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Hailing from San Jose, Costa Rica, Ariel Maniki  formed the Black Halos in 2014 then releasing the debut album, "The Descending" in 2015. While line up changes in 2016 saw the addition of long time keyboardist Janice Black, they then released their second album, "Labyrinth," the "Teargarden EP" and the signing to Brazilian label Deepland Records. Their third album fol...

Newphasemusic is one of the many projects of Portland, Oregon's Daniel P. Henderson, the drummer of the Neo psychedelic post-punk band, Trance to the Sun. Newphasemusic's debut single is called Starter. To celebrate the launch of the forthcoming album, Dan Milligan of The Joy Thieves And Rona Rougeheart of SINE contributed  slamming remixes and Colin C. of Slighter applied the final touc...

Formed in the Wellington, New Zealand suburb of Wainuiomata in late 1981 while in high school, at a time when Māori visibility in New Zealand’s punk, post-punk, and alternative music scene was rare, the young four piece VIETNAM notably featured two members of Ngāti Kahungunu: vocalist Shane Te Kawenata Bradbrook, and bassist/songwriter Adrian Workman ; alongside co-founder/co-writer and guitarist...

The legendary Jah Wobble , the original bassist of the postpunk band, Public Image Limited and folk-punk legends,  The Ukrainians released "Ukrainian National Anthem in Dub" feat. Jon Klein, (guitarist, Siouxsie and the Banshees) in support of UK-based war refugee charities.  I spoke with the Ukrainians' lead vocalist, Len Liggins regarding this collaboration.  Produced, recorded an...

I spoke with founding member David Mosey from NYC-based post punk alternative rock collective London Plane. The band will be releasing their new album called "Bright Black" on June 17, 2022 on Declared Goods.   London Plane is David Mosey (guitar and vocals), Jessica Cole (vocals), Bryan Garbe (drums), Grant Parker (bass), Julian Tulip (Synths) and Kristofer Widholm (guitar). Following t...

Drawing inspiration from Celtic, Nordic folk and electronica, Parabola West is the artist persona of New Zealand-based American singer and songwriter Amy Tucker West . Originally from Springfield, MA, Amy began songwriting on piano as a teenager and, at age 21, she was recruited into London-based trip-hop band Dreamfield. With two critically acclaimed releases to their credit before splitting in 2...

The City of DJinn  project began as an invitation by Mickey Weems,  Project Coordinator to send Marwan Kamel and Micah Bezold to travel from Chicago to Hawaii to perform as the City of DJinn and bring Muslim musical artists to perform and discuss Islam, Sufism, mysticism and transgression to Hawaii. Weems submitted a proposal and was granted by SEEDS IDEAS and the Department of English at UH Manoa...

Robots In Love   began with a mind-meld between Elenor Rayner and an Atari Computer. With the ability to combine intense emotion with pounding beats, Elenor creates beautifully sad music for the dancefloor.  A prolific and critically acclaimed New Zealand based-artist, she first established a successful music career in Melbourne, Australia touring the world and has credits on more than 50 CD relea...

Melbourne's Suburban Spell,   also known as Peter Endall is a veteran of Australia's new wave, synthpop, post-punk scene since the 1980s. Formerly the keyboardist for the popular 80s Melbourne band, Schizo Scherzo, Suburban Spell was taken from a line in the 1986 Pet Shop Boys hit single, "Suburbia." Initially an instrumental project, Suburban Spell's  debut single is call...

Edward Ka-Spel has built an international following with his dark psychedelic folk melodies and astute lyrics. Best known as the lead singer, keyboard and electronics player, songwriter and co-founder of the band The Legendary Pink Dots. He has also released numerous solo albums and has worked in various different projects including The Tear Garden (with cEvin Keyof Skinny Puppy ), and Mimir (with...

London indietronic artist Rodney Cromwell  AKA Adam Cresswell , is one half of acclaimed #electronic duo Arthur & Martha. He was also a founding member of indie-folktronica band Saloon, who had four entries in Legendary Radio DJ, John Peel's  Festive 50 and recorded three PeelSessions. Cromwell released his latest LP "Memory Box" in March 2022. This 12-track solo album was mixed...

Father and son duo, Cyborg Amok consist of Greg Bullock and his son, Brydon Bullock.   Greg Bullock, formerly the keyboardist with RealEyes and Shamen is the principal songwriter and voice of Cyborg Amok. Greg continues his journey suspended in dark waves crashing over striking landscapes. His son, Brydon Bullock emerges as an up and coming drummer on the local music scene. He has performed with R...

Alternative pop artist Jenn Vix has a new collaborative track called "You Are A Star" featuring #AliScore , original drummer of the legendary Grammy-award winning new wave synthpop band, A Flock Of Seagulls . This release sees the legendary drummer return to music after a lengthy hiatus, putting to work the technique that helped A Flock of Seagulls become one of the most influential band...

April 8 is a day observed by fans of the "Rex Manning Day," a yearly celebration of the 1995 cult-classic film, Empire Records.   In Hawaii, we are running on our 3rd Annual event, we skipped a year because of the pandemic or it would have been our 4th one. This event will take place again at The Equus Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii with actor Coyote Shivers who played Berko in the film and a...

David J is the iconic bass player and a founding member of one of the most influential bands, BAUHAUS . The Band spearheaded the post-punk alternative music scene of the early 80s with a string of innovative albums and singles, including a song that is ranked as a classic, the pinnacle of the goth subculture, "Bela Lugosi's Dead " featuring the lyrics of David J. The song was also f...

Justine O' Gadhra-Sharp is a vocalist, drummer, and performance artist from Christchurch, New Zealand who was a member of the noisy alternative rock band The Gael (1995-96), Flinch, Pulchritude, DiS, Artemisia and the long-running DIY underground label and artist collective, kRkRkRk from 1996-2000.  Sídhe (pronounced “shee”) is her debut solo EP which blends brooding and seductive lounge-bar...

Layla Reyna is best known as the vocalist for the popular US goth rock trio Strap On Halo for more than a decade (2008-2020).  Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the trio toured the US, the UK and Europe and joined the Uk's The Last Cry and DJ Martin Oldgoth at the "Near Dark Over Europe" Tour in 2014. Strap On Halo released two albums and several EPs and singles, easily winning over US, UK...

Dublin's post punk alternative artist AVA VOX released her single, Crash in December 2021. Produced by Ray McLoughlin who has performed and recorded with various artists from Cliff Richard, Daniel O’Donnel, Francis Black, Brian Kennedy, Derek Ryan, Nathan Carter, the RTE Concert Orchestra, Rick Astley and Mary Coughlan, her forthcoming debut album called "Immortalised" is set to be...

Ashley Bad is a Los Angeles based solo artist who combines Film Noir lyrical influences with Gothic and Electronic soundscapes. Drawing from her experience performing with cult glam-punk band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, performing and touring with Belgian Electronic Music Group Lords of Acid and her years of performing as an international Latex Burlesque Performer, she evokes your inner...

My guests in this episode is Beauty in Chaos curator, Michael Ciravolo , musician and founder of Daisy Rock Guitars, T ish Ciravolo and Brazilian actress, singer and songwriter Cinthya Hussey. Los Angeles-based alternative rock collective Beauty In Chaos founded by guitarist and President of Schecter Guitar Research, Michael Ciravolo is soon to release on 2-22-22 their forthcoming album “BEHIND TH...

Rona Rougeheart also known as SINE is a musician, drummer, producer and mullt-instrumentalist from Austin, Texas who fuses dark electro with industrial alternative rock. In 2021 She released her latest album "Desire, Denial and Paramania" on the label eMERGENCY heARTS, Emergency Hearts bringing together selected highlights from SINE’s back-catalogue from 2016-2020, along with new singles...

Harry Stafford is best known as the founder, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist of the post punk gothic rockers from Manchester, England, Inca Babies As a vibrant part of Britain's early postpunk / death rock scene, Inca Babies' story began in 1983 in the now-legendary deck-access flats of Hulme (Manchester). In 1984, they self-released their debut single "Interior."  With six...

Vonamor is Italy's postpunk, darkwave and electro trio band.  The band’s roots dates back to 2016 in Rome, Italy when their focus was to communicate images, authoring various  scores for short films. This morphed into the trio as we know it today with its contemporary taste and allure, literary echoes, imperious art-pop and enigmatic aesthetics.  Vonamor is made up of sisters Giulia Bottaro (...

AMMO is a rock and roll photographer, producer, musician and songwriter. Currently based between Los Angeles and New York City, she released in 2021  the single “Rose + Crown” with a video for the title track, directed by AMMO and co-filmed by Christopher Slater.  The B-side to the single is called “Total Recall,” which is a tribute to Adrian Borland of the influential UK band, the Sound.  It is t...

Cathal Coughlan is the Irish music legend, Co- founder and singer of acclaimed 80s /90s groups Microdisney and Fatima Mansions .  As one of Ireland’s most revered singer and lyricist, Coughlan has been described by the Guardian as “the most underrated lyricist in pop today.” The legendary DJ, John Peel said he could “listen to Cathal Couglan sing the phone book.”     In 2019, Coughlan and the memb...