2005
In Music We Trust Feb 05 Alex Steininger
"This is true, in-the-blue ska music that goes back 
to the roots and adds its own current touch."

2004
Austin Chronicle review of "All in a Day" 5/14/04 Raoul Hernandez:
"If the Stingers were any more old-school, they'd be the Skatalites. 
'Pickup,' All in a Day's instrumental opener, skanks like a Studio One 
master from early Sixties Jamaica. Wayne Myers' tarnished trombone, 
chorused with guests Mace Hibbard (sax) and Rick White (trumpet), 
sounds fresh out of the pawn shop – as "street" as a dirt road. Meyers, 
who wrote 10 of the disc's dozen cuts, has the genre down, each 
track's melodic simplicity matched by its streamlined groove. Less is 
never too little."

2003
Austin Chronicle review of "This Good Thing" 2/7/03
Jerry Renshaw:
"Remember back in the mid-to-late Nineties when ska became the 
flavor of the week? Back when bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, 
Goldfinger, and the Dancehall Crashers were floggin' it? Austin's Stingers 
aren't anything like that. Ska is all about the groove, not speed, and the 
Stingers mine a groove that's 15 feet deep and 6 feet wide."
(four stars)

Exclaim! (Canada) review of "This Good Thing" 2/5/03 Dan Cohen:
"The Stingers ATX received the best production that North American ska 
has to offer, with Victor Rice taking the helm as producer for their first 
release on Germany's Grover label. This Good Thing is a trad/ska album 
in the vein of another one of best in North American ska: the Slackers. 
Goddamn if it doesn't work though and the Stingers are the best traditional 
ska band to come onto the scene in a long, long time - strong songs, 
excellent vocal harmonies and some dabbling in soul and dub make for a 
well-rounded CD." 

Southern Ska review of "This Good Thing" 2/15/03
Niklas:
"Over the last 2-3 years it has been rare to discover any new upcoming 
bands, but this thing from Austin's The Stingers is really, really good. 
The sound is rather similar to that of The Slackers, but instead of a full 
horn section these guys just make use of a trombone. And it works 
brilliantly, most importantly because of the major songwriting ability 
of front man Johnny Meyers. Virtually every song on this disc has a 
great, original, memorable tune and the musicianship is equally solid. 
Victor Rice (from NY Ska Jazz Ensemble, Stubborn All-stars etc.) has 
also laid his Midas touch to the production, all in all creating the best 
new ska release that I've listened to in this new millennium, and that's 
no joke."

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