By

Skankin’ Pickle – The Hussein Skank

My Superhero – So Wrong

The Skeletones – She Just Wants To

Regatta 69 – Addicted to Coffee

Perfect Thyroid – Marella

Judge Roughneck – Hot

King Apparatus – Strong Physical Urge

Ocean 11 – Stop That Train

The Dynamics – Geronimo

Bim Skala Bim – Legalization

JFK and the Conspirators – Partners in Crime

Skavoovie and the Epitones – Riversion (Riverboat Dub)

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Tonight! We’re back to an all music-focused episode and we are heading around the world to hear some great bands from France, Germany, Japan, Northern Ireland, the good ol’ USA, and more!

Additionally, we start to look at the ska bands playing the festivals on what could be a historic moment, as the weekend of September 17th has Riot Fest is Chicago, The So-Cal Hoedown in Los Angeles, and of course The Supernova International Ska Fest in Virginia

We also hear a track from the just released 40th Anniversary edition of Rico Rodriguez’ Jama Rock album!

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Full Playlist:

The Siren Six! – Kill Your Idol (album available via Jump Start Records)

Rico Rodriguez – Love and Justice

Downbeat Snapper – My Woman

Skarface – All Systems Fail

Benkei – Saturday Nite

Less Kro – Reisen

Die Tornadoes – Heidi

Leo and the Lineup – Copenhagen City Reggae

The Insteps – The Heat

Fishbone – Bonin’ in the Boneyard

The Untouchables – Lonely Bull

Hepcat – Relation

Rancid – Crane Fist

The Upsessions – Cool Time Ska

The Pressure – Love Me Forever

The Aggressors – 29 Years

The Snails – Paulo Freire Ska

The Gravelites – Alpha Boys (album available on Bandcamp)

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Tonight on 100% Ska we have a massive interview and conversation with the creatives behind the music side of The Inevitables multimedia project – Vinnie Fiorello (formerly of Less Than Jake), Obi Fernandez (Westbound Train), and Alex Stern (Big D and the Kids Table, The Pomps).

During the interview, we get into the genesis of the band, how they collaborate, the comic book side of the project, the continuing expansion of the music through their Versions and Dub EP (which reworks material from their 2020 debut album, LP1), and if we’ll ever get a chance to see a live performance of The Inevitables.

We also talk with Obi about what we might see coming up from Westbound Train, and Alex on his project, The Pomps.

And of course, we listen to some music from The Inevitables, and tap into rich music library of Vinnie, Obi, and Alex!

The Inevitables can be found across the web including:

The Inevitables homepage (includes links to all their digital music releases)

Merch via We Are Specimens store and Sexy Baby Records

Social media including Facebook and Instagram

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Full Playlist:

The Inevitables – My Father

The Inevitables – The American Me (Version with Roger Rivas)

The Inevitables – Ft Lauterdale (Dub)

Less Than Jake – Johnny Quest Thinks We’re Sellouts

Less Than Jake – Gainsville Rock City

Westbound Train – Wash Over Me

Westbound Train – Come and Get It

The Pomps – Resistance Grifter

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This week we celebrate the return of the official summertime (at least for the northern hemisphere), celebrate the 30th anniversary of Let’s Go Bowling’s debut album “Music to Bowl By”, crank up some great tunes released by Jump Up Records, and of course take a trip deep into the 80s Euro catalog!

We also listen to two standout tracks from Hugo Skavez and Dunia & Aram, available now on Bandcamp! Bandcamp is holding their second annual Juneteenth fundraiser today, June 18th, and donating all their sale proceeds to the NAACP!

We also bring back – finally! – the concert calendar! Find out what shows are coming up in the NYC area.

Need more inspiration for Bandcamp today? Listen to episodes S4E16 and S4E20!

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Full Playlist:

Hugo Skavez – The Skammunist Menifesto

The Busters – Summertime

The Talks – Modern Sub-Urban Life

Moon Invaders – Pick Up the Pieces

Sammy Kay and the East Los 3 – Heart So True

Let’s Bo Bowling – Rude 69

Jump with Joey – El Diablo Ska

Tom Collins and the Cocktail Shakers – Animated Violence

The Eclectics – [harry]

The Crombies – It’s Not You

The Fundamentals – La Frita

2 Tone Lizard Kings – Dance of the Tarantula

Brixton Sounds – Skachondo

Babylon Fighters – Fuck You

The Members – Clean Men

Urban Heroes –  Johnny Runaway

Arthur Kay and the Originals – Ska-Wars

Dunia & Aram – Strange Fruit

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Your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show. Always 100% ska, almost always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording!

This week we’re taking a look at some of the recent Bandcamp releases – all available digitally and some with physical releases – as we get closer to Bandcamp’s second annual Juneteenth fundraiser on June 18th, where they will donate 100% of their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Check out the links the playlist for the promoted bands!

We also spotlight California’s Kyber Rifles (whose members would go on to form Let’s Go Bowling) and their anthology record released by Axe Records now available via Asian Man Records!

If you are local in the New York City area, you can host DJ Ryan Midnight spinning all ska records Friday, June 11th, at Otto’s Shrunken Head! More details on the event page!

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Full Playlist:

Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers – Franco Nero

Danny Rebel and the KGB – Whispering Eye (new Toss It Up release)

Carroll Thompson – Dance With Me (new single)

The 18th Parallel – Stamp ‘n Go (new single)

The Slackers – Dub This (new Dub Classics album)

ghost tones – Who Saved Who (new Strange Terrains EP)

The Bakesys – Sentences I’d Like to Hear The End Of (new Sentences I’d LIke… album)

The Third-Rates – Unfortunate (remastered See What Sticks album)

Part-Time Genius – Start With The Heart

Sir Jay and the Skatanauts – Later Than Sooner (new single)

The Senior Allstars – Vamonos

The Frightnrs – Dispute

Buck O Nine – Cardboard

The Kyber Rifles – 100 Problems

Casino Royale – Never Let You Go

Ska Boom – The Plan

Cairo – I Like Bluebeat

The Terrorists – Riis Park

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Your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show. Always 100% ska, almost always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording!

This week we take a listen to some of the recent releases from Italian label Aloe Vera Records (check out their releases via Bandcamp!) and get into some nice and mellow tunes to get you in a relaxing state of mind as we approach 2021’s summer of ska, and the return to something resembling normalcy!

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Full Playlist:

The Untouchables – Whiplash

Prince Sugar and the Officinalis – The Champ

The Blackstones and the Officinalis – Change of Plan

Roger Rivas and the Officinalis – Green Pepper

Alpheus – Rudies

Soul Radics – Two Devils

Malandro Nine Five – Return of Rondo

The Crepitans – True Love

Mighty Megatons – Atomic Bomb

The Deltones – Saturday

Dr Ring Ding – All the Way to the Moon

Eastern Standard Time – Segment

The Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – Backlash

The Delirians – Do It

The Fuss – Driving Me

Boomshot – If Only

Blue Beat Makers – My Own Way

The Special AKA – What I Like Most About You is Your Girlfriend

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Your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show. Always 100% ska, almost always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording!

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This week we celebrate 25 years of Asian Man Records, with some choice selections from their vast ska library, say happy birthday to Don’t Know How to Party, and have some fun with more 90s ska-punk and some 80s UK cuts!

We also take a listen through the opening track to India’s first ska band, The Ska Vengers, and hear a very familiar tune with brand new lyrics courtesy of Skafari & Gimma!

Full Playlist:

The Ska Vengers – Shut Your Mouth

The Abruptors – Some Day

Mealticket – Lisa Marie

Slow Gherkin – I Only Sleep When I’m Drunk

Let’s Go Bowling – Pin Stripe Suit

The Mighy Mighty Bosstones – Don’t Know How to Party

The Pacers – Brand New Day

The Go Go Rays – Conspiracy

The Executives – Stop the Insanity

Maroon Town – Homage to Skatalonia

Desmond Dekker – Israelites (1980 Version)

The Akrylykz – Spyderman

The Loafers – Living in a Suitcase

Monkey Shop – Lago Di Como

The Berbiseyans – Ghost Member

The Two Tone Club – One in a Million

Mobtown – Coming to Get’cha (Live)

Skafari and Gimma with the Toasters – Jacka Jacka, Wo

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Your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show. Always 100% ska, almost always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording!

Tonight’s episode opens with a special treat and a slice of “lost” California ska history, Speciall Guest, whose lead singer has recently released mastered demo tapes originally recorded in 1985 but never released. You can hear that track and more on the Speciall Guest Bandcamp page.

From there, a dedicated set of Japanese ska via recent record acquisitions from Toxic Toast Records in Long Beach CA. Check them out if you need some imports in your collection, too!

And from there, an excellent assortment of the ska selections you’ve come to expect from the show!

On May 22nd, DJ Ryan Midnight will be livestreaming a set on Twitch. Check out all the details!

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Full Playlist:

Speciall Guest – Don’t Fit (Extended Version)

La-PPISCH – One Two Ska

Rude Bones – Work Like Machine

Disport – The Downbeat Goes On

Ska Rockets – Rocket Ska

The Amphetameanies – Good One Go

Spicy Roots – D.I.S.C.O.

Moonhead Project ft. Dani Radic – On The Dancefloor

The Transilvanians – Charlton Heston en Donana

Stahl – Fukushima

Detroit Riddim Crew and Friends – Trafalgar

Boss Riot – Happiness or Sorrow

The Braces – Julie Julie

The Toasters – Two-Tone Army

65 Mines Street – Walking on Topanga

Red Soul Community – Muerte en La Alhambra

The Preschoolers – Scott Chester

Ska King Crab – Take on Me

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This week we’re going a bit off the beaten format path to take a look at a bunch of great recent ska releases and about-to-be released music for May 7th’s Bandcamp Friday!

As a reminder, the first Friday of each month (for now) is Bandcamp Friday, where the platform waives all their fees for purchases, and gives all the funds direct to the bands! If you like what you hear, consider getting a few of these releases and support the bands and the scenes!

You can check out each band via the link next to their name! All links point to Bandcamp unless otherwise noted.

Full Playlist:

Backyard Superheroes – Music In My Head (single)

The Skacore Cartel – Our Day Will Come (single)

We Are the Union – Oridinary Life (via album Ordinary Life or Ska Against Racism)

The PMR Ska Collective – This is the Way (via Bandcamp)

Kato Ska – Blah Blah (feat Neville & Sugary Staple) (single)

The Operators – New Place (single)

The Prizefighters – What Have I Got Of My Own (via Take Three album)

Catbite – Come on Baby (via Hee-Haw version)

Boss Sound Manifesto – Never Give Up (via Boss Sound)

Phoenix City All-Stars – Paint It Black (via Skatisfaction)

Rude City Riot – See You in Hell (via Shady Schemes and Molotov Dreams)

The Tellways – Bow to Your Sensei (via Out of the Cosmos)

The Freecoasters – Delivery Me (via A Different Kind of Heat)

The Georgetown Orbits – Hang on Sloopy (via single)

Sir Jay and the Skatanauts – COVID-19 Special (via single)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Killing of Georgie (Pt III) (pre-order with Hellcat Records)

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Your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show. Always 100% ska, almost always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording!

This week we bring you another assortment of newish releases including Proyecto Secreto, Crazy Baldhead, and Bad Operation, check out the brand new single from Rhoda Dakar, and dive deep into the 80s for a few rarities.

Don’t forget, if you want a new Skankin’ Pickle T-shirt you gotta pre-order at Asian Man Records right now!

Watch for next week’s episode where we will highlight several songs available on Bandcamp for Bandcamp Friday!

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Full Playlist:

Rhoda Dakar – Everyday is Like Sunday (Order Here)

Os Paralalas do Sucesso – Ska (Live)

N-E-1 – 1-2-3

Western Standard Time – Free Form

Stubborn All-Stars – Rise to Find You

Proyecto Secreto – Jamaica 69

Ruth Augilera (Strictly Rockers) – Be My Baby

The Debonaires – Skargentina

Hepcat – Together Someday

The Aggrolites – Reggae Summertime

Crazy Baldhead featuring Maddie Ruthless – Take a Lick

Rent Boys – Kick Down the Door

Shot Black & White – Underprivileged Race

Bad Operation – Bad Operation

MU330 – Around You

Skankin’ Pickle – I Missed the Bus

Two Tone Club – Ugly Boy

AKA The Syndicate – More Bad News (free download)

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Tonight on 100% Ska, we’ve got an assortment of great new and new-ish releases, along with some great “library” tracks and a sneak audio peek at a new project from The Prizefighters!

New tracks tonight include releases from The Big Takeover (get the album direct from the band!) , digital singles from The Bakesys and Wild Man Riddim, and the new-ish EP from Chinatown Ska available on Canana Records!

Meanwhile get a sneak listen to the new live recording project from The Prizefighters! Starting Friday, April 23rd, they’ll release a video series of three song sets recorded live in studio. Watch and listen on their Facebook and YouTube channels every Friday, and keep an eye on their Bandcamp page May 7th!

Follow DJ Ryan Midnight and the 100% Ska Podcast on Facebook, check out the ska-themed cocktails being concocted, and don’t forget to subscribe if you aren’t already!

Full Playlist:

Wild Man Rhythm – Blues for Rudy

The Prizefighters – You’ll Never Know (Live)

The Big Takeover – Where Did I Go Wrong

Perkie and the Co-Operators – Concrete, Steel and Stone

Chinatown Ska – Oasis Ska

Don Cosmic – Walk Jackie Walk

Yellow Cap – Beachboys Dream

Gal’s Panic – Gal’s Panic

The Nails – Young and Wild

The Press – I’m Gonna Shoot the DeeJay

The Bullets – Hotter Reggae

Caz and the Day Laborers – I Give Up

The Dendrites – Broken Toaster Social Club

The Pressure – Kingston Review

The Shifters – She’s So Fine

The Fundamentals – St. Dominique

Etch-A-Sketch – Escape

Top Shotta Band featuring Screechy Dan – Cool and Deadly

The Bakesys – You Are Leaving The American Sector

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Tonight we get back under the covers with ska for another all-vinyl, all-covers episode spanning decades worth of inspiration and the bands inspired by them! We got great alternative tracks from the 90s, new wave inspiration from the 80s, a bit of 70s punk so much more performed by the bands you know or should know! Dive in, and find out what you’ve been missing!

As mentioned in the episode, check out the DJ Ryan Midnight ska livestream this Saturday, 4/17, starting at 9pm EST – details on the Event Page and on the Facebook Event!

Follow 100% Ska on Facebook to keep tabs on episodes and other shenanigans, and check out the latest ska-themed cocktails I’m working on! Bands, submit your music to be heard on the show!

Full Playlist

The Checkered Cabs – La Bamba

Park Rangers – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – Soma

The Regulators – Don’t Look Back in Anger

Matamoska – Band Geek Mafia

Stop The Presses – Dead Man’s Party

Capitol 1212 ft. Earl 16 – Love Will Tear Us Apart

The Specials – The Lunatics

The Orobians – Sweet Dreams

St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review – Anarchy in the UK

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Tin Soldiers

Bim Skala Bim – Brain Damage

New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble – Cecilia

Carmen Rivero y Su Conjunto – Jamaica Ska

Arthur Kay and the Clerks – Sea Cruise

The Toasters – Johnny Go Ska

The Skunks – Under My Thumb

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra – Skaravan

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Tonight on 100% Ska, we sit down with Jersey City’s own Penniless Loafers on the eve of their album – Living the Plan B – being released on Bandcamp (get the digital download or CD now and watch the music video for their song Milo!) and give a listen to some new and classic NJ ska, including a track the recent debut EP from The End Times.

We also take a trip across the Atlantic all the way to Spain to spotlight the label El Paso Records! They’ve been releasing some great 45 singles over the past few years including their Western Reggae Hits series (with spaghetti westerns themes getting the reggae treatment).

And don’t forget, Saturday 4/17 DJ Ryan Midnight will be doing a livestream vinyl set starting at 9pm EST – check out the Facebook event page for all the details!

Full Playlist:

The End Times – Eye for an Eye

Hub City Stompers – Trojan Night

Bigger Thomas – Loose Threads

King Django – Anywhere I Roam

Cryn’ Out Loud – The Distance

The Penniless Loafers – Milo

Le Grand Miercoles – El Hombre de La Melodica

The West Kensingtons – Django

The Upshitters – C’e Sabata

Skatax – Western Song

Half Past Two – Mean Green

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Tonight we have what turned out to be impromptu set of some great international ska and boss reggae bands spanning 35 plus years including brand new music released just this week from Skabara in Stockholm and The PMR Ska Collective from Montreal, along with a spotlight set on Moon Records in celebration of the label’s revived merchandise!

You can check out the PMR Ska Collective on Bandcamp, along with Skabara’s Bandcamp page, and don’t forget that Friday, April 2nd is Bandcamp Friday, where the platform waives its fees and gives all money earned direct to the artists!

Also, if you need to replace your old Moon Ska Records t-shirts, check out Rob Hingley’s brand new online store! 

Full Playlist:

Skabara – Rattkasino

Video Rouge – Total Destruction

Detroit Riddim Crew – Do Something

The Potato Five – Shockers Rock (Live)

Bim Skala Bim – Hung Up

Los Aggrios – Vespa

The Travelers All-Stars – Another Life

Green Torrejas – Villa Adelina

Crazy Baldhead – Come to Me

The Bartenders – Dead Man’s Zone

The Senior All-Stars – Freedom Sounds

Victor Rice – Commit

The Skatalites – Summer Daze

Second Step – Opportunity

NY Citizens – Pounding the Pavement

Dance Hall Crashers – Java Junkie

Isaac Green and the Skalars – Junbok

The PMR Ska Collective – We’ll Be There

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On this week’s episode we open with the brand new song from The Bruce Lee Band, “Division in the Heartland” (available now as a digital track via Bandcamp) with all proceeds from the track going to StopAAPIHate.org. Please consider purchasing the track, or donating directly to this amazing organization.

We also spotlight some of the great ska and ska-punk coming out of Japan and South Korea (check out another recent episode of 100% Ska for more great ska from Japan.)

Additionally, we hear new music from The Freecoasters off their new album A Different Kind of Heat which is available from Jump Up Records, and round out the episode with an assortment of great tracks as you’ve come to expect!

Full Playlist:

The Bruce Lee Band – Division in the Heartland

Hey-Smith – Fellowship Anthem

Potshot – Be Alive

NST and the Soul Sauce – Song for Rico

Kingston Rudieska – What Do You Stand For

The Freecoasters – Seven Falls

Maroon Town – Hope

Boss Sound Manifesto – Dig It

David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 – Song of the Underground Railroad

Cosmic Shuffling – Western Ska

The Steadytones – Got to See You Again

Hollie Cook – Milk and Honey

The Notables – Godfather Ska

The Toasters – Dub 56 (Chat)

The Rhyth-O-Matics – Walking in the Shadow

J Navarro and the Traitors – Kaos Girl

The Crombies – The Prince

G.T. Moore – People (Who Kill People)

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Tonight we throw the spotlight on some of the great brand new and recent ska releases to keep your 2021 in a dancing mood!

You’ll hear track from brand new albums from Boomtown United and The Tellways, a brand new release from Sgt Scag on their split 7″, digital singles from Cartoon Violence and Mr. Kingpin, plus recent tunes from Jah Jazz Orchestra and The Cascadians! Check out the links in the playlist below to get these great releases!

Full Playlist:

Mr Kingpin – Think Again (from the forthcoming album Introducing…)

Jah Jazz Orchestra – Ska La Parisienne

Wild Man Riddim – Worldwide Frequency

The Oldians – The Mighty Thumb

The Cascadians – Windows Down (from the limited lathe cut single)

The Tellways – Tellway Stomp (from the album “Out to the Cosmos”)

New York Ska Jazz Ensemble – Lullaby of Skaland

Rocksteady Sporting Club – Catlike

The Aggrolites – 5 Deadly Venoms (self-titled album on Pirate Press Records)

Sgt. Scag – Cultnation (from their split 7″)

The Articles – Romanov’s Bones

The Dead 60s – You’re Not The Law

The Middle Volga Social Club – Love You So

Boomtown United – Volcano (from “Tuffer Than I” on Jump Up Records)

The Forthrights – Other People

Caz and the Day Laborers – You Got It

The Upsessions – Rudie Cool It Down

Cartoon Violence – Friend or Foe (from the digital single)

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Its Sunday funday, so let’s have some fun with a little ska-punk shenanigans and get happy and angry! This week’s episode dives into some rarely heard early ska-punk that you need to hear, a heaping helping of ska-punk from the 90s, and new music from current flagbearers Half Past Two and Bite me Bambi!

You can pick up the new digital single from Half Past Two from their Bandcamp page (don’t forget to check out their adorable video too!) and pre-order the Bite Me Bambi LP “Hurry Up and Wait” and other merch from their website!

Also, check out the movie Burst City!

Full Playlist:

Half Past Two – All About You

Neutrinoz – The Obvious

The Ruts – Give Youth a Chance

The Nails – Cutting Edge

Painted Saints – Loathe

Link 80 – Up to the Top

78 RPM’s – 21st Street Bash

The Skolars – Get Away

Voodoo Glow Skulls – Lanzar La Luna

The Skoidats – Jeckyll vs Hyde

Mephiskapheles – Satan Stole My Weed

TheAquabats – Powdered Milk Man

Mustard Plug – Dressed Up

Bite Me Bambi – Carried Away

The Talks – Don’t Look Behind You

Catbite – Come On Baby

Slow Gherkin – Thumbs Down to Generation X

The Roosterz – Yūfuku no kiga (Days of Youth)

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On tonight’s episode of 100% Ska, we explore the musical influence classic Hollywood westerns and more rough and tumble spaghetti westerns have had on ska and reggae through the ages – whether its a direct music melody, the name of the song, a clip from the movie, or even just overdubbing a few pistol shots to get you in the mood.

From the classic sounds of Trojan Records and The Upsetters to the modern influenced take by Prince Fatty and The Mutant Hi-Fi or Soweto, you’re gonna want a slug of whiskey and dusty poncho by the end of the episode!

As always, your DJ Ryan Midnight aims to please, and he’s damn quick draw on the fader!

Full Playlist:

Kyber Rifles – Rawhide Ska

The Upsetters – Eastwood Rides Again

Derek Harriott & The Crystalites – Fistfull Of Dollars

Carlos Malcolm & His Afro Jamaican Rhythms – Bonanza Ska

Richard Ace – Hang ‘Em High

Bad Manners – Buffalo Ska

The Specials – Guns of Navarone

The Toasters – Marlboro Man

The Ska Blazers – Gringo

Prince Fatty and The Mutant Hi-Fi – Across the Border

The Braces – Riding West

The Void Union – Higher Guns

Soweto – Last Duel in OK Corral

Irie Idea – Han Shoots First

Green Torrejas – Green Torrejas

Roger Rivas – Heading West

The Vessels – Hot Gun

The Ska Flames – Samurai

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This episode focuses on some of the great international ska bands – with an emphasis on France – that you need to hear (mostly for better, some for worse) from the past and some new releases as well to bring us into 2021!

From France to Canada, the UK to Germany, Switzerland to Italy, and then down to Australia, we’re going to keep your toes a tapping! Tonight’s episode specifically plays a tracks from the new Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation album “Trouble” (available in the US via Jump Up Records) and the new single from The Porkers “Big Baby Man” available via their Bandcamp page.

Plus on Saturday 2/20, join me for a live DJ stream on Twitch starting at 9pm EST – details on the Facebook event page!

Full Playlist:

Skunks – Solenzara

Vodska – L’Espion Qui Venait du Ska

Rascal Poupon – Exotisme

Tara – Here I am

Chico – Fakin’ It

Two Tone Club – Exodus 14:21

Jah on Slide – Wake up Rude Boy

The Berbiseyans – Djinns

Les Frelons – Les Politiciens

The Villains – Life of Crime

The B-Sides – She’s a Raver

The GTs – Boys Have Feelings Too

The Mobsters – Steppin’ Out

Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation – Shut Up

The Dead 60s – Ghostfaced Killer

Godzilla – Yes I’m Rocking

Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers – Hugh Mingus

The Porkers – Big Baby Man

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Tonight! We feature an interview with Orion and Cale from The Georgetown Orbits and follow that through with a selection of GO songs then round it all out with a spotlight on west coast ska past and present, including a mini-review of the new Spy Kids album, Covert Action from Jump Up Records!

If you like what you hear from The Georgetown Orbits, please check out the following sites where you can learn more about the band, follow them for more updates, and listen to / buy some of their music!

The Georgetown Orbits Website
The Georgetown Orbits on Facebook
The Georgetown Orbits on Bandcamp

Grab the new Spy Kids album on Jump Up Records!

Full Playlist:

Spy Kids – Covert Action

Ocean 11 – Spring in Rome

Western Standard Time – Tunnel Vision

The Donkey Show – Insomnia

The Impalers – Mojo Hannah

The Georgetown Orbits – Stay Strong

The Georgetown Orbits – My Baby’s Okay

The Georgetown Orbits – Jungle Happiness

The Seattleites – Ska-La-Mode

The Boxboys – American Masquerade

Buck O Nine – Voice in My Head

Let’s Go Bowling – Hare Tonic

The Untouchables – Mandingo

Unsteady – Tokyo

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Tonight on 100% Ska we are putting the spotlight on a host of newer and current bands that are carrying on the tradition of the old sounds and styles of ska, rocksteady and rootsy reggae.

Additionally, we are highlighting a newer label coming out of the UK, Original Gravity, which is proudly wearing its influence and love of Trojan Records and the spirit of ’69 on its sleeve and quite literally on its record labels.

Lace up your shoes tight because your going to be toe tapping and dancing before you know it!

Full Playlist:

Tight Spot – Time Heals Everything

The Regulators – Rocksteady Lockdown

Woodfield Rd Allstars – Coast to Coast

Melbourne Douglas – Rudy Skanking on the Moon

Brentford Rd Soul Rebels (featuring Denis Alcapone) – It’s Alright Now

Hepcat – Nigel (Quarantine Edition)

Jr. Thomas and the Volcanos – Phony Ones

King Zepha – Just One Look

King Hammond – Bluebeat Boogaloo

The Aggrolites – Free Time

The Delirians – Move Around

Jamaica 69 – Olvidame

Esteban Decalzo and Mariano Gallegos – Show and Tell

Green Torrejas – The Prisoner

Travelers All Stars – Space Invaders

Los Aggrios – Alcohol

Ska Contenders – Siempre Conmigo

Sir Jay and the Ska-tanauts – Lockdown

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Well, its that time again where we diverge from the wonderful genre of ska to bring you another all non-ska episode filled with punk and oddity delights from the depths of my collection.

Playlist:

The Adults – Let’s Go

Psycotic Pineapple – Hang On For Your Life

Fuzzbox – X X Sex

Humans – I Live in the City

X-Teens – Johnny’s Having Fun

Dieter Osten – Guess I’m Falling in Love

The Shirts – Teenage Crutch

Screaming Tribesmen – Date with a Vampyre

Whirling dervishes – Affordable World

Klark Kent – Don’t Care

The Jam – Funeral Pyre

Wah! – The Checkmate Syndrome

The Upbeats – Forget About You

Fad Gadget – Back to Nature

Terminal White – Waterbody

Visage – Fade to Grey

New Math – They Walk Among You

The Higsons – Run Me Down (Instrumental)

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Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording!

This week we’re taking a look at some of the new-to-the-library picksup I’ve got in 2020 featuring an assortment of international goodies including bands from the Japan, the UK, Australia, and the USA.

Playlist:

The Kyber Rifles – Rude Rebel Radio
The Drops – Dance the Black Tarantula
The Silver Sonics – Lover
The Ska Flames (featuring Lester Sterling) – Give Thanks
The Indecision – Atlantic Crossing
The Champions Inc. – Are You Reggae Now
Monkey – Quemara
The Steady 45s – Spare Change
David Hillyard and the Rocksteady Seven – Playtime
The Trowsers – Color TV Reality
Black Emeralds – Bed Bug
The Ignobles – Wandering Heart
Jackie Mendez w/ Thee Hurricanes – I Can’t Stay
The Erector Set – Inside Out
Rude Guest – Girl Like You
Reluctant Stereotypes – Reluctant
The Allniters – Hold On
Lyn Taitt and the Jets – Joker

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We’re dusting off the podcast and getting this damn thing out of the moth balls just in time to highlight some of the best ska releases of 2020, including new albums, new singles, and older material being released on vinyl for the first time!

This episode also comes with a pledge to continue recording new episodes and generally helping to promote new releases in 2021!

and with that, on with the episode!

Playlist:

Red Stripes – Do The Ska
The Slackers – Blue
Crazy Baldhead (featuring Maddie Ruthless) – Wait for the Night
Victor Rice – The Demander
King Kong 4 – To Lose Before You Start
Doped Up Dollies – Racist Friend
Bowcat – Catch 22
3City Stompers – Tarantino
T-Killas – Deadly and Rude
Western Standard Time – Bedouin Ska
Brixton Sounds – Sonidos de Brixton
Prince Alphonso and the Fever – Time is Ska Tight
Shuffle and Bang – Naima
The Skunks – Greyhound
King Chango – Latin Ska
The Specials – Gangsters (Clangsters Dub)

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