Deal's Gone Bad is not a ska band. The Chicago group, which returns to DeKalb 7 p.m. Saturday at the House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, certainly pulls influence from the Jamaican music style, but singer Todd Hembrook is hesitant to use that title....
Rating: 4/5 Stars I've always liked ska -- 'liked' being the operative word. Saying that I ‘love' ska would be taking it too far, and the more I write about it, the less I like it. As with most broad musical genres, it has a tendency to become very...
DeKALB | Chicago headliner Deals Gone Bad, along with local bands The Takeouts, Turbo Vamps!, and Danger Boy, proved Saturday night at the House Cafe that ska is not dead, it's only changed its suit and gotten a new tie. The Takeouts, a poppy ska ensemble,...
Danger Boy is a band made up of guys from all around the northern Illinois suburbs, but their brand of ‘80s indie rock meets ska always seems to do well in DeKalb. Having opened for people like Mustard Plug, The Toasters and Dan Deacon, its easy to...
