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Get ‘em while you still can! Tickets for the Summit Brewing 25th Anniversary Party just went on sale today and are expected to sell out fast! Don’t delay; buy them today! Only $12 for one hell of a party. Click below for the link:

http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/53581?utm_medium=bks

The Prizefighters play first, right at 11am, so get there early and start your day off right by getting drunk before noon and dancing to reggae! You’ll probably also get a prime parking spot, too.

Now get your tickets before it’s too late!

Hey everybody!  We are pleased to announce that we will be playing at the Summit Brewing 25th Anniversary Party on Saturday, September 10th!  The event will be held at the brewery in St. Paul and will also feature big-time local music groups like Solid Gold, X Boys, Pert Near Sandstone, and Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles.  DJs from Hotpants will be spinning rare soul and deep funk throughout the party and the event will be emceed by DJ Mark Wheat from 89.3 The Current.  We will keep you filled in on the details as it gets closer to the date.  In the meantime, check out Summit’s website for more info.

Related show

• Artist: The Prizefighters
• Date: Saturday, September 10th 2011
• Time: 11:00am
• City: The Prizefighters in Saint Paul, MN
• Venue: Summit Brewing
• Country: US
• Admission: $12
• Age restrictions: 21+
• Notes: SUMMIT BREWING 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY! with Solid Gold, X Boys, Pert Near Sandstone, and Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles
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Our very own Aaron Porter sat down with Manual Dexterity Music Zine for a nice long interview.  They chatted about the history of the band, the writing/recording process for the creation of Follow My Sound, the new band lineup as well as the ska scene in Minnesota.

You can check out the entire interview HERE

Our album Follow My Sound was recently reviewed in the international ska zine Rocking Steady!  In their glowing, yet honest review, they said:

“(Follow My Sound) is stylistically somewhere between Madness, Intensified, and Hepcat.  What you have here is an honest-made ska sound, straight from the heart, from Ska to Reggae and back!”

You can check out the rest of the review as well as the entire latest issue of Rocking Steady HERE

We are loading up our cars for a weekend of ska, rocksteady, and reggae!  We set up a mini-tour with our friends in Chicago reggae-soul band Deal’s Gone Bad and Wisconsin pop-ska band Something To Do that takes us to Milwaukee’s Bay View Brew Haus on Friday night.  Doors are at 9pm for that 21+ show.  It’s our first show in Milwaukee so please introduce yourselves and welcome us to Brewtown!

Saturday night, we return home to Minneapolis to our favorite club, the Triple Rock Social Club for an 18+ show.  We’ll be sharing the stage again with Deal’s Gone Bad and Something To Do, but we may even have some special guests join us on stage.  Doors are at 9 pm, get there early since we are playing first for this one.

Hope to see you at the shows this weekend!

Our debut album Follow My Sound was recently reviewed on Musical Occupation, a blog dedicated to ska and reggae music.  Andrew Barker gave a warm review of our album, saying:

The more I’ve listened to this album I have grown to really enjoy it. The band has a funky groove that makes for some good time music…it is a solid album, full of gruff, yet catchy dirty reggae, and ska tunes.

You can read the entire album review HERE

Be sure to order our album from Jump Up Records!

Our very own Aaron Porter has been flexing his DJ muscles lately.  Not only does he have a monthly residence spinning Jamaican 45s at Grumpy’s Bar in downtown Minneapolis, he was also recently a guest on Rude Radio, a weekly ska radio show on Radio K (KUOM University of Minnesota).  Helping out with the annual pledge-drive, Aaron played an all-vinyl set featuring his own collection of ska, reggae, and rocksteady gems.

You can stream the whole episode over at Radio K

Our very own Aaron Porter was a featured guest on this week’s episode of “Roots Rock Rebel,” a ska and reggae radio show out of Montreal, CA on CKUT 90.3 FM.  Host Aaron Lakoff chats with Aaron Porter about the new Prizefighters album Follow My Sound, describes the band’s sound and history, and comments on the local ska scene in Minnesota.

You can download the episode directly right HERE

Making his way across radio airwaves near and far, Aaron will also be on “Rude Radio” on Radio K in Minneapolis, MN this Sunday, April 17th!

Members of The Prizefighters – media darlings Aaron, Jordan, and Tim – were featured in The Oracle, Hamline University’s newspaper recently.  The guys chatted in an interview about the formation of the band, their humble beginnings at Hamline, and the debut album Follow My Sound.

You can read the entire article HERE

Just Announced! This Sunday at the Cabooze, The Prizefighters will be opening for 2-Tone legends The English Beat! Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door. This show will likely be sold out, so if you don’t want to buy tickets online, make sure to show up early and get a healthy dose of The Prizefighters and oversized Red Stripes!

This show will also be the debut of our new drummer, Eric. He’s been laying it down at rehearsals like he was born to play ska and reggae, so we’re all excited to have him on board! Come out and give Eric a warm Prizefighter welcome, and enjoy yourself on a lovely Sunday night in Spring. More info on the SHOWS page.

Related show

• Artist: The Prizefighters
• Date: Sunday, April 3rd 2011
• Time: 7:00pm
• City: The Prizefighters in Minneapolis
• Venue: Cabooze
• Address: 917 Cedar Ave
• Venue phone: 612-338-6425
• Country: US
• Admission: $20
• Age restrictions: 21+
• Notes: Opening for The English Beat!!!
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