Subject: Ska

• Last Night: Streetlight Manifesto at the Meridian

  November 27, 2007

• Press Picks

  February 3, 1994

• Rocksteady Ska-lawags

  Austin's Stingers put the buzz back in a tired genre by revisiting its roots

  April 18, 2002

• The Specials and the Heyday of Houston Ska

  There was a time, but a decade ago, when there were roving groups of "rude boys" running the Houston streets. They wore things like creepers, wingtips, high-water slacks and pork-pie hats. They "skanked" in moshpits and drank Red Stripes. They co-existed with the punks and the non-racist skins in harmony (somewhat). Drinking always played a big part in scuffles. The skins had more in common with the rude boys, tracing their true lineage back to the youth cult in England in the late '60s. Mo

  December 10, 2008

• Critic's Choice

  December 14, 1995

• Dandy Affair

  March 28, 1996

• On the Beat

  March 28, 1996

• Skankin' to Survive

  July 11, 1996

• Bite This!

  July 10, 1997

• Double Duty

  September 11, 1997

• Dub and Dumber

  October 9, 1997

• Rude Boys

  October 16, 1997

• A Buck's Worth

  November 27, 1997

• Free-for-All

  May 28, 1998

• Night & Day

  July 23, 1998

• Reznor's Rabble

  August 27, 1998

• Rotation

  April 15, 1999

• Ska/Reggae Fest, with the Slackers

  January 29, 2009

• The Toasters, Los Skarnales

  December 4, 2008

• The Suspects

  Houston ska veterans take back the stage (again)

  October 16, 2008

• Press Picks

  February 19, 1998

• Garlic-Chomping Reggae Royalty Toots Hibbert

  The Harder They Come

  August 14, 2008

• Secret Agent 8

  December 19, 2002

• Streetlight Manifesto, with Dan Potthast and Zox

  April 10, 2008

• The Toasters

  January 17, 2008

• Re-ska-citation

  August 17, 2006

• Trenchtown in the 'Trose

  Talking ska with Ryan Scroggins

  November 22, 2007

• Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans

  Trenchtown Texas

  September 20, 2007

• The Unusual Suspects

  He said, he said with Houston's former ska kings

  January 18, 2007

• Jackie Mitto

  Wishbone

  November 16, 2006

• Aquabats, with the Eyeliners, the Phenomenauts and Time Again

  August 25, 2005

• Various Artists

  Bonnaroo 2004

  June 16, 2005

• Playbill

  February 24, 2005

• Playbill

  February 10, 2005

• Chiba Pets

  Ska-punkers Change Up may be the next Japanese sensation

  October 21, 2004

• Fear, and the Toasters

  Friday, January 30

  January 29, 2004

• Oral Surgery

  Reconstructing Smash Mouth

  January 8, 2004

• ¡Viva México!

  The International Fest casts light on one of the world's most underrated musical nations

  April 24, 2003

• Less Than Jake

  Thursday, April 3

  April 3, 2003

• No Mo' Pogo

  Time to say "ska-dios" to the Suspects; also, the Music Awards jinx strikes again

  August 22, 2002

• Los De Abajo

  May 23, 2002

• Playbill

  The Bob Marley Festival

  March 8, 2001

• Music Awards Winners

  The votes are in! See who you picked as winners in the HPMA 2000

  July 27, 2000

• Ska Fathers

  When searching for the source of the Jamaican sound, look no further than the Skatalites

  June 8, 2000

• Old School

  MU330 makes ska as it was intended

  February 10, 2000

• Rotation

  Save Ferris

  January 20, 2000

• Amplified

  Local Music News

  July 15, 1999

• Wylie Coyote

  April 1, 1999

• No Doubt

  May 28, 2009

• Aftermath: Even More Summer Fest at Eleanor Tinsley Park

  Photos (except where specified) by Adam P. NewtonHipster... or hippie?​ Let's get the obligatory Summer Fest comments, critiques and criticisms out of the way first: yes, it was hot; yes, unfortunately, there was limited water available; and yes, there was a glaring lack of box-office infrastructure Saturday. Did you really expect anything different from a first-time festival being held in August in Houston? To dismiss this past weekend's overarching success based on such situational happensta

  August 11, 2009