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…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at Madness’s 1984 record, Keep Moving! the title track, Keep Moving, begins the record, and i really enjoy this mellower groovier sound theyre displaying. this feel like a big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at Return of the Big Guns, a reunion record from the Skatalites in 1984. gonna say up front – this album’s instrumental and i am no music expert,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at the next Bad Manners record, Forging Ahead, initially released in 1982! Salad Bar opens this record, and it’s a fun lil track. big fan of what this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at the fourth studio album by Madness, The Rise & Fall, released in 1982. this one’s fun because i don’t believe this one ever got a stateside release,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at the third and final album by the Beat, Special Beat Service. I Confess is a stylish, extremely clean opener. lotta fun with this one, they’re really killing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at the third Bad Manners record, Gosh It’s… Bad Manners Walking In the Sunshine has a neat little funky stroll to it. love the prominent bass here –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at the third Madness record, released in 1981, it’s 7! Cardiac Arrest is our opening track – this one’s a bit grim but the tone cultivated by the music’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re taking a look at Wha’ppen?, the 1981 release from The Beat (AKA The English Beat). i do wanna note, even though it’s not part of the original release of the record,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…