The Aggrolites: West Coast reggae’s best-kept secret
The Aggrolites: West Coast reggae’s best-kept secret
Local connoisseurs, junkies for a taste of sweet reggae traditionalism, have been wise to the ways of the quintet called the Aggrolites for going on five years now. They have watched their subtle, steady rise from in-demand West Coast house band for a parade of touring pioneers (ska fave Prince Buster, reggae great Derrick Morgan, Culture’s Joseph Hill) to being a credible act on its own terms, cutting albums so uncannily crafted from old-school fundamentals that casual ears might mistake them for lost gems from the dawn of the ’70s.