Concert Reviews

Date: Saturday, June 11th, 2011 Line up: Simple Green, EN Young, KORA Location: Del Mar. San Diego, CA What: Electro-beat funk reggae rock On Saturday, June 11th, Kora played at an outdoor lounge area located at the Del Mar Marriott in San Diego, California. Gracing the U.S. with their first tour, Kora from New Zealand [...]

Date: Thursday, June 9th, 2011 Line up: Northwest Sons, Natural Heights, and Rian B and The Roosters Location: Winstons. San Diego, CA. 21+ On June 9th, Northwest Sons, Natural Heights, and Rian B and The Roosters played at Winston’s in San Diego, California. This bar is located in Ocean Beach, a well-known beach town for [...]

Date: June 4th, 2011 Location: @ Marquee Theater. Tempe, AZ Line-Up: Tribal Seeds, Through The Roots, Fayuca & RAC The temperature might have read 107 degrees, but the heat was turned up even higher inside the Marquee Theater Saturday night in Tempe, AZ. After all, the bill was loaded with hot roots, reggae-rock bands heating [...]

Date: May 15th, 2011 Location: @ The Knitting Factory. Reno, NV Line-Up: Pepper & Iration The Biggest Little City in the World was one of the stops on the Pepper and Iration Tour. At just one and a half years young, the new Knitting Factory in downtown Reno, NV was packed with young concert goers, [...]

Date: April 21st, 2011 Location: @ The Belly Up. Solana Beach, CA Line-Up: Iration, Mike Pinto & Lexo The Great What: Fresh Grounds Tour Located a block up from Pacific Coast Highway in beautiful Solana Beach, CA, David Norris, Brendon Davis & myself made our way to the internationally acclaimed Belly Up Tavern for a [...]

Date: April 8th, 2011 Location: Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom. Denvery, CO. Line-Up: John Browns Body, Katchafire, Tatanka On Friday April 8th 2011 The Pier attended an evening full of dub, reggae and dancehall by way of Tatanka, Katchafire and John Browns Body in Denver, Colorado at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom. Each band playing that night brought a [...]

Date: April 1st, 2011 Location: The Soundwave. San Diego, CA Line-Up: Natural Vibrations, Tribal Theory, Fortunate Youth, Kahi Lofa Hailing from Hawaii, Natural Vibrations came to Southern California to bring some classic island-reggae. They made three stops, including Hollywood, Hermosa Beach, and San Diego. The Pier checked out the sold-out show in the Mission Beach [...]