New Kingston MADD Tour 2013 – California

The Brooklyn boys have had an extremely busy year in terms of touring with big names like Rebelution, Pepper, The Dirty Heads, SOJA… you name it, they've toured with them.  We caught up with New Kingston in their MADD Tour 2013 in Berkeley, California with opening acts THRIVE and Just Chill to snap some shots.  […]

THRIVE takes the stage in California

THRIVE has been absolutely killing it lately sharing the stage with hard hitting bands like Rebelution, Collie Buddz, Tribal Seeds and most recently touring with New Kingston on their 2013 MADD Tour.  This time we caught up with them in California where they performed at a quiant little venue in Berkeley, California.

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 […]

The Dirty Heads ‘Home | Phantoms of the Summer’ album review

The highly anticipated album Home | Phantoms of the Summer from the Southern California boys, The Dirty Heads dropped late October 2013. Following their previous installment Cabin by the Sea, The Dirty Heads valorously released an acoustic album, which to say the least, is very uncommon in the reggae rock sub genre. There is however […]

John Brown’s Body – San Francisco, CA 2013

John Brown's Body never fails to disappoint, especially when it comes to their amazing live performances.  This time around, they rocked the house in San Francisco, California in the iconic venue The Independent.  During their 2013 tour, John Brown's Body headlined the stage with supporting bands Stick Figure and Alific which also put on a […]

Stick Figure bring the house down in San Francisco

Count on Stick Figure to bring the house down every single performance.  In a packed house at The Independant in San Francisco, the four piece band opened up the night for John Brown's Body in their 2013 national tour.

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 […]

Pepper 2013 tour stops off in San Francisco

San Francisco got it's treat mid October when Pepper stopped off and brought the house down at The Warfield. Pepper has had a jam packed year, with the release of it's self titled album and non stop touring.  We caught up with the native Hawaiians to snap a few shots.

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 […]

SOJA announces Fall 2013 tour dates

Mark your calendars The fine folks at SOJA have solidified their Fall 2013 schedule. This West to East Coast nationwide tour will span roughly two months and will include acts from Nahko & Medicine for the People, Common Kings, and Aer with a little bit of New Kingston, Dirty Heads and Easy Star All-Stars sprinkled in. While on the road, […]

Indubious ‘Wake the Lion’ album review

There isn’t much confusion when you hear that Indubious song in your (or your friend’s) playlist. Indubious, an Oregon-based group has an extremely unique sound that is simply unrivaled by any other in the genre. The combination of the slap bass of Spencer Burton and the lyrics from either himself or his brother, bandmate and […]

Iration Automatic Tour 2013

Micah putting on a great show to the sold out house Following their Automatic album release July of 2013, Iration hit the road to perform a lenghtly nationwide tour.  We caught up with Iration in San Francisco where Micah Brown, Through the Roots, and Fortunate Youth opened up.

All Aboard the Jamrock Reggae Cruise

All aboard the Jamrock Reggae Cruise!  Legendary singer and songwriter Damian “Jr Gong” Marley will be hitting the high seas and has joined forces with Norwegian Cruise Line for a five night reggae extravaganza, aptly named “Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise”.  This nonstop “Ultimate Reggae Experience” will span five days and will surely satisfy the […]