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Catbite (Crossroads, Garwood, NJ, April 23, 2026) [FISHBONE]

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[ATTENDED: April 23, 2026] Catbite

I have known about Catbite for a while–WXPN plays them a lot.  They’re part of, I guess, a fourth wave of ska bands.  Although they might be the only one at the moment.

I was a big fan of the third wave of ska, so this is a welcome comeback.  While Catbite is a bit more No Doubt than Mighty Mighty Bosstones, they do embrace everything about ska (except the clothes).

I never wanted to see them as a headliner, but I had always hoped they’d open for someone.  And what better band to open for than Fishbone?

Catbite took the stage and jumped right into some bouncy ska with Not Ur Baby.  It was fun being up front with a band dancing around on stage–there wasn’t much dancing on the floor, though which kind of stunk.  I was intrigued that their drummer Chris Pires was facing the wall.  This was because Fishbone is huge and that was the best way to fit everyone.  How strange it must be to not be facing the rest of the band.

I didn’t realize they had 3 albums out, but they played a song from their debut–which was a little more ska.  I also realized that they didn’t have horns.  I don’t know if they normally do. I didn’t really miss them, but ska is definitely horn-friendly. (more…)

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ANTIFEST: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes / Anti-Flag / The Black Tones / Surfbort / Catbite (Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ, October 15, 2022) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 15, 2022] ANTIFEST

On the same night that Philly was hosting Philly Music Fest featuring Mannequin Pussy, New Jersey was hosting ANTI-FEST.

This was a tour featuring Anti-Flag who were amazing live and who I would definitely see again.

Also headlining was Me First and the Gimme Gimmes–a band I knew nothing about but didn’t like, based on their name.  Then I learned that they are a cover band doing punk covers of classic rock songs and I thought their name was actually pretty perfect and now I want to see them live too.

The Black Tones is the only band on the bill I hadn’t heard of.  According to one blurb they infuse the spirit of punk rock in their modernized version of blues rock, in a really cool and subversive way. And all of that, of course, wouldn’t matter if they weren’t a killer live band. (more…)

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