Boston, MA reggae/soul band Westbound Train is back in the Twin Cities tonight for an ALL AGES show at the Triple Rock. Show starts at 5pm and features the Fear Nuttin Band, MNSka rocksteady band The Prizefighters, and MNSka youngsters Small Kitchen Appliances. Here’s a WBT video to get you in the dancin’ mood:
Westbound Train has posted their new album Come and Get It for streaming over at the Vans Warped Tour website. The album drops tomorrow (April 21, 2009) on Hellcat Records. To stream Come and Get It, head over HERE.
Be sure to catch Westbound Train on May 8th at the Triple Rock with special guests Fear Nuttin’ Band, The Prizefighters, and Small Kitchen Appliances and also on the Warped Tour this summer.
Boston ska group Westbound Train are set to release their latest album Come and Get It on April 21, 2009 on Hellcat Records. The album was recorded in Brooklyn, NY over a two week time period and was produced by Dave Hillyard of the Slackers. There will be 2 CD release shows at the Middle East in Boston, MA on April 24th and 25th. Look for the band this summer on the Vans Warped Tour on the Hurley.com stage.
You can check out their song “Check The Time” here.
The band released Transitions in 2006.
I know it seems like next summer is a lifetime away, especially since we just got a half-foot of snow the other day, but there is already some news regarding Vans Warped Tour 2009. Tom Rowles of NotMTV caught up with Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and got him to leak some information regarding the tour. Notable ska bands have already been confirmed, including Big D and the Kids Table and Westbound Train. Other artists Lyman unveiled were Anti-Flag, Bouncing Souls, Chiodos, Flogging Molly, Lights, NOFX, POS, Shooter Jennings, TAT, The Devil Wears Prada, and Underoath.
Lyman also discussed the changes to expect from the 2009 tour. Plans include to condense the number of stages and having only 1 main stage. Set times, which were traditionally 30 minutes, will be extended to 40 minutes. I have always thought that the Warped Tour sets were too short for the bands that I like and this might give them an opportunity to play some new material.
You can check out the Kevin Lyman interview video after the jump.
