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Tag: ska

‘A Crafty Cigarette’ By Matteo Sedazzari Is On The Road For My Generation

November 27, 2016

With a foreword by punk poet John Cooper Clarke, and a subtitle of ‘Tales Of A Teenage Mod’, you start out with a good idea of what to expect from Matteo Sedazzari’s story of a half English half Italian boy growing up in the leafy Surrey suburbs.

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Eclectic And Energetic Rumjig Release Self-Titled Crowd Funded Album

November 18, 2016

Rumjig, currently located in Liverpool, find their inspiration in a variety of artists and have as their “soul” intention to “uplift and ignite people’s lust for life”. The band has released their debut, self-titled album.

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Essential Covers: Sam And The Womp – ‘Light It Up’ (Major Lazer Cover)

May 18, 2016

Our Essential Cover is from Sam And The Womp, who’ve given us their take on Major Lazer’s ‘Light It Up’.

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Essential Advent Calendar: The Diamond Age – ‘Holly’

December 18, 2015

We’re up to Day 18 of the Essential Advent Calendar – only a week left to go! Today we feature ‘Holly’, the new single from The Diamond Age.

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The Selecter Release Iconic Music Video, ‘Walk The Walk’

October 22, 2015

Ska legends The Selecter have released a new video for their song ‘Walk The Walk’.

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Counting Coins – ‘Don’t Look Down’ 

September 16, 2015

Counting Coins is an ska/punk outfit whose very modern sound can switch from ska/punk to gypsy to hip-hop and back again in the space of one song.

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Beneath The Reef – ‘Bring The A Game’

August 28, 2015

Welsh Ska/Punk band, Beneath the Reef will be releasing their latest EP, ‘Bring The A Game’, on 4 September.

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EP Talk ‘Subculture’ And More With The Selecter’s Pauline Black

August 25, 2015

Ska icon Pauline Black talks to Juliet about her new album and Grammy hopes in our exclusive interview.

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The Talks

July 11, 2015

Commencing 11th July, Hull based Ska band The Talks embark on a new tour which will see them travel through France, Germany and the UK riding on the back of their album ‘Commoners, Peers, Drunks and Thieves’ which was released in November 2014.

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Shooze – ‘Classified’

May 8, 2015

Don’t forget to put on your Shooze before you go out into this crazy world.

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Sam and the Womp: Zeppelin

January 15, 2015

You may remember Sam and The Womp from 2012, when they shot to the UK number one spot, and achieved 4x platinum status in…

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