Kid Chaos – “Lee Vee The Cat”
A punk rock song about a kitteh? A cool dark feline, creepin’ thru the night? A sleek slinky tom on the scene? Well, yeah. Kid Chaos is all about fun, and they don’t like preaching with their punk rock – all of which you can gather from this ridiculous and entertaining tale of adventure and mayhem. Essence o’ 3rd wave “ska” horns, growling guitars and a breakneck Rancid-esque tempo, provide the purrfect romping ground for our rogue hero, “Lee Vee The Cat.” Superfan is all smitten like a kitten.
Kid Chaos
“Lee Vee The Cat” (mp3)
from “Love In The Time Of Scurvy”
(Beatville Records)
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Freetown – “Skaffic Jam”
Busting a riddim in the style of the Skatalites, with a dab of the Specials, and heaping helpings of ska love, UK’s Freetown delivers everything you would want from a track entitled “Skaffic Jam.” One-chord hypnotic upbeat patrol? Check! Wikkid and wiley horn solos with smokin’ jazz chops? Check! Toasting vocals chiming in with all the “shika-shikas” and “get-em-ups?” But yes! Why, it’s enough to make a SuperFan skank up the walls. Best selection for drive time today!
Freetown
“Skaffic Jam” (mp3)
from “Painless”
(Beatville Records)
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Bim Skala Bim – “Hardest Of The Parts”
Ska from Boston? Boston, MA? Why yes, Dorothy. Stranger things have happened. Bim Skala Bim was in fact, part of a small wave of dedicated American ska bands that formed in the early 80’s, shortly after the two-tone era ended. Along with The Toasters, The Uptones, Fishbone, the Untouchables and a few other notables, Bim brought ska to another generation and opened the road for bands like Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish. This one’s for the rude boys and girls. Keep on skankin’. Yeah, you know Superfan is modded up, I may even visit the Ska Shrine one day.
Bim Skala Bim
“Hardest Of The Parts” (mp3)
from “Krinkle”
(Beatville Records)
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Eastern Standard Time – “Tick Tock”
Shwweeeet up-tempo instrumental ska from E.S.T. baybee. Man, these guys can REALLY play! Ska music has become a very wide genre umbrella, ranging from punky 3rd wave stuff all the way to jazzy ska like this outstanding track.
Eastern Standard Time
“Tick Tock” (mp3)
from “Second Hand”
(Beatville Records)
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