Black Square

Black Square's sound is a blend of ska and reggae delivered with the urgency and intensity of punk rock. As reggae music was the backdrop for these Hawaii raised punk rockers, the sound of Black Square came about organically from their musical and geographical upbringing. The band's name comes from the Russian artist Kasimir Malevich's 1915 painting of a black square. The theory behind the painting was that the material matter of art was without value and the true value in a work of art was in the...