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[bostonska]

June. Is. Stacked.

GO TO A SHOW!

[bostonska]

December 2023/January2024 Ska Shows

In and around Boston

🎟️🗓️ https://www.bostonska.net 🗓️🎟️

More Bim than you can Skala Bim at!

🗓️ Sat Dec 23 - The New Limits, Threat Level Burgundy, Double Star, DJ Andrew “Panda” Galante Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain 🗓️ Wed Dec 27 - Riki Rocksteady @ Medford Brewing Company 🗓️ Fri Jan 5 - Bim Skala Bim Music, Euphoralites, PWRUP @ Alchemy, Providence 🗓️ Sat Jan 6 - Bim Skala Bim, The NB Rude Boys, Riki Rocksteady @ Crystal Ballroom, Somerville 🗓️ Sat Jan 6 - Bim Skala Bim, Typhoid Rosie, Threat Level Burgundy, Some Ska Band @ Starlite, Southbridge 🗓️ Sat Jan 11 - The New Limits, Riki Rocksteady @ Notch Brewing, Brighton

🔗 Links to details, tickets, and more shows at https://www.bostonska.net

📸 Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

[thenewlimits]

We've re-recorded our cover of William Bell's "Every Day Will Be Like Holiday" because we're excited to showcase our current horn line and our new lead singer! This new EP also has a dub remix of the 2017 version produced by Agent Jay from The Slackers.

LISTEN on Apple Music, Spotify, Youtube, and the rest!

[jacobwakeup]

An original holiday tune I wrote for my band, The New Limits! Traveling from house to house over the holiday season can be a drag, but if you’re stuck in the car with the right person, maybe it’s not so bad.

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Boston Ska (dot) net Show Calendar

A somewhat comprehensive though highly editorialized listing of ska, punk, reggae, and rocksteady shows going on in the Boston area.

Fri Aug 4 Spring Heeled Jack, Mellow Bravo, NB Rude Boys @ Askew, PVD

Thu Aug 17 P-Funk, Fishbone @ MGM Fenway

Sat Aug 19 Westbound Train, The Euphoralites @ Lizard Lounge

Thu Aug 31 The Suicide Machines, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Homeless Gospel Choir @ Crystal Ballroom, Somerville

Links to details, tickets, and more shows at https://www.bostonska.net/

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🎟️🗓️ July Ska Shows in Greater Boston 🗓️🎟️

Fri Jul 7 UB40 @ Chevalier Theatre, Medford Sat Jul 7-8 Boston JerkFest Feat. Luciano Thu Jul 20 Attractors, Riki Rocksteady @ Lizard Lounge, Cambridge Sat Jul 22 Goldfinger, Big D, SHJ @ House of Blues Sat Jul 22 Pressure Cooker @ Lizard Lounge, Cambridge Fri Jul 28 Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Agents @ Alchemy, Providence Sun Jul 30 Beres Hammond @ Chevalier Theatre, Medford

Tickets and more at https://www.bostonska.net/

[thenewlimits]

Back in May we planned to rehearse and [Jake] forgot to book a studio. We found an empty living room and this cover of The Slackers' "Tonight" happened.

[bostonska]

Help Pink Slip celebrate their EP release and one-year anniversary, Sat Feb 4 at The Jungle Community Music Club in Somerville! 21+, $10

Get Your Tickets

[thenewlimits]

The New Limits - "Nite Klub" (The Specials Cover)- 1/16/16

Boston ska band The New Limits performs The Specials classic song "Nite Klub" at The Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain, MA.

We’ve lost count of how many songs by The Specials we’ve covered over the years. Here’s one of the few we actually have a recording of, "Nite Klub" at Midway Cafe in 2016

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Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

Countless fans touched. Countless musicians inspired. May his memory be a blessing.

[thenewlimits]

Let’s get leafy!

[thenewlimits]

We’ve one hell of a #ThrowbackThursday for you! We found more footage from our sold-out show at O'Brien’s Pub in 2016! “Pressure Up” seems to hold up after all these years. We can’t wait to party with you all again just like this.

[bostonska]

Boston ska band The New Limits performs their original "Pressure Up" on June 4, 2016 to a sold-out, high-energy crowd at O'Brien's Pub in Allston, Boston, MA. "Pressure Up" is a track from the 2015 EP also titled "Pressure Up" available wherever you listen to music.

[thenewlimits]

Jake and Matty from The New Limits along with Thom Dunn from The Roland High Life cover the They Might Be Giants classic “Your Racist Friend” from their 1990 album “Flood.”

@jacobwakeup @thomdunn @tmbgareok 

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The New Limits wrote “Normal Day” years before the pandemic. It might resonate for you now. This version was recorded live at the Middle East upstairs in June 2018. Were you there?

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Supernova Festival Raises Over $12,000 for Alpha Boys School | Boston Ska (dot) net

Over 70 acts from 20 countries gathered for exclusive performances and fundraiser

Like so many other concerts, events, and festivals, the annual Supernova Ska Festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Committed to delivering music to the people, the festival has been home to live streamed “Supernova Saturdays” for the past couple of months. In late May, festival founder Tim Receveur announced they would host an online festival. The 2020 Supernova Ska Festival: Quarantine Edition was an enormous success. Live performances and specially recorded videos from over 70 bands from 20 countries were presented along with interviews and conversations. The brilliantly produced live stream was hosted by Pilfers singer Coolie Ranx.

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MUSIC VIDEO: Steel Pulse – "Don't Shoot" | Boston Ska (dot) net

a moving, desperate cry for justice set to a rocksteady beat.

Do I lay dead as a victim? Another statistic to the system All kinds of crazy shit runs through my my my mind Will I live to raise my children?

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My Boy Lollipop singer Millie Small dies aged 72

The singer, who had Jamaica's first million-selling single, dies after suffering a stroke.

It's hard to imagine where we would be without Millie's unique voice and this hit record. Thank you for the music, Millie.