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Middle East Club

VIDEO: The Toasters Perform “Thrill Me Up” at Middle East Upstairs

July 5, 2018June 24, 2018 by Jacob Wake Up!
The Toasters Thrill me Up YouTube Thumbnail

Watch New York City ska band The Toasters perform “Thrill Me Up” at the Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge

Categories News, Video Tags Middle East Club, The Toasters

SHOW REVIEW: Big D and the Kids Table at Middle East Downstairs 4/16/16

April 25, 2016 by Michael Spada

20 years as a band culminated in a night in front of a hometown crowd that could not wait to see this album in its entirety

Categories Bands, Reviews, Shows Tags Big D & The Kids Table, Middle East Club

Welcome To Title Town: Two-Day Ska Festival April 15-16

February 9, 2016 by Jacob Wake Up!
Title Town Ska Festival, Boston, 2016

In a 2008 ESPN poll, Boston ranked 5th among viewers as “Title Town, USA.” By 2011, various publications were declaring Boston to be Title Town. What’s all this got to do with a ska show?

Categories Bands, Shows Tags Big D & The Kids Table, Counterpunch, David McWane, Have Nots, Middle East Club, Nick and The Adversaries, Obi Fernandez, The Doped Up Dollies, The Far East, The Pomps, Westbound Train

Bim Skala Bim Releases New Song and Teases New Album

June 24, 2018July 23, 2015 by Jacob Wake Up!
Bim Skala Bim, Boston Ska Est. 1983

Don’t count these guys out of the game! Here’s a fresh tune from these american ska pioneers

Categories Bands, Shows, Tunes Tags Bim Skala Bim, Middle East Club

Throwback Thursday: Mighty Mighty Bosstones Perform ” Where’d You Go” at Middle East in 1995

May 21, 2015 by Jacob Wake Up!
Bosstones Whered You Go Cover Art

Watch the Mighty Mighty Bosstones perform their classic “Where’d You Go?” live at the Middle East Downstairs in December of 1995

Categories Throwback, Video Tags Middle East Club, Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Bim Skala Bim Announce July Show At Middle East Downstairs

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 by Alex Chiasson

Show will be the band’s first Boston show since Johnny D’s in January

Categories Bands, News, Shows Tags Bim Skala Bim, Brunt of It, Middle East Club, Pajama Slave Dancers, The Porter Squares, Zeme Libre

Go Jimmy Go Bids Farewell

February 24, 2015 by Jacob Wake Up!

long-time running Hawaiian ska, rocksteady, and reggae act Go Jimmy Go has announced they will be calling it quits after almost 20 years of making music

Categories News Tags Go Jimmy Go, In The Face, Middle East Club, The Toasters

Stray Bullets Return to the Studio

October 10, 2016February 22, 2015 by Jacob Wake Up!

Boston punk rockers Stray Bullets are in the studio recording a new record

Categories News Tags Dying Scene, Middle East Club, Stray Bullets

Throwback Thursday: Big D and the Kids Table Plays 1998 Rock N Roll Rumble

January 29, 2015 by Jacob Wake Up!

In 1998, a very young Big D and the Kids Table were semifinalists at the WBCN Rock N Roll Rumble held at the Middle East Upstairs.

Categories Throwback, Video Tags Big D & The Kids Table, Middle East Club, Rock N Roll Rumble, WBCN

Today In Jeff Rosenstock: New Album “We Cool?” Out March 3rd

January 9, 2015 by Alex Chiasson

Jeff’s heavily-anticipated solo LP will drop right before his tour with Andrew Jackson Jihad.

Categories News Tags Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bomb the Music Industry, Jack Shirley, Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Stevenson, Middle East Club, Side One Dummy
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April 8, 2023
  • Mighty Mystic, Java Jukebox, Buddahfly, Big Ol' Dirty Bucket, April 8, 2023, Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston, MA 02134, USA
April 14, 2023
  • The New Limits, April 14, 2023, Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company, 81 Morton St, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
April 21, 2023
  • The Wailers, April 21, 2023, The Cabot, 286 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
April 22, 2023
  • The English Beat, April 22, 2023, Veterans Memorial Stadium, 850 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02170, USA
April 25, 2023
  • Fishbone, April 25, 2023, Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston, MA 02134, USA
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