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Inspecter 7 on Skinheads, Weed, Escapes and Illusion: "We're Never Gonna Change"

Punks and skinheads, get your boots up! Inspecter 7 have been playing ska out of New Jersey since 1992. Later, they broke up and transformed into Hub City Stompers. But now they're back. They have a new album called Escapes and Illusions. And they are barreling down I-95 in a 15-passenger van head ... More >>

Concert Review: The Ska Is Dead Tour at Culture Room, November 19

​The Ska Is Dead TourWith Deal's Gone Bad, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, and the ToastersCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, November 19, 2009Better Than: Remembering the misled late-'90s mainstream notion of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones supposedly epitomizing ska.The Review:In 2009, ska sur ... More >>

Ska Is Dead tour lands at Culture Room this Thursday

A Primer on the '90s Survivors at the Ska is Dead Tour, Thursday at Culture Room

The fourth edition of the recurrent Ska is Dead tour lands at Culture Room on Thursday with a bill straight out of 1997. Ska has been reviled and declared dead for about the last 30 years, but it seems its horn-heavy effervescence just can't be dampened. The genre itself pre-dates reggae, coming out ... More >>