2009 has shaped up to be quite a year for new Ska and Reggae releases. Just last week, I acquired brand new material from King Django, The Slackers, Chris Murray and Go Jimmy Go.  As it follows, I brought all that down to the station, last night, for your listening pleasure.  Just to keep things on that new tip, I also debuted new stuff from The Specials, Ken Boothe, Dawn Penn, Unlikely Alibi, Bedouin Soundclash and so much more.

New stuff is my favorite stuff.  If you missed your chance at the live broadcast, click on over to KDHX.org for the archived stream.

Matt Wixson – Ska’s The Limit Theme – -

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Chris Murray – Shades Of The Same Color – Yard Sale – Unstrictly Roots* – [Get your hard or digi copy of Chris Murray's lost gems from Unstrictly Roots]

King Django and The Forthrights – Anywhere I Roam – Anywhere I Roam 7″ – Stubborn* – [Stubborn loves to present their music in a traditional style... vinyl]

The Slackers – Wasted Days – Lost & Found – Special Potato* – [The Slackers have just cleaned out their back room and discovered an entire album's worth of lost material]

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Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (No No No) – Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae – Moll-Selekta*

The Specials – Poor Litte Rich Girl – Live In Glastonbury 2009 – Live Recording

Ken Boothe – Shanty Town (007) – Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae – Moll-Selekta* – [Learn about Rocksteady music and the new documentary on the subject]

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Unlikely Alibi – Do It All Over – At The Ready – Stubborn* – [my apologies to Unlikely Alibi for stating that they are from NYC, they are actually from Indiana- check out there sound here]

Mr. T-Bone and The Young Lions – Money – Heroes – Rudeboy Corner*

Channel One – Hum – Pose Posture – Do The Dog* – [Channel One sounds great live]

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Rancid feat Booker T – Up To No Good – Let The Dominoes Fall – Hellcat*

Sic and Mad – Policeman – Songs For The Revolution – Stubborn* – [Some dumb podcast where you can hear The Silencers/Rancid demos feat. Policeman]

Bedouin Soundclash – Disgeneration – Where Have The Songs Played Gone? – Side One/Dummy Recordings* – [You can listen to this entire EP from RollingStone.com]

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Courtney John – I Want To Get Next To You – Made In Jamaica – Jamaica Records / FiWi Music*

Westbound Train – Critical Ska – Come And Get It – Hellcat*

The Titans feat Roger Rivas – Teardrops – Rehearsal Daze – Self* – [Check out Roger Rivas performing at the final night of LA's Bluebeat Lounge]

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Cartoon Violence – Rattlesnake – Whatever Happened To The Likely Lad? – Do The Dog* – [A fun little video from Cartoon Violence]

Madness – We Are London – Liberty Of Norton Folgate – Lucky Seven*

The Slackers – What Went Wrong – Lost & Found – Special Potato* – [Read The Slackers explanation of all this Lost & Found material]

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King Django and The Stubborn All-Stars – Open Season part 2 – Open Season 7″ – Stubborn* – [Open Season is back again, remastered and generally re-did - on wax!]

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Lightning Sword – Paradise Blue – JUSTA RECORD* – [The best site for English speakers to learn about TSPO is still their MySpace]

Chris Murray – Play That Fiddle Boy – Yard Sale – Unstrictly Roots*

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Prague Ska Conspiracy – Not For Free – Lies For Everyone – Grover*

The Pepper Pots – Take A Chance – Now! – Black Pepper*

Go Jimmy Go – Devil’s In Her Soul – Go Jimmy Go – * – [check 'em out!]

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Big D and The Kid’s Table – Strictly Rude (Babysitters Mix) – Rude Remix Revolution – Silver Sprocket*

The Drastics feat. Michael Jackson – Rock With You – MJ a Rocker – Self* – [Drastically different takes on the MJ hits]

Culver City Dub Collective – Bad Reaction – Dos – Everloving*

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It was a rainy 4th of July, and the streets were quiet, but if you were listening to KDHX, you heard a killer two hours of Ska and Reggae.  I started the show off with six tracks from the Asian Man catalog-  it’s hard to make a living running a completely DIY ska/punk record label, and I sent off my appriciation to the one, Mike Park.

As the show progressed, I dropped a lot of new stuff-  from Spain’s Liquidator records, a couple of cuts from La Famillia Torelli and Contratempo-  two brand new Aggrolites songs, covers in fact, from the Endless Bummer Soundtrack, Ghost Town and Pass the Dutchie-  brand new tunes from Rancid, Vic Ruggiero, The Titans and The Pepper Pots-  all this, plus classic hits from The Rhythm Rulers, Sublime, Clive Wilson, The Drastics and so much more.  Truely a mixed bag.  If you missed the show on Sat, you can always click over to the STL page at KDHX.org and listen to the archive.

Matt Wixson – The Ska’s The Limit Theme -  -

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Skankin Pickle – Gas In My Car – The Green Album – Asian Man

The Tantra Monsters – Boto Changee – Misfits of Ska – Asian Man – [Check out a live video of this very song from the 90's]

MU330 – Hang Tough Hold Tight – Chumps On Parade – Asian Man

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Mealticket – Picture This – Lisa Marie – Asian Man – [Awesome live set of Mealticket from the 90's]

One Eye Open – Paul Sharrar – Misfits of Ska – Asian Man

Skankin Pickle – $13,000 is alot of food – Sing Along With Skankin’ Pickle – Dill Records

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La Famillia Torelli – Fat Back – Beyond Organic – Liquidator* – [The Torelli Family doing a live cover of Perhaps, in Spanish]

The Aggrolites – Ghost Town – Endless Bummer OST – BLACKHEART* – [You can stream all of the tracks from the Endless Bummer Soundtrack here]

Gorillaz feat. Terry Hall – M1A1 – Space Monkies vs Gorillaz – Sony

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Generation X – Ready Steady Go – Perfect Hits 1971-1985 – Capitol

Rancid – Liberty and Freedom – Let The Dominoes Fall – Epitaph*

The Adjusters – Armstrong – Moonshot! – Moon

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Vic Ruggiero – Never Go Back Home – On The Rag Time – Silver Sprocket/Thought Squad*

The Void Union – Monkey Ska – Live At KDHX – *

Bim Skala Bim – Not Natural – Universal – Jamdown

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House of Rhythm – Sign of The Times – Bang OST – Moon

Mephiskapheles – Demon Weed – Maximum Perversion – Moon

The Pepper Pots – Real True Love – Now! – Black Pepper Records*

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The Titans feat Roger Rivas – Teardrops – Rehearsal Daze – Unreleased*

No 1 Station feat. Persia – You Wanna Get Busy With Me – Boss Beat – Rockers Revolt*

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The Aggrolites feat. General Smiley – Pass The Dutchie – Endless Bummer OST – BLACKHEART*

Clive Wilson – One Ska, One Ounce of Weed and One Beer – One Minute To Zero – Ska vol 1 – White

Sublime – Smoke Two Joints – 40oz to Freedome – Skunk

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Rhythm Rulers – Mudie’s Mood – Mudie’s Mood – Moodisc/Trojan

DJ Hunnicut – Fu Manchu – Unity: A Tribute to Desmond Dekker – Bacteria Buffet Records

The Drastics – Here Comes The Bass – Live in STL ’08 – Unreleased – [Were you at The Drastics' show in STL, last year?]

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Ed Rome – Mind – A Life In Minutes – Rockers Revolt*

Contratempo – Funkey Reggae Tonight – Psycotropikal – Liquidator*

Flight of The Conchords – You Don’t Have To Be a Prostitute – The Unofficial FOTC Songbook Season 2 – HBO*

DubXanne – Roxanne – Police in Dub – Echo Beach*

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