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  • DWR Is Having A Baby

    DWR Is Having A Baby

    I mean, my wife is having a baby, I just didn’t know how else to make the title work. But yeah, BABY H.K. COMING 2024!!! So yeah, stuff is probably going to change a bit. I am going to be the primary caretaker, so while I love doing my Dirt Witch Records stuff, I will Read more

  • Last Week’s Shadow Drops

    Last Week’s Shadow Drops

    I put out a lot of random bandcamp music last week. It was a good time. Here’s a summary of it. DITTO is a weird noise jazz album up on The Existential Dread BandCamp (and Justin H.K.’s streamers Dec. 15). It’s based on guitar loop improv from my DITTO looper pedal, then bass and two Read more

  • “On The Northline” Is A Fine Time: Frontier Ruckus Still Rock Us

    “On The Northline” Is A Fine Time: Frontier Ruckus Still Rock Us

    Michigan legends Frontier Ruckus return with the first single off their upcoming album of the same name “On The Northline” (due out February 16 and can be pre-ordered via Head Records). I’ll admit like a lot of bands I listened to at the time, I fell off of Frontier Ruckus a bit. I was into Read more

  • Pink Heart Glasses/Shiny Windows

    Pink Heart Glasses/Shiny Windows

    Since The Existential Dead and The Existential Dread are now bandcamp only, I decided to do a couple of shadow drops. Pink Heart glasses is a 4 song EP from The Existential Dead. It’s punk funk, jazz fusion, or something like that. Shiny windows is a 5 song EP from The Existential Dread. It’s, experimental Read more

  • Ghost From The West Audio

    Ghost From The West Audio

    I went back and did the narration and light soundtrack treatment to Ghost From The West while working on …. Anyways. Here’s the text to Ghost From The West if you’re looking for it. Read more

  • HI 5 11/17/23

    HI 5 11/17/23

    Last HI 5 for the year so I can work on my album and song of the year lists. In a DWR update Kyle Kaos’s music as well as my projects (Justin H.K., Justin Hurst, The Existential Dead, The Existential Dread) will be temporarily removed from most streaming services (you can always listen on BandCamp!) Read more