Articles by Patrick Lejtenyi
Kiltlifters
Pass the Popcorn
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000
This is what you get when you mix limited IQs, a hat-full of talent and a whole lot of Guinness: poppy, mindless fun. The West Coast's Kilt...
Various
2Tongue: Le Quebec En Montre Une!
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000
This lengthy (22 track, 66-plus minute) compilation is an apropos nod to a certain long-standing irony in the Canadian ska scene: if Montre...
Parka Kings
Where’s the Afterparty?
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
The now-defunct Parka Kings' swan-song live album is a competent, if fluffy, piece of typical third-wave Midwest stuff. Vapid lyrics, jangl...
Skanatra
Skanatra
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Now here's a neat-o concept: take the best tunes by Ol' Blue Eyes and do ska covers of them! It’s funny for about half a song. Then i...
Various
Skarmageddon #4: Armageddon Time!
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
A double-CD comp of North American ska bands great and obscure, talented and crappy, dub and fast-as-shit. The point, according to the line...
Delmarva Scheme
The Delmarva Scheme
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
A man digs a grave in a rainy, Louisiana bayou. A terrified couple sit clutching each other in a darkened, lonely New England motel. A croo...