Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond
Ska historian Heather Augustyn chronicles the history, experiences, and struggles of the women who shaped the two-tone scene in Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond. Jay Stooksberry reviews.
Ska historian Heather Augustyn chronicles the history, experiences, and struggles of the women who shaped the two-tone scene in Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond. Jay Stooksberry reviews.
Turbo Polka Party (Napalm Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Marc Wasserman gives us an oral history of American Ska. Bob Pomeroy reviews.
Kooky Spooky In Stereo (Gloopy Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Uprising (Pirate’s Press ). Review by Scott Adams.
Encore (Island Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Here We Go Love (Here We Go Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Money Maker (Studio One). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
FM (Easy Star Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
50 Years of Reggae Music (VP Records ). Review by Scott Adams.
The English Beat , a division of the Two Tone Army, invades Firestone Live in Orlando, but it’s opening band Fishbone that emerges victorious.
The English Beat refuses to die with the ’80s. Ink 19’s Robert M. Sutton chats with The Beat’s Dave Wakeling about the early days of the 2-Tone ska revival in England and the challenge of taking the past back into the future.
Speak Up (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Trying to put the sprawling creative mess that is Jamaican music into order is a daunting task… until you realize that a lot of it sprang from Studio One. Scott Adams recaps several reissues from C.S. “Coxsone” Dodd’s pivotal recording studio.
Sustain (Asian Man Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Too Little Too Late / Revenge of the Village Idiots (Village Idiot Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Give ‘em the Boot IV (Hellcat Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
It takes Ted Leo and the Pharmacists performance at the Sarasota Film Festival to get Bob Pomeroy thinking about ska again. Trust us, it makes sense. A few days later he finds the rude boys skanking with the Toasters in St. Petersburg.
Leaving the Ways (Side One Dummy Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Rocksteady (Telark Jazz). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Four local bands lit up Melbourne, Florida at the Pineapples Moon Room. The lineup, presented by Red Eye Booking, included London on Fire, The Speed Spirits, and Dunies, all from in Melbourne, and special guest, Orlando band Better Than This.
In this episode, Jeremy Glazier talks with Noah Lekas of the band American Restless, who draws on his Midwest roots for inspiration.
A young man with a mental condition struggles to understand the world.
This week, Christopher Long pulls up at a neighborhood garage sale and picks up his fourth vinyl copy of Song of Joy, the 1976 platinum slab from the Captain & Tennille.
Mikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Lily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Tymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.