DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio

This week’s PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR is bluesy, ballsy, rough around the edges, and a whole lot of roots rock’n’roll fun—let’s call it a holiday music palette cleanser! Among those included in the mix are the Delta Bombers, Carolina & Her Rhythm Rockets, rockabilly guitar legend Danny B. Harvey, Hillbilly Hellcats, Phantom Rockers, and, of course, The Cramps—so I hope you’ll give this one a s...

Happy holidays! I’m pleased to present the 2023 edition of the annual Dark Nation Radio FAVORITE 40 – my personal favorites out of the many goth / industrial / post-punk / and intelligent electronica tracks played on DNR this year. Included in the mix are Odonis Odonis, Black Angel, VNV Nation, The Bellwether Syndicate, Flesh Field, Chelsea Wolfe, Occults, Black Rose Burning, Dead Lights, and a lo...

DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio is pleased to present your antidote to saccharine holiday music: the annual DARK SOLSTICE broadcast—3 hours of neofolk, neomedieval, Viking chants, and dark ambient music for the longest nights of the year in the northern hemisphere. Included among the many artists are Heilung, Wardruna, Danheim, Lunar Paths, The Moon and the Nightspirit, Engelsstaub, and Faun. The fu...

Welcome to the 25th edition of DJ cypher’s PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR—my semi-monthly rockabilly, psychobilly, and horrorpunk broadcast. This week’s show leans heavily toward the horrorpunk side of the spectrum, with The Creepshow, Blitzkid, The Koffin Kats, Calabrese, and Michale Graves, among others in the mix—sure to cleanse your mental palette of maudlin holiday music! If you like what you...

This week’s Dark Nation Radio broadcast can now be streamed and will be my last “regular” show for a little while as I move into a period of special programs. This coming Sunday (12/17), I’ll be presenting my annual “Dark Solstice” show (any Heilung fans out there?!) and then on SATURDAY the 23rd I’ll be presenting a three-hour 2023 retrospective. This week’s show goes through three phases. It sta...

Enticing people to try out new music from unfamiliar bands is a heavy lift, so you might notice a few familiar names this time: Depeche Mode, Corpus Delicti, OMD, and Chelsea Wolfe. New/recent tracks from these are included among so much else that’s new and wonderful, including Night Nail, Flesh Field, daddybear, Black Angel, SINE, Madil Hardis, Mildreda, J:Dead, Yama Uba, DI Auger, Frenchy & the...

Hot on the heels of this week’s Dark Nation Radio is this month’s second PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR show, which treats you like royalty with King Kurt, King Cat Rhythm, The Dukes of Bordello, Empress of Fur, Kings of Hong Kong, and, of course, King Salami and the Cucumberland three. Plus, we can’t talk about royalty without the true king, so get ready for some Dead Elvis, Ovos Presley, and even...

This week’s Dark Nation Radio is overflowing with fantastic new music, including tracks from Seeming, daddybear, Night Nail, Technoir, The Sea at Midnight, Lord Thaddeus, selfishshadows, disharmony, Mari Kattman, Huir, Presence of Mind, DSTRTD SGNL, Alien Creation, Yama Uba, and Caustic. If you enjoy discovering new bands and music, this one will be right up your alley—please consider following me...

Like a Thanksgiving feast, this week’s Dark Nation Radio includes large helpings of everything darkly delicious! And, even better, it can help you with holiday shopping by pointing you toward new and interesting music to stuff in someone’s stocking—music, in fact, makes the perfect gift because not only will you delight the recipient, but you will be helping working bands and musical artists at th...

Pasta anyone? Last night’s PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR includes a healthy infusion of spaghetti western as it takes a dark tour of the desert southwest. In the mix are Ghoultown, Hola Ghost, The Chop Tops, and The Reverend Horton Heat, with some guest appearances by The Handsome Family, Imelda May, Stephen Sanchez, Mike Ness, and Chris Isaak—and even Ennio Morricone takes a turn. So, regardless...

This week’s Dark Nation Radio is up to date with a vengeance, with the entire show consisting of brand new music! Among the bands included are Flesh Field, Black Angel, Frenchy & the Punk, Aesthetic Perfection, ESA, Still Patient? SPECTRES, Star Industry, and The Mystic Underground. The full playlist is below. If you like what you hear, I hope you’ll consider following me on your preferred streami...

Ghosts and Ghouls—I’m pleased to present the PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR Halloween broadcast! Two hours of undead psychobilly and horror punk mayhem including The Cramps, Blitzkid, Graveyard Johnnys, Memphis Morticians, Phantom Rockers, Kitty in a Casket, Zombina & the Skeletones, The Creepshow, Calabrese, The Meteors, Cult of the Psychic Fetus, Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space, and many mo...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For your spooky listening pleasure, the annual Dark Nation Radio HALLOWEEN PARTY broadcast is back from the grave and available for streaming—three full hours of creepy, freaky, and very cheeky tunes for the living and living impaired! Included in the stew are Type O Negative, Zombie Girl, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cramps, Voltaire, Concrete Blonde, Ghoultown, The Ramones, Rob...

“Generations” is the theme of this week’s Dark Nation Radio, the first half of which is old-school goth followed by a second half that is brand new dark electro. Hour one includes classics from Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Alien Sex Fiend, New Model Army, The Bolshoi, and The Cure, while hour two introduces new tracks from DEAD LIGHTS, Bara Hari, Unitcode:Machine, Owl Vision, and Techlash, among others. Hou...

Calling all groovie ghouls and ghostie gals—we’re warming up for Halloween on DJ cypher’s PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR with The Brains, The Cramps, Dick Dale, Raucous Red Roosters, Rezurex, The Quakes, Black Hearse Getaway, The 69 Cats, and more (complete playlist below). Tune in and turn it up so they can hear you six feet underground! And, if you like what you hear, come channel us at the PFPH...

This week’s Dark Nation Radio starts off on a more meditative note with intelligent electronica from diSHARMONY and Fractal, before building in intensity across the show. Lots of new material in the mix including tracks from Sun’s Spectrum, The Neuro Farm Kanga, Circuit Preacher, Cyanbaal, Pretty Addicted, Alien Creation, Die Sexual, and Soft Vein. Give a listen and let me know what you think on t...

Thank you very much to everyone who tunes in the live show or who streams it as I showcase new releases by hard-working “dark music” bands and artists. This week’s Dark Nation Radio is full of new material by bands including pMAD, Lunar Paths, Soft Vein, Fall Shock, Black Rose Burning, Dread Risks, Sapphira Vee, SINE, The Antoine Poncelet Band, IndifferentMonKey, Mind Port, Octavian Winters, and T...

“Demented doo-wop” is the label I coined to describe one of the bands in this week’s PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR and I’m quite pleased with that—so if you are ready to jam with zombie Elvis as he snacks on brains of the characters from Happy Days, I hope you’ll graveyard boogie on over for a listen. In the potion this time are bands including Graveyard Johnnys, The Zipheads, Deadbolt, The Nevrot...

DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio turned 24 this past weekend! To celebrate, I played one song from each of the 24 years the show has been running starting with 1999. It’s a mix of club bangers and personal favorites that showcases the variety of styles that is DNR’s trademark. Among those included are Clan of Xymox, Mesh, Covenant, IAMX, Stromkern, Gary Numan, Faderhead, Rosegarden Funeral Party, Ayr...

DURAN DURAN anyone? This week’s Dark Nation Radio leads off with their new track and I will be very curious to hear what you think! Let me know your thoughts on the Dark Nation Radio Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio. In addition to that, I’ve got more fantastic South Asian-inflected electronica from Akriza & Mah Ze Tar, as well as new tracks from bands including Nig...

Ready to rumble? The latest PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR broadcast is ten tons of high-octane fun! Included in the mix this time are Nekromantix, Demented Are Go, Psycho Charger, HorrorPops, The Krewmen, and Blood Sucking Zombies From Outer Space, as well as a howlin’ new track from She Wolf Dana Kain & the Mighty Incisors! If you like what you hear, please take a trip to the bands’ bandcamps pag...

This week’s Dark Nation Radio is another in a long line of broadcasts showcasing new material by contemporary “dark music” bands and musical artists. If you are enjoy finding out about new music, I hope you’ll give it a listen. Even better, if you like what you hear, please support the bands by visiting their bandcamp pages! (I wouldn’t mind if you followed me as well and, even better, reposted th...

Hey, you! (yes, you). Let me ask you something: Do you like music? And are you open to new things? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then this week’s Dark Nation Radio broadcast should be right up your alley because it showcases lots and lots of fantastic new music from contemporary bands and musical artists who would welcome your support! Included in the mix are tracks from Stoneburner, A...

I had a bit of fun with this week’s Dark Nation Radio, which includes a few unexpected tracks amid the more expected DNR fare. New tracks from bands including Lunar Paths, 3Teeth, Klack, Terminal, Madil Hardis, I Am a Rocketship, Mal di Luna, Her Own World, Klack, and OMD. If you enjoy DNR, please support the bands by visiting their bandcamp pages! Following me on your preferred streaming platform...

The latest PSYCHOBILLY FAMILY POWER HOUR broadcast can now be streamed. Featuring, among others, The Ruiners, The Rosedales, X-Ray Cat Trio, Nim Vind, Mike Ness, Evil Daltons, Dick Venom and the Terrortones, and The Rosedales, I’m not saying this show will change your life ... but I’m not saying it won’t either! I hope you’ll give it a spin and, if you like what you hear, support the bands and con...