Though she’s only 16, Sophia Parke, who fronts the local ska-punk band SABON, says playing and recording music is a priority ...

Brian Slattery Photo. The Hempsteadys. NME the Illest, vocalist and hype man for the New London-based ska band the Hempsteadys, had a couple instructions for the crowd at the beginning of their set at ...

Five Iron Frenzy came out of retirement in 2011 with an urge to record a new album by 2013, ten years after their final show. They asked their fans for $30,000 to fund the record via Kickstarter.

Ska Punk International’s Chris Reeves on Defining Eras, Great Ska Bands, and Running a Label: Podcast. Jonah Krueger. Wed, June 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM UTC. 1 min read.

One band is directly responsible for the other; Liquid Cheese was a Ska group that called it quits in 2009, but not before they inspired guitar player Gabriel Tena to form The Casual Fridays, who ...

Ska may not be the most mainstream type of music now, but for those who remember its heyday in the mid-1990s, the subgenre that mixes horns with up-tempo, pop-punk riffs will always be fun.

The band released its first new song in eight years (for free), it was downloaded over 17,000 times from the band’s website and social media profiles (not including iTunes, Amazon, etc.) in the ...

Ska had a pretty bright moment in the U.S. in the ’90s, when bands like No Doubt, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake helped push the then-mostly underground genre into the mainstream. But it was ...

3. Reel Big Fish. Formed in 1991, this ska punk band released three albums in the 1990s, including the gold album, Turn the Radio Off, which featured songs like “Sell Out” and “Beer.”With ...

Greg Lee, one of the lead singers for the L.A. ska group Hepcat, died on March 19. He was 54. His partner, Amanda Becker, announced the news on Instagram. “Greg had a massive brain aneurysm ...

Music fans and bands from around the world will soon head to Hampton, Virginia, for the Supernova International Ska Festival, Sept. 15 through Sept. 17.

When the band Bim Skala Bim first appeared in 1983, Boston didn’t have much of a ska scene. They worked hard over the years to make sure we got one.