If I’ve missed any, please drop me a line in the comments section below. I’ll add it ASAP.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Mustard Plug with Left Alone, Snooty and The Ratfinks, The Basement, All Things Aquatic

The Firebird

2706 Olive Street

Saint Louis, MO 63103

Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:00 PM

$12.00 ($3 minor surcharge at the door)

ALL AGES

Friday, April 13, 2012

Kinetix with Unanimous, VibeSteady

The Firebird

2706 Olive Street

Saint Louis, MO 63103

Doors: 8:30 PM / Show: 9:00 PM

$12.00 ($3 minor surcharge at the door)

18 AND OVER

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Reel Big Fish with Samuriot

Webster University’s Grant Gymnasium

175 Edgar Road

Saint Louis, MO 63119

7:00 PM

$15.00 / $5 for Webster University faculty/staff with ID / FREE for current Webster University students with valid ID & sticker

ALL AGES

Friday, April 20, 2012

“The 420 Reggae Show” featuring Unifyah, Unanimous, The Driftaways, Downstate, Soup

The Jumpin’ Jupter

7376 Manchester Road

Saint Louis, MO 63143

7:30 PM

$10.00 ($3 minor surcharge at the door)

18 AND OVER

Saturday, April 21, 2012

The English Beat with Stendek

Blueberry Hill

6504 Delmar Boulevard

Saint Louis, MO 63130

Doors: 8:00 PM / Show: 9:00 PM

$25.00

21 AND OVER

ENJOY THE SHOWS!

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If you just want to hear The Pinstripes set, it is up ’til the end of time at SoundCloud. And a video of the session will be available shortly.

Artist / Song / Disk
Dr. Ring-Ding / Man In The Street / Dandimite
The Pinstripes / Might Be Her Fool / Live At KDHX – 3-9-12
The Pinstripes / On The New Album / Live At KDHX – 3-9-12
The Pinstripes / 1070 to 1963 / Live At KDHX – 3-9-12
The Pinstripes / On Kickstarter / Live At KDHX – 3-9-12
The Pinstripes / Mother / Live At KDHX – 3-9-12
The Drastics / Fraudulent / Live at KDHX 8-20-10
Green Room Rockers / Confession / Green Room Rockers
Matt Wixson’s Flying Circus / I Have a Thing / JEFFY
Babylon Party Machine / Never Have Enough Money / Mash Up Bashment
Matt Wixson / Things Is Getting Rougher / Forthrights Version!
The Dropsteppers / Shanty Morning View / Get Up In It!
The Prizefighters / You Got It All Wrong / Unreleased masters
The Crombies / Mad At The World / Blood And Fire 7″
The Dendrites / 90 Days (live) / The Dendrites
The Magic Touch / Ready for the Race / Love & Hate & Politricks
Carlos Dingo / Guerrero Apache / Sentimental SKA
Madness / Le Grand Pantalon (Baggy Trousers) / Le Grand Pantalon
Vic Ruggiero / Mean and Nasty / Alive At The Ladybug House
Chris Murray / Shades of the Same Color / Yard Sale
Boogie Down Productions / Edutainment / Edutainment
Kid Koala / Skanky Panky / Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs
Skavoovie & the Epitones featuring ‘Monster’ Mike Welch / Drunk / Skankaholics Unanimous- Under the Influence of Ska
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra / Like Jazz On Fire / Paradise Blue
Black Cat Zoot / Shake That Bone feat. Dr. Ring-Ding / Main Attraction
Jump With Joey / Summer come lovin / Keep Pressure On – Contemporary Traditional Ska!
Dave Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven / Duppy Conqueror / Way Out East

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As usual, you can find an archive of this episode for the next two weeks over at KDHX.org

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The answers to these burning questions and more can be found in this episode of Ska’s The Limit, it a style clinic!  For the next two weeks you can find the episode archived over at KDHX.org

Artist / Song / Disk
The Carib Beats / J.J. Special / KingSize Ska
The Skatalites / Man in the Street / Hi-Bop Ska
The Skatalites / Sugar & Spice / Ska-Au-Go-Go
Clive And Naomi / Open The Door / Trojan Ska Box Set – Vol 1
Peter Tosh / Hoot Nanny Hoot / The Toughest
Madness / The Prince / One Step Beyond…
The Specials / (Dawning Of A) New Era / The Specials
Ruder Than You / The Bodysnatchers / The 2 Tone Collection – A Checkered Past
The Toasters / Talk Is Cheap / Skaboom!
Fishbone / Ma And Pa / Truth and Soul
Bim Skala Bim / Wise Up / How’s It Goin’?
Operation Ivy / Freeze Up / Operation Ivy
NOFX / Bob / White Trash ……
Leftover Crack / Crack City Rockers / Give ‘Em The Boot, Vol. 2
Ocean 11 / Solid As A Rock / The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Slackers / Have The Time / The Question
Radiation Kings / Murder / Early Years
MU330 / Fried Chicken / Chumps On Parade
Johnny Socko / Boraborinski Brothers / Mailorder is FUN!
One Eye Open / Paul Sharar / Hellaut
Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Drums And Chicken / Mashin’ Up The Nation: The Best Of American Ska
Mephiskapheles / El Dorado / Might-Ay White-Ay
Mealticket / Don’t Take This Lightly / 13 Apologies
Blue Meanies / Acceleration 5000 / Kiss Your Ass Goodbye
After Hours / Almost Like Being In Love (feat. Alex Desert) / The Trouble With Those Guys Is…
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble / Teardrops From My Eyes / Low Blow
Jump With Joey / Move Your Body / Generations United, Volume 1
Theo Beckford / Easy Snappin’ / Easy Snappin’ (BB 15)
Laurel Aitken & The Boogie Cats / Boogie Rock / Looking Back: The Jamaican Charts Of 1958 And 1959
Lord Fly / Blu-Lu-Lup / Mento Madness
Count Lasher’s Calypso Quintet / Slide Mongoose / Boogu Yagga Gal
Alton Ellis / Rock Steady / Treasure Isle Collection
Errol Dunkley / Your Gonna Need Me / Rock Steadyin’
The Heptones / I Love You / The Heptones 22 Golden Hits
Desmond Dekker & The Aces / Israelites / Let’s Do Rocksteady: The Story of Rocksteady 1966-68
Toots and the Maytals / Sweet & Dandy / Sweet And Dandy
Jackie Mittoo / Our Thing / Our Thing

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Playlist will be available for the next two weeks at KDHX.org

Artist / Song / Disk
The Nods / Red Onions / Before There Were Slackers There Were The Nods
The Skatalites / Man in the Street / Hi-Bop Ska
Roland Alphonso / Dr. Ring Ding / Something Special – Ska Hot Shots
Prince Buster / Day-O / Ska Lip Soul
Tommy Mckenzie & His Orchestra / Fiddlesticks / Ready Steady Go Rocksteady
Buster Shuffle / You’re Alright / Our Night Out
The Aggrolites / Out of Sight / Rugged Road
No.1 Station / You Wanna Get Busy With Me (Ft. Persia) / Boss Beat
Bim Skala Bim / Kelp / Krinkle
Keyser Soze / Next To Me / But Not For You
Blue Beat Players / Piggy Baggy / Eastern Leo
Jim Murple Memorial / In Walked Bud / À la recherche du son perdu
The Kinky Coo Coo’s / Tons of Fun (feat. Alex Desert & Greg Lee) / Tons of Fun (feat. Alex Desert & Greg Lee)
Lester Sterling / Spoogy / Dawning Of A New Era – The Roots Of Skinhead Reggae
Kevin Batchelor / Five Minutes / Kevin Batchelor’s Grand Concourse
Kingston Rudieska / Their Own Legend / Ska Bless You
The Skatalites / Cornerstone / African Roots
Boss 501 / Be True / Digi Promo
Dirty Soul Riders / D.S.R ARE IN TOWN / Just Tonite With
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra / Blue Mountain / Arkestra
The Upsessions / Gunfight On The Westbank Of The Mississippi / Below The Belt
Downbeat Alley / Django Kill / Downbeat Alley EP
Esco Chris / Return To Reggae City / Reggae Imposter
Royal Roost / Spanish Grease / Royal Family Blues
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble / Elegy / Collection 1995-2004
House of Rhythm / Sign Of The Times / Ska Splash
Dr. Ring-Ding & H.P. Setter / Emergency case / Big things
Dr. Ring-Ding & Vic Rice / rice and dub (pt.1) / Pick Up The Pieces
The Articles / Ska’s The Limit / Flip F’real

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As always, you can find the newest episode streaming for 2 weeks at KDHX.org

Artist / Song / Disk
Matt Wixson / Ska’s The Limit Theme / STL Themes
The Delegators / Movin ‘?n / Movin ‘?n EP
The Boss Beats / Return to Spider-Skull Island / The First EP
Vampire Weekend / Cousins / iTunes Session
Ken Boothe / A Change Must Come / A Change Must Come
The Gramophone Allstars / Sir Duke / Levitant A La Deriva
ALPHEUS / Always / FROM CREATION
High Times / Digue’m que ets per mi (Gimme a little sign) / Que No Acabi Mai!
The Playmates / While The Record Goes Around / Ska Ska Ska
The Slackers / No More Cryin’ (ska version) / Minha Menina / No More Cryin’
The Slackers / Feed My Girl Ska / Boss Harmony Sessions
The Slackers / Watch This / Lost And Found
Laurel Aitken / Reggae 69 / Reggae 69
The Impalers / Mr. Uppercut / Mr. Uppercut
Ocean 11 / Miss Understanding / Miss Understanding
The Soulsteppers / Victory Dance / Bout Time / Victory Dance
Steve Miller Band / Abracadabra / Abracadabra
Violent Femmes / Please Do Not Go / Violent Femmes
Dionne Bromfield / Foolish Little Girl / Introducing Dionne Bromfield
Tracey Dey / Ska-Doo-Dee-Yah / Doin’ The Popcorn Ska: Golden Oldies Vol 2
Todd Rundgren / Bang The Drum All Day / The Very Best Of Todd Rundgren
The Housemartins / Happy Hour / This is England ’86
Ringo Starr / No No Song / Very Best Of
The Angels / Jamaica Joe / Doin’ The Popcorn Ska: Golden Oldies Vol 2
The Strokes / Machu Picchu / Angles
Camper Van Beethoven / Yanqui Go Home / Telephone Free Landslide Victory
The Beatles / Don’t Pass Me By / White Album
Dead Milkmen / If You Love Someone, Set Them on Fire / Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection
Amy Winehouse / Monkey Man / The Ska E.P.
Toño Quirazco / Jamaica Ska / Jamaica Ska
Julian Lennon / Too Late For Goodbyes / Vallote
Ian Gomm / Come On / Come On Ian Gomm
Nick Lowe / Somebody Cares For Me / The Old Magic
Wes Minster Five / Shakin’ The Blues / Shakin’ The Blues
Led Zeppelin / D’yer Mak’er / Houses of the Holy
Peter Nalitch / Guitarr / Guitarr
CSS / Alcohol / Cansei de Ser Sexy
Lily Allen / Smile / Later… with Jools Holland
Las Cuatro Monedas / Buena Suerte / Los Grandes Éxitos de las 4 Monedas

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In early November, psycho-ska legends MU330 announced on Facebook that they would play at the Firebird on New Year’s Eve with the lineup that recorded their first full length album Press. Former members John Kavanaugh and Matt Knobbe had not been part of the band in almost seventeen years, and the only songs the current lineup plays from Press are limited to “Hoosier Love” and “Stuff”. Shortly after, stories by the RFT (here and here) and St. Louis Magazine helped to get the word out about this noteworthy reunion. With the entire buzz surrounding the Press lineup, would this show be as good live as it seemed in theory?

Trash-punk by St. Louis’s Cross Examination and rock n’ roll supplied by the Holy Shakes from Hot Springs, AR got the crowd moving early on with an emphasis on heavy riffs, and loud, fast music. Of particular interest, Bill Solleder, lead singer of the Holy Shakes shared the story about how he first got a chance to see the Press lineup nineteen years ago in Lawrence, KS as they opened up for his old group, the Blue Meanies.

A little after 11:30, MU330 took the stage. John Kavanaugh stepped up last and sized up his approving audience professional wrestler style and Dan Potthast stated, “if it was written after 1993, we ain’t playin’ it” as the band broke into “Hoosier Love”. MU330 went on to play Press in track order through “Bagelbird” when a few moments after midnight, they did a countdown for the crowd and made sure the first full song heard in 2012 was “Press”.

As the night went on, each song filled the room with energy that’s hard to capture outside of their shows; a mix of people creating circle pits, jumping around, skanking and drinking beers between verse and chorus. The secret, if there were one to MU330’s live show, is that a group of friends know how to project the fun they seem to be having onstage to the audience. It’s a secret that becomes apparent as they jump around to their own songs, laugh, and share stories onstage about why shorts are no longer allowed in the band (thanks to John Kavanaugh). One lucky audience member received a Captain America mask after the band played “Captain”, and they even sang “Happy Brithday” to saxophonist Matt Knobbe who remarked how his gifts usually doubled as Christmas and birthday gifts. Trumpeter and trombonist Adam Hucke and Aaron Chandler of the Funky Butt Brass Band got a chance to share the stage for one of the encore songs “LA”, and the crowd was treated to the band’s version of The Police’s “Man In A Suitcase” as the last song of the night.

If MU330 as a band could have one New Year’s Resolution, I would sincerely hope it’s to play more live shows as time allows. That and hopefully finish up the Monster album.

SETLIST:
Hoosier Love
Fleeba
Stuff
Bagelbird
Press
Spilled My Drink
Didgits
Danska
Captain
Safety Boots
The Punisher/Downtown

ENCORE:
Happy Birthday (to Matt Knobbe)
Kong
LA (featuring Adam Hucke and Aaron Chandler of the Funky Butt Brass Band)
Wide Awake
Man In A Suitcase (The Police)

FYI: Stay tuned to valXcore’s YouTube channel for more videos from the evening in question. Here’s the video for “Hoosier Love”.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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As usual, you’ve got 2 weeks to give the show a listen, before the whole thing self destructs. [Link to STL Archive]

Artist / Song / Disk
Various Artists / This Is Ska ! / Walt Rides Again
Toots and the Maytals / Louie Louie / Slatyam Stoot
Boss 501 / Na Na / Drinking With Boss 501
Jackie Mittoo / Killer Diller / The Keyboard King at Studio One
The Upsessions / Hold Me Belinda / Beat You Reggae
Pressure Point / Heart Like a Lion / Give ‘Em the Boot, Vol. 1
65 Mines Street / We Are 65 Mines Street / 65 Mines Street
Tommy McCook and The Supersonics / Thunderball / Street Corner: Ska Classics And The Original Rude Boy Sound
The Revivers / Reggae Fever / Reggae Fever [MD-6906]
The Gladiators / Sweet Soul Music / Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set
The Slackers / The Party / The Slackers And Friends
Open Season / Hey Darling / Louder!
Dropkick Murphys / Barroom Hero / Do or Die
The Toasters / Mr. Trouble / Skaboom!
Gangster Fun / Mario’s Hideout / Mashin’ Up The Nation: The Best Of American Ska – Volumes I And II
Dave & Ansel Collins / Nuclear Weapon / Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set Vol 2
U.K. SUBS / Warhead / This Is England
Ike Bennet & The Crystallites / Bombshell / Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set
Skankin’ Pickle / Thick Ass Stout / Live
The English Beat / Two Swords – Live / In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall
Symarip / Boots Were Made For Walking / Moonstompin’ At Club Ska
The Specials / Concrete Jungle / BBC Peel Sessions
Sham 69 / Hey Little Rich Boy / The Best Of Sham 69: Cockney Kids Are Innocent
Al Barry & The Cimarons / Morning Sun / Trojan British Box Set
Lord Kitchener / Kitch You’re So Sweet / Trojan Calypso Collection
Hortense Ellis / My Last Dance / Dancehall ’69: 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities
Carlos Dingo / Mission Andalucia / Ska Is Dangerous
Dawn Penn / Are you There / 200% Dynamite
RED SOUL COMMUNITY / Hey Hey Uh! / Pump Reggae EP
Toots & The Maytals / 54-46 That’s My Number / Sweet And Dandy
Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Venders / Dancing Groove / Evening Time
Lloyd Charmers / In The Spirit / Dancehall ’69: 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities
Dr. Ring-Ding / The Sticks / Jump Up’s Caribbean Sundown
Royal Roost / The Connection / demo

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On the show, you’ll hear your favorite artists like Hepcat, Vic Ruggiero and The Aggrolites and new upstarts like The Forthrights, The Snails and The Simmertones. This episode is available from KDHX.org for the next two weeks. I want to thank all of my listeners for such an amazing year, and for keeping this music alive!

Artist / Song / Disk
Roger Rivas / Make Your Move / Organ Versions Vol. 2
The VOID UNION / Revenge / Higher Guns
Hollie Cook / Walking In The Sand / Hollie Cook
The Snails / One Way Ticket / From Kingston To Memphis
The Aggrolites / Firecracker [Live] / Unleashed Live Vol.1
The Aggrolites / Keep Moving On [Live] / Unleashed Live Vol.1
The Aggrolites / Don’t Let Me Down [Live] / Unleashed Live Vol.1
The Dropsteppers / Shanty Morning View / Get Up In It!
Dan P. and the Bricks / Mess It Up / Watch Where You Walk
The Delirians / Overdub / Move Around 7″
The Simmertones / Blam Blam Fever / Everything’s Comin’ Up Ska EP
The Snails / Rocksteady and Roll / From Kingston To Memphis
The Ratazanas / The Windmills of Don Quixote / Lick It Back: Historical Reggae Vol. 1
Roy Ellis / Skinhead Johnny & Susy / The Boss Is Back
Hollie Cook / Shadow Kissing / Hollie Cook
The VOID UNION / Don’t Trust Her / Higher Guns
Dan P. and the Bricks / Watch Where You Walk / Watch Where You Walk
Selecter / Big In the Body-Small In the Mind / Big In the Body-Small In the Mind
The Crombies / Mad At The World / Blood And Fire 7″
Roger Rivas / In This Corner / Organ Versions Vol.2
The Dropsteppers / Center City / Get Up In It!
Vic Ruggiero, Maddie Ruthless and The Forthrights / Policeman / Policeman / Carla
The Forthrights / You Can Love Me / Camp Birdman
Hepcat / Prison of Love / Live At The Whiskey a Go Go 1992
Hepcat / Artibella / Live At The Whiskey a Go Go 1992
Pum Pum Allstars / Resort Hostess feat. Dave Hillyard, Victor Rice, Mr. T-Bone / The Soul Of Pum Pum Hotel Vol 1
Adolfe Sex Et Ses Machines / Burnt Toast & Black Coffee / The Soul Of Pum Pum Hotel Vol 1
Thee Martian Boyfriends / Red Planet Groove Attack / The Soul Of Pum Pum Hotel Vol 1
The Snails / No More / From Kingston To Memphis
The VOID UNION / Song for Lester / Higher Guns

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