It’s May and that means another mix tape! Hurrah! Now, the ’00s were getting to be a dark time for ska music. Bands were breaking up, switching over to emo and rock and/or dropping their horn sections all together. It was sad. Luckily, two things were going on, some bands were sticking it out and other bands were forming to fill that void. Getting booked wasn’t easy, ska was on its way back underground, but you’d have to be really out of touch to miss these acts. This whole month is dedicated to those bands in the form of a 90min mix tape broken up over a month. Enjoy it, let it take you back, it did for me!

Big D & the Kids Table – Evil Girl / Angry Girl (the Gipsy Hill EP ’02)

Cornerstone 96-98 – Eggshells (Cornerstone 96-98 ’04)

Johnny Nine & the Racers – My Beat (Chin Up ’09)

the Homecoming Queens – Timmy Goes to Summer Camp (a Sound You Once Knew ’08)

the Amphetameanies – the Devil Lives Upstairs (Now! That’s What I Call… ’06)

Squid 58 – the Last Fag (Dismantled ’07)

Monkey – Voice of America (Cruel Tutelage ’06)

Find & like 23min of Ska on facebook. Also, feel free to download this episode. Ska is better on vinyl. Hit up Grandpa’s Casino Recordings, we don’t have any cassettes, but we have some great vinyl records!