MNSKA is proud to announce the big show happening at The Cabooze in Minneapolis on Sunday, April 3rd. Legendary band The English Beat are making their return to the Twin Cities for a big 21+ event, brought to you by Sue McLean & Associates! In honor of the show, we here at MNSKA are giving away a pair of tickets!
All you have to do is email mnskanews@gmail.comwith ‘The English Beat’ in the subject line and I will draw a random winner on Friday, April 1st! Make sure you include your full name in the email. Stay tuned to MNSKA.com for details about this show!
You can purchase tickets for this show HERE (oh, too cool to enter our contest?)
MNSKA band GOULASH has just released their first music video! The video, for the song “Birdies” on their Good Luck Knowing You EP, was filmed at their show in January at TheCabooze in Minneapolis. The video was put together by Chris Glenn of Blue Lamb Media Group.
MNSKA reggae-rockers GOULASH invited Jam’s Space’s Jim Dupont into their practice space. Jim shot this video of the band performing their song “Freaks” from their Good Luck Knowing You EP. GOULASH will be headlining a show at The Cabooze tomorrow night, with T.U.G.G., Mikel Wright & The Wrongs, and Just Add Water.
Jim Dupont, friend of MNSKA and the force behind Jam’s Space, is putting on a big show at The Cabooze in Minneapolis on Thursday, January 13th! MNSKA band GOULASH will be headlining the 18+ event which will feature special guest performances by WI reggae rock band T.U.G.G., Mikel Wright and The Wrongs, and MN band Just Add Water.
Doors open at 8:30 pm and tickets are only $6 at the door. There will be tons of giveaways including merchandise from Jam’s Space, GOULASH, Northern Pine Longboards, and Positive Island Vibrations PLUS lift tickets and festival passes from Pow Wow in the Pines Music Festival.
For more information and to RSVP, check out the Facebook event HERE
Courtesy of Jim Dupont from Jam’s Space comes this video of MNSKA band Jon Wayne and The Pain at their show at The Cabooze on December 15th, 2010. The band is performing the song “Divided Ska.”
MNSKA reggae-jam band Jon Wayne and The Pain recently opened for Pepper at The Cabooze in Minneapolis, MN. This is a video, courtesy of Jim DuPont over at Jam’s Space, of the band performing their song “Relax Myself Inside.”
The latest rising star in the reggae-jam scene is Huntington Beach, CA’s The Dirty Heads who are bringing their sound to Minneapolis tonight at The Cabooze. This band was deemed one of the best bands in 2010 according to Rolling Stone magazine. I will be at the show tonight which features Minnesota reggae bands like New Rebelution and GOULASH. The show starts at 8pm and is 18+. Buy your ticket at the door and avoid all the Ticketmaster charges!
Louisiana reggae-rock band Outlaw Nation is returning to the Twin Cities for the Out On Bail 2010 Tour! A couple months ago, this band came to town on tour with Fishbone and The English Beat at The Cabooze in Minneapolis, MN. This time, they are headlining an 18+ show at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis TOMORROW NIGHT! Doors open at 8 pm for this Tuesday night show.
You can get your Outlaw Nation tickets ahead of time HERE
You can get their latest album New Day out on Stoopid RecordsHERE. It features appearances by Miles Doughty (Slightly Stoopid), Angelo Moore (Fishbone) and Dave Wakeling (The English Beat), so go get it!
MNSKA reggae stars Jon Wayne and The Pain have posted another new ska track “Move Away” off their upcoming album Follow Through. You can stream the song FREE or download it for $1 HERE.
Jon Wayne and The Pain will be playing their CD Release Show for Follow Through at The Cabooze in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday, May 15th. The show will be 18+ with the doors opening at 9pm.
Our friends over at Citypages have posted a slideshow of photos taken by Steve Cohen at last Thursday’s show featuring The English Beat, Fishbone, and Outlaw Nation at The Cabooze in Minneapolis, MN. A packed house cheered on the bands with sweaty fervor, a real highlight coming at the English Beat’s “Mirror In The Bathroom” encore with Angelo Moore from Fishbone on sax.
You can check out the photos from the concert HERE.