It was something of a punk rock infused version of the genre that saw bands like the Fish achieve critical and commercial success
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The Slackers, Duppies @The Jinx
The Slackers have soaked up music history and crafted a danceable, good-timin’ cocktail of sound.
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Close to the ‘Bone
Back in the very late 80s, when hair bands were already flat and grunge music had yet to don its flannels, something weird appeared on the bill of my favorite […]
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La Dispute, Chilled Monkey Brains
LA DISPUTE, FORMER THIEVES, NATIVE At 9 p.m. Friday, May 13 Sweet Melissa’s, 35 Whitaker St. In the post-hardcore universe, wherein steely punk bands find (and fornicate with) alternate modes […]
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Moira Nelligan’s Celtic Christmas show at The Bean
Moira Nelligan *** This rare local appearance by an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist and singer of Irish heritage (with family ties to the Savannah area) finds the beguilingly-voiced Nelligan out in […]
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‘We’ve never identified ourselves as strictly ska’
The last time Washington, D.C.’s Pietasters played The Jinx was a couple of St. Patrick’s days ago. That’s a gig they won’t likely forget, as their bassist, Jorge Pezzimenti wound […]