Rock-reggae pioneers Long Beach Dub Allstars have been working on the follow-up to their 2020 self-titled album. The band has been working with Long Beach Dub Allstars guitarist Michael “Miguel” Happoldt, bassist Edwin Kampwirth longtime collaborator and Lewis “Lew” Richard to hammer out over 10-tracks. The as-of-yet untitled album was tracked at 64 Sound in […]
Long Beach Dub Allstars frontman Opie Ortiz is a legend within the reggae-rock world. Ortiz, who is also a painter and tattoo artist, penned the iconic “Sublime Sun” artwork in addition to being a founding member of Long Beach Dub Allstars Today’s generation of reggae-rock fans may not fully understand how critical Long Beach Dub […]
The team is back fam!! We were excited to receive the news about the OGs and Ozomatli founding members Chali 2na and Cut Chemist rejoining Ozomatli for their Cali Vibes appearance, and release “Libertad.” Ahead of the festival, the super group has dropped a music video for “LIBERTAD,” which translates to FREEDOM. This is their […]
San Diego, California Rock-Reggae outfit Tribal Seeds have released their new song “Tempest“. Hailing from San Diego, California the rock-reggae band has been around since 2005. This was when the Jacobo Brothers (Steven on vocals and Tony-Ray producing) breathed life into their vision. They released their debut album “Youth Rebellion” on their own. They also […]
When The Pier’s editor James challenged us to come up with a list of the best reggae-rock collabs we panicked a bit – how do you pick THE BEST??? In the end, we ended up going with our favorites, the songs that we don’t want out of our heads, the ones that we later found […]
Long Beach Dub Allstars frontman Opie Ortiz has once again partnered with SRH Clothing for an exclusive limited-edition art drop after his previous “Waves and Skulls” drop sold out within minutes. This new drop is on sale now at www.SRH.com and gives two lucky people a chance to get an original piece of art from Ortiz as […]
One of the biggest music acts of the 1990s is getting the biopic treatment from Hollywood. A new film on rock band Sublime is in development by Sony Pictures with The Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence attached to direct. Sony’s 3000 Pictures, Chernin Entertainment, Dave Kaplan and Peter Paterno are developing the film; Kaplan and Paterno, the driving forces […]
It was an amazing evening of Southern California rock and roll reggae with LBDA and ST firing up the stage at the world famous Roxy Theater with sound provided by Bad Religion’s sound expert. Sensi Trails has various bass guitar talents sitting in on bass guitar for Kaya Hall in his medical absence. There was […]
