The small beach town of Cocoa, Florida, was recently a sold-out stop on the Sublime with Rome and Dirty Heads Summer 2023 tour — and the most fun Elise Norman has had all summer.

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.