Even if you’re not really a fan of Ska music, its festive, colourful sound will get you up on your feet dancing..or skanking as the old school skinhead/rudeboy sub culture called it. Bad Manners, celebrating their 40th Anniversary, whipped the crowd into a carnival of chaos on Friday night supported by the very capable Fistful […]
Ey’ Up Rude boys, UK Ska legends Bad Manners are inbound and about to pull on the braces and strap up the laces on a tour of down under. Frontman and the ‘anti-Christ of etiquette’ Buster Bloodvessel had a chat with Glam Adelaide, and he’s actually quite a nice chap as it turns out. He […]
Tie-dyed tees and dreadlocks were out in force last night at the Gov for Jamaican ska and reggae band the Skatalites.
The latest New Town Kings release, an EP called Pull Up & Rewind, has been delivered to us just in time for the great long haul that is the Australian summer
Jamaican band the Skatalites, godfathers of ska and reggae, have been performing longer than most of us have been listening. First formed in 1964, the nine-piece ensemble is bringing their fiftieth anniversary tour to Adelaide next week
Imagine the force of an 18-piece horn section, a mean rhythm section, percussionist, organist and 4 singers and you may only begin to understand the life force that is the Melbourne Ska Orchestra.
After several encores, the band bringing Likkle Mai back to the stage to cheers and whistles from the audience, the applause and cries for even more continued until the house lights were turned on, before a mad rush to the foyer to buy CDs before they all went.