"880 South has signed an exclusive record deal with Dub Rock Records in partnership with their own label Park Ave Sound.
Due to the nature of this record deal 880 South has rescheduled the release of "Youth Bus Sessions Vol. 1" for August 9th 2008. The original release date was April 11th 2008. This postponement is carried out in order to provide nationwide distribution, and also regional and national touring exposure. 880 South will also be working on their 3rd album effort this summer titled "Youth Bus Sessions Vol.2."
Dub Rock Records is an Independent Record Label that establishes itself from Northern California and is a sub-company of Left Coast Boardwear. Focusing on the sub genres of Dub-Rock, Reggae Rock, Alternative Reggae and Reggae/Ska itself. Dub Rock is also exclusively working with California natives "The Hold Up" for a release for the summer of 2008.
March 28th - The Fillmore in San Francisco w/The Expendables (all ages) March 29th - University of Pacific in Stockton (all ages) April 11th - 710 Beach Club in San Diego w/Natural Incense (21+) April 19th - University of Washington in Seattle (all ages) April 20th - Neumos in Seattle w/Trolls Cottage and Panda Conspiracy (all ages) April 26th - Chapman University in Orange (all ages) April 27th - Guam Pacific Islands Reggae Festival in Las Vegas w/SOJA and others (all ages) April 30th - Club Red in Tempe w/SOJA (21+) May 2nd - Canes in San Diego w/SOJA (21+) May 4th - Malibu Inn in Malibu w/SOJA (all ages) May 5th - The Graduate in San Luis Obispo w/SOJA and Resination (18+) May 7th - SOhO in Santa Barbara w/SOJA (21+) May 11th - Slims in San Francisco w/SOJA (all ages) May 31st - World Beat Center in San Diego (all ages)
Below is the band bio and link to its MySpace page:
BIO Renegades. Militants. Social Changers. Living Stone is nothing ordinary. Spawned from the fusion of street & reggae in 2000, Living Stone has risen to play with the likes of Midnight, Groundation, Rufus Troutman, Christafari, ’Imisi, Priesthood, Propaganda (of The TunnelRats), Red Cloud & DJ Wise. Hailing from Riverside, CA...one might ask, "how can American Reggae offer anything worth listening to?" With Jamaica’s SoundSystems leaning towards dancehall music, one must search elsewhere for true roots reggae. Living Stone is a creative answer-- paying homage to all reggae legends who paved the way before them.
The lucky winners from our Ballyhoo! contest should have been notified by email by now. We had an overwhelming response and it showed there is much love for Ballyhoo! out there.
By all accounts the CD release party in Maryland last night was a huge success with over 800 people in attendance. Awesome.
Remember to pre-order the band's new album Cheers, by clicking on the image below.
California rip-hop hybrids the Kottonmouth Kings are preparing to take fans through a psychedelic journey with the release of the Kottonmouth Xperience 2.
This 2-disc CD/DVD combo takes 15 tracks of classic Kottonmouth Kings and puts them through a blender to create some of the most insane re-mixes by some of today's hottest underground producers.
The DVD portion of this mash up release is sure to give fans a one-way ticket to the Kottonmouth Kings stoney utopia. Each track has been taken and been re-created in a visual format that takes the music to a higher level.
The punk/hip-hop crossover game is about to be re-mixed with a California twist, hand rolled and delivered to you by the Kottonmouth Kings.
From all accounts Ballyhoo! represented strongly and rocked like a motherf@#ker at the 311 shows!!! Click the pic to check out some YouTube vids of the shows!
The good news is though, The Pier has just upgraded its servers to more kick ass ones!!!!
So that means more yummy content coming soon:
- Starting off with The Pier Spring Sampler for download in a couple of weeks - New Pier Message Board for music discussion and bands to post show details - More Music and Video Downloads - hopefully for full live shows and more!
So for the one day of inconvenience we should get a lifetime of a lot more Pier fun!!!
3/19 - Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds 3/21 - Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar 3/22 - Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ 3/23 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live 3/25 - Albqueque, NM - Launchpad 3/26 - Pheonix, AZ - Brickhouse Theatre 3/27 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club 3/28 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore 3/29 - Hollywood, CA - The Roxy TIX ON SALE NOW for ALL SHOWS!!!
So I've been working on a new album and I thought I'd give some updates. I've been working with some different producers: Factor from Saskatoon, Canada; Monsuier LeRoc from Brooklyn/Germany; and Nature Boy from Long Beach; plus I'm producing some stuff myself. I've got four songs almost completely recorded, and at least five more songs that are written but I still have to record them. I'm hoping to have the album done this summer and released by the winter.
I put one song, "Go Down" up on my site (Josh Fischel MySpace). I'm only gonna leave it up for a few hours cause it's pretty rough right now but I thought I'd at least give you a taste of what I've been up to.
To help celebrate Ballyhoo! Week @ The Pier, the band is generously giving away Prize-packs containing an Autographed Cheers CD/T-shirt/Sticker to three of our lucky Pier readers.
To enter all you need to do is email THE PIER HERE telling us what your favorite Ballyhoo! song is!
Terms & Conditions This competition is for the US only Prize packs will be sent out after 25 March 08 Competition closes Sat (15 Mar) 5pm pst Winners will be drawn at random and advised by email
When it is an interview with Pennywise (Randy Bradbury) and the interviewers are Pilipo from The Pier (who will ask all the relevant new album questions etc) and the other is Mudd from Long Beach Records/Falling Idols/Music Legend (a long time friend and band mate of Randy to get in and ask all the fun/personal stuff).
This is one classic interview dropping here at The Pier in a couple of weeks.
Saturday May 3rd @ The Jumping Turtle in San Marcos Sense Boardwear Reggae/Hip Hop Party 21+ $8.00 (pre-sale available) Reggae-Hip Hop w/music by: Chapter 11 Close Enough (new band feat. NoNeedz) 2 Party buses from Long Beach & Riverside will be chartered.
Then...
Sunday May 18th @ Tyson Park in Oceanside,CA. Sense Boardwear 4th Annual BBQ @ The Beach! FREE & ALL AGES! w/Live Acoustic Music from: Dirty Heads Fayuca RAC Close Enough (w/NoNeedz) & more to be announced.
These are going to be wicked and you never know Pilipo from The Pier may just pop up!
Fishbone is one of the best live bands in the world, and their first official live DVD&CD (The Pier edit: not true) will be soon produced by Ter a Terre: the 23rd of April, they will shoot the show of Fishbone in Bordeaux, France. This CD/DVD, produced by Stephan Kraemer (Yann Tiersen, Watcha, Pleymo...) will be released worldwide in November 2008.
As it is 3.11.08, 311 again today played one if its marathon special 311 day shows in New Orleans. No new songs were played, but the band did bust out a Steve Miller Band cover of The Joker.
The big news from the event was that it was announced that 311 and Snoop Dog would be touring together this summer.
Mar 19 2008 The Shore Hermosa Beach, California Mar 21 2008 Prophet Bar Dallas, Texas Mar 22 2008 Stubb’s BBQ Austin, Texas Mar 23 2008 Warehouse Live Houston, Texas Mar 26 2008 The Brickhouse Phoenix, Arizona Mar 27 2008 The Canyon Club Agoura Hills, California Mar 28 2008 OC Tavern San Clemente, California Mar 29 2008 Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, California Apr 19 2008 The Clubhouse Tempe, Arizona
March 13th The Babylon Club Fresno, CA March 14th Spanky’s Bar Cotati, CA March 17th Betty’s Rock Bar Walnut Creek, CA March 18th Grant and Green Saloon San Francisco, CA March 21st Jimmy Z’s Everette, WA March 22nd The Bit Saloon (7:30 pm!) Seattle, WA March 22nd Cedarwood Dome Tacoma, WA March 26th Past Time Club Truckee, CA March 27th Last Day Saloon Santa Rosa March 28th Nick’s Night Club Chico, CA March 29th The Blue Lamp Sacramento, CA April 3rd Crossroads Fresno, CA
To help celebrate Ballyhoo! Week @ The Pier, the band is generously giving away Prize-packs containing an Autographed Cheers CD/T-shirt/Sticker to three of our lucky Pier readers.
To enter all you need to do is email THE PIER HERE telling us what your favorite Ballyhoo! song is!
Terms & Conditions This competition is for the US only Prize packs will be sent out after 25 March 08 Competition closes Sat (15 Mar) 5pm pst Winners will be drawn at random and advised by email
The fun kicks off tomorrow night with an Exclusive MP3 Leak of a 5-track Ballyhoo! Cheers Sampler. This will be your first chance to hear Paper Dolls, Body Parts and more.
The rest of the Ballyhoo! week looks like this:
Monday - Ballyhoo! Giveaway Announcement Wednesday - Brand new Interview with Howi and Mista J Friday - Cheers Album Review/Preview Sunday/Monday - Backstage Report of Ballyhoo!'s shows opening for 311
Next week is going to be huge! Also if you haven't already you can preorder Cheers right now from Resin Music.
No Stress Express Tour w/ The Yellow Wall Dub Squad
Wed. April 16 - The Dub Club (@ The Ex-Plex) - Los Angeles,CA Thurs. April 17 - The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano Fri. Aprl 18 - The Malibu Inn - Malibu, CA Sat. April 19 - World Beat Center - San Diego, CA Sun. April 20 - Moe’s Alley - Santa Cruz, CA Mon. April 21 - TBA - San Francisco, CA Tues. April 22 - Caspar Inn - Caspar, CA Wed. April 23 - Mt. Tabor Legacy - Portland, OR Thurs. April 24 - Nectar Lounge - Seattle, WA Fri. April 25 - The Top Hat - Missoula, MT Sat. April 26 - Zebra Lounge - Bozeman MT Sun. April 27 - The Star Bar - Park City, UT Mon. April 28 - Monk's House Of Jazz - Salt Lake City, UT Wed. April 30 - The Summit - Durango, Colorado Thurs. May 1 - Belly Up Aspen - Aspen, CO Fri. May 2 - Cervantes - Denver, CO Sat. May 3 - Trilogy Lounge - Boulder, CO
This is the finalized line-up of bands that will be featured on The Pier's first compilation album. This FREE digital album will drop later this month and come complete with artwork and the works.
We want this thing to spread like wildfire across the web. And you can all help by posting banners (that we will provide) and by spreading the word. We CAN make a difference in raising the profile of our favorite bands and we all benefit as they can then tour and record more etc.
So with no more time wasting here is the bands to be featured.
Drum roll please... The Pier Spring Sampler will feature latest and unreleased music by:
Ballyhoo! The B Foundation Dirty Heads 3rd Alley 880 South Rebelution Can't Hang Outlaw Nation The Bredrin Daddys Mike Pinto Iration Chapter 11 Stick Figure Gadfly Hor!zon Stone Senses High Tide Close Enough RAC Duddy B from (Dirty Heads)
Pretty sick hey? Drop us a comment on our Pier MySpace page and let us know what you think!
Mar 14 2008 Private show Offshore bar ST.Thomas,USVI Mar 15 2008 The Offshore Bar ST.Thomas,USVI Mar 16 2008 The Carribean Saloon ST.Thomas,USVI Mar 17 2008 The FrontYard St.John,USVI Mar 22 2008 Beach Side Tavern W/ Skif Dank New Smyrna Beachside, Florida Mar 28 2008 Mr G’s West Palm beach, Florida Apr 11 2008 The Social (All ages) Orlando, Florida Apr 11 2008 The Social 18+ Orlando, Florida Apr 12 2008 Market street pub Gainesville, Florida Apr 15 2008 Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas Apr 20 2008 Gothams San bernardino, California
What better way to spend your Spring 2008 then a date with Australia’s The Beautiful Girls? We are proud to officially announce the first ever, national headlining tour of the US, with some special stops in Canada. This 22-city tour will feature songs from the entire TBG catalog including songs from the latest release Ziggurats and classics from Learn Yourself, Water and We’re Already Gone. Joining TBG on this tour will be Backyard Tire Fire, Virginia Coalition and Matt Jennings on various dates. More opening acts on different legs will be announced soon.
April 2 – Sullivan Hall, New York City April 3 – North Star Bar, Philadelphia April 4 - Harper’s Ferry, Boston April 6 – El Mocambo, Toronto April 8 – Schuba’s Tavern, Chicago April 9 – 400 Bar, Minneapolis April 11 – Bluebird Theater, Denver April 14 – Chop Suey, Seattle April 15 – Richard’s on Richards, Vancouver April 16 – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland April 17 – The Independent, San Francisco April 18 – SoHo, Santa Barbara April 19 – Winston’s, San Diego April 20 – Malibu Inn, Malibu April 23 –Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana April 24 – The Brickhouse, Phoenix April 26 – Cambridge Room @ House Of Blues, Dallas April 27 – Stubb’s BBQ, Austin April 30 – Vinyl, Atlanta May 1 – The Social, Orlando May 2 – Sunfest, West Palm Beach May 3 – Orpheum, Tampa
Unwritten Law will be filming its upcoming March 7th, 2008 performance at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA for an upcoming live DVD release later this year through Suburban Noize Records.
Also Stick Figure's fantastic sophomore album, Burnin' Ocean is finally available on iTunes. It's the 18th most downloaded reggae album this week!!! Click the icon!!!
Hey guys, I've just been listening to the instrumental tracks on our upcoming album, and they're sounding really good. The tracks are way more complex than on our previous record and the addition of live keys and percussion are definitely a plus. Jordan and I might have to redo some vocals to make the songs really come alive, but all in all, I am really excited about the work we have done.
I am so ready for this thing to be finished, and can't wait to release it. I think we have found a drummer and bassist and are itching to start touring again. shouldn't be too long now. Thanks for hanging in there with us.--Josh
If you haven't heard yet, ex-Rebelution member Matt Velasquez has started a new project titled Drum Major Instinct. Be sure to check out its MySpace page RIGHT HERE.
FREE to The Pier readers and the world - The Pier's first compilation album!!!
Featuring new music from 20 of your favorite rock 'n' reggae bands, such as: The B Foundation Dirty Heads Ballyhoo! 3rd Alley 880 South Rebelution and 14 more kick ass bands.
Look for the complete line-up to be announced March 7!
Let us know what you think and who you want to see represented!
