Halshack Indie Rockcast
Find the tracklist on the brand new retool of the Shacklists page on Halshack.com
(broken down into themes, genres, series and subcategories)
Current daily news..... Monday Oct 22nd..BATTLESHACK 5--65 min special top 10 show for 2025--- 2pm ET
Re Jam shows all day long (music only versions of Shackjams)
DISCLAIMER........ Battleshack contests --these contest shows are not about the best songs on the station or the best bands overall....These shows highlight some of the best new talent received over the last 2 year period since 2023.
The cutoff was this past spring/summer 2025 so any new acts since then will have to wait till next contest....maybe next year 2026. (too much new music now to stretch 2 years)
Many songs and bands are stellar and epic across the station but those bands have already been in prior contests or are not eligible because of their high level status. (From Ashes to New, Cavo, Drowning Pool etc...).
Does not matter the past bands have released new music. (That does not count) These contests are about new bands only!!
(so if you are expecting to hear certain top bands like The Royal Foundry, Paper Jackets, Crashing Atlas, Below 7 etc.... you will not find them because they already competed years prior)
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HUGE week coming!
Oct 20 and 22----Battleshack 5
(top 10 show for 2025)
Mon 2pm Wed 3pm
Zeno FM Keep One Radio
KERB MXTR FM
Oct 22 - Wed night
10pm ---All new show
DJ Master Renegade
Trance Session Mix
Zeno FM Keep One Radio
12am- Midnight
Shackcredibles 5 (after party)
90 mins runner up show (Battleshack 5)
Zeno FM Keep One Radio
Oct 24th Friday
Migs in the Shack-- all new show
Migs718 one hour throwdown party
9am 4pm 9pm 12 midnight
OCT 27th and 29th- HALLOWSHACK 5
KERB, ZENO, KEEP ONE RADIO- 2pm ET/1pm CT
Wednesday 29th- MXTRFM ZENO KEEP ONE- 3pm ET
HALLOWEEN Oct 31st --90 min party
CLUB SHACK -- Shackoween Party
ZENO FM KEEP ONE RADIO
9am 4pm 9pm 12am
KERB- 11pm/ 10pm CT
MXTRFM -- LIVE 365--KEEP ONE RADIO (after party) 2am ET
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75 plus hours of new content on the station since Oct 7th
Kicking off Rejam and Non Stop Pop series (bonus show editions) of the original full episodes with no hosting...no need to keep rehashing old news!
Find the originals on the podcast feed on Zeno Fm, Iheart, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Podomatic, Deezer and many more!
WARNING!!!!!!- (Some of these shows will have strange music shifts because the audio host context was removed from the show...so the flow will not match a normal bonus show that's curated into a proper flow by me) episodes 1-45 (Pop Stop) and 50 (Shackjam) for both series are now complete and in rotation!
We have been on Zeno since late 2023. In that time we've had over 6000 markets in 190 countries to discover Halshack! They love the station. Some folks stay on for hours! Who does that in radio??!! We're very honored!!!
Don't let the rock moniker scare you off (if that's not your thing) Its not just rock, we cover most popular genres in a different mix of shows. Could be rock or pop straight through or a mix of rock, pop, alternative and more.
We have hosted shows with music by the owner of the station (Hal Jester aka Halshack) but most shows are music only! How do you find the track names and bands you ask?? SUPER EASY----- Halshack.com/shacklists (Just scroll the page, you will find the playlist in a category or chronological order)
We help new bands and artists get a foot hold in the industry! We make no money at this! We're here to help bands for the passion of the music. Bands that have little to no voice but are quality enough to become a household name if given the chance!
We've also gotten lucky with some BIG scores of names to help bolster our station and help these bands grow! DROWNING POOL, FROM ASHES TO NEW, CAVO and many more big names back our station with credits! We're honored to have them on the team! We do theme shows and much more!
We have weekly shows that air on Halshack here at Zeno along with 99.9 KERB in Houston TX and MXTR-FM and Washington DC that air Mondays at 2pm ET and Wednesdays at 3pm ET!
We have over 400 bands and solo artists also 100 rappers we're helping!
You peeps are awesome! Thanks for the vote of confidence to make your day better! Its my duty to put a smile on at least one person's face everyday! I live for it!
We work with bands and artists in 16 countries! Its all radio ready material built for commercial success! We have many BRIT and CANADIAN bands!! We love you guys and gals! Thanks for being on the team!
Hang out! Let the station play for hours like so many do! You will discover a new music universe you never knew existed!
We aim to give you a different kind of radio experience! Bringing back the 90s baby but in an ALL NEW format with ALL NEW bands and songs!
Weekly theme schedule! Some days rotate or it just doesnt happen depending on life issues..lol
SUNDAYS and MONDAYS
Sunday Funday and Monday Funday
Random shows all day long!
Mondays after 3pm EST (catch the all-new SHACKJAM
for Houston radio stations 99.9 KERB and KRAM)
TUESDAYS- 2 for Tunesday
Dynamic Duos and Double Trouble series
WEDNESDAYS
Wonder Shack (mixed hits series)
Way Back Wednesday (classic 80s and retro)
THURSDAYS- Triple Threat Thursday
(3 bands each spotlight shows)
FRIDAYS- ROCK OUT!
Mix of Wonder Shack, Rockwaves series
and more rock goodness!
SATURDAYS- Super Shackerday..lol
SKATURDAY (we love ska/reggae)
SHACKSTARS series (full 30 min or 1 hour compilations)
Theme shows as well!
The major labels have dropped the ball and are no longer doing their jobs and that's to bring you bands like these like they used too! We come from that background! We don't understand whats happened to their business model but its no longer about providing the music fan with a real service for the world!
I've scoured the globe between a number of personal and music business connections throughout the industry over the last 15 YEARS to the tune of 30,000 bands! Found a few hundred that are either "one hit wonders" or have multiple hits spanning years in their collective libraries! Most of these acts could be TOP 100 or TOP 10 BILLBOARD type unknown "contenders" for any time point back to the 70s/80s up to the current music sphere! Indie bands are the pioneers of so many styles and innovations! They should be leading the way!
We at HALSHACK make a promise to YOU to never let that passion die!
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! (JESTERMAN9000@GMAIL.COM)
The show is growing strong across the world on the podcast feed from Iheart to Itunes to Amazon Music to Podomatic and many more! The show has reached over 500 cities in 100 countries on the podcast feed! All new episodes are on the podcast feed and will be featured here on the station as well! I fired up this station on Zeno back in late 2020 but multiple complications kept the channel from growing! I've updated the bio as well as all current shows!
The current format will have a multiple genre rotation of shows with theme days and weekends or constant rotation of the last 3 years worth of shows! The shows may rotate forward or backward. We will have marathon events or indie themed days or rock shows only or country or rap/ hip-hop and many other type mixes of all the great more current episodes of the Halshack!
There are thousands of songs on rotation in this assortment of episodes uploaded to showcase the shows growth over the last 3 years! You may hear the episode changing to something you don't like. Give it a song or two and it will roll onto something else. TRUST ME!! Each segment changes every 20 minutes. Each episode is built by ME (Hal) to keep the show continuity and my special signature flow I'm becoming world renown for! Again big THANK YOU to all my fans and bands for making this possible!
I've been building my own personal relationships with "A-list" indie bands across the world for the last 10 years!!! This is a UNIQUE mix of over 500 artists roughly over the last 10 years the show has been "up" and Ive done it all for FREE!! This has been an amazing grassroots effort from alot of professionals in the industry to springboard us forward! Ive earned partners who are ex major label reps who jumped on with me to help grow our own universe! Some of the artists are very mainstream and others lean to the indie side of things! Its up to you to find your happy music place!
Reverbnation owner Lou Plaia contacted me personally to run official radio submission campaigns for his company back in Nov 2020. First campaign started in Jan 2021 and had the first show for the company in Mar 2021! We went from 120 artists I had spent 7 years hand curating to now 450 almost 3 years later representing 15 countries! Every single artist has been curated and chosen by my ears only either because they had a viable hit for one show or they have a library that never ends that sees continual play across multiple years of my history. Songs are chosen based on the theme of the show and their rotation in the schedule. I try not to overplay tunes so some of the really BIG hits on my show don't get annoying or overbearing to the listener!
Ive been lucky enough to earn projects produced by or backed credits or collab songs from major stars lending their efforts to these indie bands or I work directly with the band itself. Stevie Nicks, Frankie Muniz, Belinda Carlisle, Eminem, Cavo, Drowning Pool, From Ashes to New, Thrower, Lil Zane, Nic Collins (son of Phil Collins) and many more!! I'm very honored!!
Hope you jump on the Halshack bandwagon! Were bringing a successful festival to North Carolina with (my personal team and local business owners) that will not be cancelled like the Wampus Cat, the HIGH ROCK MUSIC FEST is coming August 2024 with CAVO as a headliner!!
You can find every tracklist at my website under SHACLKISTS! Each show has its own list and there are displayed in order of release! The quickest way to get there search google "halshack shacklists" or right here
www.halshack.com/shacklists
www.halshack.com
