100% Ska Podcast

Well, we just had an earthquake, and we’re about to have an eclipse. How about some good ol’ ska music to distract us and dance along?

Tonight we’ve got a heaping of traditional-inspired tunes – including several fantastic instrumentals – plus some 80s ska styling, and a block of new-ish “digital only” released music!

Let’s play on and see what catches your ear!

Full Playlist:

Klikk Panikk – Satan Pa Bybanen

The Bodysnatchers – 007 (Shanty Town)

The Skadows – Ska’d For Life

The Toasters – Haitian Frustration (TV Mix)

The Bouncing Flowers – Fire

Satelite Kingston – Plomo

Don Cosmic – Iguana Dance

The Dynamics – Su Su Shuffle

Luana Point – In Flagranti Ska

Girth Control – Neverending Coffee

Late For Life – M357

Sleepy Nicks – Slice

Not From Concentrate – Comfortable Life

Old Dodge Fellows – Compass Rose

The Moskito Bite – Don’t Give It Away

Jackie Mendez & Thee Hurricanes – I Can’t Stay

The Slackers – Wrongful Suspicion

Boomtown United – Love Like Fire

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – The Phensic, Last Reel Hero, The Going Rate, Smugly Ugly (DJ and Host)

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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Tonight we say goodbye to Greg Lee, co-founder and co-singer of Hepcat, who tragically and unexpectedly passed away last week.

We also focus on some of the great modern neo-traditional ska sounds that Hepcat helped usher into the 90s and the 21st century.

As part of that we listen to some of newer music hitting your turntable and digital players that has come out recently.

Grab your shoes, roll up the rug, and come dance wid’ me!

Full Playlist:

Lucky Luxury – Camp for the Night

Hepcat – Dance Wid Me

Hepcat – Black Sky

Hepcat – No Worries

Hepcat – Nigel (Quarantine Version)

Skinnerbox – Hepcat Season

The Georgetown Orbits – Fool”s Game

Caz Gardiner and the Badasonics – Tic Tac Toe

Monica Vanderwyde – Hard to Be True

The Bandits – El Corral

Caribbean Beat Combo – Surfin’ Out

The Delegators – I Don’t Mind

The Utopians – On The Road

The Soularites – Time Is Up

Los Caurolites – Veo en Ti

The Manor – Kelly’s Heroes

Skanky Banks – One For All

NYC Ska Orchestra – On a Clear Day

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – The Phensic, Last Reel Hero, The Going Rate, Smugly Ugly (DJ and Host)

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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This week we’re highlighting two great festivals coming up in 2024 – This is Not Croydon Fest 5, and of course Supernova Ska Festival – both of which still have tickets available

We’re also just generally highlighting bands that are out on the road this spring – whether its a weekend tour or longer and ready to play live for you!

Additionally, we’re highlighting new music specifically from Danny Rebel and the KGBs, Half Past Two, and Cenzo!

Check out some tunes, get psyched, and then see ’em live when they come through your town!

Full Playlist:

Danny Rebel & the KGB – Spiral Eyes

Half Past Two – Dominoes

Spring Heeled Jack – Electric

The Toasters – Weekend in LA

Eastern Standard Time – Tick Tock

The Aggrolites – The Volcano

We Are The Union – Big River

Stop the Presses – Terminator

Buford O’Sullivan and the Robots – Stolen Soul

Madness – House of Fun

The Planet Smashers – The Manta Ray Dance

The Pietasters – Crazy Monkey Woman

The Slackers – Wrongful Suspicion

Mephiskapheles – Satan on the Beach

Catbite – Come on Baby

Flying Racoon Suit – Driftwood

The Prizefighters – Follow My Sound

The Steady 45s – Maria Julia

Cenzo – Beg, Borrow & Steal

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – The Phensic, Last Reel, Hero, +1 TBA (DJ and Host)

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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It’s already March, and we’re marching and dancing toward the first day of spring, so let this new episode put a spring in your step. Today is also Bandcamp Friday, so if you hear something you like, go check and see if the band has something to offer!

This week we’re spending some time in the wayback machine, hitting you with some new vinyl releases, spotlighting some of the newer digital-only output, and presenting through the episode three fantastic bands from Mexico.

Let’s listen on!

Full Playlist:

Old Boys in Town – Working Day

Los Kung Fu Monkeys – Rudeboy Rockers

The Step Daughters – Right Sound

Los Placebos – Rocksteady Rollercoaster

Brixton Sounds – Skachondo

Machtoc – The First Time

House of Rhythm – Nothing in Life

Monkey Shop – Where to Go

Headline – Scrounger

The Rins – Greener

Rum Luck – Ghost Town

Mike Ska – Arson Killers

Last Reel Hero – The Heat and the Pressure

Cool Wise Men – King’s Boogaloo

Boomshot – Keep Moving On

Travelers All-Stars – Yellow Laces

The West Kensingtons – Django

The Boy Detective – A Dreadful Collection of Memoranda

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, The West Kensingtons, Across the Aisle, Not From Concentrate (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show with Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, and The Simulators (DJ and Host)

6/14 – ???

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, Foolish Relics (DJ and Host)

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Once again we find the pendulum of ska shaking back and forth this episode with a wide variety of sweet soulsteady, reggae, and all the way to anarcho ska-punk to scratch that energetic itch.

We’ve got new release music from Tyrone Turtle, reissues from Coolidge (vinyl debut) and Against All Authority, sweet ska from Spain, and a few fun covers scattered throughout.

We also continue our dedication to spotlighting newer digital-only music (the cost of record pressing is so prohibitive!) with the likes of Fratelli Lambretta Ska-Jazz, The Write-Ups, The Fishska, and Rock Shed Rangers!

Listen on, and discover some new tunes for collection!

Full Playlist:

Fratelli Lambretta Ska Jazz – CSB

Coolidge – Barely Getting By

Against All Authority – Watered Down and Passive

The Decepticonz – You Must Fight To Live on the Planet of the Apes

Geier Sturzflug – Bruttosozialprodukt

Tyrone Turtle and the Steady Rockers – Only You

The Rocksteady Conspiracy – Trouble & Danger

Winston Groovy – Reggae Fever

The Pepper Pots – Stay On Your Way

The Write-Ups – Operation Arrowhead

Rock Shed Rangers – Frame of Reference

Part-Time Genius – Digital Now

The Fishska – Banned in Jakarta

Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – Soma

Solomon Jabby – Tone Wheel Express

The Void Union (featuring Hayley Jane) – Garden of Eden

Go Jimmy Go – Valentine’s Day

Trying to Get By – OHNO

Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight:

3/8 – Danny Rebel & the KGB, The Penniless Loafers, Sneaky Heat Missiles, DJ Duff Guy (DJ and Host)

4/12 – Buford O’Sullivan & the Roosters, Across the Aisle (DJ and Host)

5/10 – Subway to Skaville 5th Anniversary Show!

6/14 – ???

7/12 – The Fuss, The Operators, +1 TBA (DJ and Host)

Check out the Subway to Skaville website too, and find out what we’re up to!

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