Video: Ethan Tucker – “Never Be”

With a new album expected in 2018, Ethan Tucker is putting an exclamation-point on his 2015 record, Misunderstood, by releasing the music video for “Never Be.” Directed by Garret Laver, the video had been shelved for more than a year with inspiration coming from the phrase “I’ll Never Be Fooled Again.” Ethan Explains: “The song […]

MP3 Leak of the Week: Destroy Babylon

On June 2nd, 2017, New Hampshire’s Destroy Babylon released their latest album, titled Shapeshifters. While preparing for our 2018 Most Anticipated Albums feature, we came across their other project, Flying Vipers, who plan to release a new record this year — That dialogue led to us featuring “Judgement” by Destroy Babylon…

Kash’d Out’s New Single “On and Off”

Kash’d Out was one of my personal favorites of 2017 with their record The Hookup. The album was released via Law Records back on May 26th and to kick off 2018, the band has informed The Pier they have a brand new song with “On and Off.”

The Ries Brothers On Tour with G. Love & Special Sauce

Riding the wave of success from the release of their debut album The View From the Outside, The Ries Brothers have announced that they’ll be kicking off the new year in style, hitting the road with G Love & Special Sauce on their 25th anniversary tour.

2018 Most Anticipated Albums

Welcome to The Pier's 2018 Most Anticipated Albums! If 2018 is any extension of where 2017 ended, then we're sure to see more strategic releases aimed toward building streaming numbers, which down the road may not include full-length albums. Bands are taking notice to a drop in MP3 downloads among fans who are switching to [...]

Tash Sultana’s Meteoric Rise to Perform at Coachella & Governors Ball

It’s hard to find a musician who had a better 2017 than Tash Sultana. In the blink of an eye, the incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist and singer from Melbourne, Australia has gone from busking street corners and playing small music clubs, to selling out practically every show she plays around the world. Sultana’s chops on the […]

New Long Beach Dub Allstars Music After 16 Years

Before 2017 came to an end, Long Beach Dub Allstars released new music for the first time in 16 years around an evolving line-up that was only punctuated by the live performances that closed out the year. All of this sets up for an exciting 2018 that sees the group eyeing to release a full-length […]

311’s Live Shows to Start 2018 Is Late 90’s Nostalgia

I’m a y-millennial that was still in High School in the late 90’s, early 2000’s. It was back then that my regular circles of live shows included, among many other groups, 311, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Save Ferris, and Zebrahead. So you can’t blame me when I had to double-check what year it was after […]