Boston’s own Mighty Mighty Bosstones have recently announced dates for Hometown Throwdown 12, their annual holiday concert series in Boston, MA.  This year’s festivities will kick off at the House of Blues in Boston on December 26, 27, and 28.  Tickets are $25 and will go on sale to the general public this Saturday, October 31 at 10 am EST.

If you are on the Bosstone’s mailing list, they will be emailing a secret presale link which will begin Friday, October 30th at 6pm EST.  Tickets will be limited!

To tide over your Bosstone’s excitement, the band has released another free song to download off their upcoming album Pin Points and Gin Joints.  To download the song “Too Many Stars,” go HERE.  The promo code is PRESALE.

As we posted earlier, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are back in action with not 1, but 2 new releases; the brand new full-length album Susquehanna and the ska collection Skaboy JFK.  Right here on MNSka.com, you can stream the songs “Hi and Lo” and “2:29.”  As singer Steve Perry explained in his recent interview, he originally wrote the song “Hi and Lo” for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.  When they decided they didn’t want to use it, Perry recorded it with CPD for the new album.

“Hi and Lo” from Susquehanna

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“2:29″ from Skaboy JFK

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You can download the song “2:29″ HERE.  Stay tuned to MNSka.com for a chance to win signed CD’s, 7″s, signed posters, stickers and all sorts of other goodies from the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies courtesy of Rock Ridge Music.

Free publication from the Twin Cities metro area, Citypages, wrote a venomous editorial regarding the Toasters show at the Triple Rock last Thursday, October 22nd.  The column opens with some biting comparisons:

Columbus brought smallpox to the New World. Enola Gay brought the A-bomb to Hiroshima. And The Toasters brought third wave ska to the United States.

Calling American ska music “one of the great musical disasters of the 20th century,” David Hansen goes on to describe it as a mere fashion trend and painted ska-influenced bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones as unforgiveable.

It is clear that Hansen doesn’t really know much about ska music’s past or present based on the unnecessary smearing that takes place in his article.  What is unclear is how this got past his editor and why he wrote it in the first place.  Citypages is a publication that promotes local shows, but this article seems to be an attempt to dissuade music lovers from attending the show.  Not only that, there were 3 local MNSka bands on the bill who had the privilege of playing with one of their musical idols and influences.  If the goal at Citypages is to promote local shows, they missed the mark.

To read the full article, go HERE.

To read a much different take on the Toasters’ tour, go HERE.

Boston Ska-core legends the Mighty Mighty Bosstones announced today that their new album, Pin Points and Gin Joints, will be released soon.  When a release date is announced, we’ll get that for ya too.

If you want to hear a preview of what the new album’s gonna sound like, go to the Bosstones’ Myspace to download a free copy of the song “Graffiti Worth Reading.”

Ska-punk veterans the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have entered the recording studio to create their follow up to Medium Rare.  The band’s Twitter account reads:

Our old friend JG (played on Toxic Toast) is ripping it up on the Hammond organ in the studio today… The record is sounding great!!!

You can follow the band’s Twitter account to hear about Dicky Barrett’s sprained ankle and how Buck-O-Nine are a bunch of beer theives.  Check out the sweeeet tweets HERE.

As previously reported, Boston Ska-Core pioneers The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are all set to begin recording a brand new album.  According to their new Twitter page, the Bosstones have finished the pre-production process, have trimmed the song list from 25 to 16 songs, and will begin recording within the next day or two.   On July 1st, bassist Joe Gittleman posted a picture on his Photobucket account of the master song list for the new album:

Exciting stuff, huh?  Sounds like there’s going to be lots of good stuff to look forward to on this album.  Interestingly, it appears the Bosstones’ reworking of “Impossible Dream” will not be included on the album, nor will the new song “Impossible Dream” that the band debuted on election night last November.

The plaid clad ska-punkers Mighty Mighty Bosstones have long been a force in the American ska world.  Lead singer (and announcer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!) Dicky Barrett co-hosts an episode of the Adam Carolla podcast show.  Adam Carolla (of Loveline and The Man Show fame) chats about how he met the Bosstones and began their long-running, twisted friendship, 80′s punk music, and gay-friendly steakhouses.

Check out the podcast HERE

It appears that legendary ska-core band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are recording a new album.  They posted the following blog entry on their myspace today:

“Lately we have been busy writing and recording music for a new MMB record. Two of the songs, “Impossible Dream” and “next To Nothing” will be released next month on a limited edition 7″ on our own Big Rig Records (500 on black, 500 on white). We added these two songs to the player TONIGHT in order to commemorate and celebrate this historic election. Enjoy!”

The last album the Bosstones  realeased was 2002′s A Jackknife To A Swan on independent label Side One Dummy Records, just before they went on hiatus.  It appears the new album is set for release sometime next year.  More details to come!

Poster for Hometown Throwdown 11

Legendary Boston Ska-Core band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones announced earlier today their plans for the 11th Hometown Throwdown, their yearly concert event that takes place at the Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub in Cambridge Massachusetts.  They also announced a new ticket selling system that will hopefully cut down on ticket scalping, which caused a number of irritations at last year’s Throwdown.  This year’s Throwdown is the second in as many years for the Bosstones, who reunited in 2007 after a four year long hiatus that started in 2003.

This years dates and times for the Hometown Throwdown (all times Eastern):

Tickets will go on sale Friday at 10:00 am (presumably, also Eastern time).