PhillySka.com – Website Review
PhillySka.com is worth visiting even you live nowhere near Philadelphia. The website not only demonstrates its active presence in the Philadelphia music scene, (a calendar of local events is featured on the homepage) it has lots of current news about ska record labels, bands and album releases. In addition, PhillySka.com has a growing reviews section, where registered members are encouraged to contribute.
Looking for some free ska, minus the guilt-trip that accompanies flying in the face of the RIAA by – gasp – illegally downloading mp3’s? Be sure to check out the Downloads section for free albums and several PhillySka.com podcasts. Looks like they haven’t been keeping up with the podcasts since September 2007, and maybe it was just my setup, but I wasn’t able to save or play any of the podcast files. Hopefully they are working on a fix for this – podcasts have definitely cemented themselves as a new form of entertainment and information, if mostly a niche one at that.
On the other hand, I downloaded Hotdrop’s "Ready" and was stoked. Nice dubby reggae – mellow and relaxing for a Saturday afternoon.
Something local Philly bands probably appreciate is the Local Bands directory. If it’s kept up-to-date, this must be a great resource for bands, promoters, press, etc. to get an overview of who’s out there.
The Photo Gallery is quite lacking, as it seems to have only one entry. I saw no mention of whether or not the site accepts member contributions, but I bet that would help the gallery fill up quickly.
Overall, PhillySka.com is well-designed and informative site -definitely entertaining and easy to navigate. The fact that some of the sections are a bit sparse in content leads me to wonder how often the site gets human updates, or whether the site is simply new and growing; trying to ‘find itself’ as is the case with the site you’re on now!
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