The VeraGroove frontman calls it quits

Arizona’s aggressive reggae rock band The VeraGroove just dropped a bomb today on social media stating that frontman Andres Rodriguez will be departing the band for personal reasons. Due to the news, the band was forced to cancel their San Diego show set for December 28, 2013 with Thrive. We sincerely apologize for the cancellation […]

Indubious to hit the road in February 2014 with Black Uhuru

After releasing Wake the Lion in September of 2013 and blowing the minds of many, the Oregon boys Indubious are at it again in full force, this time hitting the road starting February 5, 2014 with legendary and Grammy award winning artist Black Uhuru.  The tour will kick off in Riverside, California and end 12 […]

Slightly Stoopid Spring Tour 2014

It seems like it has been an early holiday season for you reggae rock fans with the countless number of 2014 tour date announcements within a few weeks of each other. Slightly Stoopid has now jumped onboard the announcement party train and declared their 2014 Spring Tour with support from Mariachi El Bronx. Slightly Stoopid […]

Passafire and Ballyhoo announce Winter Brewhaha 2014

Did someone say beer and reggae? Passafire, Ballyhoo! and Pacific Dub really do know their audience and know how to bring the party in the recent announcement of their 2014 Winter Brewhaha Tour. The east coast and west coast mashup will kick off the two month tour January 15, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina and […]

Tribal Seeds Representing 2014 Spring Tour

The San Diego reggae rock all stars Tribal Seeds just announced today their 2014 Representing Spring Tour with supporting artists New Kingston and Inna Vision. 2014 will be a hugely active year for Tribal Seeds with a new studio album dropping, the Winter West Coast Tour starting January 10th 2014 with Through the Roots and […]

The Emerald Cup 2013

It’s time of that year again folks and if you’re just hearing or reading about this, it’s too late. The 2013 Annual Emerald Cup, which is the world’s only outdoor competition that showcases the finest Northern California cannabis and cannabis related products, just took place the weekend of December 14-15, 2013 at the Sonoma County […]

West Coast Cruisin’ Tour 2014 with Fortunate Youth and Hirie

The West Coast has been on fire as of late showcasing hard hitting bands performing back to back to back in sunny California, making it one of the best places to live if you’re in to the reggae rock scene. Southern California’s own Fortunate Youth along with reggae new sensation Hirie will hit the road […]

John Brown’s Body embraces SoundCloud

Did you know that John Brown’s Body had a SoundCloud page?  Crawl out from under that rock and head over there now. JBB has embraced and has fully taken advantage of this social media, audiohead platform used by not only by up and coming independent musicians, artists and producers, but professional musicians, as well. In […]

Team Bob Marley suing fast food chain over “One Love”

In a not-so-shocking and somewhat offbeat news today, we have just learned that Bob Marley’s own estate is pursuing a trademark infringement lawsuit against Louisiana founded fast food chain Raising Cane, for the use of the term “One Love” for their marketing campaign which can be seen clearly on the restaurants own website banner, as […]

California Roots Festival – second round of artists announced

This may not be a surprise to anyone following the reggae rock scene, but if you've been living under a rock for the past several months, the fine folks at California Roots just announced it's second set of artists to perform the 2014 festival at the iconic Monterey Fair Grounds in sunny California. If you're […]

Winter Blackout Tour 2014 announced

The energetic Santa Cruz natives, The Expendables, famous for their screeching surf guitar licks infused with a reggae cadence have announced their annual Winter Blackout Tour for early 2014 with support from Stick Figure and Seedless.  The tour starts off early 2014, specifically 24th of January in Portland, Oregon and ends 51 days and 39 […]

Dub Side of the Moon 10th anniversary

Easy Star All-Stars has racked up over 300,000 in sales alone Easy Star All-Stars will celebrate it’s 10th anniversary of it’s album Dub Side of the Moon which is their brilliant rendition of Pink Floyd’s legendary album The Dark Side of the Moon. Easy Star All-Stars has taken the task of covering one of the […]

Reggae in the Hills 2014 early bird tickets go on sale

California as of late has been quite the hotspot for reggae lovers around the globe. With the news of the first round of California Roots lineup just beginning to settle in, Reggae on the Hills 2014 has begun selling early bird tickets for their annual reggae music experience set in the beautiful Angels Camp in […]

Carolina Sessions 2013 schedule announced

It's time to syncronize your watches kids.  The fine folks at California Roots have finalized the schedule for it's much antisipated Carolina Sessions set for Saturday, October 26, 2013. The acts throughout the day will be split up between two stages, conveniantly named “Main stage” and “Stage II”.  The schedule allows between 5 and 20 […]

The Dirty Heads set release date for Phantoms of Summer

The highly anticipated acoustic album from The Dirty Heads now has a release date, so mark your calendars for October 29th 2013 . The acoustic album named Phantoms of Summer is said to be mostly new tracks with the exception of “Cabin by the Sea” which is the title track from their 2012 hit album […]