September 2011

Interview: Ballyhoo!

September 6, 2011

Before the first night of the “Last Calls and Liabilities Tour” headlined by the LAW Records' Pepper, Stoopid Records’ The Expendables and brand new additions to the LAW Records family, Ballyhoo!, The Pier was fortunate enough to catch up with Howi (Guitar/Vocals), Big D (Drums), Mista J (Bass) and Blaze (Turntables/Keys) from Maryland’s favorite reggae-rock [...]

Updated Concert Articles!

September 6, 2011

The Pier was in attendance for 3 different shows this last week. One featuring members of Big Mountain, then The Shoreline Jam Festival that had a line up of Pepper, SOJA, Iration, Tomorrows Bad Seeds and just yesterday, we covered the FIRST show of the Last Calls & Liabilities Tour with Pepper, The Expendables and […]

Live: Last Calls & Liabilities Tour

September 6, 2011

Date: Monday, Sept 5th, 2011 Line up: Pepper, The Expendables & Ballyhoo! Location: The Marquee Theatre. Tempe, AZ What: Last Calls & Liabilities Tour The characters were out at The Marquee Theatre, but Pepper was not wearing any costumes. Frankly, it would have been no surprise if Pepper pulled a “Chili Pepper” and went straight [...]

Tuesday New Releases

September 6, 2011

Just a reminder that in the music industry, Tuesday is the magic day for new releases. Sometimes, you’ll find yourself on a Tuesday staring at 4 solid new releases. Well Today is one of those days as we have highly anticipated new albums released by Ballyhoo!, Mike Pinto, Natural Vibrations and OutLaw Nation…

Interview: Mike Pinto

September 6, 2011

Mike Pinto is fresh out of the studio boasting a brand new 6 track EP titled The West Is Still Wild. It was recorded out of 17th Street Studios with producer/engineer Lew Richards out of Costa Mesa, CA. The EP has a few guest appearances including DeLa of Slightly Stoopid & Juan Rios of Seedless. [...]

Live: Shoreline Jam 2011

September 5, 2011

Date: Saturday, Sept 3rd, 2011 Line up: Pepper, SOJA, Iration, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Suburban Legends Location: Harry Bridges Memorial Park. Long Beach, CA It was Labor Day Weekend in Southern California where a great outdoor event called the Shoreline Jam in Long Beach, California took place. Bands included Pepper, Iration, SOJA, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, and [...]

Video: Easy Star All Stars – Cutting Edge

September 5, 2011

Here’s a dope acoustic video of Easy Star All-Stars up at the MoBoogie loft performing the song Cutting Edge. This was recorded back in October of 2009 and its a song not featured on any ESAS album. Enjoy the track & big up to MoBoogie Videos!

Updated Album Review

September 5, 2011

The Pier received a special treat with an album by Alific with his new release titled “Dub In The District”. Alific was a former member of Stick Figure for a few years and The Pier has reviewed his new album. Come check out what was said & the star rating it received…