Halshack Indie Rockcast

Its my birthday! I always give the gift of music! 52 trips around the sun and hoping for another 30 more to influence music back in the right direction! people seem to love this show already on some advanced screenings!

It includes our special exclusive version of Stand Back (co-produced by Stevie Nicks and the Paper Jackets...original 1st version from 2018...not the version thats on their profile that was released last year..thats a different version with their new female singer...Stevie had nothing to do with the (new) second version which is stated in an article by the Paper Jackets)

This song took almost 5 years to get released! We've had it since 2018 and this is the only place on the radio or ANYWHERE on the planet you can hear the 1st version produced by Stevie) Im honored its an exclusive! Im honored to have their support! 

Many great classic rock type bands in this show leading up to some more modern late 80s rock!  These bands are from USA, CANADA, and IRELAND!

Hope you enjoy the new show! 

You find it everywhere! on Itunes, Iheart, Amazon Music and many more!

Halshack.com is my website 

Tracklist can be found at halshack.com/shacklists

New Shacknation 13 (hosted episode) coming soon! (I know Im sorry Im behind!)

No new news yet for Shackhole and High Rock Music Fest!! 

Stay tuned! Thanks for rockin' the Halshack!

Bet you are wondering what the Wonder Shack is? Its a new series where we will focus on potential "mega hit tracks"!! Lots of these tracks have only had one play or no plays or haven't been played in a LONG time in rotation. There's many different reasons why these tracks have not had that much focus. It makes you wonder what we're doing over here at the Shack...lol

The world is full of one hit wonders and wonders of the "musicsphere"! Its a wonder why you haven't heard of these bands yet outside of my show! Its a wonder why they aren't hits! Well no need to wonder anymore, were working on bringing them the attention and notoriety they deserve! 

So put your headphones on and head to the gym or hop in the car for a drive!! However you listen, have fun with the Halshack wonder songs of the music world!

Find us on Iheart, Itunes, Amazon Music plus more and our all-new 24/7 radio station on ZenoFM!! We're back for GOOD!!

Find everything at Halshack.com and all playlists can be found on the shacklists page
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Battleshack 4 results show coming next month! 

All new talk and music hosted show Shacknation 13 coming soon! (final submissions from Reverbnation Campaign #7)
Starting a new campaign with the company for the fall at the end of Sept and will run till December.

Get your submissions in to REVERBANTION and BANDLAB through the opportunities program or submit to me directly through email or socials. [email protected]

"Shackhole Gamefest" at the Axehole in Lexington, NC....pending (tba)

High Rock Music Fest news........nothing new at the moment. Waiting on the Randolph County fire marshal to approve the race track for the event at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC!

Thanks for making the Halshack the best place for music!! We love all our fans and bands! Youre support does "not" go unnoticed or unappreciated! Its a grassroots effort to get us to the top and you guys have been growing the Halshack like weeds!!

Its August and Daft Punk (w/ Jawny Badluck) are bringing the fire! Its just hot and there's no mistaking that the heat you can find on the Halshack is just as hot as the heat outside! We're making some new nostalgic memories in the summer heat here in the Rap Shack! This show is half submissions and half regular artists on my show. It worked out to have room to focus on some new releases and past hits from the show! Check out Migs718 swimming with the "Sharks" on repeat from Rap Shack 6 while Ladibree is "Groovin" to new tunes as she was "Chosen" to bring back old school female lead hip-hop in a big way! 

Just finished up Reverbnation campaign #7 and this group of last finalists surely knows how to blister the airwaves with some melting hot rap and hip hop! 1300 submissions this campaign with 55 being chosen across all genres! Well done to the top 4% for catching my ear to make my show! We love our hip hop here at the shack! We even love our world beats too as we have Mt. Boi and Dwon to bring you some culture from the faraway land of Africa. 

New rap and hip-hop styles kick off the show with a freakin' brilliant new collab from alternative pop rock act Sam Tinnesz (Legends are Made, Play with Fire) delved into the land of an urban pop/hip-hop and busted out a hell of a track called "Enemy". Be sure to catch newcomer Philly? with his multi diverse style branch into rap with fire to tear up the "Billboard" charts if it were known! Watch out for new comers (2 of Me) while they show you their skills aren't "Counterfeit"! Great song! 

Wrap up the last segment with some older jam styles mixed with current vibes from Jawny Badluck and very special guest "DAFT PUNK" with a remix of their tune "Sumthin' About Us"! Listen to the show as it slithers like a "Snake"  and weaves its way through musical bliss of various rap styles of the years. Once you hear our rap anthems you will never want to leave the Rap Shack, you will always "Be Mine" like Tony Domingo!...lol

Find all Rap shows and everything Halshack at my website! 
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Find the tracklist at shacklists at my website
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Find all shows on most music platforms from Itunes, to Iheart radio to Amazon Music to many more!! Find all Halshack Rockcast exclusive playlists on Spotify only!! 

Check us out soon for full talk and music show Ep 28 with all new rock, pop, alt, and americana acts plus more from the Reverbnation #7 campaign! 

Thanks for becoming a fan! Please help to share the show! this is a small grassroots movement to help indie music! We need shares and promotion to help turn the tides of music back to quality! 

See you soon! 

Get your cowboy boots and your saddle together for a backwoods ride through the hills and valleys as well as plush the green meadows of the country soundscape that is the Halshack! Strap up for a good time from 2000s modern country flare to newer sounds of the country musicsphere, we will throw a little bluegrass party as well as you join in on the fun! Not to be left out of the party you will want to stick around for some southern style cowboy blues rock to wrap up your ride through the backwoods! 

Tailgating, fishing and wasting money plus many more nostalgic memories are here to be had and cherished. Its within music that we find our souls to help better understand ourselves and life's passions. Country music is at the backbone of what it means to be an American. Its in these lyrics and anthems that we come together as one for the great shared experience of the radio from years past! 

So what are you waiting for, hop in the car or on the horse and take me out to the barn to shovel the stalls....lol Might as well make your day musically bearable for an hour or two then go find all the other great Halshack shows! We cover all the bases of every popular genre with professional esteemed credits and bands, it hasn't been easy to get here but we did it the old fashioned way...... "We earned it"....lol 

Let these artists earn a place in your musical library catalogue! Some are just starting out and need all the help they can get just like us here at the Halshack! 100 countries doesnt mean alot of people but slowly we are grinding our way to the top!

Find everything Halshack including the playlist on the Shacklists page at Halshack!

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Find all the shows anywhere on the web and my website or at Itunes, Iheart radio, Amazon Music and many more! 

Thanks for being a fan! more to come! 

Ep 28 Brand new Season 5 just around the corner with over 15 new acts and all new music including me hosting the show with 3 spotlights! One will be on CAVO for the potential High Rock Music Fest! 

Thanks for tuning in!! 

Time for summer fun! Who knows where the music will take you so lets get in the car and DRIVE baby! This will continue my famous theme show that started it all. Destination Unknown 1 was a sure fire hit!!! Lets capture the magic of the road again with a theme show full of "drive" titles or being on the road and reference titles for movement to unknown destinations and places. 

Summer as you know is a great time for travel or just taking a leisurely drive across the landscape no matter where you live in this world. Here in the USA taking a road trip is a favorite past time of ours. America is so big you can drive for hours and not even leave one state. You need to enjoy your road trip too while you pass the time in the car, truck or RV. 

That's what the Halshack is for! Hours of boring car rides can seem like a dull time when you think about it but your music destination is just around the corner with a touch of a button. So next time you need to spend some time in the car whether its driving to your family vacation or heading out to do errands you might as well enjoy the road while finding your final destination. 

So hop in the car and download or stream your favorite music guru of the radio dial!! Finding some of the best most qualified examples of rock bands and pop artists to Americana and country. Americas roads are full of backstory and rich heritage as well as the roads and highways of the world. There are bands in this show from England and Europe! Diversity in culture and musical styles is what drove 90s radio to be the best time for tunes in history! Were bringing that back again!

Stream or download here or everywhere from Itunes to Iheart to Amazon Music plus many more!! 

Find the tracklist under Shacklists at my website 
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More news to come on the Shackhole at the Axehole in Lexington and the High Rock Music Fest at Caraway Speedway! 

New Ep 28 full talk and music show be out soon with all new artists for Shacknation 13! 

Get to voting in the Battleshack 4 contest please! Time is running out for those of you have not had your voices heard to build your own show for Battleshack 4 fan appreciation episode!!

See you soon!! 

Lets get back to basics folks!! The 80s/90s were the king of the road for music! Diversity in music is what makes the culture of the world spin out on the airwaves. Back in the day we opened our ears and eyes and our borders to music from all over the world from the British Invasion to South African vibes to Gregorian chants even...lol 

Its a crime that music has flown in the direction it has. Newcomers (DARKBIRD) from Austin, TX are certainly not guilty of any musical "Crimes" as their new hit has soared in for a landing on the Halshack! I'm glad they decided to pick my landing zone and launching pad for their band. We will do what we can to help Darkbird build a nest here at my show!

We even got super lucky to land Belinda Carlisle and Gabe Lopez in a new duet "California Blues". We are absolutely not feeling the blues around the Shack these days! I'm honored to have their support! 

 Over the years the labels seemed to have forgot where quality meets innovation and "catchy" writing skills as well as pro experience to produce a top hit. The hits of today fail in comparison on many fronts from the forefathers and mothers of popular music of the past. Its not about "Get off my lawn"!! or "Kids today and their music"...lol It's about the very quality of whats being produced from an objective professional perspective. That all stopped about 10 to 15 years ago. That's when the decline of diversity set in and we only have what we have today at the top. 

We cant forget what "powerhouse hits" came well before the industry decided to stop looking for real singer songwriters and closing our musical borders to the knowledge of the world radio sphere. Its a "crime" that no one knows these bands exist and could compete with the greats of the past! Its a "crime" that there's no central place for music where we can share in that collective experience that made our world so connected without the internet or our phones. These new technologies have made us less connected than ever before!

Lets rock 80s/90s!! Pop wave, Brit wave, Americana/rock in this show!! Have fun!!

Up next maybe Ep 28 Shacknation 13 (full talk and music) or another theme show, not sure yet! Whatever it is, it will be great as always from your trusted guru of the radio dial!

We got some BIG announcements coming soon about the High Rock Music Festival and the Shackhole down at the Axehole in Lexington NC!

Find my show everywhere on Itunes, Iheart Radio, Podomatic, Deezer, Amazon Music and many more!

Halshack.com you can find everything here including the tracklist at the SHACKLISTS page!

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Thanks so much for becoming a fan! Help spread the word! This has been a 10 year passion project with no money made! Time to turn Halshack into an LLC and start the income stream for the bands with festivals and much more!

Brand new Reverbnation Campaign #7 (Rap Shack 13) almost 1000 submissions so far and these roughly 20 new artists were chosen to be a part of my special rap/hip-hop series that's been earning many accolades throughout the industry. The nature of music is a funny thing. True it's ever changing but good quality acts don't usually go against the grain. Nature gave humans the ability to vibrate with the world in musical bliss across multiple genres and styles from new to classic and from young to old. Rap/hip-hop/R&B is deeply rooted in blues/jazz/gospel buried in the rich history of the backwoods also city pubs and clubs of the south.

Rapshack thirteen is lean, mean, and green with the rising talent that can only be found out there in the indie wilderness of hip hop land. Take a musical hunting trip through the vast prairie of rap/hip-hop sounds that are a rare find from the usual habitat of the top music market. Rest assured you can always escape the insanity of the world as you spend some quality time outside the "concrete corporate" musicsphere with the Halshack! Lets all get back to the basics of what the last 30 years of hip-hop has taught us about writing a good catchy tune and that would be................It's all in the melody! Melody is the key to unlocking the sweet spot of rap infusion. There was once a day when rap was one dimensional and kept in a box. That box has exploded to an artistic robust world of music that only nature herself could have created. 

Catch my boy "IamTonyDomingo" with his debut track "You're Missed"  (featuring the cool beats of UK producer 2Deep with sweet soft vocals by Marian) on the worldwide Halshack airwaves hailing the mountains of Tennessee. Try not to let the insanity of the world get you down like Leroy Booker with his new track debut "I'm Insane". 

Hope you have a good journey through the backwoods and down the backroads to visit my RAPSHACK. This is an exclusive trip you can only take here at the Halshack! 

Find the show everywhere on the web at Amazon Music, Iheart Radio, Itunes, Podomatic, and many more! 

Visit the show website to find 15 pages of content built over the last 10 years just for you the listener! 

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More to come with news of the Shackhole challenge game night this summer! HIGH ROCK MUSIC FEST plans are in swing for next summer Aug 2024!! 

New blogging staff has been added and we look forward to refiring some passion around the CREWS VIEWS review page!

BATTLESHACK 4 is happening in SHACKHEADS facebook group. Please ask to join to vote for your faves for the fan appreciation show!

Ep 28 is just around the corner! Brand new talk and music show with yours truly on the mic hosting the all new SHACKNATION vol 13!!


See you soon!

Here we go again for another round of fun in the sun with BIG BLUE SKA 2! Get your ska reggae pop infused fix here to set your summer off right! Today is the first day of summer for the northern hemisphere where most of the world resides! Its also the longest day of sunlight but oddly its been awful cool and very rainy here in NC as El Nino sets in for the summer! 

It may be grey and gloomy out today but its never dreary here at the Halshack! It always feels like a day at the beach and warm summer sun! 

"Feels like Fridays" will be the new catchphrase for the Halshack! We hope you agree! So tune into a great "Friday Fest" of  some of the best deep rooted beach sounds along with a bit of pop infusion for your afternoon delight!

Get Halshack everywhere! ITUNES, IHEART RADIO, AMAZON MUSIC, and many more including my website HALSHACK.com

 Join "Shackheads" on Facebook to vote in the summer contest Battleshack 4 for the Fan Appreciation show this fall! 

Next up plans in the works for the Shackhole Challenge Game Night at the Axehole in Lexington NC and HIGH ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL for August 2024 at CARAWAY SPEEDWAY! 

Thanks for tuning in! Tell your friends that Halshack is the new home for "GEN-X" and all music lovers!

See you soon! (plan is now for a 10 day schedule and that may change to 7)

DADS JUST ROCK and DADS LOVE ROCK! Its Dads Rock 3 up for your ears to soak in the mighty axe sounds!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all my fans, bands and their families that are Dads too! Most Dads will agree that my rock series has earned its degree in the "School of Rock"! This class is no different as they teach you all about what they have learned. 

Hyper focused laser precision skills have been mastered to take you on a journey from new rock to vapor wave to Brit rock to modern blues to straight rock then we round out the show with in your face heavy guitar riffs and thunderous pounding kick drums to set your Fathers Day week off with a bang! 

So much to tell as we set our sights on the High Rock Music Fest August 2024 at Caraway Speedway!

SHACKHOLE/PARTYSHACK challenge game night with the festival announcement in the near future. (hopefully July)

BATTLESHACK 4 has commenced! If you want to participate and place your votes for your favorite bands for the fan appreciation show then you can find the group at SHACKHEADS (its a private group, ask to join)

There's several bands from this episode in the contest! Winners will get their own (talk and music show hosted by me) , special, along with extra press and maybe an invite to the music festival next year! Its up to you to say who you want on the ticket. You can help make that happen.

From this episode competing in Battleshack 4 
Hadee
Move Like Creatures
The Explorers
Wild Horse
Fetcher
Nothing but a Nightmare
Below 7
Crashing Atlas
Once Around

As always you can find everything Halshack at my website HALSHACK.COM 

Find the show all over the web including ITUNES, IHEART RADIO, AMAZON MUSIC and many more!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY from all of us at HALSHACK!



 

Colors here, colors there, colors everywhere! Life is full of colors and our eyes see in visions of technicolor. Lets all visit the color spectrum here at the Halshack with titles of songs that are all about color from Diamonds to Green to Gold. You're never too old for fun tunes and a colorful life. 

In this episode we are featuring The National Parks as they just finished up a spring tour with more to come in the fall with their 8th Wonder tour. They will be making 3 stops in NC so catch me at the Charlotte show! See you there!

We also got JR Richards of DISHWALLA (sure you remember Counting Blue Cars) lending his skills of color to the show with his potential solo hit White Light! 

More to come as we flesh out the new Reverbnation Campaign #7 that just started and plenty more theme shows to last the summer! BATTLESHACK 4  summer voting contest starting soon as more news coming for the SHACKHOLE at the AXEHOLE in Lexington and the official announcement of the HIGH ROCK MUSIC FEST coming soon! 

Find all things Halshack at my website including the tracklist for the show at the Shacklists page!

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Find my show all over the web including ITUNES, IHEART RADIO, AMAZON MUSIC and many more!!

 May be another rock show coming for Fathers Day! Dads Rock 3

 Catch you again soon!