MONKEYBOXING.COM – Top ’10′ Tracks 2013

As with last year, the idea of selecting merely a top ten tracks of the year was laughable. Here are the twenty biggest – selected (as is traditional) by a complex algorithm based on frequency of play on the MB boombox 1. Phoenix City Allstars feat. Freddie Notes – Satisfaction You think you've seen a dancefloor go off and then you drop this…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

PHOENIX CITY ALLSTARS: Skatisfaction (2013)

The stock-in-trade of ska supergroup Phoenix City Allstars (boasting members of Kasabian, Pama International, The Bongolian, The Delegators, Sidewalk Doctors, Intensified, Dub Vendor All-stars and The Loafers) is Studio One ska-style versions of classic standards. As stock-in-trades go, it’s not a bad one and when it’s executed this well, it’ll have you skankin like Frankie Dan. Whereas first LP Two Tone Gone Ska re-imagined seventies and early eighties Two Tone classics, the band’s second effort, Skatisfaction, finds the band cherry-picking Rolling Stones …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CHART – September (2013)

(NEW) 1. Phoenix City Allstars feat. Freddie Notes – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Ska version of Stones' number? Freddie Notes on vox? Skatisfaction!…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

PHOENIX CITY ALLSTARS feat. FREDDIE NOTES: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (2013)

It’s been a while since I was so excited when I heard a track that a little bit of wee came out but who cares about a few drips when something’s this good? A brand-spanking-new, dancefloor-gold ska version of (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction featuring legendary Trojan Records vocalist Freddie Notes and backed by the Phoenix City Allstars who feature members of Pama Intl, Intensified, Kasabian, TheSidewalk Doctors, Dub Vendor All-stars and The Delegators. Now can you see why I’m excited? Thought so. And this is only …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM