The Slackers podcast is back! Horn section, Dave Hillyard and Glen Pine join JJ and Matt to talk about their new single, “What We Gonna Do Now?” / “Pick and Choose” on Pirates Press Records. Released to coincide with 2024 US Presidential Election, the new… Read More »Things I Can’t Forget #10 – Pick and Choose
JJ and Matt are joined by Daniel Rachel, the author of Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation out NOW from Akashik Books. In the book, Rachel gives us a comprehensive history of this era in ska, full of insights,… Read More »043 – The 2 Tone Records Story
Dicky Barrett sang in the Mighty Mighty Bosstones for 39 years, and announced for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show for 18 years. In 2022, his stance on COVID vaccines seemingly ended both careers. Nowadays he writes and sings in 90s punk supergroup The Defiant, alongside… Read More »042 – The Dicky Barrett Interview
You know him as a modern-day dub master and ska producer, but now we’re calling him “professor” as Victor Rice takes us to production school. Ricey shares his advice on composing, performing, recording and mixing your music- it’s like Masterclass but for ska kids.
Rebroadcast of an episode of the Monster Boogie Show, originally aired March 5th, 2024 on WCSB 89.3FM Cleveland Cleveland native and trombonist Greg Robinson (Mephiskapheles) guest hosts the Mikal Reich Memorial Show. For two hours, Greg spins rare, early Mephiskapheles tracks from 1992-1996, along with… Read More »Monster Boogie Mikal Reich Memorial
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (TSPO) has been making records since 1990, but their music has been hard to come by in the US for much of their career. However, after their Supernova debute, and the availability of their entire back catalog for streaming, TSPO is… Read More »040 – Skapara Primer
Matt recently had the opportunity to hop on a Zoom with Coolie, Vinny and Nick from The Pilfers! Their seminal record from 1999, Chawalaleng is available for streaming for the very first time, and this coincides with a reunion of the band’s original lineup. This… Read More »Offbeat 004 – Pilfers Saga
It’s been a fantastic year for ska music and we have been making lists. JJ and Matt welcome the curator of the BIG 2023 Ska Releases Spotify playlist, Cody Freedom and author/blogger of Ska, Punk and other Junk, Dane Jackson to the show. We each… Read More »039 – 2023 Year In Ska
It’s Christmas time again! Yes, again. Some folks were disappointed that nothing was added to the Ska Canon in the last episode. We’re fixing that with a self-proclaimed Christmas Ska expert, Sean McCabe from Rocky Sullivan, Psy D and Bomb The Music Industry!
JJ and Matt are in a Christmas mood, so we’ve brought on Jesse Wagner (The Aggrolites) and Eitan Avineri from Western Standard Time to talk about their new record, Bluebeat Holiday. It’s a classy mix of Big Band, Ska and Christmas favorites. And in Ska… Read More »037 – Bluebeat Christmas