Song Premiere: Iration – “2GÜD2BTRÜ”

May 18th, Iration will begin their summer tour with Dirty Heads, The Movement and Pacific Dub. They will also release their 5th studio record, a self-titled release with 17 brand-new songs and we’re honored to have the first official leak of their new song “2GÜD2BTRÜ.”

Slightly Stoopid’s 2018 Summer Tour with Stick Figure & Pepper

Following the details of our 2018 Most Anticipated Albums feature, the School’s Out For Summer tour just became that much more anticipated considering that all three bands will likely be promoting brand new albums, or at the very least, performing brand-new songs. Furthermore, it gives fans a chance to see some on-stage collaborations considering that […]

Behind The Beat: Understanding Ethan Tucker

In May of 2015, Olympia, WA's singer-songwriter Ethan Tucker released his last studio album Misunderstood, a 14-track record produced by Beastie Boy's Mario C., featuring a guest appearance by Michael Franti. Ethan first showed up on our radar back in October of 2009 when we published a live video of him performing "Morning Time." The [...]

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 [...]

Coming Soon: The Pier’s 2018 Most Anticipated Albums

On Thurs., January 4th, 2018, we will publish The Pier’s 2018 Most Anticipated Albums. This is the time of year we get to anticipate and discuss upcoming albums from some of our favorite bands in Reggae-Rock. We’re compiling all of the information from the bands about their new releases for one big convenient read…