Steel Pulse Summer Tour to hit East and West Coast with support from Jesse Royal and Sammy Johnson on select dates   Reggae legends Steel Pulse have announced their North American Summer Tour dates. Tickets are on sale to the public today. The Birmingham-UK based ensemble will bring their incendiary live show to dates across the Southeast, Northeast and California July-August 2024. Jamaican artist Jesse Royal will join as special guest for nine dates on the tour’s Southeastern leg, which kicks off July 18 in St. Petersburg, Florida and continues through Atlanta, Georgia on July 28. Austra ..read more

WSL WORLD CHAMPION SURFER MAKUA ROTHMAN DROPS VIDEO FOR SUMMER BOP FT. SISTER NANCY’S “BAM BAM” “Whatever you do in life – whether it’s surfing, music, business, anything – do it good, do it all the way, and make sure you’re hooked. Go big. That’s what it’s all about.” – Makua Rothman Makua Rothman has been busy in 2024. The songwriter and pro-surfer released “HOOKED” March 15 amid filming schedules for a new network TV show “RESCUE: HI Surf” – a lifeguard drama set in the legendary beaches of his hometown on the North Shore of Oahu. Island vibes carry over to the new video for “HOOKED,” whi ..read more

EXTREME SOUNDTRACKS IS A COLUMN PROFILING PROFESSIONAL EXTREME SPORTS ATHLETES AND THE ROLE MUSIC HAS PLAYED IN THEIR LIFE. CREATED BY TWIN SISTERS STEFANIE AND SUZANNE SANCHEZ The Pier was able to sneak a little chat with Australian Motocross rider, Rob Adelberg–the X Games most medaled athlete! Courtesy of Prutti and Josh Lynch TP: Thank you, Rob, for meeting up with us. Can you tell us where you’re from and a preview of your life as a world class athlete?RA: I have a small farm just out of the town where I grew up in Benalla, Australia. I’ve wanted to be an FMX rider since I can reme ..read more

We’re back in the RV with LJ from Bikini Trill as she empties her purse and show us all her everyday essentials from a lost treasure novel to arcade tokens to a postcard from the Last Blockbuster on Earth! A self-proclaimed lipgloss addict and candle girlie, this Texas crooner gets up close and personal with The Pier in our monthly series, What’s in the Bag? Watch the full video on YouTube for the complete list of her must-have’s. What’s in LJ’s Bag? 1. The Spider Rock Treasure, by Steve Wilson (LJ loves lost treasure stories FYI) 2. Jerry Harvey in-ear monitors, the real stars of the s ..read more

“As fans of reggae, we are spoiled with some of the best rappers blended perfectly into our scene. Some are legends, some are still making their mark, but all of them are true MC’s. These are just a few of my favorites.” What makes a rapper/MC great? It’s the sum of many qualities; from style and flow, delivery, authenticity and originality, stage presence, storytelling and improv abilities, timing, lyrics and wordplay, to technical things like structure and production. The rappers listed below have most of these attributes, and all of them are nice boys. Remember, a rapper is always so m ..read more

Claire Wright is getting married! And what’s the best part about getting married? The bachelorette party, of course. The overall-wearing, hat-loving singer/songwriter from Tahoe, CA hosted a handful of her best gal pals in Park City, Utah the weekend of March 25th for some snowboarding, dress up, hot-tub Chinese food, and mullets to celebrate “Claire’s Last Shred”. The trip’s cheeky tagline? “Drink Fast, Ride Slow!!!” If you’re like us, you followed along the whole weekend eagerly waiting for the next update. So you know The Pier got all the must-know deet’s from Wright, because Instagram st ..read more

Extreme Soundtracks is a column profiling professional extreme sports athletes and the role music has played in their life. Created by twin sisters Stefanie and Suzanne Sanchez Beaver Fleming is a 24-year-old professional skateboarder, speaker, influencer, global explorer, and self-described “life-liver”. All the way from Tennessee, Beaver’s passion for skateboarding brought him to California at the young age of 17. With the goal of becoming a professional skateboarder, he put a lot of effort into his work during that period, and when he gained the attention of FMX athlete and action spor ..read more

Chills. Goosebumps. Tears. Fan reactions to Jakob Nowell taking the stage with Sublime, the band his dad, the late, great Bradley Nowell left behind in 1996, were emotional. It’s a true full circle moment: the younger Nowell joins Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, the only other original band members, at 28 years of age–the same age as his father when he passed and Sublime ended. Courtesy of Josh Kim @joshuaonenineproductions Jakob Nowell played a 50 minute set with members Bud Gaugh, Eric Wilson, Trey Pangborn and DJ Product. Not a single soul could have predicted the intense, visceral reaction t ..read more

On the cusp of his Coachella Performance with Sublime, Jakob Nowell unveils the debut record from his eclectic solo project, Jakobs Castle. ENTER: THE CASTLE out today via Epitaph Records. LISTEN TO ‘ENTER: THE CASTLE’ Jakobs Castle represents an unfiltered version of Nowell’s own sonic identity. Recorded in San Pedro, CA with producer and co-collaborator Jon Joseph (Børns, Caroline Rose), ENTER: THE CASTLE is Jakob’s modern expression of SoCal-born alternative rock. The album is an experiment to mix California’s past with the mysteries of underground internet culture – forging his own destin ..read more

As the countdown begins for the long-loved California Roots Music and Arts Festival, festival organizers Good Vibez Presents have added fan favorites Stick Figure to their already stacked 2024 lineup. “Seeing the growth of Stick Figure over the last eight years has been an honor to watch. We are excited to have him on Cali Roots 2024,” says festival producer, Dan Sheehan. In addition to Stick Figure’s highly anticipated return, the Damian & Stephen Marley Traffic Jam will now headline Saturday evening, merging the two brothers’ sets for a rare shared performance. The full lineup can b ..read more