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Jeff Rosenstock & Polyvinyl have made a 9-hour playlist of ska songs

www.brooklynvegan.com Jeff Rosenstock & Polyvinyl have made a 9-hour playlist of ska songs

The 9-hour, 181-song playlist includes songs from all across ska's long, rich history -- from its origins in Jamaica to some of today's best DIY ska bands -- and it also includes ska-adjacent songs by The Beatles, Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Pixies, and more...

Jeff Rosenstock & Polyvinyl have made a 9-hour playlist of ska songs

The playlist includes songs by Fishbone, JER, The Suicide Machines, The [Ch*nkees], The Slackers, The Selecter, Skankin' Pickle, Mad Caddies, The Uptones, Catbite, Big D and the Kids Table, Bad Operation, The Beat, Goldfinger, Jimmy Cliff, Kemuri, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, MU330, No Doubt, Operation Ivy, Reel Big Fish, RX Bandits, Toots & the Maytals, The Clash, Blue Meanies, Bad Manners, The Pietasters, Sister Nancy, Save Ferris, We Are The Union, The Fad, Culture, Mustard Plug, Slow Gherkin, Westbound Train, Let's Go Bowling, Hepcat, Mephiskapheles, Bruce Lee Band, The Impossibles, Desmond Dekker, The Hippos, Dance Hall Crashers, Rancid, The Bodysnatchers, Left Alone, Prince Buster, Five Iron Frenzy, Edna's Goldfish, Bomb the Music Industry!, Common Rider, The Pioneers, Slapstick, The Ethiopians, Against All Authority, Catch 22, The Aquabats, Sublime, Less Than Jake, Kill Lincoln, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Millencollin, The Aggrolites, Assorted Jelly Jeans, John Holt, The Specials, King Tubby, Lily Allen, Alton Ellis, Streetlight Manifesto, Buck-O-Nine, Amy Winehouse, Arrogant Sons of [B*tches], The Toasters, and much, much more, and it also includes some ska-inspired songs by Vampire Weekend, The Beatles, Pixies, Weezer, 100 gecs, Parquet Courts, and The Kills.

(Had to censor some of the band names because of lemmy's slur filter, the main band in question is an all asian band reclaiming the term. Additional edit: had to switch to a shortened link because the filter also blocked the band's website url.)

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