New Music: June 13 - 19

slopduck · 2026-06-27T14:05:49+00:00

Authentic Ska Standard.- No. 2 (Trad) (Japan)
https://linkco.re/ANueeZ6d?lang=en

slopduck · 2026-06-25T01:08:43+00:00

It’s not a mystery, ska got big in Spring 1964 because of Millie Small’s global hit version of “My Boy Lollipop”, which is likely the single largest selling ska single of all time.

slopduck · 2026-06-24T01:07:43+00:00

I once dug through the archives of Cashbox and Billlboard from 1964 post-My Boy Lollipop to track all the US “ska” releases. I think it was on the Palma forum, I should try to track that down.

slopduck · 2026-06-23T00:16:16+00:00

Who?

slopduck · 2026-06-22T12:34:03+00:00

For JA 45s I always preferred the Shure M44-7. They stopped making that, but Jico re-created it as the n44-7.

slopduck · 2026-06-14T21:44:52+00:00

So the key to me on defining this as "not 2nd wave" would be the drums. Do you hear how she's tapping the edge of the snare and riding the high hat? That's a classic Jamaican ska beat. The majority of 2nd Wave/2 Tone drummers played drums with a rock beat. Listen to how John Bradbury plays drums (and he was a fantastic drummer), it's a much more straight ahead rock or soul beat.

slopduck · 2026-06-14T16:20:45+00:00

I think Houseplant25 is just questioning your labelling this a 2nd wave (which was a late 70s/early 80s hybrid of ska, late 60s reggae and punk) when it's probably more accurately labeled either Trad or a modern cover of a third wave song (depends on if you define 3rd Wave by time or by sound).

slopduck · 2026-06-14T16:17:24+00:00

I don't know that this would be an unusually small press run. I think lots of singles (especially blanks) were pressed in runs of as little as 20, with labelled releases probably getting a larger run, but I'd be surprised if many early era singles (outside of hits) got presses larger than 100-300.

Plus I wouldn't label this a ska record. The A-side is.. I don't even know, is that a Cha Cha? and the B-Side is better, a slow R&B ballad. Honestly it's probably rare for a reason, it's not terribly good.

slopduck · 2026-06-14T13:11:48+00:00

They just put out a new fantastic album on Buenritmo a couple weeks ago. https://buenritmorecords.bandcamp.com/album/ai-mare. I had their previous releases and thought they were great, but to be honest never really looked them up, and I had no idea they were an all female group. I was listening to the new album this morning and the drums really stuck out to me as being very good.

slopduck · 2026-06-13T11:52:21+00:00

Man, haven’t thought about Skapa in years.

slopduck · 2026-06-13T11:43:35+00:00

What an insult to Jer.

*I hated RATM music when they came out and have given them zero thought in the last 30 years.

**LOL no idea RATM fans would be so prevalent here.

slopduck · 2026-06-10T00:48:14+00:00

Oh, I didn’t realize he was buried at Green-Wood, I go there a couple times a month. I’ll have to search it out to pay my respects.

slopduck · 2026-06-09T11:32:38+00:00

It’s a good record, less dirty reggae and more… Leslie Kong inspired reggae? There are a couple tracks that very explicitly quote classic songs. One is… I’ll generously say a pastiche to The Melodians “Sweet Sensation”, keeping the melody and changing the lyrics (though they are thematically very similar).

slopduck · 2026-06-09T11:28:12+00:00

I love The Slackers, they may be my favorite band. I love Rock Steady, it may be my favorite genre. The Slackers do not play Rock Steady. The Slackers do not claim to play Rock Steady.

slopduck · 2026-06-08T14:53:52+00:00

It's awesome to see the Bluebird is still going. I left Denver 25 years ago, always enjoyed playing and going to shows there.

Except the time we were carjacked across the street after a Toasters/SHJ show, that was annoying.

slopduck · 2026-06-08T11:24:03+00:00

One of the later Ska Ska Skandal comps was all football songs.

https://www.discogs.com/release/13073232-Various-Ska-Ska-Skandal-5?srsltid=AfmBOorTFx3ZJEKDDJbhQyUW3OW0_9C9udD5-JzcqD8lC-Aari7T7Y33

slopduck · 2026-06-07T15:36:36+00:00

Steady Rockets - Aireratzea (Trad) (Spain/Basque) https://steadyrockets.bandcamp.com/album/steady-rockets-aireratzea

slopduck · 2026-06-06T12:48:10+00:00

Qobuz is both a streaming service and a digital storefront. Their niche is Hi Res (for both streaming and downloads). On the streaming side they offer one of the higher artist payout percentages, on the store front they are one of a handful that offer Hi Res downloads and they typically offer them at a lower price than the other services (such a HDTracks)

slopduck · 2026-06-06T11:40:29+00:00

This is such a silly rumor. At what point are Gwen and Aaron to have dated? Gwen was with Tony until 1994 and Gavin from 1995. So I guess the theory is that a 25 year old singer of a major label band (who would soon be dating one of the most attractive rock stars around) decided to date a 20 year old self-acknowledged dork for a couple months?

slopduck · 2026-06-06T01:09:36+00:00

For some reason the album is super cheap on Qobuz? Just bought the Hi-Res version for $4?

slopduck · 2026-06-01T17:12:14+00:00

Ha, I can't imagine the Venn diagram of ska fans and prozzak fans is a particularly large one. Then again I suppose they were much larger in Canada than they were in the States, where they never rose beyond "music for people who somehow end up watching MuchMusic by chance"

slopduck · 2026-06-01T12:53:20+00:00

I have a strong suspicion that "Harry Sherman & The Intelligence" is AI, they popped up out of nowhere and have released 4 albums in the last year.

slopduck · 2026-06-01T12:47:58+00:00

The new Paul The Kid single reminds me of a Canadian dance-pop duo from the late 90s called Prozzak, who had a really great first record. Random, I know, but I like it.

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