Perro Bravo Sneaks Out New Record, ‘Case Pacific’

When Sublime’s Miguel Happoldt isn’t busy reforming Long Beach Dub Allstars or mixing Slightly Stoopid’s new record, he’s quietly releasing new albums under his own band, Perro Bravo and such is the case with new record Case Pacific.

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 [...]

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 […]

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…

Video: Ethan Tucker – “Badfish” (Sublime Cover ft. Jakob Nowell)

Here’s a fun one — Olympia, WA singer-songwriter Ethan Tucker just wrapped up The Winter Wonderland Family Jam tour that featured headliners The Aggrolites with Slightly Stoopids horns and full sets from Ethan Tucker and Law. The tour stretched from San Diego to The Bay Area. The highlight came when on the last night of […]

The History & Return of Long Beach Dub Allstars

Who Exactly Are The Long Beach Dub Allstars? The Sublime family tree is one with many branches, but if we consider Sublime the root, then Long Beach Dub Allstars would be the trunk of this unique reggae-rock genre. They started in 1997 as a way for this special community of artists to come together around [...]

MP3 Leak of the Week: Sublime With Rome

Following the July 2015 release of Sublime with Rome‘s sophomore album, Sirens, Rome Ramirez told us in an interview that former Sublime drummer & DJ, Marshall ‘Ras MG’ Goodman, did a remix of his song “Gasoline.” When we noticed that the remix was never released, we reached out to SwR’s management who was gracious enough […]

Vans Warped Tour Comes To An End

“I couldn’t wait for the summer and the warped tour…” Mark Hoppus’ words were the first thing that popped into mind when it was announced that the annual Vans Warped Tour would be coming to an end in 2018.