welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re taking a look at the only full album released by Operation Ivy: 1989’s Energy. after this record, the band would decide to part ways, with the album’s release party being their last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at Fishbone’s 1988 sophomore record, Truth and Soul. i know the big hit off this record, so i’m excited to check it out! i didn’t find it out for my first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! originally, we were gonna check out The Untouchables Double O Soul, but i’m not gonna lie i’m having a hard time finding it. if someone can point me in the direction of it, i’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re returning to the Toasters for their second full length record, Thrill Me Up Go Girl kicks off this record, and i’m not gonna lie this one doesn’t really do anything for me.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’ve got a another shorter entry – we’re checking out a Berkeley band that got a lot of traction at 924 Gilman (a central place in another band i’ve looked at on this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’ve got a short entry today – Fishbone’s 1987 Christmas EP, It’s a Wonderful Life. the title track here’s pretty good, bringing the type of frantic energy i expect from Fishbone for sure.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re returning to the Toasters – after their last EP, Recriminations, wasn’t picked up by any label, Toasters frontman Robert Hingley founded Moon Ska Records, and this album, Skaboom!, was released in 1987.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we check out a collaboration between Laurel Aitken and a British ska band, the Potato 5, and their current lead singer, Floyd Lloyd, in…. Meets Floyd Lloyd & the Potato 5. not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we return to Fishbone for their first full LP – In Your Face, released in 1986! god When Problems Arise is an extremely good track. it’s strange and funky and extremely catchy,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! since there is no weekly review this week, we’re taking a second Skaject entry and looking at the debut record for Bim Skala Bim, a Boston band that formed in 1983, inspired by the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…