Welcome to a very special episode of the Flyover Ska Show that finds Courtney venturing outside of Flyover Country to cover the Asian Man Records 15th Anniversary Fest in San Francisco, CA. The week-long celebration hosted tons of ska and punk-rock bands from past and present from the label’s storied catalog.  Special guests on this episode include Dan Potthast (MU330), Curtis Meachem (Monkey), Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb The Music Industry!), Gabe Pressure (Pressure Drop Soundcast), and Mike Park himself!  You can check out tons of videos from Courtney’s trip to the Bay Area, featuring ska bands new and old, over at the MNSKA YouTube page. Strap in for a special extended episode that feels so real, it will seem like you actually went to the Asian Man Records Fest.

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This show is brought to you in part by MNSKA.com, Minnesota’s Ska Community. You can contact Courtney at FOSS@fancypantsgangsters.com or find him on Twitter or on Facebook and Google+. If you’d like to discuss this week’s show, be sure to check out the forums.

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Our friends over at Community Records has just released a new compilation to benefit the Gulf Restoration Network to mark the anniversary of the BP Gulf Disaster.  It is entitled Head Above Water: A Response To The BP Drilling Disaster and features 36 songs, including previously unreleased tracks from Mustard Plug, Bomb The Music Industry!, Sonic Boom Six, Stuck Lucky and A Billion Ernies.

The compilation is FREE to download HERE, but please donate what you can.

Wow, that year went by quickly!  A brief glance at the calendar has shown that this show has been going for a full year, and for our 30th episode Courtney had the privilege to talk with DIY mastermind Jeff Rosenstock.  Jeff is currently on a solo tour for his band Bomb The Music Industry! and spent some time bopping around the Twin Cities on a Wednesday night after his show in St. Paul.  Along the way, Jeff tells Courtney of his humble beginnings, why the Triple Rock in Minneapolis makes the best poboys, and the bittersweet realization of growing up means becoming a sports fan.

You can download all of Bomb The Music Industry!’s  albums and EPs for FREE (or donate if you’re so inclined) over at Quote Unquote Records.  Be on the lookout this summer for their new album Vacation!

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Bomb The Music Industry! mastermind Jeff Rosenstock is taking to the road this Spring for a unique solo tour!  Dubbed the “Bring Your Own Band” tour, Jeff is encouraging people to bring instruments to the show to help back him (and his trusty iPod) up.  BTMI! will be making a stop at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN on Wednesday, March 23rd.  Tickets for this All Ages show are $5 and doors open at 5 pm.  Grab an instrument and join in the insane ska-influenced frenzy!

Also playing this show is Minneapolis band Stop Drop (folk-punk band consisting of members from MNSKA band 2 Tone Runts), Minneapolis quartet Brilliant Beast (alt-country and power-folk band consisting of members of MNSKA band The Prizefighters) and Animal Attack! (St. Paul hardcore punk band).

You can check out more details about this show HERE

Coming this summer as a joint effort from Asbestos Records, Underground Communique Records, and the nice folks at Skaisdead.com will be an amazing little project that combines our obsession with dead genres and dead formats. Each series will be a set of 6 split 7”s from some of our favorite bands that **gasp** have the audacity to still play ska, and ska influenced punk rock in the year 2010. Available by subscription only, every other month you will receive two brand spanking new 7” records featuring both established, and up and coming acts including Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, Big D & the Kids Table, Bomb the Music Industry!, The Slackers, Sonic Boom Six, and more! So get out your dad’s old suit, and your mom’s old turntable and get stoked for the best 7” club of the year!

Please Note: this is a PRE-ORDER and your first installment will not ship out until late July/Early August.

You can PRE-ORDER the series HERE.

Frantic punk/ska/electronic project known as Bomb The Music Industry! has released a brand new EP that is short on songs but long on exclamation points Adults!!!… Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited By Nothing!!!!!!! Jeff Rosenstock and co. have crafted 7 strong songs featuring organs, horns, bells, and synthesizers that was recorded, mixed, and released in the span of 5 days.  Like all of BTMI!’s albums, you can download the whole thing for free over at Quote Unquote Records, but donations are always accepted.

The crazy ska/electronic collective known as Bomb The Music Industry! have announced they will be releasing an album of rarities that were previously unavailable for download.  BTMI! mastermind Jeff Rosentstock had this to say:

It seems to make sense as we have a bunch of 7″s and shit planned for the next year. These are tracks that have been tossed aside ’cause 7″s and compilations didn’t come out ever/yet, demos that ended up quite different from the originals but may not have been heard, some shit that’s just kinda hard to find, the first ever live studio recording and in one case, sweet introduction music that never hit the enormous PA that it was meant to. Yeah that’s not a sentence. Also there are a buncha covers.

The album, titled Others! Others! Volume 1 will be available for FREE download starting May 7th at the Quote Unquote Records site.  Not sure if the album title and album art are inspired by ABC’s LOST, but it would be cool if it were.

You can check out the tracklisting after the jump.

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After technical difficulties and a year and a half, Bomb The Music Industry! have released their latest album Scrambles.  Quote Unquote Records website has posted the entire album for download, as well as the band’s long-winded explanation of how they recorded the album, lyrics, and song notes.  This can be found here.

To download Scrambles, click here.

To buy Scrambles on CD/LP, both featuring a 32-page fanzine, click here.

Bomb The Music Industry! released Get Warmer in 2007 on Quote Unquote Records and Asian Man Records.

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Chris from the MN Ska forum for submitting this story!

Skacore legends Mustard Plug and partyboys Bomb The Music Industry! have released a 7″ split as a part of the Under The Influence series.  According to Vinyl Collective:

The series finds bands we love recording songs that have influenced their song writing. The artwork is being done by the very talented Mitch Clem and Nation of Amanda who have been asked to make their own renditions of the album art that the song being covered originally appeared. For this third release, Mustard Plug are covering “Waiting Room” by Fugazi and Bomb the Music Industry! are covering “Gold Soundz” by Pavement. The 7″s will come with a coupon that will allow you to download the tracks as mp3s. The 7″ will be pressed as an edition of 1,000 copies (300 on translucent light blue vinyl, 700 on Clear w/ Neon Green and Pink Splatter vinyl). The Under the Influence series will also be available at your favorite digital retailer the first week of December.

You can stream the songs featured on the split here.

Jeff Rosenstock of the ecclectic ska-punk band Bomb The Music Industry! posted recently on myspace some details for their forthcoming album, Scrambles.  They are reported to have entered the studio on October 4th and the album is due out January 20, 2009.  Check out the tenative track-listing after the jump.

BTMI! have just come off an East Coast tour with Shinbou in support of their 2007 album Get Warmer.  They will be performing at The Fest 7 in Gainesville, FL as well as touring the UK in January and February.

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