Hopeton Lewis feat Lynn Taitt – Take It Easy – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz – [If you're not familiar with Lyn Taitt (or even if you are) you might learn a lot about the man from his recent obit]

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Square Roots – Ground Zero – Pick It Up! – Beach Records – [Square Roots' MySpace page has a comprehensive history of the band with lots of old videos]

Common Rider – Classics of Love – Last Wave Rockers – Panic Button – [Ink 19 has a great interview with Jesse Michaels of Common Rider and Operation Ivy]

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Big D & The Kids Table – Wailing Pool – The Gypsy Hill LP – Fork In Hand – [Here's a vid of someone playing a video game to this very tune- weird]

Skandalous All-Stars – American Psychopath – Age Of Insects – Shanachie

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Skankin’ Pickle – My Hair – Green Album – Dill Records/Asian Man

The Clash – Long Time Jerk – Super Black Market Clash – Epic – [Here go one of dem dere ho'made youtubes of Long Time Jerk]

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Bedouin Soundclash – Immigrant Workforce – Sounding a Mosaic – Side One Dummy

Kid British – Part Time Job Shirt & Tie – It Was This Or Football – Mercury Records

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Vampire Weekend – M79 – Vampire Weekend – XL – [Here's the Vampire kids doing M79 inna live fashion]

The Valkyrians – Reggae Allnighter – The Beat of Our Street – Stupido*

Secret Cajun Band – Big House – Big House – Razor Boy Records+ – [SCB is still kickin' at least on MySpace, that is]

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The Pinstripes – Come On In – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records – [You can hear a lot of great GRR and Pinstripes songs at this dumb ska site]

The Operators 780 – Indecision – The Operators – Longshot Music – [PunkNews has got the 411 on the 780]

The Expos – Blackwater – Blackwater – Stomp

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Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight – Greatest Hits – Black Tiger

Baba Brooks Band – Twilight Zone – Knockout Ska – Heartbeat

Desmond Dekker and The Aces – Intensified ‘68 – Best Of – Trojan

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Hepcat – Rudies All Around – Right On Time – Hellcat

Jimmy Cliff – Harder They Come – Harder They Come OST – Island

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Toots and The Maytals – John James – Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66 – Mango

Dr. Ring-Ding and The Senior All-Stars – Save a Bread/Save a Toast – Dandymite – Moon Ska

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Jackie Opel – You’re Too Bad – Single – White

The Upsessions – Cool Ska Time – The New Heavyweight Champion – Moon Ska UK

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The Debonaires – Interrupted – Longshout! – Jump Up!

No 1 Station – You Wanna Get Busy With Me – Boss Beat – Rockers Revolt

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Ska Cubano – Big Bamboo – Ay Caramba! – Cumbancha

Desorden Publico – Monkey Ska – Estrellas De Caos – RADIO PIRATA

The Ratazanas – King Kong – Ouh La La – Grover

Kinky Coo Coo’s – Hooligans – Co Tonga Tonga – Liquidator

Matt Wixon – Ska’s The Limit Theme -  -

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Let’s Go Bowling – Rude 69 – Freeway Lanes – Asian Man

Bedouin Soundclash – Shelter (live) – Warped Tour Bootleg Series – Rhapsody – [I've become a big fan of Bedouin Soundclash despite my initial hesitation, this bootleg live set is for fans.]

The Slackers feat Glen Adams – Cypriano – Upsettin Ernesto’s – Music Machine

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The Aggrolites – Brother Jacob – Aggrolites IV – Hellcat

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Contratempo – Funky Reggae Tonight – Psychotropical – Redstar73

Crazy Baldhead feat Billy Ital – Funky Drummer – Sound of 69 – Self – [Get yourself a history lesson on the original JB tune, Funky Drummer]

Albino Brown’s All Funk Ska Collision – Double Dutch Bus Ska – Step On It – A to Y – [What? you don't have the original Ska Parade skampilation?  Fix it.]

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Michael Franti – Soundsystem – All Rebel Rockers – Anti

Cherry Poppin Daddies – Soundsystem – Take Warning: The Music of Operation Ivy – Glue Factory

Hepcat – Thank You – Skauthentic – Stiff Dog

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Skandalous All-Stars – 1969 – Punk Steady – Shanachie

The Debonaires – Spirit of ‘69 – Groovin’ After Sundown – White

Too Hot – Agent 69 – Stay S.H.A.R.P. vol 2 – Step One Records

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Desmond Dekker – Gimme Gimme – Rudy Got Soul – Trojan

Viking’s Remedy – Rocksteady Memories – Rain Is Coming – Patate

Bongo Man – Where Is Garvey – 45 – Muzik City – [You love the Hepcat version, now love the original.  Act now, and we'll throw in some background noise]

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The Pietasters – Don’t Wanna Know – All Day – Indication Records

Dodger – Stomp – Stomp – Upper Left Side – [Decent enough live vid of Dodger doing Stomp]

The Operators 780 – Playing With Fire – Power Version – Longshot – [You have to check out this band, lot's of tunes up on their MySpace Music page]

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Skankin’ Pickle – Hate – Sing Along With Skankin’ Pickle – Asian Man

Stubborn All-Stars – Going With Him – Root, Branch and Stem: Living Tradition in Ska! – Stubborn

The Bustups – Linton Bob – They’re Airborne – Step Aside Records

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Monkey – Soul Breakdown – Changito – Self

Pressure Cooker – Nothin’ Better – Leisure Riddims For The Working Class – Spit Shine

Anger Management League – Janie Jones – Clashed By The AML – Blue Esquire

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The Clash – The Right Profile – London Calling – Epic

The Specials – Farmyard Connection – Demos, Rarities and Outakes – White – [Click here if you want a heaping helping of XSpecials unreleased material]

Rancid – Under A Red Hot Moon – Indestructable – Epitaph – [Click here for the Official Video, or see the Live Version below]

Westbound Train feat Alex Desert – Soapbox – Five To Two – Megalith – [I don't think I actually played this last night, but I typed it, so maybe it's true]

Dr. Ring-Ding & HP Setter – Louis Gone A Foreign – Bang OST – Moon