In Defense of Ska

<b><p align=center>One of Pitchfork's 11 Best Music Books of 2021 </p>
<p align=center>Recommended book in Rolling Stones June 2021 Issue </p></b>
<p><b>With an additional 30000 words of compelling stories research and analysis music journalist and <i>In Defense of Ska</i> podcast creator/host Aaron Carnes presents the case that ska never died by jumping headfirst into ska’s lost years i.e. the period after the ’90s third-wave ska boom.</b></p>
<p>New topics covered include LA’s ongoing vibrant traditional ska scene and how young Latinos are keeping the ska torch aflame how the devastation of Hurricane Katrina inadvertently kicked off a thriving scene focused on keeping community alive in New Orleans a deep review of Christian ska group Five Iron Frenzy who broke a Kickstarter record in the ’10s while making progressive activists out of their fan base a close inspection of a hipster rocksteady scene in Brooklyn that grew so popular it nearly kicked off a nationwide revival and more secret ska past revelations with none other than Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump-who has a story that up until recently was carefully guarded.</p>
<p>Plus the book re-explores several bands featured in the first edition revealing new layers and more details about all the bands fans love like Mighty Mighty Bosstones Operation Ivy the Slackers Hepcat Mephiskapheles and Reel Big Fish. With 30000 additional words this is the complete ska package.</p>