Santa Cruz’s hometown heroes, The Expendables, released their eighth studio album earlier this year and everyone at The Pier loved it. Now The Expendables have announced plans to hit the road in early 2024 with Tunnel Vision on the Pleasure Point tour. “Pleasure Point” harkens back to the quartet’s musical and geographical roots as a reggae/surf rock/punk-adjacent […]
The Grammy Awards have revealed the 2024 nominees, going head-to-head for the coveted trophies at the 66th annual ceremony. The votes and in and calculated and the nominees for the 2024 “Best Reggae Album” have emerged as follows: Buju Banton – Born For Greatness Beenie Man – Simma Collie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023 […]
Multi-platinum New Zealand singer-songwriter Sammy Johnson is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his now classic debut album ‘Prelude’. The album produced massive hits like “Give Me All,” “Don’t Say Goodbye,” and “Fall in Love” for Sammy, and it has become a streaming juggernaut with nearly 100,000,000 streams Australian native, Sammy Johnson (a.k.a Sammy J) embraces his Maori and Polynesian roots to create positive and uplifting […]
The Mad Caddies are one of the leading bands in ska and reggae punk. Their long career has taken them to all corners of the world. Now the time has come for the Caddies to travel to new shores with the release of their new album ‘Arrows Room 117’ which is being released jointly by SBÄM Records (Europe) and 55 Rose Records (USA). […]
Alternative band Katastro has released the music video for “Good Time,” their first new song since the tragic death of lead singer Andy J. Chaves. The “Good Time” video features footage of the band’s final days in the studio together before the loss of Chaves and also reflects on various milestones and good times throughout […]
Katastro’s legacy is now carried on by the surviving members. The world lost such a treasure Andy Chaves vocalist of Katastro. With their trademark strength, surviving members of Katastro are confronting this great loss. They have been working hard to create a masterpiece collective that will live forever. I’m sure just as Andy wanted, to […]
Grammy-nominated artist Matisyahu released his new single “Fireproof”. “Fireproof” explores the topics of perseverance and gratitude in times of trouble; a theme everyone, especially within his very prominently Jewish fanbase, can relate to with what is currently happening in Israel. “Fireproof” is the first taste of music off Matisyahu’s forthcoming Hold The Fire EP, due out February 2nd via his own label Fallen Sparks Records. “Fireproof” stems from a […]
Slightly Stoopid returns with their rhythmic and lustrous new single, “Got Me On The Run,” out today on Stoopid Records. The new track is a collaboration with longtime friends Pepper, and Stick Figure, who featured Stoopid on last year’s “Way of Life.” Both Stick Figure and Pepper will also be performing at the band’s sold-out Closer To The Sun destination festival […]
