Archive for August, 2009

Most of us have heard the audio from this amazing concert at the LA House of Blues where the Long Beach Dub Allstars supported the Born Jamericans. Now you can check out some of the footage below:

Look for Sacred for Sale, the new album from Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds to drop this Fall. Stay tuned for more details!

Sublime with Rome, will play its first official gig with a new vocalist as part of the Smokeout Festival, to be held Oct. 23-24 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, Calif.

Slipknot, Deftones, Cypress Hill, Geto Boys, Goodie Mob, Pennywise, Redman & Method Man, Kottonmouth Kings, Dirty Heads and Bad Brains, among others, will perform across three stages at Cypress Hill’s revamped event meant to raise awareness about the cannabis counter-culture.

P-Nuckle – No Justice

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New single from the band’s forthcoming album, Stand Up & Bitch.

Sometimes the moment of clarity becomes something continual, rather than an instant. For Denver rock reggae/ska outfit, P-Nuckle, that evolution is about to be more apparent than ever. A matured sense of lucidity, coupled with the experience of a musical career spanning over a decade, has the group poised and ready for national ascent. Known for a dedicated passion for delivering messages of hope and triumph over adversity has allowed the band to cultivate an extremely loyal fanbase; one that is sure to grow with the release of the band’s fourth studio album, Stand Up and Bitch.

To find out more information about P-Nuckle, CLICK HERE to check out the band’s MySpace page.

To celebrate The Pier’s upcoming interview with Skunk Records founder Miguel, here is Sublime performing an extended version of Saw Red with Gwen Stefani, courtesy of Eric Keyes.

Huntington Beach’s Pacific Dub’s first full length release (Fire Eye) is now available online HERE. Look for an upcoming review and interview very soon on The Pier.

Take a listen to Stick Figure’s dubbed out live version of Half Pint’s classic track, Have a Little Faith in Me.

Progressive reggae band John Brown’s Body will make its UK and New Zealand live debuts this fall, first with a 16-show run supporting label mates Easy Star All-Stars in the UK in October, then with a lengthy NZ tour in November. The New Zealand tour is part of an exciting foreign exchange: from September 10 – 25th, new Easy Star label mates The Black Seeds, one of New Zealand’s top acts, will make their North American debut opening for JBB at 11 shows across the U.S. Then, The Black Seeds return the favor in November by bringing JBB to their home country to open for them.

Coinciding with these tours will be an exclusive Tour Blog here at The Pier, with both JBB and The Black Seeds contributing and providing behind the scenes access to both US and NZ tours.

Also don’t forget to check out The Pier Compilation Volume 1, featuring new tracks from both bands!

The Expendables start recording its new album tomorrow with producer Paul Leary (Sublime, Pepper & Slightly Stoopid). Check out drummer Adam Patterson in the Big Fish Studios in San Diego below.

The Aggrolites had just added a U.S. fall tour with shows on the West Coast, Southwest and Midwest that also includes two festivals. Check out the dates below.

August 28 – Reading, England – Reading Festival

August 29 – Isle of Wight, England – Planet Ice Arena

August 30 – Leeds, England – Leeds Festival

September 6 – Los Angeles, CA – Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary @ Club Nokia

September 18 – Santa Barbara, CA – West Beach Music Festival

October 2 – Lompoc, CA – The Wicked Shamrock

October 3 – San Clemente, CA – OC Tavern

October 4 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Hotel’s Wasted Space

October 6 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre

October 8 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway Club

October 9 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest @ Subterranean

October 10 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest @ Subterranean

October 13 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater

October 14 – Houston, TX – Meridian

October 16 – Tucson, AZ – Plush Lounge

October 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia – with The Pogues

October 21 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre – with The Pogues

October 22 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House

November 27 – Solana Beach, CA – The Belly Up

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86 the Effort – Quit Your Job! (coming soon to The Pier Store)

Meet Me at the Pub – Tall Can Wednesday

Hailing from the UK, Natty has already graced the stages of Glastonbury, Bestival, End of the Road and O2 Festivals. The reggae roots performer just dropped his debut album Man Like I. It’s an understatement to say The Pier was immediately impressed.

Check out the video below for his first single, July and CLICK HERE to go take a look at his MySpace to hear some more tunes. This is some good stuff.

From The B Foundation:

We are stoked to let everyone know that we signed a deal with Fuel Records/EMI and they will be releasing Souvenirs Novelties and Party Tricks. Thanks to all of you that picked up our album while it was out for three weeks in July! We kicked off at number two on the reggae charts on iTunes!! We’re hoping for the same kick off when Fuel releases it on Sept 1st!

It’s going to be available on iTunes and through our merch store at bigcartel.com. September is only a digital release and by the end of the year they will be available in retail stores. We still have some first pressings that are available at CDbaby.com, but there are only a few hundred left so if you are one of the fans who wants the CD without the label imprints than go get it now! We are stoked to welcome Fuel and EMI to our family and we hope you will pick up the album on Sept 1. If you already did we are going to need all new reviews for iTunes. Much respect to The Pier!!!