Tone and Wave: 2026

Friday, May 15, 2026

Solemite - Not This Time Solemite... (2000)

This California band put out this EP which is pure ska but then they released an album in 2002 that had no ska at all and then they faded into obscurity. If they had stuck to playing ska they would all be millionaires right now instead of having to work day jobs. But hindsight is 4/20. Or something.

This is their album. Bunch of Lando Calrissians.

1 Cops & Rockers

2 Girlfriend's Friend

3 Cancun

4 Robot Love

5 I Wanna be in a Boy Band

6 Carly

7 Thinkin' Bout Us

8 There's a Hidden Track

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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Worthy of a Beating - Circus Animals (1999)

American third wave era ska from Redmond, Washington.

1 Incarnation

2 Without

3 Under the Sun

4 Klezmer Soundtrack

5 The Klezmer Song

6 Death of a Washing Machine - Demise

7 Death of a Washing Machine - Rebirth

8 Let's Just be Friends

9 Laura

10 The Best Things in Life

11 Hidden Track

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

Refrigerators - Erste Liga (2003)

1 Freiburg Rot-Weiss-Rot

2 You Never Walk Alone

3 Hey, Hey, Hey Refrigerators

4 Fast Food

5 Crazy Little Girl

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I previously posted their 1992 album "Keep Refrigerated"

which you can download HERE

...as well as their 1995 EP "I Wanna Dance"

which you can download HERE.

Their full-length album "Ska Until I Die" can be found on YouTube.

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Lots of re-uploads

I went through all of the re-upload requests. There are a few things I no longer have and a few things I have to rip and scan all over again but I will be adding those over time. If I missed anything that you requested or if you have new requests please let me know. Even if it's something I have never posted on the blog.

I'm just dumping everything into one folder. I hope it works better that way for me and for you.

MEGA did give me a bit of trouble when I tried sharing the whole folder and it said only I have access to it unless I pay for the ability to link. But I just copied the URL and attached it to the link here.

RE-UPS

If you are not able to access my folder please let me know and I will tediously link to each and every file.

But - if this link takes you to the whole folder - please let me know so I'm not left wondering what's going on.

Muchas gracias in advance.

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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Perfect Thyroid - That's Good Enough, Let's Go Home (1993)

I saw this tape today on eBay and I remembered that I had a copy of it but I think I ripped it and sold the tape without ever scanning the cover or getting images of the tape. This picture here is from the current eBay listing. I am not the one selling it and I don't know the person who is so this is not an endorsement.

If you're looking for a copy of this tape then HERE's the eBay listing.

If you want to hear it first then this download is for my rip of the tape I used to own.

1 Skunknutti

2 Mc Bird

3 Zero

4 Marcella

5 Polyester

6 Loyal Pawn

7 Mr. Moon

8 Michael Row Your Boat Ashore / Ed's Promise

9 Rearrange

10 In the Rain

11 Stupidity

12 Right Ground (live)

13 Party at My House (live)

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The last two songs are live versions of songs that were on the 1995 album "Which One of Us is Me?".

I have all of their albums but last I checked this tape is rare but their other releases are readily available online. If you can't find them anywhere else, let me know and I'll rip them and make a post.

I still plan on uploading everything that was requested as a re-up. I'm way behind schedule but I will get around to it. Bear with me. Thy will shall be done.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

The Liquidators [U.K.] - Prepare to be Ska'd (2002)

This is not The Liquidators that you know of. Not the California band or the French band. This band was from the U.K. - probably from Devon or the surrounding area.

They performed with Neville Staples and The Selecter and had offers to open for Bad Manners, The Beat, and The Skatalites. They might have actually opened for those bands but there's little to go on to know for sure.

The band played a mix of covers and originals. This 4-track recording demonstrates a bit of both.

The band was (in order on the photo):

Lee Shepherd - guitar

Steve Thorne - vocals

Giles Isaac - bass

Mark Robinson - drums

and the band even played with trumpet player Major Chris Willis from the band Too Hot but this recording has no horns.

This incredible post is thanks to Rikard who recently sent this to me. I haven't posted anything in the last couple of weeks due to an excessive work schedule but this was so good I had to find time to get back to the blog for a few minutes.

Thank you Rikard!

1 Rude Boys Bar

2 Gangsters

3 I can't Sleep

4 Liquid Dance

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The Indecisives - Fully Assembled Ready to Fly (1999)

Third wave ska-punk from Chicago. They have more releases but this is their first and rarest.

1 How do They Cram all that Graham?

2 I Don't Care

3 Don't Knock Me Down Suckah!

4 Where Were You?

5 I Lost My Shoe

6 The 6th's Song (Here to Save the World)

7 Q101

8 Fiasco

9 Indiana Freeway Girl

10 Countin' Sheep

11 Shot Down

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Jumpstarts - In the Here (2000)

A few years back I posted the Jumpstarts complete non-album tracks and I lamented that I did not have the album. Shortly afterwards Timmy from Talk the Ska sent me the album and I thought I shared it with you folks but I've searched through the blog and it turns out I never did share it.

I am now correcting this injustice and I am openly thanking Timmy for this gift.

1 Ya Da Day

2 One Drop

3 Holy Day

4 Clearly of You

5 Peas and Carrots

6 What About Us?

7 In the Here

8 Cyber Disgrace

9 Tribute

10 My My

11 bonus track

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...and if you didn't get the non-album tracks yet they're still available HERE

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Twotonics - Twotonin' 7" (1980)

Posted by request. Kind of. Somebody asked me about it and I told them to save their money.

I don't know the story behind this one. The words on the record say that this is from a soon-to-be-released album. Was it every released? Who knows? A quick Google search offers no answers.

Eddy Grant was involved with this project and it just really misses the mark for me. It insists that it is Two Tone but it's just not.

A - Twotonin'

B - Twotone Rappin'*

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* Neither Two Tone nor rap in the same way that Grape Nuts cereal is neither grapes nor nuts.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Planetary Refugees - demo (1993)

This band from Spokane, Washington is still active to this day. They play a blend of ska, reggae, and a bit of that Motown sound.

I think this is their first demo tape and I think it's from 1993. Don't quote me on that.

They are primarily a reggae band but this tape has two ska songs: "Reggae Snowman" and "Lay Down Your Gun" and I have found some more of their music online and they do have at least a couple other ska songs that I know of like "Refugees of Babylon" which is on their ReverbNation page.

"Lay Down Your Gun" surprisingly pays homage to Bigger Thomas and the song "Ska in My Pocket".

1 Earth Report

2 Reggae Snowman

3 Did You Really Mean it?

4 Want More

5 Carry Me Back

6 Lay Down Your Gun

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Sunday, February 8, 2026

The Plugs - Last of the Boiler Boys (1982)

This is not an actual album. The Plugs never released an album. This is a collection of odds and ends. Mostly home recordings for songs they played live but never got to record in a studio.

They hand made this tape for their fans and they sold it at their last show.

I was holding off on posting this because I wanted to include both of their singles and a live tape which includes a compilation track (which is not ska) but I didn't have time today to work on a post so I just decided to put this out. It's very rare but a little hard to listen to because of the sound quality. The other stuff I have by them is even more rare but even more hard to listen to. I will post the other stuff at a later date. Sorry for the inconvenience.

1 We are Plumbers

2 Chips and Beer

3 Berserkers in Babylon

4 Pluggage

5 My Bicycle

6 Interval

7 Why is Life so Complicated

8 B. Brain

9 In My Oriental Garden

10 Oh Dear!

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

50% Potato - demo (2007)

I can't remember if I got this from a demo tape or if it came from a MySpace page. Either way this band is incredible. I don't know if they ever released anything else but I hoping they did.

If you know anything more about this band please let me know.

Here's what I know

They were from Thetford

The guitarist/vocalist was Toby Mayes

Bass - Lewis Wilkins

Drums/back-up vocals - Daniel Adcock

Keyboard - Josh O'Farrell

Saxophone - Lois Braysher

That's all I got.

1 Liquid Jelley Moon

2 Ghost Train

3 Pay Hommage to Hummus

4 Money

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Mistakes - Demo (1998)

This is not my own rip. I thank the original uploader.

1 Make No Mistake

2 Wake Up

3 Love Seals Destiny

4 Gold Digger

5 Nice 'N' Easy

6 Looking for a Way

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I made a post in 2019 with everything else I had by them. I'm still missing the other demo tape. If you need me to re-up the other releases let me know.

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Crucial DBC - Haunted World (1988)

1 Spy Version#

2 Hold On

3 Oppression

4 I Don't Understand

5 Who's Lovin You?

6 King Darry's Rude Boy Rap*

7 Wicked*

8 Right for My Heart

9 Ipso Es Victium

10 Haunted World

# I'm guessing these tracks are not in order of how they were played. At the end of the first track Spy Version he says "Thank you! Good night!" like it was the end of the show. I didn't re-arrange anything, I left it as it is on the tape.

*The song King Darry's Rude Boy Rap flows directly into the song Wicked. I tried separating them but without any real line of demarcation it sounded terrible so I left it as one single track. There are ten songs on this tape but you'll see only nine in the download.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Riot [France] - Riot (1993)

I know nothing about this band. The tape says it's live but it doesn't really sound like a live recording and there is no audience noise.

Male and female vocals sung in English and French.

1 Sally Brown

2 Les Milchiens

3 Destroy Fascism

4 Mister Pile

5 Riot

toneandwave · 04 Mister Pile

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Monday, January 12, 2026

The Jinkies - Nine-Piece Nug Combo (1996)

Another great gift to us from Marcel from the Punk Guy YouTube Channel.

Thank you Marcel!

1 Scooby Doo

2 Mixed Messages

3 Darlin'

4 Groovy Doo

5 Last Night

6 No Exit

7 Road Trip

8 Studio J

9 Give it Up

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Sunday, January 11, 2026

The Usuals - Non-Album Tracks (2026)

This is a Tone and Wave exclusive. I compiled their tracks from compilations and singles a few years ago and I shared my collection of 8 songs on a Facebook forum but if you were one of the lucky few who downloaded it, you might still want this one. It's pretentious of me to date it "2026" when this is not an official release by the band and these songs were recorded a long time ago but I did it to distinguish this collection from the previous one.

The difference is that this one includes all 4 songs from their 1994 demo tape "May I be Excused" which was just shared with me today by Marcel who does the Punk Guy YouTube channel. If you are not already subscribed to his channel you are remiss in your duties as a collector of this type of music. It is primarily punk but there is a lot of ska, and I mean a LOT of ska, as well as indie, garage, a little bit of funk, and, really, just about everything.

Here's his channel. Do yourself a favor if you haven't already.

The Usuals - Non-Album Tracks

(Yes, I know some were on the albums, I just included all tracks from the singles.)

1 Salty Coffee

2 Rocket Power

3 Catahoula

4 Besame Mucho

5 The Setup

6 Cupid

7 Hey Boy

8 Bring on the Night

9 Dig the Beat

10 Let's Play

11 Had Enough

12 Ice Cream

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The Wobblers - Oh No! (2004)

This is a very rare release from this German band. It was only ever released on CD-R and I think it's the only thing they ever put out.

For fans of third wave ska-punk. All vocals are in English.

1 I Wanna Be

2 Just Fine

3 Back to Hell

4 Travel of My Life

5 Summertime

6 For a Night

7 Good Old Times

8 Schubidu

9 Sometimes

10 Speak About

11 G. L. F.

12 untitled

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Can I have a quick word with you...just real quick...?

I see a lot of requests for re-uploads and I will try to get to all of them hopefully in the next week or two.

I did get a request for The Tigers - Savage Music which I am not allowed to re-post so whoever made that request shoot me an email at toneandwave@gmail.com and we'll take it from there.

In order to make room in my MEGA account for all the re-uploads and all of the new stuff I have to delete a lot of the older things. The oldest year that is still available is 2021 so go through my posts from that year and download everything you need because a few weeks from now the links will all be dead.

HERE's the LINK.

For now 2022 and later will still be active so no need to rush on those years.

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One of the things I'm working on right now is a tape from the band The Plugs which I'm not entirely happy with the quality of it so I'm not ready to post it just yet. And I have a live tape which is not on Discogs.

Here's the best song on that tape. There is some sitar in the beginning which is edited out but when I post the full tape on the blog it will be the full version with the sitar.

toneandwave · The Plugs - In My Oriental Garden (1982)

Skaville U.K. - Devil Beat (2009)

Uploaded by request.

Skaville U.K.'s third and final studio album.

1 Devil Beat

2 Same Old, Same Old

3 Tribute Band

4 We Want Your Money

5 I Threw it All Away

6 Sally Sly

7 Goodbye Piccadilly

8 Dreader than Dread

9 She's Got Vertigo

10 Money Shot

11 Last Train

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Sunday, January 4, 2026

Beatbusters - "Wanted" Dead or Alive (1992)

1 It's Gonna Get You

2 Saxica

3 The Popular Man

4 Ska-Fire

5 Inspiration

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La Infinita - Last Train to Paradise (2014)

This was a band from Southern California and, yes, they do play some of that Sublime-style reggae-rock but only in a couple songs. They do play legitimate ska as well as reggae.

The song "Don't Let Me Down" is a Beatles cover and it's awesome.