Single: Runaway Ricochet – Choke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
A timely song from the St. Paul prog rockers with all proceeds going to Twin Cities mutual aid.
Gimp Leg
Single: Harry Katz and the Pistachios – 80 Proof
Ahead of a new EP, the big band’s first foray into ska gets you under the influence to move your hips.
Album: How I Became Invisible – Dead World Building (Gimp Leg’s Take)
How I Became Invisible isn’t a disappearing act: It’s a survival guide for a community.
Single: Bad Leavers – Ska Fire
Ska Fire is a reggae/two-tone jam with simple, repetitive lyrics, beautiful lead and backing vocals, and a nice, danceable reggae melody.
Album: Mega Infinity – Harmonic Convergence
As the album closes and I play it over and over, I realize you’re not supposed to listen to it. Not with your ears. This album is an odyssey that you are supposed to feel.
Album: Bobby Edge – Dirt Handsome vol. 1
In the 2023rd year of our lord, born of New York (possibly, or maybe he
Album: Sorry Sweetheart – Warm Room, Good Friends
It’s already been a great start to the year for ska-core, and Sorry Sweetheart, from Denver, Colorado (where the water boils faster) has launched that start into the stratosphere.
Album: Hans Gruber and the Die Hards – Or Hans Gruber and the Die Hards
This is the best that Hans Gruber and the Die Hards have put out so far, which is a pretty impressive feat.
Single: Hugo Skavez feat. Sanctuary City – ICE: GTFO!
Probably the best constructed song I’ve heard from Hugo Skavez or Sanctuary City.
Single: Sorry Sweetheart – Touch Grass
Denver’s Sorry Sweetheart has been playing the local Colorado ska and punk scene for almost
Single: Cricketman – Normal Guy
It’s just a normal timeline. The kind we’re all used to. It’s just a normal
EP: Local Legends – Condones Violence
Ska local legends, Local Legends are legends, locally, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their newest EP, “Condones
Single: The Neighborhood Kids – Breaking News
The Neighborhood Kids have been crushing it the last few years with timely, relevant, politically
Album: Carsie Blanton – The Red Album, pt II
This album was officially released on January 16, but for the last few months, it
Single: Bobby Edge – I Like Animals That Bite
Bobby Edge continues to lead the one band charge into the evolution and proliferation of
Single: Mega Infinity – And The Crowd Goes Mild (feat. MC Lars)
The final pre-release single for Mega Infinity’s album is out now, and along with it,
Single: Space Monkey Mafia – Fuck ICE
It’s been 5 months since Space Monkey Mafia released what I considered 2025’s Album of
Single: Hooray for Our Side – Better Off Gone
It’s 2026, and Hooray for our Side has come out swinging. The Orange County, California,
Album: The Scrub Ups – Thought Bubbles
It’s not often that I’m completely blown away by an album, but today, I definitely
Single: Jacob The Horse – Bad New Religion
The setting: The year of their lord, 2026. An end-stage capitalist hellscape, built by slaves