Updates, album releases, show announcements, new bands, break-ups, line up changes; anything and everything that might be construed as news will be here, be in from the Boston ska world or from outside the 495 loop.
Ska/Reggae/Rock band Hobo Chili originated in Framingham in 2012, but recently moved to Boston. They recently celebrated the release of their new EP at Davis Square Theatre in Somerville. The next day, July 27th, they made the record available for free!
This is an excerpt of a post I originally published on my personal blog. While it’s got nothing to do with the Boston Ska scene, the Brooklyn Rocksteady documentary covers the scene I was a part of before I moved to Boston. No scene lives in a vacuum. I’m also incredibly proud to have been a part of it and wanted to share it.
WATCH: In front of a packed crowd at The Middle East Upstairs, a sold-out show featuring Ramshackle Glory, The Taxpayers, Poor Jeremy, The Takeaways, Fort! said goodbye.
In a blow to those of us who like to party in basements with their friends, the Allston based FORT! The Band announced their last show via their Facebook Page on Sunday:
It was 6 years ago when a few art students and childhood friends found themselves in a basement on Mansfield Street, in Allston, Massachusetts. Through mutual appreciations for certain forms of art and entertainment they recognized a mutual interest in starting a band. They named themselves after a joke. With a bit of practice and thought, they soon enough were debuting their efforts in that very basement. Two other bands, Detonate, from Texas, and Marx Revolution, also played this show. If their self written biography is to be trusted, over the six following years, and through various incarnations, FORT! the Band brought their “rash, eclectic electricity to stages across the northeastern United States.” They made ten albums and went on three or four real rock and roll tours.
King Django’s Version City Tour provides the pre-show festivities for The Specials on Thursday night at House of Blues Boston. Win a pair of tickets from Boston Ska (dot) net!
Dan Vitale of Bim Skala Bim announced via the band’s Facebok page that there would be two new releases in the bands future.
My sincerest apologies for the lack of updates, folks! The day job has been killer this June. Thankfully the dust settles a bit the end of this week and I hope to return to our regularly scheduled (was I ever really on a schedule?) programming next weekend. In the meantime, stuff has happened/is happening/will happen: [unordered_list … Read more
Those of you looking for a Bosstones fix between Throwdowns are in luck. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are part of a very long roster of bands playing the new “Outside the Box” Festival.
While we’ve only been live for a couple of months, I want to thank everyone who’s read, commented, submitted a show, idea, or asked about getting involved
