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Blending Americana-Noir Indie Soul with Funky Psychedelic Surf Pop, Venice California duo, Howler Honey produces emotionally charged soundscapes that sit somewhere between late-night confession and cinematic escape drawing vast influences from Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass to Portishead and Sublime.

On their way to creating Howler Honey, Matt Wayne and JuJu Jean ’s first ever released single, recorded in their bedroom closet, reached over 1.5 million streams and climbing, being featured on Spotify’s Editorial “LovePop” and “Love Songs & Chill playlists with Howler Honey’s debut album being featured on Apple Music’s Official Playlists “New In Alternative” and “New Music Daily”.
Other notable highlights include contributing music to the Emmy Award winning Netflix documentaries, “Wild Wild Country” and “The Kings of Tupelo” as well as the new Hulu series “Death and Other Details”, being featured as the “Artist Spotlight” on SoCal’s 88.5 FM for multiple weeks in a row and 88.5FM’s “The AUX RTN Podcast”, as well as a featured performing artist/interviewed for SXSW Music Festival, Abbot Kinney Fest, KXLU Radio 88.9FM’s “Wildwood Flower Radio Hour” and “Mystic Pete’s Chronicles Radio Show” and KUSF College Radio. They played at Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Fest, Mountain Town Music Fest, Mesa Music Film Fest, Highland Park Film Fest, the first ever virtual reality Burning Man Festival being the largest virtual reality event in history, performed as a featured artist on Norm’s Rare Guitars Web Series and Jam In The Van, Kurt Russell’s GoGi Wine & Music Annual Event, Sunset Sound’s, “Into The Vault” Series and Medicine Box’s “Tree Talks”, Unquiet Live Web Series, Radio Venice TV, MusicOTFuture Global TV “Behind The Song Series”, KRXM Radio’s “Tunes At Noon”, Tasty Licks Music and Adam’s Archive Show KNNZ 89.1FM, as well as headlining notable venues such as the Ventura Theater, The Venice West, House of Blues and the Whiskey A Go Go.

Howler Honey has collaborated with Brian Viglione (The Dresden Dolls) contributing the music for the song “Time Warp” featuring Tim Curry, Connie Britton, Rosario Dawson, Jason Alexander, Wilmer Valderrama, Lance Bass, Seth Green, Nell Campbell, Josh Gad, David Arquette, Eiza Gonzalez, Rachel Bloom and many more, for the 45th Anniversary remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show playing alongside Miss Peppermint, Bob Weir and Mike McCready as well as collaborated with renowned musicians, Stanley “The Baron” Behrens (WAR, Canned Heat, Santana), Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires), Greg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Ringo Starr, Spinal Tap, Steve Vai, Electric Light Orchestra, Toto), Gary Mallaber (Steve Miller Band, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt), John “Spazz” Hatton (Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Stray Cats) and Scott Wittenberg (Zen Robbi) and producers Jacob Sciba (Gary Clark Jr., Black Pistol Fire, Black Angels, Willie Nelson) at Arlyn Studios, John McBride (Martina McBride, Stevie Nicks, Train, Dolly Parton, Buddy Guy, Kesha, Garth Brooks) at Blackbird Studios, Will Chason (Kanye West, RZA, Tyler The Creator, The Head and the Heart) at Hyde Street Studios and Tyler Karmen (Lola Young, MGMT, My Morning Jacket) for their debut and sophomore albums, “1st Street Dream” and “Casa De Bernardo”.

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