Toko Tasi Releases New Album ‘Rise ta Shine’

On August 18th, Long Beach, CA’s Toko Tasi independently released his sophomore album, Rise ta Shine, a 9 track record featuring guest appearances by Mic Dangerously, Chatty, Joel Castillo and Ethan Tucker. Read Tasi’s story and watch his new music video for the remix to his single “Rockstar.”

Josh Fischel’s ‘Music Tastes Good’ Fest. Enters Year 2

Just four days after Josh Fischel put on his first festival, Music Tastes Good, he passed away on Sept 29th, 2016; he was 47-years-old. He did what felt unreachable in bringing the entire Long Beach community together over an event that, in its inaugural year, required 4 stages & shutting down 8-9 blocks of downtown […]

Dirty Heads’ David Foral Releases New Single “Crash Over Me”

While we wait for the Oct. 13th release of Dirty Heads new album Swim Team, bassist David Foral is continuing to release music of his own. Following up on the drop of his most recent single, Paved The Way, featuring Hip Hop MC Big Nes, Foral returns with “Crash Over Me” alongside female vocalist Rebecca […]

New Sublime Documentary In The Works

It’s been since the 1998 independent release of Stories, Tales, Lies & Exaggerations or perhaps the late 2001 drop of VH-1’s Behind The Music that a proper telling of Sublime‘s story was documented. 2018 will be the year we see a new documentary on the beautifully complicated band that we continue to celebrate in Sublime.

Interview: Yesod Williams of Pepper

Pepper has been at the heart of the reggae-rock community since the release of their debut album Give'n It back in 1998 and their subsequent move to California from Kona, HI in 1999. Since then, the group has released a total of 7 full-length studio albums, 2 live-albums, 2 EPs, 2 DVD's while being featured [...]

Interview: David Foral of Dirty Heads

David Foral is a Long Beach, CA resident who has called Dirty Heads his employer since 2009 when he was brought on to play bass. His history goes far beyond his joining the band as Dave grew up going to school in the '90's during the height of the respected southern CA Hip-Hop and Ska [...]

Video: Sublime – Doin Time

Sublime’s self-titled record is officially 21-years-old. It’s quite amazing to see how the legacy of Sublime continues to grow as it matures becoming a household brand. Sublime has re-released its entire catalog onto vinyl, has merchandise inside Spencers, Wal*mart, KMart, and as of this month will be debuting their presence inside liquor stores nationwide with […]

MP3 Leak of the Week: Nico Marks

Taking on the role of producer, Southern CA’s Nico Marks has released a collaborative album titled Summer Unity. The album features a few members of Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Aggrolites and more — Grab the first track, “Unity,” for FREE, featuring Opie Ortiz, Tippa Lee and Tim Wu on sax…