Overproof Radio episode 11 is now live; get some boss ska and reggae in your ears via the stream below or the show page on Podomatic — there are new tunes from the Moon Invaders, Chris Murray, Iba Mahr and more!

Check out the tracklist for this episode after the jump, and don’t forget to keep an ear on the show via Facebook and Twitter.

On this episode:
Jackie Mittoo, “Put It On”
The Revivers, “Come Into My Parlour”
Al Brown, “Here I Am, Baby”
Lloyd & Glen, “Mini-Skirt and Go Go Boots”
Babylove and the Van Dangos, “Easy Skankin’”
Jimmy the Squirrel, “Music We Throw”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, “Everybody’s Better”
Chris Murray and Victor Rice, “Pieces”
The Delirians, “Musical Remedy”
The Thorpedians, “Return of the Violator”
The Clash, “White Man in Hammersmith Palais”
Ska-P, “Naval Xixon”
Kemuri, “Ato Ichinen”
King Tubby, “Zion Gate Dub”
Dennis Brown, “Some Like it Hot”
Iba Mahr, “Will I Wait”
Beres Hammond feat. Big Youth, “Good Old Dancehall Vibes”
Luciano feat. Selvie Wonder, “Neighborhood Watch”
Jamaica 69, “11 Anos de Alcohol”
The Moon Invaders, “Bet Your Bottom Dollar”
The Moon Invaders, “Just A Po’Boy”
Danny Rebel and the KGB, “Rebel Anthem”
The Aggrolites, “Work to Do”

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Last night on the Tunnel One show on WNYU (89.1 FM New York), Brooklyn rocksteady band The Forthrights, along with Maddie Ruthless, played a live set of big tunes.  The entire episode of this weekly ska radio show is currently streaming on their website.  The live set is toward the end of the episode.  While listening to the show, I was reminded of the night last May at the Terminal Bar in Minneapolis when these guys rocked out with the MNSKA massive.  Good times!

You can stream the episode HERE

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MNSKA’s own The Dropsteppers released their smash-hit debut full-length Get Up In It! last November and it is currently in the running for Best Ska Album of 2011.  As a surging ska community, we should all show our support and vote for them over at joescholes.com.  It’s time to put MNSKA on the map!

You can cast your vote HERE.  You better hurry, the polls close January 22nd!

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WI reggae-rockers T.U.G.G. are pleased to announce they will be releasing a new EP, and to celebrate, the band put together a promo video premiering their new song “So Good.”  The band says:

In the fall of 2011 TUGG wrote, recorded, and produced their latest EP, “Home Brew”. As the title would suggest the band took on every aspect of crafting this record. After many long hours, re-takes, mixes, beers, debates, cheers, and all around craziness the end product is “Home Brew”: A 5 song journey that dives into the roots and foundation of a sound for which the band has worked so effortlessly to hone in the past 3 years on the road playing with their contemporaries & idols within the alternative reggae genre.
So, from the TUGG HQ holding tanks straight to your ears we’re very excited to announce that the new EP, “Home Brew” will be available everywhere music is sold online Tuesday December 20th. Look for it on iTunes, Amazon, CdBaby, and many more online retail outlets.
Please enjoy the following video for the new song from the EP, “So Good” which includes footage from the last few years on the road and also from the studio this fall.

You can check out the video on YouTube HERE

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LA’s premiere dirty reggae band The Aggrolites are bringing their gritty sound to the 7th Street Entry at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Thursday, October 20th!  The band is currently on tour to promote their Unleashed Live: Volume 1 collection of live songs.  Also playing this show are Roots Of Creation and local Wisconsin reggae-rockers T.U.G.G.  MNSKA’s own Aaron Porter (The Prizefighters) will be spinning Jamaican 45s in-between sets to keep the party rocking all night.

Tickets are available HERE

Thursday, October 20
7th Street Entry / 8:00 pm / 18+
THE AGGROLITES
with ROOTS OF CREATION
T.U.G.G.

DJ sets by Aaron Porter (The Prizefighters)

$15.00 adv | $15.00 door

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Fall 2011 is looking to be a solid season for MNSKA!  There are going to be a whole truckload of new releases from bands in the MNSKA community.  Let me give you a run down of what you can look forward to:

Rocksteady Breakfast will be releasing their new CD on Saturday, September 3rd at The Rat Hole in South Minneapolis.  The band has spent the past year and a half working on this album.  It is a must-have for fans of raw energetic underground punk-ska!  Details for the release show can be found HERE

The Prizefighters have been busy this past year putting together a special-edition vinyl LP of their recent release Follow My Sound via Jump Up Records.  Along with songs from the album, side B of the vinyl will include new unreleased songs, instrumental versions, and even a dub from Anthony Abbinanti (The Drastics).  The band will be releasing the album at special double release show with MNSKA band The Dropsteppers on Friday, October 21st at The Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis.  The Dropsteppers spent the early part of 2011 in the studio to create their debut full-length CD Get Up In It via Megalith Records.

Veteran third-wave ska band 3 Minute Hero recently announced their triumphant return to the Twin Cities music scene.  To commemorate being back in the saddle, they are hard at work on a new release that should be out this Fall.  Stay tuned to MNSKA.com for more details!

Long-time Twin Cities reggae band Dred I Dread will be releasing their much anticipated follow-up to 2009′s Tribulation sometime in early 2012.  The band previewed some of their new songs at the recent Jamaican Independence Day party at The Red Sea.

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MNSKA band 2 Tone Runts is playing a benefit concert at The Red Sea in Minneapolis, MN TOMORROW NIGHT!  The show is called BAND-AID: Our Wealth To Their Health and is presented by the University of Minnesota’s Chapter of Amnesty International and Biology without Borders.  Doors for this event open at 8:30 pm with 2 Tone Runts taking the stage at 10:15 pm.  The show is $5 for those under 21 and $4 for those 21 and over with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders.

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Fishbone will be playing in Minneapolis on Thursday, March 4th at The Cabooze with The English Beat as part of the Spring Skaward Tour.

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Welcome to another edition of Miss Upsetter’s Retro Vinyl Review!  Miss Upsetter is originally from Arizona where she was very involved with the ska scene and used to run the now-defunct ska site Get Up Edina! Being the vinyl junkie that she is, she posted many quick-hit reviews of some classic ska and reggae albums on that site.  We have unearthed these reviews and will share as many as we can for a somewhat daily review segment.

Today’s review is of the album The Best Of Jackie Opel by Jackie Opel (Studio One):

Now that companies are repressing older albums, certain artists are easier to find now, Jackie Opel being one of them!  This album has all of the normal songs associated with Jackie Opel, and would be a great album to have if you DJ (you know, playing only the songs people know).  Nontheless, this is a great album.

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