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10 ska songs about food to prep your appetite for that family picnic

Ska-B-Q: (noun) a social gathering taking place outdoors where food is prepared over an open flame, and music with reggae, punk rock and pop influence is played exclusively.  For your summer Ska-B-Q playlist, these songs are sure to put burgers in friends’ hands get them skanking all the way to the condiment table.  Read more: […]

The Aggrolites deliver reggae-ska grooves out of a box truck—watch

Talk about a cause for celebration: AP is premiering the new video from L.A.’s long-running reggae-ska unit, the Aggrolites. “Pound For Pound” serves as the lead-off song from their latest album, Reggae Now!, released by Pirates Press Records. The band’s organ-based grooves and steady-rockin’ beats are the kind of thing that defines everything great under […]

State Champs share music video for “Dead And Gone” and other news you might have missed today

[Photo by: State Champs/Beth Saravo, Eat Your Heart Out/Facebook] Watch new music videos from State Champs, Eat Your Heart Out and more—plus, don’t miss shows with Enter Shikari and Tonight Alive. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Soundgarden members to reunite for first show since Chris Cornell’s death 1. State […]

A look back at Warped Tour 2008

[Photo credit: Warped Tour Wiki and Wikimedia Commons] We’ve dried our eyes and sadly accepted that, after 24 years, 2018 will be the Vans Warped Tour‘s last year. To aid in everyone’s healing process, we’re taking a nostalgic look back at the legendary punk-rock festival a decade ago, just shy of the long-awaited final lineup […]

NOFX’s Fat Mike streams first song from 'Home Street Home' musical

Last month, NOFX‘s Fat Mike announce that a new punk-rock musical concept album, titled Home Street Home, will be released on February 10, 2015 through Fat Wreck Chords, in advance of a theatrical production. The first track from the impending effort has been made available for streaming online, which you can do so below. Fat Mike kicked the crap out of […]

Weekly Playlist #33: 10 Essential third-wave ska songs about food

AP 301, our Warped Tour 2013 issue is out now! To give you just a wee taste of what's inside, we're bringing you this preview of the issue's final page–our famed 10 Essential section in playlist form. Ska-B-Q (noun):a social gathering taking place outdoors where food is prepared over an open flame, and music with […]

The Aggrolites - Rugged Road

The Aggrolites Rugged Road As it stands, Rugged Road is bona fide dirty reggae laced with a handful of dub reverberations, delivering a stripped down version of the Aggrolites’ signature sound. The focus of these songs is quintessential reggae: wailing organ, upstroked guitars and boot-stomping beats. However, standing in the shadow of the band’s previous […]

The Aggrolites post new song

The Aggrolites have a new album hitting stores on June 9. The record is entitled IV and features the song, “Tear That Falls,” a song which is now available on the band’s MySpace page. Check it out here.

The Aggrolites - ‘Reggae Hit L.A.’

The Aggrolites Reggae Hit L.A. [3/5} You’ve got to commend the Los Angeles-based Aggrolites for keeping it old-school-the band consistently do a fine job of recreating the classic ’60s Jamaican reggae/rocksteady sound, which, obviously, was pioneered long before anyone in the Aggrolites was even born. This is the ethic that permeates Reggae Hit L.A., the […]