Live: Slightly Stoopid, Barrington Levy (11-15-13)

Date: Friday, November 15th 2013 Line Up: Slightly Stoopid, Barrington Levy, Makua Rothman Venue: The Republik. Honolulu, Hawaii Slightly Stoopid played for a sold out crowd at the Republik in Honolulu before hopping over to Kauai and Maui. They are cruising with Barrington Levy and Makua Rothman while they raise money for the Danny Way [...]

MP3 Leak of the Week: Eek-A-Mouse

Tuesday Nov. 5th, Jamaica’s Eek-A-Mouse, born Ripton Joseph Hylton, released his 2 CD+DVD Reggae Anthology, aptly titled, Eek-Ology via 17 North Parade. It includes 33 songs, 1 of which includes his classic track “Ganja Smuggling” that we’re giving away this week for FREE!

Arise Roots Collaborates with Hirie

This passed October, yet another special Roots-Reggae collaboration took place at E.N Young’s Imperial Sound Recording Studio when Los Angeles’ Arise Roots traveled down to the San Diego based studio. The freshly recorded single is titled, “Cool Me Down,” and features the vocals of Hirie.

Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival

It’s time for the annual Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival. This weekend, many will head down to the beautiful Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park for what is sure to be an epic four-day dance party. In our purist of excellent live music, The Pier will be in attendance for the funky fall festival, […]

Video: Fortunate Youth – “One Love” (Raw Acoustic)

Back on August 23rd, during their tour with Iration & Through The Roots, Fortunate Youth linked up with our good friends at Vita Coco to film a raw, live, sidewalk acoustic session of FY’s song “One Love”. No microphones, just a straight live performance outside Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia, PA. You can read […]

In The Studio: Three Legged Fox

Three Legged Fox is a reggae rock/alternative band mostly based out of the Philadelphia, PA area. They have released three albums so far including IDEAS (2007), Not As Far (2009), and Always Anyway (2011). Their latest album, Always Anyway received great recognition as it hit #2 on the iTunes Reggae Chart. The band has toured [...]

Interview: Mike Pinto

Mike Pinto, Reggae-rock's beloved storytelling singer-songwriter, known for his writing ability and live performance, continues to draw fans in from all over the world. Mike Pinto touches reggae-rock-ska-surf as well as funk, folk, and soul. The Pier got the opportunity to meet with the multifaceted artist about his new album Truthful Lies, that was released [...]

November 2013 Album Releases

This lull between Halloween & Thanksgiving is the perfect time to either relax before the hectic holidays invade your life, or do a bit of early shopping. Whether you just want to lay back & listen to some new tunes, or get that perfect gift for a friend The Pier, has you covered with 10 […]