Less Than Jake News

No one would ever accuse Chris Palko , the New York rapper who goes by Cage, of coming across as warm and cuddly.

Less Than Jake present their "Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Movie" with The Swellers and Protagonist.

Radiators guitarist Camile Baudoin trades his electric guitar for an acoustic to record a solo album of favorite songs from his childhood along the bayou; backing him are guitarist John Rankin, violinist Harry Hardin and percussionist Michael Skinkus.

Geri X farewell show Details: 8 p.m. Saturday. State Theatre, 687 Central Ave., St.

Once upon a time, Less Than Jake was a ska band--horns, the whole deal. Then something happened; the band went pop-punk. And while 2006's In with the Out Crowd wasn't a terrible record by any means, by that point it was clear that this was a band that had evolved.

For nearly two decades Less Than Jake has been delivering first-rate ska-punk and hosting stage-dive intensive concert parties.

The Fenton-based band The Swellers. From left, drummer Jonathan Diener, guitarist Ryan Collins, singer/guitarist Nick Diener and bassist Anto Boros.

Few bands know how to show audiences a good time like Less Than Jake . The ska-punk quintet with the killer sense of humor has been hosting high energy, stage-diving concerts for the better part of two decades.

Less Than Jake has made a career out of surprising people, morphing from power-pop trio to ska-punk ensemble early on and showing remarkable resiliency in bouncing back and forth from indies to major labels over the course of a decade and a half's worth of successful releases.

Advance: $15 21-plus, $18 under 21. Day of show: $17 21-plus, $20 under-21. 314-773-3363. The Ska Is Dead 4 Tour may seem morbidly self-aware. After all, ska's third wave crashed at the turn of the millennium when Reel Big Fish went rock, Less Than Jake fired its horn section, and teenagers who once clung to the genre's levity found solace in emo's ...

You might have heard of U2 before. They're this little band from across the pond who've redefined what stadium shows can be.

Ska punkers Less Than Jake are beginning to assemble a fall/winter headlining tour in support of the group's most recent studio album, last year's "GNV FLA." The Gainesville, FL-based band will play its traditional hometown Halloween show Oct.

Thanks to the Great Recession, another corporate taboo has been shattered: large-scale pay cuts.

Not even the threat of a downpour was going to stop 19-year-old Candice Engelman from seeing one of her favourite bands at Vans Warped Tour yesterday.

On Wednesday, July 22, thousands swarmed into the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, fighting the heat of the day to see their favorite bands when the 15th annual Vans Warped Tour made its stop in the city.

On Wednesday, July 22, thousands swarmed into the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, fighting the heat of the day to see their favorite bands when the 15th annual Vans Warped Tour made its stop in the city.

Featuring dozens of bands on multiple stages, the 15th annual Vans Warped Tour is bound to draw a fragmented audience.

Warped Tour turned the big one-five this year, and to celebrate theya ve going back to their roots.

Each week, the following local music experts pick the top shows coming to Indy. David Lindquist, pop music writer, Indy.com; Steve Hayes and Ryan Williams, IndianapolisMusic.net editors; Nora Spitznogle, Broad Ripple Gazette/Queen Bee Music; Dan McNeal, Indy's Music Channel; Jeff Napier, freelance music journalist; Dodge, My Old Kentucky Blog; Tim ...

Orange County punk veterans the Vandals traced their roots back to the earliest days of their local scene, but didn't really make much of an impact as recording artists until the '90s. By that time, their snide, terminally juvenile humor and catchy punk-pop had done a great deal to set the tone of Orange County's thriving punk and ska scene.