Constant touring partners Reel Big Fish and Streetlight Manifesto are making a stop in Minneapolis on Thursday, December 8th at The Cabooze.  The show is the rare 16+ variety, with doors at 6pm and music starting at 7pm.  The bill also includes guests Lionize, Rodeo, and Ruby Love.  Tickets are $20 in advance and $23 at the door.  Rude Radio (Radio K) is sponsoring this event, so listen at radiok.org for your chance to win tickets!

If you just want to order tickets now, you can buy them HERE

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Orange County, CA’s long-running third wave ska group Reel Big Fish, who are about to resume their US/Europe tour, released an official announcement today:

We have some bittersweet news to officially announce that some have already known or figured out regarding Scott Klopfenstein, trumpet player and background vocalist of Reel Big Fish. He and his wife are expecting their first child and he has decided to retire from touring to dedicate his life to raising a family. Out of respect, to allow a solid decision we felt it was best to hold off on sharing the news until Scott was ready to give a full statement. We all wish him and his family happiness and continued success.

This leaves only 2 founding members of Reel Big Fish left in the current version of the band: frontman Aaron Barrett and trombonist Dan Regan.

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Orange County ska superheroes The Aquabats have a brand new 3 song EP dropping on November 9, 2010.  The EP is entitled Radio Down and the band has posted the title track on their MySpace page.  The band will be touring the country to promote the EP with Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends and the quirky MN duo Koo Koo Kanga Roo!  Unfortunately, the tour will NOT be heading through Minnesota.

You can listen to “Radio Down” HERE

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More Vans Warped Tour 2010 footage from Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN!  This one is of the perennial ska-pop all-stars Reel Big Fish playing the song “In The Pit” from their album Why Do They Rock So Hard? According to our own Pit Reporter, Patrick Larson, the crowd at the Main Stage to watch RBF was one of the largest of the day.  Big thanks to Patrick for shooting this video!

You can check out the video on YouTube HERE

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A couple years ago, Jive Records attempted to put out a Reel Big Fish Greatest Hits album without the band’s consent, a move which lead singer Aaron Barrett called a way to “cash in” on the band’s music due to the popularity of their self-released LIVE album.

A Best Of Us For The Rest Of Us will also include a separate 14-track “skacoustic” disc.

Check out the track listing after the jump.

A Best of Us for the Rest of Us

1. Sell Out
2. Take on Me
3. Beer
4. She Has a Girlfriend Now
5. Everything Sucks
6. Trendy
7. I Want Your Girlfriend to be My Girlfriend Too
8. In the Pit
9. The Set Up (you need this)
10. Somebody Hates Me
11. You Don’t Know
12. Suckers (this one’s for you)
13. Where Have You Been
14. Good Thing
15. Ban the Tube Top
16. Don’t Start a Band
17. Your Guts (I hate ‘em)
18. Another F.U. Song
19. New Version of You (new version)
20. Party Down
21. Slow Down (single version)
22. Brown Eyed Girl

Skacoustic

1. Sell Out (skacoustic)
2. Take on Me (skacoustic)
3. Beer (skacoustic)
4. She Has a Girlfriend Now (skacoustic)
5. Another F.U. Song (skacoustic)
6. Your Guts (i hate ‘em) (skacoustic)
7. Suckers (skacoustic)
8. Where have you been (skacoustic)
9. Don’t Start a Band (skacoustic)
10. S.R. (skacoustic)
11. 241 (skacoustic)
12. the Kids Don’t Like it (skacoustic)
13. Scott’s a Dork (skacoustic)
14. Nothin’ (skacoustic)

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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.

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“SPRING HEELED JACK IS BACK.”  These words were posted by Pete “JR” Wasilewski (Less Than Jake) on his blog (JR’S BLAHG).  After posting a brief history of the third-wave ska band from New Haven, CT, JR goes on to say that Spring Heeled Jack has a reunion show (or two) in the works for this year and they are currently beginning the booking process.  To celebrate this occasion, the band is re-releasing both of their albums, Static World View and Songs From Suburbia, on vinyl via Asbestos Records.

Spring Heeled Jack features members that have played in The Mighty Mighty  Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, and the Pilfers.  The band broke up in 2000 and played a benefit reunion show in 2002 to raise money for a scholarship fund in the name of their late drummer Dave Karcich.

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MNSKA.com is proud to present our latest contest courtesy of Rock Ridge Music.  The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies have released a brand new full length album Susquehanna and a compilation of all of their ska tunes called Skaboy-JFK.  In honor of this occasion, MNSKA.com and Rock Ridge Music are giving away both albums, along with an out-of-print signed 7″ vinyl split with Reel Big Fish entitled Vacationing In Palm Springs!

To enter the contest, simply email us at mnskanews@gmail.com and include Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Contest in the subject line.  When you enter the contest, you will also be added to the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies mailing list to keep you up to date on upcoming tour dates and events!

Grand Prize: A signed 7″ vinyl split with Reel Big Fish Vacationing In Palm Springs, Skaboy-JFK CD, and Susquehanna CD

Second Prize: Skaboy-JFK CD, signed Cherry Poppin’ Daddies poster, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies T-Shirt

Third Prize: Susquehanna CD, assorted Cherry Poppin’ Daddies pins and stickers

On February 1st, I will randomly select the winners.  What are you waiting for?  You gotta play to win!  Best of luck!

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The Vans Warped Tour is coming to Minnesota on Sunday August 1st at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN.  The only confirmed ska bands for that tour date is Deal’s Gone Bad and Reel Big Fish.  A current list of confirmed bands (and the dates they are appearing) can be found after the jump.

NOTE: Bands in BOLD are confirmed for the August 1st Minnesota Warped Tour Date

Ace Enders whole tour
After Midnight Project whole tour
AM Taxi whole tour
Anarbor whole tour
Alesana whole tour
Andrew WK whole tour
Artist Vs. Poet whole tour
Attack Attack! whole tour
Breathe Carolina whole tour
Breathe Electric whole tour
Bring Me The Horizon 6/24-7/30, 8/5-8/15
Call The Cops 6/24 – 7/18
Chaseband 7/22 – 7/26
Chase Long Beach 8/7 – 8/15
Closure In Moscow whole tour
Confide whole tour
Deal’s Gone Bad 7/26 – 8/2
Disco Curtis 7/20 – 8/15
Emarosa whole tour
Emmure whole tour
Enter Shikari 6/24 – 7/18
Every Time I Die 7/2 – 8/15
Eyes Set To Kill whole tour
Fake Problems whole tour
Far From Finished whole tour
Fight Fair whole tour
Flatfoot 56 7/11 – 8/2
Haste The Day 7/20 – 8/15
Hey Monday whole tour
Initials 7/29 – 8/8
In Fear and Faith whole tour
I See Stars 6/24 – 7/18
iwrestledabearonce 7/20 – 8/15
Last Call Chernobyl 6/27 – 7/10
Mayday Parade whole tour
Middle Finger Salute 7/11 – 7/26
Motion City Soundtrack 6/24, 6/27- 7/16
NeverShoutNever whole tour
Of Mice and Men whole tour
Parkway Drive whole tour
Pierce The Veil whole tour
Polar Bear Club 6/24 – 7/18
Reel Big Fish 7/13 – 8/15
Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band whole tour
Riverboat Gamblers whole tour
Set Your Goals whole tour
Sparks The Rescue 6/24 – 7/18
Speakeasy Tiger 6/27 – 7/6
Suicide Silence whole tour
Sum 41 whole tour
The All-American Rejects 6/24 – 7/18
The Cab whole tour
The Casualties whole tour
The Dillinger Escape Plan whole tour
The Frantic 6/27-7/8, 7/31
The Flatliners 7/9 – 7/18
The Rocket Summer whole tour
The Snips 7/9 – 7/10
The Swellers 6/24 – 7/17
The Summer Set whole tour
The Word Alive 7/20 – 8/15
Tip The Van 7/20 – 7/31
VersaEmerge whole tour
We Are The In Crowd whole tour
We The Kings 6/26 – 8/2
Whitechapel whole tour
You Me at Six whole tour

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I recently discovered that someone has uploaded an out of print VHS called The Best of 3rd Wave TV.  It features these fine US ska bands: Reel Big Fish, Mobtown, Let’s Go Bowling, Skankin Pickle, Easy Big Fella, Isaac Green and the Skalars, The Toasters, Big Rude Jake, Ruder Than You, Blue Meanies, and engine 54.

You can check out the ENTIRE 16 part series after the jump.

Part 2: Reel Big Fish

Part 3: Mobtown

Part 4: Let’s Go Bowling

Part 5: Let’s Go Bowling

Part 6: Skankin’ Pickle

Part 7: Easy Big Fella

Part 8: Isaac Green and the Skalars

Part 9: Isaac Green and the Skalars

Part 10: The Toasters

Part 11: Big Rude Jake

Part 12: Big Rude Jake

Part 13: Ruder Than You

Part 15: Blue Meanies

Part 16: engine 54

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