also a 2nd wave ska band from the late 70s on the 2 Tone label more recently noted for the song playing as Ferris Bueller runs through backyards and houses to beat his family home – so we were optimistic at the start – the lead singer had a cute British accent – the band was good – it was pretty quickly clear, though, that there was something lacking – that energy! the quick pick-up of ska – it finally became clear that they just weren’t playing ska – maybe some sort of pop-rock inspired by ska but not ska – the early part of the set reminded me of The Talking Heads, kind of – the pop-rock became decreasingly ska and increasingly soul-pop – like a mix of 90s artists Soul Decision and Shaggy – by the end, it was full-on reggae – I preferred the reggae to the watery rock – reggae would have been okay if I hadn’t come expecting ska – 2 hours of unska was not okay – Rockboy insists they were playing poorer versions of their recorded material and/or the worst of their recorded material – I insist this band is not for me

a bunch of old white guys acting like rastas and I loved them, mesmerizing happy drone bass of rock steady, “An all-star group of musicians that include founding members of Austin’s good vibes bands of the 80′s such as the Lotions, Pressure, Itex, and with a former Killer Bee or two thrown in as well” per website, two guitarists a saxophone a keyboard a drum, sweet smell of pot throughout, diverse crowd