Our friends Dando and Carlos Halston have been away for a minute, cooking up who knows what. But Boston’s favorite I-don’t-know-how-you-describe-this-music duo has resurfaced just in time to gift their fans for being naughty and nice. Halston (who provides the theme to the Popblerd podcast, in case you were wondering) release a holiday single every year, and the 2013 chestnut is simply entitled “Christmas.” The track can be downloaded for free here , and they have also thoughtfully included a video for the track. […]
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A Moment With…Halston
When a band’s MySpace page lists their music as “country/disco house/indie”, you know you’re in for a fun time. Boston’s Halston (say that five times fast) combines synthy pop of the Eighties with the hooky goodness of…well, the Eighties, and then they put their own modern-day unique spin on it. The guys that comprise Halston-Carlos and Dando-have appeared on this site several times in the past, and I got them to agree not only to an interview, but to premiere their brand-spankin’ […]
New Halston Video Goodness! (That’s Not a Green Screen, Is It?)
It’s not a green screen! For a second, I was like “WTF, these guys can afford a green screen?” Because it was the perfect purple sky. I figured it had to be a fake. ANYWAY, a while back we hipped you to the sounds of the band Halston via the video for “Boca Raton” . Guess what, kids? Carlos and Dando are back with another video, this time for the song “Guess What? That’s What!”. After viewing the video, I have a […]
Who the Hell is…Halston?
One cool thing about living in Boston is the local music scene. Even more so than New York, it seems that just about everyone here has some kind of music hustle. They sing, they rap, they play an instrument. Makes me wish I’d kept playing the guitar I had when I was a kid. Anyhow, a friend of mine posted this video on his Facebook page, and I kinda fell in love. The name of the band is Halston. The […]