Boston ska legends Bim Skala Bim just dropped their first album in eight years, Sonic Tonic. The band — who still have the majority of their classic ’80s/’90s lineup intact — made the album with help ...

Boston ska legends Bim Skala Bim will soon be embarking on what has become a traditional yearly east coast mini-tour. However, this time around their tour includes a mega-rare NYC date that will find ...

Is it any surprise that the Dropkick Murphys have mapped out a U.S. tour that ends with a four night celebration in Boston right as St. Patrick's Day rolls through? If it is, then you don't know these ...

When the core members of Bim Skala Bim play a reunion show Saturday at the Crystal Ballroom, they’ll be taking the stage just steps away from the Davis Square apartment where they first bonded 40 ...

When the band Bim Skala Bim first appeared in 1983, Boston didn’t have much of a ska scene. They worked hard over the years to make sure we got one. This Saturday the band celebrates its 40th ...

In 1985, guitarist Jim Jones auditioned to join a Boston ska band called Bim Skala Bim. He thought it would be fun. “I remember I was psyched to jump in, because it was a band that I actually knew the ...

Bim Skala Bim’s front man, Dan Vitale, says maybe he should venture by boat to their upcoming shows in Newport, R.I.; Salem; Gloucester; Portsmouth, N.H.; Falmouth; and Wellfleet this summer, which ...

Ska music was alive and kicking..most definitely kicking, and also dancing, gyrating and spinning, Sunday night when Boston's Bim Skala Bim and Washington, D.C.'s Pietasters delivered a kinetic double ...

In the ’90s, forming a ska band was easy. Maybe a little too easy. Copies of “Sublime” and “Tragic Kingdom” seemed to wait like mints on freshman dorm pillows. Try putting together a ska outfit in the ...

Two acts ostensibly playing the same style, but each with a unique sound. The former’s catchier doubletimes tunes rocket you from your seat; the latters more sluggish, sparse style digs a deep groove.