Dirty reggae superstars The Aggrolites are back out on tour on the West Coast to promote their recent live album Unleashed LIVE Vol. 1.  Check out the live video for “Jimmy Jack” from the album.  The video was recorded at The Roxy Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) & The Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, CA).  There will be 2 more videos released in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned for more AGGRO!

You can watch the video on YouTube HERE

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

Brand new video for a brand new song from the upcoming brand new album from LA’s dirty reggae band The Aggrolites!  The song “Complicated Girl” is off the new record Rugged Road, which set to be released on February 22nd and is produced by Craig “DubFader” Welsch (Slightly Stoopid, John Brown’s Body, 10 Ft Ganja Plant).

You can check out the video on YouTube HERE

The Aggrolites are on tour!  The red-hot SoCal soul-reggae group recently played a show at Club Soda in Montreal, CA.  This is a video from that show and features the band’s song “Feelin’ Alright.”  Big thanks to Ska Montreal for posting this video!

You can check out the video on YouTube HERE.

The weather is warming up here in Minnesota meaning that Summer is right around the corner.  It also means that the Music In The Zoo summer concert series put on by our friends at Sue McLean & Associates and Subway is ready to kick off.  This concert series takes place at the Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater in Apple Valley, MN from June 6th to August 20th and features numerous national bands from various musical styles and genres (including a Hanson reunion!)

There are typically a ska band or two thrown in the mix, but this Summer there seems to be a bunch of different ska and reggae groups playing:

Friday, June 25th — The Wailers, The Aggrolites
Wednesday, June 30th — Buckwheat Zydeco, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Thursday, July 22nd — Squeeze, The English Beat
Saturday, August 7th — Jimmy Cliff

Tickets for these shows and any other Music In The Zoo concerts can be purchased HERE.  Stay tuned to MNSKA for chances to win tickets to these one-of-a-kind shows!

Here’s an exclusive clip of The Aggrolites performing their song “What A Complex” from The Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration DVD.  The DVD with bonus CD hits stores Tuesday, March 30th.

To find out more about the DVD, click HERE

Los Angeles band The Bullets describe themselves as L.A. Oldies meets reggae.  They are starting to get a bit of buzz around the southern California music scene.  Roger Rivas (organist for The Aggrolites) is one of the founding members of this band.  In this promo video, you hear from the guys themselves what sets them apart in the L.A. scene.  I look forward to hearing more from these guys in the future.

Thanks to Musical Occupation for the video link!

The newest reggae-rocksteady group to come out of Los Angeles, CA are The Bullets, formed by Roger Rivas, the organist from The Aggrolites.  The Bullets, featuring members of bands like Ocean’s 11 and Irie Beats, have major influences from oldies music but fuse it with some signature reggae and soul.  The above video is from their live debut performance.

You can download the song “Viva Torido” by The Bullets HERE or stream it below:

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Pictures have now been posted from the Aggrolites, Void Union and Prizefighters show from June 14, 2009.  The show was a phenomonal success and more of giant party than a concert.  The Varsity Theater in Dinkytown (Minneapolis, MN) hosted the shindig and it was great to see so many people groovin’ and dancin’ to the reggae and rocksteady music.  A DJ spun reggae and soul records in between sets so that the party was never dulled.  This party was a great way to kick off the Twin Cities summer season.

Big thanks to Degross Punk Photography for shooting these great pictures!  Check them out HERE.  You can see more after the jump.

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Hellcat Records artists The Aggrolites have a brand new album IV that drops TODAY!  The above video is a webisode produced and directed by Jay Mack Arnette II that lets the band explain in their own words what the new record is all about.  It contains 21 tracks and clocks in at a whopping 79:52, squeezing as much dirty reggae goodness as possible onto one CD!

Be sure to check out The Aggrolites at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, MN on Sunday, June 14th with special guests Void Union and MNSka band The Prizefighters.