SKA — The English Beat is a band with an energetic mix of musical styles and a sound like no other. The band’s unique sound has allowed it to endure for nearly three decades and appeal to fans, young and old, all over the world. You just can’t stop The English Beat! The English Beat—or […]
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Orange County’s Little Monster
Social Distortion 101
Mike Ness is an icon. Regardless of the era of Social Distortion you’re into, whether it is the raw early three-cord punk of their late ’70s-early ’80s output, or their more modern country-tinged, bluesy bar rock, the legend of Mike Ness cannot be denied. Ness was raised in Orange County and kicked out at 15, […]
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PICK: Dropkick Murphys
sunday 5 Dropkick Murphys PUNK—If you’ve ever thought, “You know what this punk song could use? A little bit of bagpipe, an an accordion, and some traditional sounding banjo,” then Dropkick Murphys are for you. The Boston boys behind the hit song from Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-nominated The Departed, “Shipping Out To Boston,” remains the […]
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Full Interview, Dropkick Murphys Drummer Matt Kelly
The Source Weekly’s full Q&A with Dropkick Murphys drummer, Matt Kelly. Dropkick Murphys 8 pm. Sun., Oct. 5 Midtown Ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood Ave. $32. Tickets available at bendticket.com Source Weekly: How did you originally get into punk rock? Matt Kelly: I was always interested in it in the ‘80s when I’d see skaters, punks, and skinhead […]
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PICK: Back Alley Barbers
Back Alley Barbers ROCKABILLY—With a Sweeney Todd-inspired aesthetic and a lead singer—“Queen Pirate”—who looks like a punk rock Elvira, Portland’s Back Alley Barbers rock a surprisingly successful mash-up of punk, soul and rockabilly. Queen Pirate’s powerful pipes rival Gwen Stefani’s—in fact, the band sounds like No Doubt if the album Tragic Kingdom had actually been, […]