Upbeat without forcing the party, Berkeley, California’s ska-veterans The Uptones return with their first studio album in decades, nailing down a bottom end that cements the groove with horns that reach for the stratosphere. Continue reading ‘Skankin’ Foolz Unite! – Reviewed for iTunes by Rob O’Connor’
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More than three decades after putting out the seminal Berserkley Chartbusters Vol. 1 compilation – the album that introduced the world at large to power pop heroes like the Rubinoos, Jonathan Richman and Greg Kihn – the label’s founder Matthew King Kaufman is at it again. Continue reading ‘MP3 Jackpot Winners – Reviewed for SF Chronicle by Aidin Vaziri, January 25, 2009′