Girth Control

Celebrating 10 years of “What Got You Stoked in the First Place?” on 10 inches of vinyl, coming 04.24.26 on Fail Harmonic Records.

Bestern Mass. Name a better place to be in the summer.

Weirdly, they aren’t following us!

😍

Full @413ska.bsky.social Pioneer Valley Ska Fest lineup drop and holy hell, it’s stacked! Snag them tix before they’re gone at linktr.ee/413ska

Beer works pretty well!

Courtesy of @davidbuist.bsky.social with an accurate amount of Doritos

Oooo baby, see ya in Western Mass!

First shows of 2026 partying with our friends in @girthcontrol69.bsky.social with our new album in tow. New England and New Paltz/Kingston area folks, come party with us.

Pizza box flyer by me 🍕

🗣️ just announced 🗣️
Northeast weekender
@girthcontrol69.bsky.social & Mega Infinity

Fresh out the oven: first shows of 2k26 with @megainfinity.band and many excellent friends! See ya in RI in New Paltz!

Mega Wednesday ALIVE MUSIC TWITCH SHOW HOSTED BY MEGA INFINITY WED 1/14: FULL SONG REQUEST STREAM WITH MICHI AND DIGLO 8 PM EST TWITCH.TV/MEGAWEDNESDAY

We go live on twitch in at 8 in one hour 🫡 see ya!

We got music videos from
18 Fevers 🇰🇷
Marmozets 🇬🇧
And from the tri state area 🇺🇸
@withsailsahead.bsky.social
@cinemastare.bsky.social
@girthcontrol69.bsky.social

m.twitch.tv/megawednesda...

See ya there!

Who crushed the hardest at your ‘25 shows?

Best sets we saw 2k25:
WORLDSUCKS at @dcxpclive.bsky.social Rally in the Valley
Planet Smashers at TINCF
@pwrup.bsky.social @megainfinity.band @steppinrazorblades.bsky.social at @413ska.bsky.social at Pioneer Valley
Among Legends x3
Pink Slip at Deep Cuts
Kmoy at Dave’s
Agonizers at the Hollow

Thanks so much for including on this awesome list! Happy skalidays!

5x5 grid of bands I recommend post-2020 KMoy Mutiny Foolish Relics Killed Diller Voluntary Hazing Atlas and Oracle backyard superhoes this repeats bite me Bambi the boy detective girth control Common sense kid sad snack Hans gubernatorial and the die hards Half Past Two Matamoska! No♡af The ruffolos The chains The operators Stuck Lucky Something to do Mega Infinity Lo(u)ser bumsy and the moochers

25 more bands, and I might do another one of these lists before the year ends. Im surprised how quickly I came up with 25 more bands from post 2020 to recommend, and again, I felt bad for leaving a lot of bands off.

Dont recognize an album? Ask. Wanna recommend an album, put it in the comments!

Pretty stoked on this news! We’re teaming up with Fail Harmonic Records to press “What Got You Stoked in the First Place?” to 10” vinyl. Look out in early 2026!

Great one in the Hudson Valley last night to close out our 2025. What did we do to deserve wonderful bands like Mephiskapheles and Trouble Bound? How lucky are we to exist in the same time and place as @dcxpclive.bsky.social ?!

📸 Alexander Lopez

Kids today will never know the rise and fall of interpunk dot com

Thanks, pal!

A giant alien hookah bongzilla is invading a small town and asking "what got you stoked in the first place"

If you arent going out tonight, throw back a few cold ones and listen to the new Girth Control album. Their original debut was recorded live in a basement, and on the 10 year anniversary they released a studio version!

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Poughkeepsie prep work. Gonna be a fun one tonight with the legends Mephiskapheles and Trouble Bound! @dcxpclive.bsky.social for Hudson Valley mayor.

happy hollandaise. all our music is now available for free download at pwrup.bandcamp.com

This week we are chatting with members of So Many Dangers. New episode this Thursday. #ska

Awesome!

Thursday! Last one of 2025 for ol Girth Control and we’re closing out big with an all ages @dcxpclive.bsky.social ripper in PKNY, feat. ska greats Mephiskapheles and Hudson Valley greats Trouble Bound! Here’s a Trouble Bound CD from the Tripod era, which must be the last time I saw these dudes.

Anytime!

Ska, Punk, and Other Junk | November 2025 | Bearded Gentlemen Before heading into the busiest time of the year, Dane Jackson returns with his final Ska, Punk, and Other Junk column of 2025.

It's time for another SKA, PUNK, AND OTHER JUNK! @almightydanish.bsky.social shares the absolute best November releases from Skan adjacent genres! beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/24/s...

It was a hit!