The DJ Pod Cast

Artist Bio (100 words or less): Nectar is a power pop-punk band based out of Champaign, IL. Their debut full-length, Knocking at the Door, was released in early 2018 on Infinity Cat Recordings and cites influences such as Juliana Hatfield, The Muffs, and Go Sailor. With bouncy guitar riffs, charming lyrics, and catchy melodies, Nectar "would have been perfect on the soundtrack for the movie 'Clueless" (Bandcamp, New & Notable).

Featured Song Name: Birthday

May 18th at Schubas: https://www.facebook.com/events/581583715647170/

Artist Bio (100 words or less): Nectar is a power pop-punk band based out of Champaign, IL. Their debut full-length, Knocking at the Door, was released in early 2018 on Infinity Cat Recordings and cites influences such as Juliana Hatfield, The Muffs, and Go Sailor. With bouncy guitar riffs, charming lyrics, and catchy melodies, Nectar "would have been perfect on the soundtrack for the movie 'Clueless" (Bandcamp, New & Notable).

Featured Song Name: Birthday

May 18th at Schubas: https://www.facebook.com/events/581583715647170/

Artist Bio (100 words or less): Primal industrial blues from Harrisonburg, VA established in 2005.

Featured Song Name: Peace Siren

May 25th at Hideout: https://www.facebook.com/events/2115814028532717/

Artist Bio (100 words or less): Primal industrial blues from Harrisonburg, VA established in 2005.

Featured Song Name: Peace Siren

May 25th at Hideout: https://www.facebook.com/events/2115814028532717/

THEMXXNLIGHT is a unique out-of-this-world R&B duo from The Bay Area, California. The identical twins, both being the vocalists, seamlessly weave their melodious, ethnic vibrations in to their exotic masterpieces. The duo has garnered a huge following on SoundCloud & Spotify before they caught the attention of Taylor Gang and got together on 3 tracks with Wiz Khalifa on his latest album, Rolling Papers 2. The 3 tracks that they featured on have garnered millions of streams since it’s release on July 13th and since then, their Spotify has surpassed 1 million monthly listeners. Their first inspiration to create music actually came from The Weeknd. The twins heard The Weeknd’s first ever mixtape titled “House of Balloons” and were immediately inspired by his airy vocals. They sang the songs around school and after gaining local attention for their covers of The Weeknd, they started THEMXXNLIGHT together and are now revolutionizing R&B with their pure and refreshing, yet familiar sound, which is exactly what the music industry needs. The duo focuses their creative energy on sounds that truly connect with listeners to give them something they have never heard or felt before.

Featured Song Name: Start It Right

THEMXXNLIGHT is a unique out-of-this-world R&B duo from The Bay Area, California. The identical twins, both being the vocalists, seamlessly weave their melodious, ethnic vibrations in to their exotic masterpieces. The duo has garnered a huge following on SoundCloud & Spotify before they caught the attention of Taylor Gang and got together on 3 tracks with Wiz Khalifa on his latest album, Rolling Papers 2. The 3 tracks that they featured on have garnered millions of streams since it’s release on July 13th and since then, their Spotify has surpassed 1 million monthly listeners. Their first inspiration to create music actually came from The Weeknd. The twins heard The Weeknd’s first ever mixtape titled “House of Balloons” and were immediately inspired by his airy vocals. They sang the songs around school and after gaining local attention for their covers of The Weeknd, they started THEMXXNLIGHT together and are now revolutionizing R&B with their pure and refreshing, yet familiar sound, which is exactly what the music industry needs. The duo focuses their creative energy on sounds that truly connect with listeners to give them something they have never heard or felt before.

Featured Song Name: Start It Right

Honeysuckle is a progressive folk act that blends older influences and traditional instrumentation with modern effects and inspiration.

Comprised of Holly McGarry, Benjamin Burns, and Chris Bloniarz, this Boston based band can frequently be found performing across the country, playing alongside bands like Del and Dawg, The David Grisman Sextet, The Ballroom Thieves, Boy & Bear, Kitchen Dwellers, John Craigie and others. Honeysuckle has performed an Audiotree session and at Newport Folk Festival, Lollapalooza, Mountain Jam and CMJ, was chosen as a Converse Rubber Tracks artist, and has been nominated for Best Folk Artist of the Year, and Best Americana Artist of the Year four years in a row at the annual Boston Music Awards. In 2018 they won Best Folk Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. They were also put in the Top 10 bands of 2016 So Far list compiled by NPR.

Honeysuckle just released their new single "Fire Starter" on Antifragile Music. They also have three previous titles: "Catacombs" (full length 2017), "Honeysuckle" (full length 2016) and "Arrows" (EP 2015). Expect to see their 3rd full-length album June 2019.

May 16th at Beat Kitchen: https://www.facebook.com/events/2350350448528099/

Honeysuckle is a progressive folk act that blends older influences and traditional instrumentation with modern effects and inspiration.

Comprised of Holly McGarry, Benjamin Burns, and Chris Bloniarz, this Boston based band can frequently be found performing across the country, playing alongside bands like Del and Dawg, The David Grisman Sextet, The Ballroom Thieves, Boy & Bear, Kitchen Dwellers, John Craigie and others. Honeysuckle has performed an Audiotree session and at Newport Folk Festival, Lollapalooza, Mountain Jam and CMJ, was chosen as a Converse Rubber Tracks artist, and has been nominated for Best Folk Artist of the Year, and Best Americana Artist of the Year four years in a row at the annual Boston Music Awards. In 2018 they won Best Folk Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. They were also put in the Top 10 bands of 2016 So Far list compiled by NPR.

Honeysuckle just released their new single "Fire Starter" on Antifragile Music. They also have three previous titles: "Catacombs" (full length 2017), "Honeysuckle" (full length 2016) and "Arrows" (EP 2015). Expect to see their 3rd full-length album June 2019.

May 16th at Beat Kitchen: https://www.facebook.com/events/2350350448528099/

The Identical twin’s deep telepathic kinship navigates colourful forms of beautiful weirdness and exotic landscapes of layered improvisation, transcending the concept of modern musical performance. The duo shimmers and shakes with the soaring modern wizardry of Jared Mattson’s untamed, layered guitars and Jonathan’s tribal jazz hard-bop drumming – a marvel of jazz-rock orchestration and arrangement. In April 2017, Chaz Bundick Meets Mattson 2 album “Star Stuff” found itself at #1 on contemporary jazz Billboard Charts. The brothers Mattson paid tribute to Japanese legends like Shintaro & Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Haruomi Hosono on their Spring 2018 release “Vaults of Eternity” (via Carpark).“Mattson 2 Plays A Love Supreme,” (Spiritual Pajamas, 2018) is a future jazz mini symphony that shines a light into a hallway of mirrors to cast eternal reflections directly back onto the ideas and purpose of Coltrane himself, whilst challenging the very boundaries of jazz and modern pop.

May 8th @ Lincoln Hall: http://www.lh-st.com/Shows/05-08-2019+Nick+Waterhouse

The Identical twin’s deep telepathic kinship navigates colourful forms of beautiful weirdness and exotic landscapes of layered improvisation, transcending the concept of modern musical performance. The duo shimmers and shakes with the soaring modern wizardry of Jared Mattson’s untamed, layered guitars and Jonathan’s tribal jazz hard-bop drumming – a marvel of jazz-rock orchestration and arrangement. In April 2017, Chaz Bundick Meets Mattson 2 album “Star Stuff” found itself at #1 on contemporary jazz Billboard Charts. The brothers Mattson paid tribute to Japanese legends like Shintaro & Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Haruomi Hosono on their Spring 2018 release “Vaults of Eternity” (via Carpark).“Mattson 2 Plays A Love Supreme,” (Spiritual Pajamas, 2018) is a future jazz mini symphony that shines a light into a hallway of mirrors to cast eternal reflections directly back onto the ideas and purpose of Coltrane himself, whilst challenging the very boundaries of jazz and modern pop.

May 8th @ Lincoln Hall: http://www.lh-st.com/Shows/05-08-2019+Nick+Waterhouse