There’s a scene in Alex Cox’s 1986 film Sid & Nancy that foreshadows the end for the star-crossed punk lovers: One of their cohorts shows up in a trilby hat, shiny tonic suit, and skinny tie, having ...

Discover which songs made up the top ten 2-Tone tracks as voted for by you. After weeks of nominations and votes, we have finally come up with a definitive top 10 of 2-Tone tracks as voted for by you.

2 Tone music started in Coventry in the 1970s. Here’s a quick guide introducing the style if you haven’t heard of it before. 2 Tone music was a blend of Jamaican reggae, ska, and British punk music.

The documentary tells the story of 2 Tone, the musical phenomenon that exploded out of Coventry in 1979 and went on to storm the charts around the world. I am a huge fan of 2 Tone and I grew up ...

The end of the summer of 1995 marked a new beginning for dad’s old formalwear. "Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac—yeah!" sing the boys from Rancid on "Time Bomb", a standout track from ...

Do you remember the 2-Tone era like it was yesterday? Listen to some memories from the era and then share yours with us here. If you were into music in the late 70s and early 80s, the chances are you ...

A 'definitive' guide to the legendary 2 Tone Records, the label behind releases by Coventry's own The Specials, is being published next month. Written by Daniel Rachel, Too Much Too Young The 2 Tone ...

Noisey has posted the second part of their three part documentary series called Under the Influence. Narrated by Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, The Transplants), the series traces the roots of ...

Within a year of the Conservatives’ election victory in May 1979, unemployment had doubled, reaching two million for the first time in 40 years. As Britain braced itself against the first effects of ...

Ska has been in the air lately. The great documentary Pick It Up! – Ska in the ’90s came out in 2019, Aaron Carnes’ great new book In Defense of Ska just came out earlier this month, and there’s been ...

On Saturday July 2, Timbre Room—a new space above the Denny Triangle club Kremwerk and run by its owners Nicole and Austin Stone—held a soft opening, featuring DJ sets and live performances by local ...