TAG: ska

Jan05

Cassia Coming Out With New Single (Video & MP3)

Cassia is a teenage pop princess who is the daughter of reggae royalty. The result of her influential, music-filled upbringing is a gorgeous fusion of rarely-combined genres, that will cause Rihanna to look over her shoulder. Her debut single, “Bipolar” is sure to strike a chord deep within many. She describes it as, “A song I wrote when I was caught at a fork in the road. Sometimes what you love to death is the cause of all your pain and misery.”

Cassia is currently in the studio mixing her second single entitled, “Just Like Pollution.”


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Apr29

Win 2 tix to the Slackers show tomorrow in Los Angles! (Video & MP3)

Rude boy, rude girl – win two tickets by clicking here!

The Slackers are part of an imaginary universe. It wasn’t their fault, well not completely. The caterpillar told them not to eat the mushroom on the right. But they did and for 15 yrs now they’ve had to play Imaginary-Jamaican-Rock-and-Roll, and try to explain that to everyone who passes. One asks,”Are you a reggae band?…where are your dreadlocks then?” Another says,”YOU DONT SOUND LIKE PUNK-ROCK WITH HORNS AT ALL!!” One elderly gent says,”Why it sounds like a lot of music I used to like, but I don’t think any of you boys look addicted to HEROIN!” Doomed to …

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Mar12

The Specials are Coming to America

According to the folks over at Tiny Mixtapes, the Specials – who could be credited with pushing the 2-tone ska thing to an international audience – are scheduled to make a few appearances in North America. There’re only a few lucky towns that will play host to this, but certainly people are going to travel from across the nation for a peak at the ’70s institution.

04.15.10 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
04.16.10 – Indio, CA – Coachella
04.19.10 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
04.21.10 – New York, NY – Terminal 5

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Feb12

Chicago’s Deals Gone Bad Live (Video)

Ska’s not dead – it’s just that most folks don’t care. Spitting in the face of those neigh-sayers, though, is Chicago’s Deals Gone Bad. Here they go in live on a scorcher…

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Jan28

Willi Williams – “Armagideon Time” (Video)

If you don’t recognize this track, you didn’t listen to the Clash enough during your formative years. That being said, the original “Armagideon Time,” performed here by its writer Willi Williams, stands out of the entire JA oeuvre as a massive message song.

What makes it all the better is that backing Williams is none other than Dave Hillyard from the Slackers…Boss!

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