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We search the web so you don’t have to! You’ll find clips of songs, podcasts, live shows, interviews, and more with ska bands playing in Boston or ska bands that call Boston their home. Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Mixcloud, YouTube lyric videos, and more!

Ska Superfriends Cover Dance Hall Crashers for Charity

June 22, 2020 by Jacob Wake Up!
Collage of band members who performed on this dance hall crashers cover

Download this pitch-perfect quarantine cover of “Lost Again,” proceeds support mental health for Black women and girls.

Categories Tunes, Video Tags Bite Me Bambi, Catebite, Dance Hall Crashers, Half Past Two, Mustard Plug, Skatune Network, The Loveland Foundation

Jahriffe Releases “Champions” on Juneteenth

June 22, 2020 by Jacob Wake Up!
JahRiffe champions

Boston roots reggae act releases a new single

Categories Tunes Tags Jahriffe

Hobo Chili Releases New Album “Salt of the Earth”

May 26, 2020 by Jacob Wake Up!
hobo chili salt of the earth banner

“Salt of the Earth” features the band’s signature horn-driven mix of ska, punk, funk, and everything else you might find in a delicious pot of musical chili.

Categories Bands, News, Tunes, Video Tags Hobo Chili

The Copacetics Release Festive Christmas EP

November 30, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
The Copacetics - A Very Copacetic Christmas - Banner

Providence ska band The Copacetics are helping us kick off the holiday season with a brand new EP entitled “A Very Copacetic Christmas.”

Categories Shows, Tunes Tags The Copacetics

The Slackers Release Rancid Cover on 7-inch

October 4, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
Badasonic Records Rancid Wrongful Suspicion header

The Slackers just continue to deliver quality records.

Categories Tunes Tags Badasonic Records, Rancid, The Slackers

PLAYLIST: Endless Summer in Boston

August 24, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
Boston Ska Endless Summer Spotify Playlist Blog Header

Summer ain’t over yet! Grab a Del’s Shandy and a couple of friends and let this playlist take you through the home stretch!

Categories Tunes

Summer Ska Release Round Up

August 20, 2018August 14, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
Summer 2018 Ska Release Round Up

I refuse to call this the “summer of ska” because I’m still not quite sure what it means, but there’s no denying that there has been a noteworthy number of ska releases over the last few months

Categories Round Up, Tunes Tags Kill Lincoln, Mad Caddies, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sonic Libido, Sweet Babylon, The Dirty Dottys, The English Beat, The Fad, The Fuss, The Hempsteadys, The Interrupters 1 Comment

PREMIERE: Senior Discount Releases New Album on July 13

July 5, 2018July 3, 2018 by Michael Spada

Providence punk band Senior Discount will be celebrating the release of their new album, “The Best Revenge,” at Providence’s Whiskey Republic on July 13th.

Categories Shows, Tunes Tags Paper + Plastick, Senior Discount

Pre-Order New Interrupters LP and Listen to New Single

July 5, 2018June 27, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
Interrupters Merch Collage

Listen to a brand new single from ska band The Interrupters and pre-order their album available June 29

Categories News, Tunes Tags The Interrupters

The English Beat Releases New Single from “Here We Go Love”

April 8, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
the english beat here we go love cover art

Dave Wakeling started a funding campaign for this record in 2014. We’ve finally got a single!

Categories News, Tunes Tags Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, The English Beat
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