Halshack Indie Rockcast

The first time around Indie Flavors was such a HIT! We had serve up some more delicious tempting sounds for your ears and your brain to absorb!! Try out a sample of just SOME of the diversity and fantastic talent you will find buried across 60 hours of content spinning on my brand new 24/7 radio station serving up new tunes for you all day long through my shows!! Professional sounding vocal tags w...

From letters to all those spoken words being heard on the NEW 24-hour radio station, its the BRAND NEW ep in the Halphabet Series vol 4 (M-P)! New songs and old time recurring tunes round out this vocabulary ordered special series as we zip through our library of talented acts. Check out the new HALSHACK RADIO!! Its open 24/7 spinning 60 hours of content every 3 days! We will be adding more as we...

Singing "ABC,123" is how you feel free at the Halshack! And free is what it will be when you download or stream Vol 3 of my bevy of songsters I decree!...lol ("I was a poet and didn't....") I'm not going to finish that phrase, Its lame just like this bio...lol Have fun with this amazing group of musicians and fine artists of the whimsical word as well as rhythms! There is always an upstanding and...

Its that time again! Time for more lessons in our ABC's! Its vol 2 of my eclectic series where we focus on just about every act that has ever been on the Halshack! Vol. 2 (D-G) with one "C" to decree because I accidentally overlooked this cutie of a "Cooksey" with a sea of potential just oozing from her adorable smile and infectious personality. She just released a new song too about her recent br...

Howdy folks!! I'm pre-planning shows again! I usually don't do that. I sort of "wing it" or look for life cues and well ironically this one cue I got recently to do this show turned into a whole series of the next 8 bonus shows. So here we go!! Its one song from mostly all 110 (roughly) artists that have been on my show over the course of the past 6 years. Is it their best work? Maybe, maybe not,...

Well I promised you folks a NEW rock show in my banter from Ep 20! Are you ready to have your age rocked or do you want to rock your age?...lol Rock is for all ages and rock is ageless timeless music for rocking. This is a journey through rock/alt unlike anything you will hear anywhere today in the current mainstream market!! We aim to please with some of the FINEST bands the indie community can m...

WARNING--- EXPLICIT CONTENT (very last song) ALERT!! NEW MUSIC ALERT! New bonus to go along with ep 20!! Lets take a look at some of the great tunes you will hear and see in my new SHACKVIDS series!! NEW MUSIC that has NEVER been heard in the podcast feed!! Grab your copy today then go check out SHACKVIDS at www.halshack.com TAMBR exclusive coming soon...POPIFY 6 only available on TAMBR later this...

Ep 20 "Local Vocals" Aug 2020 New show featuring a new slew of local homegrown talent. Crossover show with my new exclusive spot coming on TAMBR. New music network solely for the indie artist!! Be more on this bio later..... Enjoy and as always find everything on Halshack.com including the new SHACKVIDS reboot of MTV style video shows!! Have fun!!

Wow!! 2020 sure has been one helluva year and its ONNNLLYY June...lol. So much has transpired as of late its hard to keep up with it all. Well..new announcements coming and a BIG LEAP forward for the Halshack. We're here to "Conquer it All" baby!! More to this story later.....

I've been working with my own top quality bands from Canada for years and some just recently, either way, this is some of the absolute best unsigned undiscovered talent CANADA has to offer. If its better then I just don't know about them yet. If it has my name on it then its guaranteed to be some of the most eclectic bands and engaging music you have heard in years. These Canadian bands are no exc...

ts POPIFY 3 ..Halshack style!! Only some of the best POP infused songs my library could conjure up! You're NOT going to find a better mix of finely crafted pop songs on the planet. These are real musicians, real singer-songwriters and bands bringing you the coolest pop tones and tunes anywhere on the globe! Find my show at Halshack.com and the shacklist as well. Also you can find all episodes on e...

Hows everyone doing during the lockdown? I'm doing great!! Hope you are too, if not then maybe a new (old) show will cheer you up and have you smiling for 25 minutes. So I'm staying busy and still working too. Life never stops for the banking industry..lol. Back when I was on SPOTIFY (kicked me off in Mar for being a music podcast..lol) I had a popular exclusive series named POPIFY. I got out 5 pl...

BRAND NEW MUSIC ALERT! 6 NEW SONGS! Lets all take some time to reflect while we are stuck in quarantine! Well folks everyday is "ALL THE SAME" as we fight the lockdown blues. Some of you may be reflecting on life's choices and next moves or if youre like me youre "ON IT" till 3 or 4 in the morning working towards your new life and career path. We will all be making changes as we're "MOVING FORWARD...

Its the very first in my famous POPIFY series. It used to be a Spotify Exclusive but they decided I couldn't be on their network anymore. Being a music based podcast goes against their podcasting policies. Even though I had been on there for a year already. Just stupid!!..lol Anyway enjoy this show and when youre done with that go find more things Halshack at my website or all over the web baby!!...

Ep 19.5 (Stay Home, Don't Roam) Apr 2020 ....bonus show, music only A year ago today I left for Nashville, TN to start a clandestine journey into growing a colossal music juggernaut out some fine talented indie bands from the "backwoods" and "unknowns" of the world!! We have succeeded in building the coolest reputation for outstanding talent! Next step...conquer! We need investors. Start building...

Its POPIFY 5 (Spotify Exclusive)!! Only the best music makes a Popify episode and this may be the best one yet! Certainly the longest and chocked full of pop infused styles across several different genres. I will not double up on songs in these shows. Each Popify episode contains exclusive music that can only be heard in these episodes. Somewhere in each show there is a hidden gem or 2 or 3 that y...

HAPPY ST. PATTIES DAY!! Not very happy I know with this invisible enemy lurking around. Lets trade those frowns for a crown and let the KINGS of indie music be heard!....Just kidding..lol, but they are all really great bands!! Just listen for yourself and you will agree! In this episode you will hear all bands and artists that have had a review from our excellent staff of professional bloggers and...

Welcome to the fabulous Halshack and the wondrous POPIFY series. Its #4 in the run and, just like its predecessors, it focuses on not just pop music but a whole mix of pop infused styles from many genres. Find all my other great shows on Spotify too. Theres a few not posted so you can find them everywhere else you can find the Halsahck like Podomatic, Iheart or Itunes or my website. Show is growin...

New Music and New Band Alert! Brand new songs! Ep 19.5 (Music is Love) bonus show, music only Get lots of new stuff plus more PREACHERVAN!! Have fun loving all this music and great tunes. For the LOVE of music and all things heart worthy!! Music and love comes in all shapes and sizes. Find out how big your heart is and what it means to you right here on this ride of love, hurt and all things in be...

New retooled version 2 (3-5-20) get it now! Cleaned up my audio, added a new song, "enhanced" the audio for Monster, fixed an issue with Secret Social Club and the band Asking Alexandria that was a misunderstanding from a bio I read. I cut 5 mins of my banter to streamline the show, added a couple small bits I missed and polished it off with sped up breaks. Its a whole new show in essence and the...

Here's another blast from the past! The original Ep 3 from 5 years ago! Never uploaded to the feed! Enjoy! Halshack.com

Shackstars series (Best of power rock bands Triton and Scars Remain) from Charlotte NC. These fellas have been important part of the Halshack early on in my career! I was extremely pleased to have this camp in my corner. Several years ago Triton released full digital/cd album "First Orbit". After a few years of touring the band hit a HUGE snag in the production of their 2nd release and the band we...

New Music Alert!! New Music Alert!! The name of the game is music fun and this show aims to do just that! Gets its name right everytime! We got new music from 4 artists including a brand new band to the show! JEREMY POLAND coming all the way from the blustery cold south pole with his track "Antarctica" More new tunes from the Starving Artists, Lighthouse and the very wearable Paper Jackets! Its a...

Wishing everyone a very special holiday season its my throwback series from 5 years ago. Posting the old shows officially to the feed. This was originally released at Christmas time 5 years ago and featured my daughter, Deana Jester and the rest of the Central Davidson County High School band spreading their excellent holiday cheer! Find the Halshack on all major music services! Happy Holidays!! H...

Merry Christmas everyone!! Giving you the gift of music Halshack style!! The Living Wilds is all about people, animals and nature. We all live as one on this giant rock of a planet we call home. As Halshack looks forward to brighter days for the show we also look forward to philanthropy of the highest order by helping all walks of life coexist as one and make sure we are doing our duty to protect...