1. Everyday is Sunday 2. Don't You Want a Man 3. Don't Forget the Streets 4. Estranged 5. Stars 6. Leave Me 7. Eviction 8. Happy Song 9. Self-Medication 10. Don't Have To 11. Walking with Myself 12. Sing Your Song
From Bag of Toys Myspace: Bag of Toys is planning their first tour of the Southeast in late May or June and we need your help!! There are many ways you can assist, such as:
1. Recommending the cities you think would be best for Bag of Toys to play in (right now we're only considering the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida).
2. Tell us which venues we should target (500 person capacity rooms or less)
3. Even better...let us know if you have any connections at places we would do well, such as fun little bars on the beach. Names, emails, phone numbers...etc of people you know that book bands at fun venues. Anyone that sends us valuable, useful info will be hooked up with some Bag of Toys goodies, including a signed copy of our new album to be released in April/May!!
We love you and will hopefully see some of you out east soon.
880 South is working up a early April CD Release Party for the album Youth Bus Sessions Vol 1. This show is going to be ginormous and we're super excited because we're doing something very innovative and promising with this show. Let's just say for once instead of the fans taking care of us. We are going to return the favor. Stay tuned folks.
The Pier chose Ballyhoo!'sCheers as the Most Anticipated Album of 2008 and to celebrate its arrival next month The Pier is having a Ballyhoo! extravaganza!
The week of fun (starting 10 March) will include:
- A brand new in-depth Interview with vocalist/guitarist and rock legend Howi (dropping insights on the new album) - Exclusive Cheers Album Review/Preview - Ballyhoo! Giveaways and more!
Redeye Empire has been added to the upcoming Spring Pepper/Iration Tour. Click the link below to go check out the dates and see if the tour is coming to a town near you.
Surely one of the fastest rappers in the game, Dirtball has dropped a download mix-up featuring some new songs from his forthcoming album Crooked County on his MySpace RIGHT HERE.
Bands to play this year's Warped Tour (I have bolded the ones worth checking out, haha):
3OH!3 whole tour The Academy Is... whole tour A Day to Remember jun 20 - jul 20 Against Me! whole tour Aggrolites whole tour Alesana whole tour The All-American Rejects jun 20 - jun 29 All That Remains jul 22 - aug 17 All Time Low jul 22 - aug 17 Anberlin jun 20 - aug 17 Angels and Airwaves whole tour As I Lay Dying jun 20 - jul 18 The Audition jwhole tour August Burns Red jun 20 - july 6 Automatic Love Letter jul 17 - july 27 Beat Union whole tour Bedouin Soundclash jul 3 - jul 17 Between the Trees whole tour Bouncing Souls jul 16 - jul 25 The Briggs whole tour Bring Me the Horizon jul 22 - aug 17 Broadway Calls whole tour The Bronx whole tour Charlotte Sometimes whole tour Cinematic Sunrise jul 10 - jul 16 Classic Crime jul 27 - aug 17 Cobra Starship whole tour The Color Fred whole tour Confide jul 22 - aug 17 Danger Radio jul 19 - aug 8 / aug 9 - aug 18 The Devil Wears Prada whole tour The Dillinger Escape Plan jul 9 - jul 15 Dr. Manhattan jul 22 - aug 17 Evergreen Terrace whole tour Every Avenue jul 9 - jul 26 Everytime I Die whole tour The Fabulous Rudies whole tour Family Force 5 whole tour except 6/19, 6/20, 6/26, 7/2, 7/12, 8/8 Forever the Sickest Kids jun 20 - jul 6 / jul 7 - aug 17 Four Year Strong jul 19 - aug 17 From First to Last whole tour GBH aug 6 - aug 17 Greeley Estates whole tour Gym Class Heroes whole tour The Higher jun 20 - jul 20 Horrorpops whole tour The Human Abstract jul 22 - aug 17 Jack's Mannequin jul 1 - jul 20 Just Surrender jul 9 - jul 26 Katy Perry whole tour The Lordz whole tour Ludo jul 22 - aug 17 Madina Lake jul 9 - jul 25 The Maine jun 20 - jul 18 / aug 9 - aug 17 Mayday Parade whole tour Maylene and the Sons of Disaster jun 20 - jul 18 MC Chris whole tour The Morning Light jul 28 - aug 6 Motion City Soundtrack jul 29 - aug 17 MURS whole tour Norma Jean whole tour Oreska whole tour Paramore jul 1 - jul 6 Pennywise jul 15- jul 22, jul 24, jul 29 - aug 3 Pierce the Veil whole tour The Pinker Tones whole tour Protest the Hero whole tour Reel Big Fish whole tour Relient K whole tour Rise Against aug 6 - aug 17 The Saint Alvia Cartel jul 9 - aug 3, aug 13 on Say Anything whole tour The Secret Handshake jun 30 - jul 9 Set Your Goals whole tour Shwayze whole tour Sick City jul 19 - jul 20, aug 6 Sky Eats Airplane jul 27 - aug 17 Stick to Your Guns jun 20 - jul 6 Story of the Year whole tour Street Dogs whole tour The Vandals aug 6 - aug 17 We the Kings whole tour
Tour Schedule: 4/09 - Honolulu, HI - Pipeline Café 4/12 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 4/13 - Whistler, BC - Telus Ski Festival 4/14 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room 4/15 - Calgary, AB - MacEwen Ballroom 4/18 - Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater 4/19 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy 4/21 - Boise, ID - Big Easy 4/23 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst 4/25 - Indio, CA - Coachella 4/26 - Scottsdale, AZ - McDowell Mtn Music Festival 4/29 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues 4/30 - Austin, TX - Stubbs 5/02 - New Orleans, LA - Jazzfest 5/03 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street
An all new album is to drop June 1st. Over an hours worth of material. Check out Deadman Relay MySpace for more info on this awesome band and some new music.
Ok well we have been getting many questions regarding the live DVD so hopefully this clears it up. We now have a LIVE DVD recorded at Backstage Werk on May 15th 2007, it will be for sale at all upcoming European tour dates. We finally got them in about a week ago. At this time they are only available at the concerts and not in stores yet!
So check it out. State TV did a pretty nice job with it. The crowd was absolutely insane! The European tour has been once again amazing! Thanks to all of the fans everywhere!
Official Track Listing for When Angels & Serpents Dance
1. Addicted 2. Shine With Me 3. Condescending 4. It Can't Rain Everyday 5. Kaliforn-Eye-A ft. Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies 6. I'll Be Ready ft. The Marley Sisters 7. End of the World 8. This Ain't No Ordinary Love Song 9. God Forbid ft. Page Hamilton of Helmet 10. Roman Empire 11. When Angels & Serpents Dance 12. Tell Me Why 13. Rise Against
May 7 2008 Tavastia Helsinki, FINLAND May 9 2008 Tyrol Stockholm, SWEDEN May 10 2008 Mejeriet Lund, SWEDEN May 11 2008 Columbia Club Berlin, GERMANY May 13 2008 Live Music Hall Cologne, GERMANY May 14 2008 Muffathalle Munich, GERMANY May 15 2008 Arena Open Air Vienna, AUSTRIA May 16 2008 Rock Cafe Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC May 17 2008 A 38 Budapest, HUNGARY May 19 2008 Volkshaus Zurich, SWITZERLAND May 20 2008 Musicdrome Milan, ITALY May 22 2008 Le Ninkasi Kao Lyon, FRANCE May 23 2008 Apolo Barcelona, SPAIN May 24 2008 Live Madrid, SPAIN May 25 2008 Bilborock Bilbao, SPAIN May 27 2008 La Maroquinerie Paris, FRANCE May 28 2008 AB Brussels, BELGIUM May 29 2008 Melkweg The Max Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS May 31 2008 Mean Fiddler/Astoria 2 London, UK Jun 1 2008 ABC Glasgow, UK Jun 3 2008 Academy 1+2 Manchester, UK Jun 4 2008 Academy Birmingham, UK Jun 5 2008 Academy (Formerly Spirit 57) Dublin, IRELAND
Bad Brains' latest album Build A Nation will be released as a 4 x 7" vinyl box set on April 01st through Megaforce. The effort will feature the album itself spanning 3 colored 7"s and one 7" vinyl picture disc with one previously unreleased bonus track.
The Street Pharmacy is a four piece reggae rock band from Welland Ontario. The band consists of Ryan Guay (vocals/guitar), Nate Triano (guitar), Brandon Ventresca (bass) and Danial Fretz (Drums). In 2006, after several years of playing with in an assortment of different rock, punk and hardcore bands, these four friends decided that it was time to write some songs with a fresh reggae sound.
Look for an album review online later this week and in the meantime check out the band's MySpace page RIGHT HERE
1. (Intro) As Long As We Can 2. One Reason 3. Faith And Hope 4. Something To Live For 5. All We Need 6. The Western World 7. We'll Never Know 8. Confusion 9. Nothing To Lose 10. It's Not Enough To Believe 11. You Get The Life You Choose 12. Affliction 13. Brag, Exaggerate & Lie 14. Die For You
Fayuca has posted a short song (Letting The River Sleep) on the band's MySpace page. It is just a little experiment Gabriel put together in the studio.
Now, this song will only be up for today and tomorrow, so make sure to stop by and take a listen RIGHT HERE.
Exciting news! This Monday, February 25, is the official launch date of the OFFICIAL 3RD ALLEY STREET TEAM MYSPACE! From this site, you can gain access to the latest news along with some tasty free merchandise. For SERIOUS 3rd Alley supporters only though, because we are going to need YOUR help in promoting 3rd Alley as much as possible. So please, if you are eager to help, jump on board!
Also, there is a great new gydget that was just added to the 3rd Alley Myspace. It lists show dates, videos and blogs and is available for ANYONE to put on their Myspace or Facebook. So show some love and support, GRAB IT, and put it on your page!
Join the 3rd Alley Street Team and thanks for your support!
Apr 11 2008 7:00P Orpheum Theater Flagstaff AZ Apr 12 2008 7:00P Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque NM Apr 13 2008 7:00P Club 101 El Paso TX Apr 16 2008 7:00P House of Blues - Dallas TX Apr 17 2008 7:00P Stubbs Bar-B-Q Austin TX Apr 18 2008 7:00P White Rabbit San Antonio TX Apr 19 2008 7:00P Warehouse Live Houston TX Apr 21 2008 7:00P House of Blues LAKE BUENA VISTA FL Apr 22 2008 7:00P The Moon Tallahassee FL Apr 23 2008 7:00P The Venue Gainesville FL Apr 24 2008 7:00P 40 Watt Club Athens GA Apr 25 2008 7:00P House of Blues North Myrtle Beach SC Apr 26 2008 8:00P Dana Center-Bentley College Waltham MA Apr 27 2008 7:00P Bogart’s Cincinnati OH Apr 28 2008 7:00P Mr. Smalls Theatre Pittsburgh PA Apr 29 2008 7:00P Revolution Hall Troy NY May 1 2008 7:00P Higher Ground - Ballroom South Burlington VT May 2 2008 7:00P Webster Theater Hartford CT
The Pier's favorite UK reggae punk band Captain Bud has posted a new demo, West Coast Girl on its MySpace page. Go check out the sweet track RIGHT HERE.
Kottonmouth Kings w/ the Expendables, and The Dirtball 4.17.08 Karma Victorville, CA
Kottonmouth Kings w/ the Expendables and The Dirtball 4.18.08 The Rainbow Ballroom Fresno, CA The 4/20 Xperience Kottonmouth Kings w/ Unwritten Law, the Expendables, and The Dirtball 4.19.08 The Joint Las Vegas, NV
The 4/20 Xperience Kottonmouth Kings w/ Hed PE, the Expendables, and the Dirtball 4.20.08 The Grove Anaheim, CA
Slightly Stoopid will be playing at a brand new music festival this summer! The Rothbury Festival, the next evolution of music festivals, will be taking place July 4th weekend in Rothbury, MI. Hosted at the one-of-a-kind Double JJ Ranch, the unique festival site offers trails, forests, fields, lakes and beachfronts, and even on-site lodging, bars and eateries. The four-day, environmentally sustainable music and camping festival promises to be an inspiring cultural assembly; one where music fans, artists and progressive thinkers gather to celebrate much more than music.
Slightly Stoopid will be joining a great group of artists for this weekend of music. Other acts throughout the weekend include The Mars Volta, Dave Matthews Band, 311, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Beautiful Girls, State Radio and many more.
1st Annual Rothbury Festival July 3-6, 2008 @ Double JJ Ranch - Rothbury, MI Tickets On Sale WED FEB 27 @ 12:00pm EST For ticket info and complete line-up, please visit www.rothburyfestival.com
World Exclusive - Outlaw Nation 'Blood Money' Review
Click the pic for the first online review of Outlaw Nation's Blood Money, dropping on Stoopid Records March 13.
This Sunday The Pier will also feature a FREE five track MP3 Exclusive Sampler of the album. So make sure to check back to be the first to get a taste of new Outlaw Nation.
New album review for 86 the Effort (MP3 Leak of the week) online too.
What's up people? Well today is the last day in the studio. Josh and Marshall are watching the "Oxygen" network and are quite into it. I'm eating some twizzlers and Chris D. is working his magic on the new record. Tonight we're finally going to hit up the city and see if we can't get into some trouble or at least get arrested. You all be easy. Until next time, Peace- The Pier can't wait for this to drop.
Colorado's The Language has posted a few new tunes for download on its MySpace page. You can check them out RIGHT HERE. The Hardest Hitter is a personal fav.
Pepper is only one of the bands featured on the upcoming album, Spirits in the Material World: A Reggae Tribute to the Police.
The tribute album will also feature Toots & The Maytals, The Wailing Souls, Joan Osborne, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jr. Reid (Black Uhuru/Mims), Ali Campbell of UB-40, Gregory Isaacs, Horace Andy (Massive Attack), Inner Circle and more. The compilation is due for release on February 19.
You can check out the skanking Fear of Rejection (complete with horns) on the band's Facebook page RIGHT HERE.
Plus here is the track-list to the forthcoming album Cheers:
1 The Friend Zone (Boner) 2 Somewhere Tropical 3 Everything 4 Phantoms 5 The Fool 6 Paper Dolls 7 Cheers! 8 The Struggle 9 Waiting 10 Freestyle 11 Body Parts 12 Pathetic 13 Saw Her Standing 14 Just A Head 15 Close to Me 16 Fear of Rejection 17 Thanks for the Good Times 18 Drag
Mar-14-08 @ Basecamp Pavilion - Ski Tour - Sun Valley, ID Mar-16-08 @ The Norva Theatre - Norfolk, VA Mar-17-08 @ Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA Mar-01-08 @ Wilma Theatre - Missoula, MT Mar-03-08 @ The Canyons - Park City, UT - Free Show
Outlaw Nation has announced that they will be giving out FREE CD'S of their new CD Blood Money (Stoopid Records) to all ticket buyers for their shows in Virginia and Mississippi. More dates may get this GREAT OFFER in the near future!!! So please keep your eye on the Outlaw Nation MySpace for more shows and more FREE CD offers!
These are the two shows !!
MARCH 9th, 2008 The Jewish Mother Virginia Beach, VA www.thejewishmother.com www.myspace.com/thejewishmother www.inticketing.com www.quivaproductions.com BUY TIX @ http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=22865
MARCH 13th, 2008 The Bottling Company Hattiesburg, MS www.thebottlingco.com www.myspace.com/thebottlingco
Oregon reggae rock act Rootdown has made the song, Police in Helicopter available for download on its MySpace page RIGHT HERE. Go check this song out. It is pretty tight.
Click the pic to check them out plus more awesome concert shots from bands like Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, Fishbone, Dogboy, Mike Pinto and more.
Just when you think The Pier can't give anymore... FREE compilation album of all your favorite 'Pier' bands coming next month. Time to start getting excited.
US 14 Feb 2008 Middle East- Boston, MA 15 Feb 2008 Luna Lounge- Brooklyn, NY 16 Feb 2008 The Space- Hamden, CT
Europe 27 Feb 2008 Groovestation- Dresden, Germany 28 Feb 2008 Rock Café- Prague, Czech Republic 29 Feb 2008 Gala Hala- Ljubijana, Slovenia 1 Mar 2008 Sublime- Aflenz, Austria 2 Mar 2008 Schützi- Olten, Switzerland 3 Mar 2008 Arena- Vienna, Austria 4 Mar 2008 Feierwerk- Munchen, Germany 5 Mar 2008 Underground- Cologne, Germany 6 Mar 2008 Hafenklang- Hamburg, Germany 7 Mar 2008 Skankers Club- Copenhagen, Denmark 8 Mar 2008 Travastia- Helsinki, Finland 10 Mar 2008 Lido- Berlin, Germany 11 Mar 2008 Alte Malzerei - Regensburg, Germany 12 Mar 2008 Kulturzentrum Schlachthof- Wiesbaden, Germany 13 Mar 2008 Landespavillion- Stuttgart, Germany 14 Mar 2008 Santiago Alquimista- Lisbon, Portugal 15 Mar 2008 Rude Cat Festival- Girona, Spain
US Self Medication Tour 10 Apr 2008 Castaways- Ithaca, NY 11 Apr 2008 Café Campus- Montreal, Canada 12 Apr 2008 Casbah- Quebec City, Que 15 Apr 2008 Vinyl- Guelph, Canada 16 Apr 2008 Lee’s Palace- Toronto, Canada 17 Apr 2008 Call the Office - New London 18 Apr 2008 Blind Pig- Ann Arbor, MI 19 Apr 2008 Reggie’s Live Rock- Chicago, IL 20 Apr 2008 Grog Shop- Cleveland, OH 26 Apr 2008 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
May 1-May 14 California Tour! 1 May 2008 Delta Room - San Diego 2 May 2008 House of Blues - Anaheim 3 May 2008 TBA - Los Angeles 9 May 2008 Slims - San Francisco tenative pacific northwest dates tba
Pennywise in the Pacific - Japanese & Aussie Tour Dates
Apr 5 2008 - PUNKSPRING 08’ Oska Zepp Osaka, Osaka Apr 6 2008 - PUNKSPRING ’08 @ Tokyo Makuhari Mesee Chiba City, Tokyo Apr 9 2008 - The Riverstage Brisbane Botanical Gardens Brisbane, Queensland Apr 11 2008 - Luna Park Sydney, New South Wales Apr 12 2008 - Luna Park Sydney, New South Wales Apr 13 2008 - Festival Hall W. Melbourne, Victoria Apr 14 2008 - The Barton Theatre Torrensville Adelaide, South Australia Apr 16 2008 - Robinson Pavilion/Claremont Show Grounds Perth, Western Australia
Check out the album title song Cheers posted on the band's MySpace RIGHT HERE.
Ballyhoo! Vocalist/guitarist Howi told The Pier this about the song:
"There is a song I'm pretty excited about. It's called Cheers and it is a big thank you and acknowledgment to all the fans and friends we have met touring and for all the hospitality we have received. People let us sleep on their couches, eat their food and drink their beer and pretty much do anything we need when we are on the road. For a touring band it is hard and any help you can get is much appreciated.
There have been a handful people that have been very good to us, so I thought I should write a thank you to the fans and now friends just for them. The tentative title for it was Irish Power Ballad. The song feels exactly as that sounds. Just picture yourself with a mug of beer and you are swinging back and forth singing to an Irish drinking song and it's also a power ballad. Very like wearing leather pants, you're on fire and there is thunder and lightning. If that makes any sense?"
Not really Howi (lol), but when you hear the song it makes perfect sense.
The new compilation is to be titled Poetry in Motion, with a late April/early May release date planned.
As first reported in The Pier's Most Anticipated Albums of 2008, this CD will include NEW & UNRELEASED MUSIC from such bands as: Dirty Heads Chapter 11 Ballyhoo! Bredrin Daddys The B Foundation Fayuca Close Enough RAC Dub NoNeedz Mike Pinto w/ Special guest appearances by LuLu, Big Nes & more.
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