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Murder Majesty – “Start From Scratch”
Record Label: Unable Records
Genre: Ska Punk
Band Link: www.myspace.com/murdermajesty
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While ska punk is a welcome anomaly these days, sounding like a typical high school skapunk band from the 90s won’t exactly usher in the fourth wave.
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Pilfers playing Haiti benefit at Knitting Factory April 23rd
The Pilfers are playing a rare show at the Knitting Factory on April 23rd, 2010. For some people that don’t know, the Knitting Factory moved to Brooklyn so don’t show up at the old venue!
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Music Video: Spring Heeled Jack – “Jolene”
Since JR announced that the band is playing a reunion show, I’d figured I’d post their best song called “Jolene.” It’s about their van dying, and it’s a pretty funny video too. Check it out rudeboys and rudegirls:
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Spring Heeled Jack returning for another reunion show or two
Connecticut ska band Spring Heeled Jack haven’t played together since 2002, when they played a Dave Karcich’s memorial show which raised $8,000 for a fund in his name. Various members of the band are/were in other bands but looks like SHJ will be back for some shows in some capacity. Jr, Sax player of Less Than Jake and SHJ, confirms that the band are going to do a proper reunion show which won’t be rushed this time. Don’t know what the details are yet but I’m sure JR will post them on his blog or twitter feed sooner or later.
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Reel Big Fish add Winter Informal shows for end of December
Reel Big Fish had a bang-up 2009 with not ONE, but TWO releases: the studio album, Fame, Fortune, and Fornication and the Live! In Concert! DVD, as well as a U.S. tour with Two-Tone legends The English Beat. Now, the perennial Ska Masters will be ringing in the holidays with a series of three Southern California shows (LA, OC and San Diego) that the band is dubbing the Winter Informal, and a headlining gig at the KEDJ-sponsored, Ultimate New Years Eve Block Party in Scottsdale, AZ on 12/31.
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Have Nots – “Serf City USA”
Record Label: S/R
Genre: Ska Punk
Band Link: www.myspace.com/havenotsboston
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Youthful, fast and fun punk with a smash-the-state message. Considered a ska punk band, their rudeboy influence is limited to brass-less, fast, guitar up-picking, similar to early Suicide Machines. I tend to prefer a ska punk that approximates a more skanky rhythm (think Citizen Fish), but the Have Nots do the fast up-picking thing very well and without sounding like it’s a tacked-on novelty.
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New Bosstones song available. “Pin Points and Gin Joints” new album on the way
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are coming back with a brand new album called “Pin Points and Gin Joints.” They are offering a free download of one of their songs called “Graffiti Worth Reading” and it’s awesome! No word when the album is coming out per say but I assume by the time Hometown Throwdown is happening?
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Less Than Jake announce November tour dates
You’d think that almost 15 months of near-nonstop touring would deserve a long break, but such is not the case for ska/punk/pop pioneers LESS THAN JAKE who are hitting the road this November and December in support of their latest album GNV FLA on their own label Sleep It Off.
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Chase Long Beach announce US dates
Chase Long Beach will be launching a U.S. tour this fall, beginning with a hometown performance at the Long Beach Marathon in Long Beach, CA on Sunday, October 11.
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Streetlight Manifesto announce “The Last Tour For A While Tour”
After almost five years of practically nonstop touring, ska/punk/pop veterans Streetlight Manifesto are finally planning on taking a break, but not before hitting the road ONE last time. Ready to kick off The Last Tour For A While Tour, they will be planning on adding a few surprises for these dates (which the band has not revealed yet, but will not be unlike their recent back-to-back full album shows in NYC). “We’ve dedicated ourselves over the last half decade to touring relentlessly and thereby put our ‘real’ lives on hold,” explains Tomas Kalnoky (vocals, guitar). “That changes after our upcoming Northeast America/Canada tour, which runs from September 17 (this week!) until our hometown show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ on October 4th.”
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