How I Discovered Dirty Heads…

The Pier recently held a contest asking fans to email their stories of how they first discovered Dirty Heads. The best story received a pair of FREE tickets to meet Dirty Heads at Wakarusa Festival. Since so many great stories were told, we decided to share the top ones we received from that contest…

Rebelution’s Reddit AMA Recap

Eric Rachmany of Rebelution entered the internet for an interactive chat with fans on Reddit. Rachmany answered user submitted questions on topics ranging from the release of new music, canceling their Euro-tour, Sublime with Rome, the lead singer’s take on politics and the HBO show Silicon Valley.

Video: Hirie – Cali Roots Song 2015

The 6th Annual California Roots Music & Arts Festival has come and gone welcoming the countdown for the 7th annual festival for next May. Our friends at Bulldog Media shot a music video of HIRIE performing her custom Cali-Roots song during the festival. The video gives fans who were not in attendance, a taste of […]

Review: Morgan Heritage – Strictly Roots

Morgan Heritage - Strictly Roots Track Listing: 1.) Strictly Roots 2.) Child of Jah (ft Chronixx) 3.) Light It Up (ft Jo Mersa Marley) 4.) Rise And Fall 5.) Perform And Done 6.) So Amazing (ft Gil Sharone, J Boog, Jemere Morgan) 7.) Wanna Be Loved (ft Eric Rachmany of Rebelution) 8.) Why Dem Come [...]

MP3 Leak of the Week: The Expanders

On June 16th, The Expanders will release their new album Hustling Culture. This marks the 3rd studio album by the group and their first under Easy Star Records. Grab their new song “The Horse” for FREE one our homepage this week only. Read more about the group and album…

The Pier’s Album & Cover Art History

We’ve started a new publish with our Album & Cover Art History series. This is where we peel the curtain back at some of Reggae-Rock’s most iconic and influential albums with their aligning cover-art, album details, stories and facts…

3 Festivals In June To See Reggae-Rock

With events all over the place it is sometimes hard to pick which events to attend. For The Pier, we tend to choose events that are a bit top-heavy with the booking of reggae-rock bands. The Pier will be at many events this summer, but for the month of June we recommend checking out these […]

Live: J Boog & The Hot Rain Band (5-30-15)

Date: Sunday, May 30th, 2015 Line Up: J Boog, The Hot Rain Band, Westafa Venue: Hawthorne Theatre. Portland, OR Live: J Boog @ Hawthorne Theatre. 5-30-15 Following his appearance on stage with SOJA at the 2015 California Roots Festival, J Boog was eager to get back on the road with The Hot Rain Band and [...]