Subject: Ska

• Around Hear

  July 6, 2000

• No Doubt/Lit/Black-Eyed Peas

  Sandstone Amphitheatre -- Thursday, July 13, 2000

  July 13, 2000

• Around Hear

  July 5, 2001

• Pick it Up

  March 28, 2002

• Classic Gadjits Songs Now Streaming on MySpace

  Some of you true rudeboys have no trouble digging up any old Gadjits tunes whenever you wanna hear 'em. But for those without a library of the youthful local ska band's early records, aurally induced nostalgia awaits at the band's MySpace, which is currently featuring the songs "Sassy Induced Bulimia," "Gangster Girl," "Act Like You Remember," and "Outsider." The page is maintained by drummer Adam Phillips, who, along with his brothers Zach and Brandon, now plays in the Architects. We think you

  January 23, 2009

• Justin Warring Bopping Along On Tour with Bad Manners

  See if you can pick out the ginger-haired Kansas City musician hopping on stage along with Bad Manners at a January 18 gig in San Diego. Justin Warring (Stella Link, Sex Police) is currently on tour with the really old English ska band, which doesn't have its tour posted on Myspace. Pollstar says the tour hits Baltimore on January 30, Alexandria on February 2 and New York City on February 6. Meanwhile, according to Warring's Facebook profile, he was "getting a sunburn in St. Petersburg, Fla."

  January 26, 2009

• Terry Hall and Mushtaq

  October 16, 2003

• Dogs Die in Hot Cars

  April 7, 2005

• Les Fossoyeurs

  April 28, 2005

• Kansas City’s blue-eyed reggae legends regroup

  March 26, 2009

• Vampire Weekend

  September 11, 2008

• Rockin' The Colonies

  July 17, 2008

• The Incredible Heat Machine

  December 20, 2007

• Less Than Jake/Suicide Machines/One Man Army/Pollen

  El Torreon -- Wednesday, August 23, 2000

  August 31, 2000

• All the Rage

  The Pitch Music Showcase: There’s no better reason to leave the house.

  August 2, 2007

• Reel Big Fish

  June 28, 2007

• The Sex Police

  June 21, 2007

• The English Beat

  May 10, 2007

• Jackie Mittoo

  December 7, 2006

• Checkered Past

  November 23, 2006

• Magik Rub

  Rubbish

  July 13, 2000

• The Aquabats

  Thursday, August 11, at the Bottleneck.

  August 11, 2005

• Toots and the Maytals

  Monday, April 4, at The Bottleneck.

  March 31, 2005

• The Toasters

  Tuesday, February 15, at The Granada.

  February 10, 2005

• Ani DiFranco

  Knuckle Down (Righteous Babe)

  January 13, 2005

• Rude Boy Dead Man

  What compelled ska singer Richie Restivo to stare down a dozen weapon-wielding toughs in Rockhurst High's parking lot?

  March 4, 2004

• Ska-let Fever

  The Prairie Dogg skanks it up with the Ska-dfather himself, Bucket Hingley of the Toasters.

  February 5, 2004

• Less Than Jake

  Saturday, November 22, at the Beaumont Club.

  November 20, 2003

• Uprights

  Saturday, December 21, at El Torreon.

  December 19, 2002

• Posse Whipped

  KB toys with the hard stuff and doesn't always come out ahead.

  July 4, 2002

• Showcase Showdown

  The price is right for the Pitch Music Showcase: 25 bands, $5.

  April 4, 2002

• Los De Abajo

  Cybertropic Chilango Power (Luaka Bop)

  April 11, 2002

• Go Go Gadjits

  Once teen ska-punk phenoms, the Gadjits now play raw grown-up rock.

  January 4, 2001

• R-U Ska? Bank on It

  After spreading the ska gospel to a handful of West Coast fans, Ruskabank returns to Kansas to promote its new album closer to home.

  September 7, 2000

• Plea for Peace

  Liberty Hall -- Thursday, July 20, 2000

  July 27, 2000

• Plea for Peace

  Thursday, July 20 at Liberty Hall

  July 20, 2000

• Taking Stock

  Brian Dean Davis created a nonalcoholic music festival his final year of high school and has worked hard to make it atypical.

  June 15, 2000

• THE SQUASH CANNONS

  HOW I LOST MY MANHOOD PLAYING RACQUETBALL

  May 25, 2000

• THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES

  PAY ATTENTION(ISLAND/DEF JAM)

  May 25, 2000

• NO DOUBT

  RETURN OF SATURN(TRAUMA/INTERSCOPE)

  May 11, 2000

• Brand new video from Weird Al

  Weird Al Yankovic has just put up the video for his new song, "Craigslist." You'd know that if you followed his Twitter feed. It's not a straight song parody. Rather, it's one of his "style parodies," where the song is original, but sounds like a kind of style -- i.e., "Your Horoscope For Today" didn't parody any specific ska song, but it certainly sounded an awful lot like Reel Big Fish, Save Ferris, et al (it also happened to feature the Reel Big Fish horn section). Much like that song, "Cra

  June 16, 2009

• Blue Riddim Band

  June 18, 2009

• No Doubt

  July 2, 2009

• Skavoovie & the Epitones Back Together, Less the Epitones

  Seems like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones aren't the only '90s ska band back together and in the studio. Newton, Massachusetts' Skavoovie & the Epitones were one of the few '90s ska acts not to go punk or traditional, instead creating a hybrid of ska, jazz, and swing. They are now simply known as Skavoovie--no need for the Epitones, they say. Their brand aged much better than the majority of albums from that third wave of ska. It actually sound pretty timeless, and I'm thinking Ripe's going to be t

  July 24, 2009

• Concert Review: the Vans Warped Tour 2009

  What with the weather and everything yesterday morning, I wasn't too sure as to whether or not Warped Tour 2009 would be worth attending. The idea of standing in the middle of an amphitheater parking lot all day during a torrential downpour isn't exactly my idea of a perfect summer day. Nick SpacekGallows​However, by the time I hit Tonganoxie on my way out from Lawrence, the sun had begun to peek out and was shining full force by the time I'd made it through the gate and in front of the H

  August 5, 2009

• Civilian Review: Vans Warped Tour 2009

  Editor's Note: In response to a challenge that arose out of the comments section of my Black Francis review, stout and hearty music fan That Guy (known to his friends as Bryan Hobby), took to the hills and dales of Sandstone to review the Vans Warped Tour from his own perspective. I commend his bravery and determination. Someone get That Guy a beer. -- Jason Harper BY THAT GUY I was an angry young man living in Salt Lake City when I attended my first Warped Tour in 1995. The 15-band, one-stag

  August 5, 2009

• Reel Big Fish Promises to Make It Up to You

  So, if you attended Sunday night's Reel Big Fish/English Beat show at the Crossroads, you are probably more than aware that it poured like crazy. Because of the rain, Reel Big Fish wasn't able to go on. My friend Sarah was kind enough to provide me with her take on what happened: James Perou​"The reason why we were even at the show that night, Reel Big Fish, was not allowed to take the stage because of some code in Missouri that says that a band can't perform if the stage is wet. That did

  August 11, 2009

• Photos from Sunday: Drowning Pool on the bus, rained-out at Crossroads KC

  Sunday was kind of a wash for intrepid Pitch photographer Scott Spychalski, who came downtown from his Raytown wigwam in hopes of shooting Crue Fest and Reel Big Fish. Despite getting media credentials to shoot portraits of several of the bands opening for Motley Crue Sunday night at the Sprint Center, Scott Spy was not actually able to get into the show. (Being a regional altweekly, we just don't have that powerful SPIN-sized Kansas City Star pull. What, magazines are dying? Dailies, too? You

  August 11, 2009

• Throwback MP3 of the Week: Shocks of Mighty, "Everyday Is A Holiday"

  By all rights, you shouldn't be able to punch in a URL from a ten year-old press release from a local ska band and still expect it to work. Still, when I typed in the web address for Manhattan's Shocks of Mighty, their site was still in existence. ​Shocks of Mighty didn't last very long. When I first saw them play in August of 1998, they'd only been around six months, and they were done for good in January of 2000, meaning they weren't even a band a full two years. Now, they managed to re

  October 14, 2009

• Throwback MP3 of the Week: the Uprights, "31st & Gillham"

  As a journalist, one of the most validating experiences one can have is being quoted by someone else. It indicates that someone finds your words to be worthwhile enough to bear repeating elsewhere. There are exceptions to this, of course. Someone could be using your work as an example of bad journalism, holding you up as the Uwe Boll of writing. ("Seriously, I don't care what the fuck you do. Just don't do this. Please. For the love of God.") Another way to have that validation slapped right the

  November 4, 2009