Daly's Gone Wrong

Two posts in a day! Ska on a ska blog! Return to former glory? Possibly!

Daly's Gone Wrong are an amalgam of some of the trendy things to do in punk and metalcore these days. They do they pop punk/metalcore verse/chorus switch and they have the humorous bursts of other genres except here they're mostly ska. There's even a straight acoustic love song. It's incredibly catchy through its six songs, with shout-along repetitions and and clean singing/screaming juxtaposition. I think they do it better than anyone else. Recommended if you like The Flaming Tsunamis, A Billion Ernies, or Folly.

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Exit Where You Belong

Choking Victim

Choking Victim were one of the more popular bands of the Crack Rock Steady scene. They're obviously pretty rebellious because they sing about smoking crack and Satan and stuff. Their bassist kicks ass, too. Here's what I have by them:

Crack Rock Steady & Squatta's Paradise

No Gods, No Managers

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The Suicide Machines

Another band in the mid-to-late-nineties wave of ska that achieved minor, minor success. (Inclusion on Tony Hawk video game soundtracks.) They were probably too energetic for the mainstream mass to handle. I have three albums of theirs. The latter two are solid skacore releases, but Destruction by Definition is a must listen. They disbanded in 2006 after the release of War Profiteering is killing us all.

Destruction by Definition

Battle Hymns

War Profiteering is Killing Us All

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Le Scrawl

An eclectic mix of Grind,Ska,Jazz and plenty other shenanigans
Le Scrawl can throw in. Hooked after listening to the first two tracks on Eager To Please.

-Orwell



Eager To Please
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Bomb the Music Industry!

Bomb the Music Industry! are one of those ridiculously D.I.Y. hardcore bands. Even though they offer all of their music for free, I shelled out $15 to see them (awesome) and $10 for Album Minus Band on vinyl. It made me feel like such a punk. I usually don't feel like that. Since they offer all of their music for free download on their site, I'm not going to post my own links for them.

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