We’re giving away a pair of tickets to each show on Dub Trio’s upcoming North American headlining tour… all you have to do is pre-order their new album “IV” or one of Dub Trio’s new t-shirts or hoodies, all of which are currently ON SALE!
We’re picking the winners of our ticket giveaway on Tuesday, October 11 What are you waiting for? Pre-order the new album now!
Alternative Press just gave “IV” 4 stars!
“Ends Justify the Means dials back player calisthenics for dubstep wobbles and 1:1.618 is steeped in Four Tet-style fractured electornica, the menacing En Passant and the driving Patient Zero will encourage you to attack someone with a titanium nine iron.”
Dub Trio’s Joe Tomino teaches us how to make ”Beef” Burgundy” (Vegetal Bourguignon):
We’re giving away a pair of tickets to each of Dub Trio’s US/Canada shows… all you have to do is pre-order the new album “IV” or one of Dub Trio’s new t-shirts or hoodies!
** If you already placed a pre-order, don’t worry… we’ll be in touch with you by tomorrow about which show you’d like to be entered to win tickets to!
DUB TRIO IN N. AMERICA
Nov 3 – Montage Music Hall, Rochester, NY
Nov 4 – Garrison, Toronto, ON
Nov 5 – Pike Room, Detroit, MI
Nov 6 – The MID, Chicago, IL
Nov 8 – Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
Nov 9 – Milkboy, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 10 – Mercury Lounge, New York, NY - RECORD RELEASE PARTY!
Nov 15 – The Casbah, San Diego, CA
Nov 16 – The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 17 – Brick & Mortar, San Francisco, CA
Nov 19 – Kaka’ako Waterfront Park, Honolulu, HI (w/ Sublime)
Nov 20 – Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Maui, HI (w/ Sublime)
Nov 23 – The Republik, Honolulu, HI
Kevin Kinsella of 10 Ft Ganja Plant & John Brown’s Body will be hitting the road with Groundation in August. To warm up for the tour (which mostly takes place in the West Coast), both bands are playing the Summer Reggae Fest at the Hiro Ballroom next Thursday July 21. The show’s promoters CEG Presents are giving away tickets via their Facebook page here. Or you can also buy tix here.
Thursday July 21 GROUNDATION
KEVIN KINSELLA
ILA MAWANA
at Hiro Ballroom
88 9th Avenue New York, NY
6:30 doors / 7:30 show Buy tix here
We just released Kevin’s third solo album “Great Design“. It’s now available on CD & MP3 at Kevin’s website… and it’s still on sale! Get Kevin Kinsella’s “Great Design” here.
Kevin Kinsella Tour Dates:
July 21 – Summer Reggae Fest, Hiro Ballroom, New York, NY *
July 22 – Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg, NY
August 12 – Northwest World & Reggae Festival, Marcola, OR
August 17 – The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA*
August 18 – SLO Brew, San Luis Obispo, CA*
August 19 – El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA*
August 20 – The Galaxy, Santa Ana, CA*
August 21 – Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA*
August 24 – Orpheum Theater, Flagstaff, AZ*
August 25 – Seco Stroll, Arroyo Seco (Taos), NM*
August 28 – The Belly Up, Aspen, CO*
August 30 – State Theater, Salt Lake City, UT*
September 1 – Neumo’s, Seattle, WA*
September 2 – Horning’s Hideout, North Plains, OR*
September 3 – Arcata Theater, Arcata, CA*
September 4 – Monte Rio Amphitheater, Monte Rio, CA*
September 6 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA*
September 7 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA*
Yep, we’re giving away another pair of Bad Brains flip flops… just email badbrains@roir-usa.com with a Bad Brains story or photo and we’ll give a pair to our favorite entry. Every week we’ll also put a different entry up on our site. We’ll be picking a winner on Monday October 19th and announcing it that Tuesday.
Our first entry comes from the winners of our first Bad Brains Flip Flop contest, Kristen & Ken of Philadelphia, PA. (Sorry guys unfortunately you can’t qualify since you already won the last pair!). Check out Ken’s rad PMA tattoo:
Ken is also the handsome fella holding up the Bad Brains flip flops… he won those (or rather his girlfriend Kirsten won them for him) and you could win them too! Just email badbrains@roir-usa.com!!
Thanks to everyone who entered! Stay tuned… we got more giveaways to come!
If you’re jonesing for some Bad Brains gear and you just can’t wait, check out the Bad Brains Bad Brains limited edition Picture Disc, which we just got back in stock! We have extremely limited quantities of these so you’d better get ‘em quick!
Last week you lucky West Coasters had some awesome shows… Bad Brains & Dufus (check out that rad flyer to the right). Well, this week we East Coasters have the good shows… Dub Trio in Brooklyn this Saturday, Dufus at the Sidewalk Cafe on Sunday and tonight, Univox!
We’re giving away a pair of Bad Brains flip flops! Yes, flip flops! These suckers were made by our friends in Japan and are not available in stores… Your only chance of getting your hands on these is by entering our contest right here.
We’re super stoked to be able to announce that 10 Ft. Ganja Plant’s latest album, Bush Rock, charted at #11 on Billboard’s Reggae charts & #7 on the CMJ New World Charts last week!
Thanks to all you awesome reggae DJs & fans out there for the spins & the support!
We’re also thrilled to announce the winner of the 10 Ft. Ganja Plant t-shirt contest… Congratulations to PJ M. of St. Augustine, FL! Thanks to everybody who entered!
The contest has ended, but you can still download the two Bush Rock bonus tracks here.
ROIR is also starting a 10 Ft. Ganja Plant street team. If you’re interested in joining, email 10ftstreetteam@roir-usa.com with your name and mailing address & we’ll be send along more info next week!
"Bush Rock" is now finally available in all good record stores across the world! To celebrate we’re offering up a couple of exclusive tracks for you to download for FREE!
Here’s some incentive to go out and support Record Store Day this Saturday April 18th!
Email catalog@roir-usa.com with the subject “RECORD STORE DAY” & either:
- send a photo of you at your favorite record store (bonus points if you get that cute record store clerk in the shot!)
- OR a copy of a sales reciept from an indie store dated 4/18 or 4/19
Each entry will get free ROIR swag and also be entered in a drawing to win:
- 1 ROIR label shirt of your choice
- 1 ROIR artist shirt of your choice
- 1 ROIR Pint Glass
- Other misc. ROIR goodies!
We’ll be accepting entries until Friday April 24th and be announcing the winner on Monday April 27th!
