Asian Man Records band Classics of Love have released a new single “Castle In The Sky” from their upcoming debut full-length album.  The band features members of punk band Hard Girls and Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Common Rider).  The video is directed by Bob Vielma.  You can expect the new album to drop on February 14th, 2012.

You can watch this video on YouTube HERE

Hey everybody!  It’s Courtney from MNSKA.com informing you all that I will be out in San Francisco this week for the Asian Man Records 15 Year Anniversary.  Owner Mike Park has put together 10 shows in 5 days featuring old and new bands from the Asian Man Records roster.  Some of the very first (and best) ska and punk I ever listened to will be reuniting and playing, including Slapstick, MU330, The Chinkees, Slow Gherkin, Buck-O-Nine, The Queers, Classics Of Love, and The Lawrence Arms.  My goal is to blog from San Fran, giving you all some video and first-hand accounts from the week-long fest.

I will also be trying to score interviews with bands and fans from the shows for The Flyover Ska Show podcast.  So please stay tuned to MNSKA.com for more details!

Hey there MNSka peeps!  It’s a relatively quiet weekend for the ska round these parts (although Panel of Experts are supposed to be playing at the 7th Street Entry tomorrow night, I haven’t found any evidence to back it up).  Plenty of MNSka kids are road-tripping to Chicago for The Slackers show on Saturday.

Next weekend, though, is gonna be filled with fantastic shows!

It all gets going Thursday night with two great shows.  At 9 p.m., local ska/reggae/soul septet The Prizefighters play at Stasiu’s Place in Minneapolis alongside ska-rockers Panel of Experts.  The cost is $5.  At 9:30, then, at the Uptown Bar, ska-punk trio Hardcore Crayons takes the stage alongside Guzzlemug, Bouncer Fighter, and Anders Ponders.  This show is FREE, so check it out if you wanna see four great bands and don’t have much money to spend.

If you’re in the Mankato area on Friday night, then, you can see the Crayons again, this time with The Style Biters, The Body Politic, and Gumbi at the What’s Up Lounge.  The music starts at 6 and the cost is $5.

If you’re in the cities on Friday night, then you are also in luck!  Mike Park, of Asian Man Records and several great California ska bands, is playing an All Ages show at the Triple Rock along with Classics of Love (consisting of Park and several members of seminal ska-punk band Operation Ivy) and The Evening Rig.  Music gets going at 5, and tickets are $10.

There are no shows on Saturday, but there’s one last one on Sunday.  In place of the originally planned Ska Prom 2009, Duluth ska-rockers Mikey Talented are coming to the cities to play.  The All Ages show at The Red Sea Bar also includes The Brilliant Beasts, The Oh Eeks!, and Licker; while these bands aren’t ska, they are a nice collection of indie and rock bands.  Doors open and 5 and cover is $5, so come on out and check the awesome variety of this show!