Genre

Ska

Ska on LoudQuietLoud: more than 300 artists, including No Doubt, Bob Marley & The Wailers and Sublime. It runs alongside third wave ska, reggae rock and skacore.

Cover of Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg by The Clash

The Clash

punk · punk rock · british

Cover of West End Girl by Lily Allen

Lily Allen

pop · female vocalists · british

No Doubt

rock · ska · pop

Cover of Confrontation by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers

reggae · roots reggae · ska

Sublime

ska · reggae · punk

Cover of Mercury Comet by Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth

rock · alternative rock · alternative

Bob Marley

reggae · roots reggae · ska

Cover of Viva tu by Manu Chao

Manu Chao

reggae · latin · ska

Cover of Full Bloom by 311

311

alternative · alternative rock · reggae

NOFX

punk rock · punk · ska punk

Madness

ska · british · new wave

Rancid

punk · punk rock · ska punk

Goldfinger

punk rock · punk · ska punk

The Specials

ska · two-tone · reggae

Reel Big Fish

ska · ska punk · punk

Cover of Refugees by Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff

reggae · ska · roots reggae

Inner Circle

reggae · jamaican · ska

Oingo Boingo

new wave · 80s · rock

Less Than Jake

ska punk · ska · punk

Slightly Stoopid

reggae · ska · dub

Peter Tosh

reggae · roots reggae · rasta

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

ska · ska punk · skacore

Skank

pop rock · brazilian · rock

The Wailers

reggae · roots reggae · ska

The Wailers

reggae · roots reggae · ska

Max Romeo

reggae · roots reggae · dub

Operation Ivy

punk · ska punk · ska

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

ska · argentina · latin

Pepper

reggae · ska · rock

Streetlight Manifesto

ska · ska punk · punk

Desmond Dekker

ska · reggae · rocksteady

Rebelution

reggae · dub · california reggae

Ska-P

ska · ska punk · spanish

Mano Negra

ska · alternative · latin

The Vandals

punk rock · punk · pop punk

Easy Star All-Stars

reggae · dub · covers

Augustus Pablo

dub · reggae · roots reggae

Catch 22

ska · ska punk · punk

Jeff Rosenstock

pop punk · punk · indie rock

Bedouin Soundclash

reggae · ska · canadian

Mad Caddies

ska · ska punk · punk

The Skatalites

ska · reggae · rocksteady

Letters to Cleo

alternative · rock · female vocalists

The Upsetters

reggae · dub · ska

Case

rnb · soul · case

Case

rnb · soul · case

Panama

electronic · synthpop · indie

Aswad

reggae · dub · roots reggae

Alton Ellis

rocksteady · reggae · ska

The Gladiators

reggae · roots reggae · jamaica

The Beat

ska · new wave · two-tone

The Heptones

reggae · rocksteady · roots reggae

Save Ferris

ska · ska punk · female vocalists

Guttermouth

punk rock · punk · pop punk

Mustard Plug

ska · ska punk · punk

Choking Victim

crack rock steady · punk · ska punk

Ken Boothe

reggae · rocksteady · roots reggae

Fishbone

ska · funk · alternative

Los Pericos

reggae · ska · argentina

The Ethiopians

ska · reggae · rocksteady

Bad Manners

ska · two-tone · 2 tone

The Rumble Strips

british · indie · indie rock

Authority Zero

punk rock · punk · ska punk

The Interrupters

ska punk · ska · punk

Ballyhoo!

reggae · ska · rock

The Toasters

ska · ska punk · third-wave ska

Los Cafres

reggae · argentina · spanish

The Melodians

reggae · rocksteady · ska

Voodoo Glow Skulls

ska punk · ska · skacore

The Paragons

rocksteady · reggae · ska

Delroy Wilson

reggae · rocksteady · ska

Prince Buster

ska · rocksteady · reggae

Los Socios del Ritmo

mexico · ska · cumbia

The Flatliners

punk rock · punk · ska punk

The Pioneers

reggae · ska · rocksteady

Fun Boy Three

new wave · 80s · pop

Jackie Mittoo

reggae · ska · rocksteady

Derrick Harriott

reggae · rocksteady · ska

Cornell Campbell

reggae · roots reggae · dub

Dandy Livingstone

ska · reggae · rocksteady

Against All Authority

ska punk · punk · skacore

Dillinger

reggae · dub · dancehall

Sumo

post-punk · rock argentino · argentina

Sublime with Rome

reggae · ska · ska punk

The Planet Smashers

ska · ska punk · canadian

Derrick Morgan

ska · reggae · rocksteady

Ernest Ranglin

jazz · reggae · guitar

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

punk · punk rock · street punk

General Public

new wave · 80s · ska

Common Rider

ska · ska punk · punk

Phyllis Dillon

rocksteady · reggae · ska

The Mighty Diamonds

reggae · roots reggae · jamaica

Laurel Aitken

ska · reggae · rocksteady

The Aggrovators

dub · reggae · roots

Big Cyc

punk rock · polish · rock

Goon

ska · breakbeat · electronic

Radio

On public radio, last 30 days

Last 30 days · via public radio playlists

Public radio airplay for Ska artists, last 30 days
Rank	Album	Stations	Days on chart	Spins
1	London Calling The Clash KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN · 2 days on chart	KRCL, KUTX, The Current, WXPN	2	6 spins

Press

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Labels

Labels in this genre

Trojan Records

Home to Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Specials & Jimmy Cliff

Doctor Bird

Home to Desmond Dekker, The Upsetters & Alton Ellis

Island

Home to Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff & The Wailers

Sanctuary Records

Home to Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Specials & The Pioneers

Stomp Records

Home to Bedouin Soundclash, The Toasters & The Planet Smashers

Related genres

Third Wave Ska Reggae Rock Skacore 2 Tone Ska Punk Rocksteady Roots Reggae Skinhead Reggae