So lately i've been digging some tunes in the Ska vein. For some reason i'm really liking the trumpet featured in the background, and it really adds to the tunes. Stuff like
Take On Me by Reel Big Fish feature this, but other tunes like Santeria by Sublime don't, but are still pretty rockin'.
The only problem is that i'm having trouble finding songs similar to this style in it's own category. I like Ska because it's either fast, upbeat and exciting like Take On Me, or casual and laid back like Sublime, but everything I seem to find doesn't really have this.
Can I get some recommendation around here?
EDIT: Apparently these bands are Third Wave Ska.
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Well, neither of those bands are actual Ska, so....
Go to Pandora or YouTube and look up bands like Mephiskapheles, Skankin' Pickle, or the Voodoo Glow Skulls. The exact genre you're probably looking for is Third Wave Ska.
this is like one of the best albums ever.
Out of those, the Bosstones are my personal favorite even though they are more mainstreamed. The Specials are old school, very reggae inspired ska and the other two are good solid middleground.
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Also Streetlight Manifesto cant be recommended too many times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ije7d6xckSs
THE AQUABATS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqLz6LqMsU
PAIN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn1pf0Xi3nU
Dis town, lookin like a Ghost-town
A Message to you, Rudy
Catch 22/Streetlight Manifesto (same lead singer)
The Forces of Evil (a kind of ska supergorup with the lead singer of Reel Big Fish singing IMO much better songs)
Lightyear
The Mad Caddies
RX bandits
Shootin' Goon
And If your getting into sublime then Pepper are a very good sound alike
Give these a listen then as others have suggested puch what you like into pandora/last FM and go from there.
Also, for some female sung Ska, might I recommend Save Ferris? They are fantastic. Also, Letters to Cleo straddles the line between Ska and Alternative.
The swing band? You are talking about the swing band, right?
My bad. But to be honest, I consider them to be similar to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9zIFfE8IkU&feature=related
8-)
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I love them so much.
Yeah members from the original band went on to form Streetlight including the singer who wrote all the songs on keasbey nights.
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
The Flatliners (More punkish than ska, but very upbeat)
Against All Authority (Punk-ska.. earlier albums are more ska-based, with later albums throwing in more hardcore/metal/grind sounds. So, start with Destroy What Destroys You)
Oh, I can alsp push a great local band on you that should be right up your alley. Try Chupaskabra. They have a couple songs there, and I believe an album on iTunes.
the tsunami bombs is very good
catch 22 keysbe nights is just perfection
bandits of the acoustic revolution... same singer as C22 and Streelight
also tsunami bomb isnt ska... but as long as we're mentioning them the lead singers other band the action design is awesome
+1 for the Aquabats recommendation. That specific tune is exactly in the vein that I was looking for.
Also I didn't realize Ska started in the 80's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCzWPBR30Nk
I know this isn't what you're looking for, I'm just being a dick.
It didn't, it started in the 50's. Although those old tunes are often called "Jamaican Jazz" to differentiate them from the Second/Third Wave of Ska.
There are even bands doing the old time ska today, at least where I live. Local bands that you will probably never see, but at least I can point you to their websites (with free music!): www.yebo.de + www.woodindifire.de
My favorite American band are probably The Slackers.
Yay! All the songs on their second album (widely considered their first album, but technically, for the hardcore fan, their second) titled, "THE FURY OF THE AQUABATS!"
are in a similar vein to that single. If you like this kind of ska, I can not recommend this album enough.
The other Aquabats! albums, are not ska.
The immediate album after this, "The Aquabats! vs The Floating Eye of Death!"
still has a horn section, but the album is much more new wavey and very few ska rhythms are used. This is their weirdest album to date. It's B-Side's album is actually much more popular, it's titled,
"Myths, Legends, and Other Amazing Adventures! vol. 2"
Here's some songs from those albums
from VS THE FLOATING EYE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn6P4o-ebDo
from MYTHS&LEGENDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnMc-sRVLuo (also this is the video of them performing it on Yo Gabba Gabba, the preschool television show the vocalist for THE AQUABATS! created, this version of the song has even more kid friendly lyrics than the original!)
Their newest album, "CHARGE!!" has absolutely no horns on it at all, but is still JUST AS AWESOME. If not more awesome.
Here's the single from this album (One of their catchiest songs EVER)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJJMBa0s6o
Also, just for future reference, the band isn't, "Aquabats" or, "The Aquabats" it's, "The Aquabats!" the exclamation point is key.
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The Skatalites
The Slickers
Ska-P (Good Mexican Spanish-language stuff)
The Taj Motel Trio
The Fabulous Rudies
Bands that were awesome years ago and still are:
Mad Caddies
Streetlight Manifesto
Mustard Plug
Hence, continued awesomeness, no drop off.
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Catch 22's most recent album is pretty terrible and I'm sad I wasted monies on that.
Streetlight is apparently working on a couple new albums, that're supposed to come out this year.