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Music, Music Review Nov 3, 2020
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Mr. Bungle re-form after a 20-year absence and get right back to trolling
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Review, Ipecac Recordings, Mr. Bungle, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo, funk, ska, death metal, Eureka, California, Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance, Dave Lombardo, Scott Ian, Faith No More, John Zorn, Melvins, Secret Chiefs 3, Warner Brothers, Recommended

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 15, 2017
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Izzy Olive’s Half Gringa celebrate their intimate but hard-hitting debut album

Plus: Slippery Slope throws itself a third birthday party, Metro hosts a 25th-anniversary concert for the American Ska-thic series, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Half Gringa, Izzy Olive, Gruñona, Empty Bottle, Latinx, Slippery Slope, third birthday, White Mystery, the Hood Internet, Tony Trimm, Yawn, Jump Up Records, Chuck Wren, American Ska-thic, Metro, reggae, ska, two-tone, 25th anniversary, MU330, Skapone, Coolidge, Eclectics, Detroit Rude Boy Society, Tango Wedding Band, Dark Matter Coffee, Perk It Up! Perk It Up!, Zinemercado, Comfort Station, Wet Wallet, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 24, 2016
Chicago’s Rude Guest bridged two-tone and third-wave ska in the 80s

Rude Guest's tape-only output hurt their legacy, but local ska label Jump Up just reissued their entire discography—also on tape.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Rude Guest, ska, reggae, two-tone, Kurt Schroeder, Paul Schroeder, Jump Up Records, Cassette Store Day, Chuck Wren, Lost Chicago Ska 1982-1993, Chicago Recording Company, third-wave ska, NIU, Berklee, Pzazz, Specials, Michael Levin, Fran Kondorf, Darrell Pennell, Metro, Vic, Park West, Tuts, Effigies, Naked Raygun, Tutu & the Pirates, Fishbone, Crazy 8s, Yellowman, Sugar Blue, Midwest Ska Fest, State of Emergency, Skapone, Skatalites, Steel Pulse, Marley, Joe Jackson, the Clash, Mark Callahan

Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2016
Jump Up Records rescues Chicago ska band Rude Guest from obscurity

Local label Jump Up releases a Cassette Store Day special, Lost Chicago Ska 1982-1993, that collects the discography of the defunct Rude Guest.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Jump Up Records, Rude Guest, ska, reggae, Chuck Wren, Lost Chicago Ska: 1982-1993, Paul Schroeder, Logan Hardware

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Aug 16, 2016
Charley Organaire helped introduce the harmonica to ska and reggae

Charles "Organaire" Cameron had an illustrious career in Jamaica before settling in Chicago in the 70s, where he continues to record and perform.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Charley Organaire, Charlie Organaire, Charles Organaire, Charles Cameron, harmonica, Jamaica, reggae, ska, rocksteady, Jump Up Records, Chuck Wren, Kingston, Vere Johns, Jimmy Tucker, Laurel Aitken, Bobby Aitken, Carib Beats, Never Never, Wailers, Derrick Morgan, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Millie Small, Elusive Baby, Sunshine Festival, Prizefighters, Chicago Concerned Jamaicans

Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 1/3: American Skathic 20-Year Celebration, WinterDance, and Sundance shorts

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 3
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, American Skathic, Metro, ska, Hot Stove Jimmy, Greenhouse, the Eclectics, Heavy Manners, Skapone, the Exceptions, DJ Chuck Wren, Chicago WinterDance, Dawud Shareef, Lura Satterfield, DJ Mellow Chris, 2013 Sundance Film festival, The Date, Whiplash, K.I.T., Irish Folk Furniture, Music Box

Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: The Specials, "Gangsters (live)"

Skank my hangover away
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, the Specials, Gangsters, Saturday Night Live, ska, Supreme Cuts, Video

Music, Music Sidebar Oct 7, 2010
Riot Fest

The city's expansive punk beatdown returns with a lineup that includes the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Articles of Faith, Circle Jerks, Propagandhi, Negative Approach, Bad Religion, Naked Raygun, the Zero Boys, the Bronx, and others.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Riot Fest, punk, ska, hardcore, Metro, Subterranean, Double Door, Congress Theater, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Articles of Faith, Circle Jerks, Busted at Oz, Cap'n Jazz, Propagandhi, Bad Religion, Corrosion of Conformity, pop-punk, Kylesa, House of Blues, Cobra Lounge, Exit, Bleeding Heart Bakery

Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2010
The Best of the Rest This Weekend

Other notable shows this weekend include the English Beat at Double Door, KEN Mode at Metal Shaker, Secret Colours at the Beat Kitchen, and Ceremony at Ronny's.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, English Beat, ska, KEN Mode, Ceremony, Secret Colours, Sharp Darts, Unsane, noise rock, thrash

Music, Music Column Oct 1, 2009
How Do You Say "Superfan" in Turkish?

A stray student from Istanbul gets a two-month guided tour of Chicago music from Deal's Gone Bad.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Deal's Gone Bad, Dave Simon, Aaron Hammes, Ali Ersin Korsay, the Turk, superfan, Istanbul, Turkey, ska, punk, Riot Fest, Bottom Lounge, Cobra Lounge, Subterranean, Aggrolites, Toasters, Rancid

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2008
I am partying with Coat Party even while I'm alone

Coat Party: anti-emo, undead ska.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Dance, Indie Rock, Coat Party, Vampire Weekend, ska

News & Politics, Feature Jul 23, 1998
Ska's Lost Cause

What do Jamaica's "freedom sound" and Chicago's third-wave ska scene have in common? Not much.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Feature, Ska Against Racism, ska, ska music, Less Than Jake, Blue Meanies, Billy Spunke, Mike Park, John Calahan, Skapone, first-wave ska, third-wave ska

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Mr. Bungle re-form after a 20-year absence and get right back to trolling

Video
Izzy Olive’s Half Gringa celebrate their intimate but hard-hitting debut album

Plus: Slippery Slope throws itself a third birthday party, Metro hosts a 25th-anniversary concert for the American Ska-thic series, and more.

Chicago’s Rude Guest bridged two-tone and third-wave ska in the 80s

Rude Guest's tape-only output hurt their legacy, but local ska label Jump Up just reissued their entire discography—also on tape.

Jump Up Records rescues Chicago ska band Rude Guest from obscurity

Local label Jump Up releases a Cassette Store Day special, Lost Chicago Ska 1982-1993, that collects the discography of the defunct Rude Guest.

Charley Organaire helped introduce the harmonica to ska and reggae

Charles "Organaire" Cameron had an illustrious career in Jamaica before settling in Chicago in the 70s, where he continues to record and perform.

Reader's Agenda Fri 1/3: American Skathic 20-Year Celebration, WinterDance, and Sundance shorts

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 3

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12 O'Clock Track: The Specials, "Gangsters (live)"

Skank my hangover away

Riot Fest

The city's expansive punk beatdown returns with a lineup that includes the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Articles of Faith, Circle Jerks, Propagandhi, Negative Approach, Bad Religion, Naked Raygun, the Zero Boys, the Bronx, and others.

The Best of the Rest This Weekend

Other notable shows this weekend include the English Beat at Double Door, KEN Mode at Metal Shaker, Secret Colours at the Beat Kitchen, and Ceremony at Ronny's.

How Do You Say "Superfan" in Turkish?

A stray student from Istanbul gets a two-month guided tour of Chicago music from Deal's Gone Bad.

I am partying with Coat Party even while I'm alone

Coat Party: anti-emo, undead ska.

Ska's Lost Cause

What do Jamaica's "freedom sound" and Chicago's third-wave ska scene have in common? Not much.

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Plus: Slippery Slope throws itself a third birthday party, Metro hosts a 25th-anniversary concert for the American Ska-thic series, and more.

Rude Guest's tape-only output hurt their legacy, but local ska label Jump Up just reissued their entire discography—also on tape.

Local label Jump Up releases a Cassette Store Day special, Lost Chicago Ska 1982-1993, that collects the discography of the defunct Rude Guest.

Charles "Organaire" Cameron had an illustrious career in Jamaica before settling in Chicago in the 70s, where he continues to record and perform.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 3

Skank my hangover away

The city's expansive punk beatdown returns with a lineup that includes the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Articles of Faith, Circle Jerks, Propagandhi, Negative Approach, Bad Religion, Naked Raygun, the Zero Boys, the Bronx, and others.

Other notable shows this weekend include the English Beat at Double Door, KEN Mode at Metal Shaker, Secret Colours at the Beat Kitchen, and Ceremony at Ronny's.

A stray student from Istanbul gets a two-month guided tour of Chicago music from Deal's Gone Bad.

Coat Party: anti-emo, undead ska.

What do Jamaica's "freedom sound" and Chicago's third-wave ska scene have in common? Not much.

Other Searches