DCSka.com’s Holiday Gift Guide Dec 13, 2011 To start you off in the holiday season ska-style, we recommend checking out all five volumes of the Strange Manor Christmas Albums. Here are our top recommendations for gifts for your fellow rude boys and rude gals. For a heavy-hitting gift, there’s the Ska CD of the Month Club and Ska Wax of the Month [...]

The Pietasters and The Slackers at the 9:30 Club – December 16th! Dec 08, 2011 The Pietasters and the Slackers play the 9:30 Club with special guests, the Thrilltones opening. Hope to see you there for this awesome holiday treat!

The Beatdown – Selt-titled (Stomp) Aug 29, 2011 The Beatdown’s self-titled album starts with the refrain Bob Marley taught us: “It’s Alright.” It’s evident from this album that these boys from Montreal know their history and they spend the whole album showing that they’ve studied up. As I’ve pointed out in my review of their EP, it’s clear that they’re comfortable (and enjoyable) [...]

Royal City Riot – Coast to Coast (Megalith) Aug 27, 2011 It’s clear from the first track of Coast to Coast, the second album of Long Island’s Royal City Riot, that they’re a live band. “Rhythm” and many of the following tracks build in the choruses and shouts that make an audience want to sing along. Though they’re worked in on the album sounding a bit [...]

The Beatdown – Selt-titled EP Aug 25, 2011 The Beatdown knows how to make an entrance. Starting off their self-titled EP with the track “One Night” – you wouldn’t know by the first few folk-rock bars that this was a ska song, but once the upbeat kicks in you’re in for a treat. “One Night” morphs into a style reminiscent of the Hepcat’s [...]

Eli “Paperboy” Reed – Come and Get It (Capitol)

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Eli “Paperboy” Reed released his third full-length album earlier this August on Capitol Records.

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Go Jimmy Go – Self-Titled (Jump Up Records)

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Hawaii’s own Go Jimmy Go releases their fifth full-length album on Jump Up Records.

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BlueBeat DC – Monthly Ska/Reggae Night

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Where can you go every third Thursday night of the month? BLUEBEAT DC!!

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