welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re returning to the Toasters – after their last EP, Recriminations, wasn’t picked up by any label, Toasters frontman Robert Hingley founded Moon Ska Records, and this album, Skaboom!, was released in 1987.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we check out a collaboration between Laurel Aitken and a British ska band, the Potato 5, and their current lead singer, Floyd Lloyd, in…. Meets Floyd Lloyd & the Potato 5. not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we return to Fishbone for their first full LP – In Your Face, released in 1986! god When Problems Arise is an extremely good track. it’s strange and funky and extremely catchy,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! since there is no weekly review this week, we’re taking a second Skaject entry and looking at the debut record for Bim Skala Bim, a Boston band that formed in 1983, inspired by the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at Bad Manners’ 1985 album, Mental Notes! What the Papers Say is a funky, EXTREMELY 80s track, and yknow i can’t deny this song is a bop, with those sharp,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re checking out Madness’s fourth studio record, Mad Not Mad, released in 1985. I’ll Compete did not let me forget this was an 80s record, at all. this feels very 80s pop[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at two releases, and secondly, it’s the Toasters debut EP, Recriminations, released in 1985. it looks like a lot of these would be repackaged and put as bonus tracks on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at two releases, and our first release is from LA band Fishbone. They got their start in 1979, before getting signed in 1983 and releasing their first EP, Fishbone, in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at what is commonly accepted as the first Ska record released by a band in the States – it’s Wild Child, from the Untouchables, released in 1985. kicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at the Specials release just before their original breakup – In the Studio, released as The Special AKA. godDAMN i love Bright Lights. phenomenal track about disillusionment of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…