Editor’s Picks: Top Tunes of 2015

At the start of 2015, after publishing our 2015 Most Anticipated Albums feature, I was excited about new music dropping in the New Year. After hearing a couple albums with some key songs that I loved, I decided to dump those songs into a custom playlist titled Top 2015 Songs. To prevent a bloated playlist, [...]

Cali-Roots 2016 Artist Line-Up

The 7th annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival is on its way and the highly anticipated lineup announcements are underway. Festival organizers have announced almost all the performers expected to perform at this year’s festival, and the lineup so far coincides with festival organizers Dan Sheehan and Jeff Monser’s commitment to increasing diversity.

Stoopid Wins Big at San Diego Music Awards

Slightly Stoopid walked away with some top honors at the 25th San Diego Music Awards on Oct. 5, 2015 at Humphrey’s By The Bay. The group deservedly dominated with Album of the Year and Best Music Video by a San Diego Band. The intimate venue was entertained by performances from Stoopid’s veteran sax player Karl […]

Updated Concert Articles

Since June 1st, The Pier has attended 6 amazing live events that we wanted to update you on. These 6 shows include live performances, photos and set-lists of Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, Stick Figure, J Boog, Mike Pinto, The Hot Rain Band a long with Rootfire at the Beach in addition to Wakarusa and NW […]

Live: Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, and Stick Figure (8-6-15)

Date: Thursday, August 6th 2015 @ 5:30pm Line Up: Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, and Stick Figure (Everything Is Awesome Tour) Venue: Marymoor Park. Redmond, Washington Live: Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, and Stick Figure Everything Is Awesome Tour. (8-6-15) Midway through the Everything Is Awesome Tour, the SoCal boys of Slightly Stoopid stopped by the Evergreen State to spread [...]

MP3 Leak of the Week: Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision a new 5-piece ska-reggae-punk group out of San Clemente, CA making some early noise with the release of their debut self-titled album that dropped July 10th. The 15 track album opens up with “Citrus Skies” featuring Angela Hunte and we’re giving this song away for FREE on the homepage, this week only. Read […]

Video: Slightly Stoopid – The Prophet

Courtesy of Jeff Pliskin of Raised Fist Propaganda, here is Slightly Stoopid‘s new music video for their new single “The Prophet”. The song is off the 6/30 release of their new album, Meanwhile… Back At The Lab. The original version of the song was recorded 20 years ago featuring Brad Nowell of Sublime on bass. […]

June 2015 Album Releases

It’s truly summer here in the US. Not only does the calendar officially state it as such, but the heat around the country really marks the season. This time of year the atmosphere isn’t the only thing burning up though. New releases continue to stay hot in June as artists drop new material ahead of […]