“Stunted,” the first song from Ghost Tones’ latest release Live at the Cellar, starts with a long flourish from an electric guitar, a horn winding its way through it. Then the drummer settles in on a ...

Wednesday night, it turned out, was Ska Night at the Hollywood Bowl. That’s how Ezra Koenig described Vampire Weekend’s latest visit to the iconic venue in the Cahuenga Pass, where he and his ...

Live albums are more important than ever in this concert-less year, and if you haven’t heard it already, we’d like to turn your attention to Live At Electric Brixton, the recently released live album ...

You probably know The Hooters best for their ’80s new wave/power pop hits like “And We Danced” and “All You Zombies,” or for two of the core members backing Cyndi Lauper on her 1983 debut album She’s ...

There's a very good chance that you've never heard of the Venezuelan band Desorden Público unless you: live neck-deep in the world of ska music, the infectious, uptempo predecessor to Jamaican reggae ...

This week’s live music options are about getting people up and moving. From rockabilly and swing revivalist Brian Setzer and two-steppin’ cowpunk ensemble Hickoids to a daylong ska fest and the dance ...

New York City Ska band Not From Concentrate is releasing a single on June 1st to celebration of Pride Month is the United States. Last year, the power trio exploded in the underground with its song ...

A perennially popular Virginia-based music festival is attempting to expand its reach, as the recent surge in coronavirus cases threatens the just-reopened live music industry. “The Supernova ...

Brian Seese returned to his native Pittsburgh in 1996 after two years in Las Vegas with a bug on his mind. “I wanted to start a ska band,” said Seese, now 48, a utility company worker and father of ...

Two spectacular classic rock tribute bands perform at The Orange Peel this weekend, as songs by Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin will have concertgoers reliving the late 1960s and 1970s. Rumours, an ...

Since their inception in the early 1980s, The Toasters have become one of the most succesful ska bands in history. Having bridged the gap between ska’s second wave and its rebirth in the 1990s, the ...

Rob Castellon, founder of Whittier-based Wiretap Records, is hoping local music fans will once again take notice of the bands at his annual Attention Fest. Though some of the artists on the bill ...