Last night’s episode of Ska’s The Limit was a blast!  I always love to debut new music, and I really love it when I can get a great band into the studio- so last night was perfect.  Dub Reggae masters, The Drastics swung by St. Louis and dropped a few tunes in the KDHX studio before their show at The Gramophone, last week-  and last night was the debut of this live set.  More info on this Live Session can be found here.

Plus, I got to debut some new shots from the likes of Maddie Ruthless and The Secret Affair, King Hammond and the scathing ska parody, Don’t Skank Unless You Mean It.  Fun stuff all around.  As usual, you can find the two latest episodes of Ska’s The Limit streaming at the KDHX website (site update willing).

Sublime “Work That We Do” from “Robbin’ The Hood” on Skunk
Pama International “Disobedient Child (feat Rico Rodriguez)” from “Trojan Sessions” on Trojan / Rockers Revolt
Off Beats “Dubbed Out” from “Ska-Otea-Roa” on Moonhop Music
The Drastics “Interview 1″ from “Live at KDHX 8-20-10″ on KDHX
The Drastics “Good Time Tonight” from “Live at KDHX 8-20-10″ on KDHX New
The Drastics “Interview 2″ from “Live at KDHX 8-20-10″ on KDHX
The Drastics “Fraudulent” from “Live at KDHX 8-20-10″ on KDHX New [Check out the live video for this very track]
The Drastics “Strike Back” from “Live at KDHX 8-20-10″ on KDHX New
Maddie Ruthless and The Secret Affair “Abracadabra (clean)” from “Hold The Phone” on Community Records New [Register with Community Records and get all their music for free!]
Dr. Ring-Ding “Big Man” from “Back & Forth” on Jump Up
Derrick Morgan “Fatman” from “Time Marches On” on Heart Beat
CHERRY BOOP “Why A Man” from “Going Anywhere” on Big 8
The Determinations “Judge-Mento” from “Chat Chat Determination” on Zion Japan
Jackie Mittoo “Totally Together” from “The Keyboard King at Studio One” on Studio One / Universal Sound
War “Why Can’t We Be Friends” from “The Very Best Of War” on Rhino / Wea

King Hammond “The Return Of The Kung Fu Skinhead” from “The King And I” on N.1. Records New

Too Much Brass “Don’t Skank Unless You Mean It” from “Summer Of Music: Too Many Ska Horns” on CollegeHumor New [Check out the video for this parody of the 3rd Wave scene]
Against All Authority “Ska Sucks (clean)” from “Nothing New for Trash Like You” on Sub City
Fishbone “Faceplant Scorpion Back Pinch” from “2005-06-03″ on Internet Archive [Free Fishbone Live Shows for Download]

One Eye Open “Where Food’s A Circus” from “1 in 3000 Nerds Cant Be Wrong” on Dill/Asian Man
Less Than Jake “9Th At Pine” from “Losing Streak” on Hollywood
Hub City Stompers “Where’s My Hooligans” from “Ska Ska Black Sheep” on Stubborn
Inspecter 7 “Hub City Stompers” from “… The Infamous” on Radical

Crazy Baldhead “1969 Featuring King DJango” from “The Sound Of ’69″ on self
Sic & Mad “I know them – Station ID” from “STL Ska Staion IDs” on KDHX
Stubborn All-Stars “I’ll Never Go Back Home” from “Nex Music” on Stubborn
The Moon Invaders “Soul Boss” from “Moovin ‘n’ Groovin’!” on Indie Europe/Zoom
Green Room Rockers “Confession” from “WFHB Fund Drive” on WFHB
Toots & The Maytals “Bam Bam” from “Byron Lee – The Man And His Music” on Vp Records
Fada Dougou “Fada Dougou – Station ID” from “STL Ska Staion IDs” on KDHX
Fada Dougou “Profit Song” from “Tabousi” on CVC
Lord Creator “Shame and Scandal” from “Big Bamboo” on Dynamic Request
Jackie Opel “You Send Me” from “The Memorable Jackie Opel” on Wirl
Wareika Hill “JB Haley Jr.” from “Wareika Hill” on Jump Up Records New

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Hey kids-  About a week ago, Chicago’s The Drastics stepped into the KDHX studios and laid down some serious sounds.  The entire set aired on last night’s Ska’s The Limit but you can still catch the session via this internet, right here:

Click here to Listen to The Drastics – Live at KDHX

Or simply check out this great video, shot and recorded live:

Other Live Ska Links from 88.1 KDHX in St. Louis:

Westbound Train

The Void Union

The Pinstripes

Murder City Players

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Writing on the wall says that 2 Tone is having a bit of a revival happening with most of the major groups that made up the 2 Tone movement are now reformed in one way or another.  Madness has just put out a new record and a live DVD, with another new album already in the works; Bad Manners technically never broke up; The English Beat visits St. Louis on the reg.  There’s even multiple versions of 2 of 2 Tones biggest groups-  Neol Davies and Pauline Black each have their own version of A Selecter reunion touring the UK, and the newly reformed members of The Specials have their own competition from Jerry Dammers’ anti-reunion spectacle, The Spatial AKA Orchestra.  Plus, for the past few years now, everyone from new hip-hop groups to pop divas in the UK have been paying a nod to the 2 Tone sound via samples, mashups, covers and overall meta reference.

So this was the jumping off point for last night’s episode, The Legacy of 2 Tone.  If you missed the show, you can catch the archived stream of the whole sh-bang over at KDHX.org

King Hammond “The Loop” from The King And I on N.1. Records New

The Valkyrians “Rankin’ Fullstop” from High And Mighty on Pork Pie

The English Beat “Big Shot” from I Just Can’t Stop It on Go Feet

The Selecter “Return of The Selecter” from Promo on Self New – [Here's this brand new tune in a live vid fashion]

The Selecter “Missing words” from Unplugged For The Rude Boy Generation on Mapps Cafe Records/Ka – [Check out this great interview with Pauline]

Loafers “Too Late Rudy” from The Collection on Cleopatra

Skankin’ Pickle “Special Brew” from Green Album on Dill/Asian Man

Arthur Kay & the Originals “Americans” from Live in Berlin on Step-1 – [Arthur Kay's been making ska for a lot longer that I realized!  Check out his story in his own words.]

The Amnesiacs “Top Yourself” from Forget To Remember on Go Wise Recordings New

Desorden Publico “Pueblo Fantasma (Ghost Town)” from Spare Shells- Modern Interpretations of Songs Performed by the Specials on Sound

Kid British “Sunny Days” from It Was This Or Football on Mercury UK New

Floyd Lloyd & The Potato 5 “Sally Brown” from Floyd Lloyd & The Potato 5 Meet Laurel Aitken on Grover Records

Ruder Than You “The Bodysnatchers” from The 2 Tone Collection – A Checkered Past on Chrysalis – [Rude Girls Wanted]

The New Town Kings “Fire In The Hole” from Sound Of The New Town on Do The Dog

Walt Jabsco “The Liquidizer (single version)” from Walt At The Controls Featuring Andy Keys Clark on Walt Jabsco Recordings

Pama International “Question The Answer” from Pama Outernational on Rockers Revolt New

Judge Dread “Rudy (A Message To You)” from The Legendary Judge Dread Vol. 1 (King Of Rudeness) on Recall Records UK

Amy Winehouse “Hey, Little Rich Girl” from The Ska E.P. on 2 Soul Records

SWAGGA “Rude Boys” from SWAGGA Promo on self New

Mark Foggo “Bang Me Head” from Mad on V2 New

Cartoon Violence “Vauxhall Nova” from Whatever Happened To The Likely Lad? on Do The Dog

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists “I’m Looking Through You (The Beatles)” from The Ted Leo & The Pharmacists Covers Archive on Unreleased – [You can find this and tons else Ted Leo covers here.]

Smoke Like A Fish “Bankrobber” from Here’s One We Made Earlier on Do The Dog

Clash, The “The Guns Of Brixton (Live) [13 Jun 81, NYC]” from From Here To Eternity Live on Epic

The Dead 60′s “Black Sessions – 08 riot radio” from Black Sessions – Live on France Inter

Rancid “Old Friend” from …And Out Come The Wolves on Epitaph

Madness “3 Dust Devil” from The Liberty Of Norton Folgate on Lucky Seven Records New

King Hammond “Mr Easy Talk” from The King And I on N.1. Records New

The Swinging Cats “Manitovi” from The 2 Tone Collection – A Checkered Past on Chrysalis

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