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Release Alert – Big D and the Kids Table – Whiplash – from the upcoming album The Good Ole American Saturday Night

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Six men stand and are looking slightly upward toward the view. Most of them are dressed in black and are set against a black and white checkerboard background.

Band photo by Alacrity Photography

If you have previously heard any music from this epic ska-punk band (legends I would say) you may be as pumped as I am to hear about this upcoming LP.   It has been awhile for sure (five years since Do Your Art) and I had been wondering when we might be getting some new music.  This single drops today and will be followed on June 12th with a full album release via SideOneDummy Records.  

Musically this track lives up to its name twenty seconds in as a slow-paced, light and melodic intro turns abruptly on a nice sound explosion at that mark.  All the energy, powerful beats and clever mix of instruments that have been trademarks of the band are present here in spades.  I would even say they sound edgier and a little more pumped up than what they delivered on Do Your Art.  This song is a great preview and I will be looking forward to when that full LP drops in June. 

If you have some time and the inclination you can also check out the album that introduced me to this group back in 2011.  For The Damned, The Dumb and the Delirious is an eighteen song set that is full of ska-powered fun, a little humor and much energy.  

Vote here to nominate this for my best of 2026 list: 

You can check a cool video (shot and edited by Mike Rickshaw) for this here on YouTube:

Pre-save the album (this helps out a lot!):

https://bigd.lnk.to/whiplash

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Song Review- Ben Basile – “Mountain Road” from the album Benergy

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From the good people at Sleep Walk Sounds (an imprint of Wiretap Records) we get this new release which just dropped in the last week and definitely lives up to the positive reviews that are already out there.   One quick side note as this album claims to (and achieves) a nice blend of ska, reggae and rocksteady:  If you ever want to get into a fascinating discussion with some of your music loving friends, start talking about the differences, similarities, foundations, etc of these three genres.  This also makes a great research and learning project for yourself, a journey I went on several years ago and am still chasing around.  Since I find myself more of a ska fan I started with Ska: An Oral History by Heather Augustyn but there is a lot of other info out there about all of these styles of music.  End of random learning suggestion….onto “Mountain Road” which ended up being the track I liked the best on Benergy.

This song has good vibes and happiness running through it and just gets you in a positive frame of mind…it is going to all be good.   The bass line here is definitely on the reggae side of things but there is a nice blending in of tempo on keys that takes it in other directions.  It swings and booms along nicely throughout and then fades off into the sunset. 

For a totally different experience (and I mean that in a good way) also check out “Hot Drop” off this album.  It may soon replace “Mountain Road” as my fav.  

You can pick up the vinyl here:

https://sleepwalksounds.limitedrun.com/

Also available on your streaming platforms…and please think about purchasing it if you can as steaming music does not pay well even times a thousand. 

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