IR: The SoCal Sessions - Double Shot of Happiness

April 30, 2007

The SoCal Sessions is proud to present our first double shot, which is helping promote a very important cause over at Savenetradio.org. In conjunction with the effort to help push the Internet Radio Equality Act, the Truckee Brothers are giving away free copies of their new song Mayday, which you’ll be able to download from their website on May 1st.

Our bands today are the San Diego based Truckee Brothers as well as the Los Angeles based Dead Rock West. All the information you’ll need to know is in the session as well as at the websites below. Drink up!

“…Hell, I wanna share the stage with [the Truckee Brothers], get on the same bill at a gig in ..San Diego or wherever.” - Mike Watt (Minutemen/Stooges)

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Written by Charles Stepczyk · Filed Under IR: Regional, IR: The SoCal Sessions

IR Turkey #4: The One Which is “The Bomb” (English)

April 26, 2007

Hi everyone, the 4th episode of IR Turkey is here. You know what, we need to find a name for you IR Turkey fans. It is becoming lame to say “Hi everyone”. How would you like to be called?

In this episode, I am unfortunately alone, all by myself. It is the end of semester here and Hande has loads of stuff to finish and she could not spare time for the recording. We decided that I do the show alone this time since we did not want to give too much of a break. As I was being silly I forgot to mention this at the begining of the episode but I am sure you figured it out that I was alone, right?

A message to Hande’s fans: “Don’t worry she will be back in the next episode!”

I think this episode has a killer playlist and it is why I call this episode is the bomb.

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Written by irturkey · Filed Under IR: Regional, IR: Turkey (English)

IR Orlando #17

April 24, 2007

It’s been another long delay, but hopefully this one is worth the wait. After weeks of being very busy and lots of computer issues, I’m back on track with an excellent playlist that includes some of my absolute favorites. Enjoy!

1. Summerbirds in the Cellar | Behold the Wolf ( from the album ‘With The Hands Of The Hunter It All Becomes Dead’)
For now, Orlando can still claim Summerbirds as one of our finest bands, but they split a lot of their time between here and Athens, GA. The band is made up of members Brad, Curtis, Tyson, and Yardley, but Brad and Curtis have also been providing their musical services to the Athens-based Now It’s Overhead. Now It’s Overhead frontman Andy LeMaster is also a noted recording engineer who co-owns a recording studio called Chase Park Transduction studio where REM, The Drive-by Truckers, and The Glands have recorded.

2. Chance and the Choir | Life and Life Only
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Chance & the Choir are based in Los Angeles, CA. So why am I playing them? Is it a Friends of the Family segment? Actually, it could be, since Chance has been a long standing friend of all of the Insomnia Radio shows (as well as TONS of other podcasts)… BUT… in fact, Chance is a hometown boy, born and raised right here in Orlando.
‘Life and Life Only’ is Chance & the Choir’s 16th single.

3. Crash the Satellites | Learning to Land
Jacksonville’s Crash the Satellites is a band that I completely fell in love with, right from the first listen. Their excellent debut CD, ‘Learning to Land’ came out in 2006 and is available is CD Baby, iTunes and tons of other download stores. I highly recommend it. Band members are Paul, Julia, Dan and Brian and they are terrific live as well. Lead singer/guitarist Paul and drummer Julia have been playing in bands together since they were about 15.

4. Bing Futch | Crazy Feels Like
Bing is a busy guy - he has a video production company, and he also plays Appalachain mountain dulcimer, which he teaches and performs with all over the country. He’s also a podcaster, hosting the show All Florida Indies, and has produced over 50 episodes and counting, and he hosts the Dulcimerica video podcast. On top of all that, he’s a member of the Americana band Mohave.
Blog: http://nowheremusic.blogspot.com/
http://bingfutch.blogspot.com/

5. Between the Trees | White Lines & Red Lights
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Orlando-based Between the Trees formed in early 2005, while most of them were still in high school. Their new CD, ‘The Story and the Song’ has been garnering national attention for the band and they are currently on tour throughout the U.S. and will be joining the Warped Tour this summer.

6. Life of Pi | Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
I’ve played Tampa-based Life of Pi before and talked about how much I love them. This is a track from their brand new CD ‘Monsoon Season’ which is due to be released soon.

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Written by Marci Brinker · Filed Under IR: Orlando, IR: Regional

IR: The SoCal Sessions #11 - This is the City

April 23, 2007

Presenting a somewhat wide cross-section of the LA music scene, ‘This is the City’ brings us several tracks from a cadre of talented artists with new undiscovered music to share with the world.

Fishbone returns to the fold with a song about peace & unity, and leads the charge into the rest of the session where we discover the beautiful and driving indie pop of Adam Freedman, a reflective look at last weeks tragic events through a Pushstart Wagon song, and the ethereal majesty of songs by both Lost in Los Angeles & Building a Better Spaceship.

Also jumping into the mix today is a special guest appearance from Lynn Parsons, a podcaster from the UK who had some colorful things to say about the transplanted Fresno outfit, The Argyle Pimps, on one of her past episodes.

Included at the tail end of this session are two visiting artists from Stockholm & Austin, performing this coming weekend at the renowned Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio.

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*visiting artists at Coachella

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Written by Charles Stepczyk · Filed Under IR: Regional, IR: The SoCal Sessions

IR Turkey #3: The One Where We Break Rules (English)

April 9, 2007

It is been a little longer than I would like since the previous episode but life interfered and we could not get it done earlier. However, as always we have some great music lined up for you. In this 3rd episode I am joined by Hande again. We had a nice time recording and listening to the songs and had some conversation in between which we thought was nice As we did in the previous episode we translated the band and song names and this time we tried to translate the meaning of the song as well:

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Written by irturkey · Filed Under IR: Regional, IR: Turkey (English)

IR: The SoCal Sessions #10 - Easter Earmuffs

April 5, 2007

Possibly our only episode so far with a smattering of colorful content comes just in time for Easter delivery along with a pair of earmuffs for the children.

We are completely excited to bring you a bunch of new releases in this episode here at mile marker ten, just outside the city limits. All eight artists featured in this session either have a new offering out or are currently working on new material, which definitely makes us feel productive in helping them get the word out.

All artists are listed below and we’ve spent a time compiling links to their websites, as well as notable places we thought you’d like to visit. If you like what you hear today, please take the time and visit the artists and please give them your support with either a post-it to their websites, or even a purchase if so inclined.

Thanks everyone for staying subscribed to the show. We do have some new regional shows if you are interested. Insomnia Radio Detroit & Turkey launched recently, as well as Dread at the Controls w/ the legendary reggae producer & DJ Mikey Dread. We also have a sizable promo endorsed by the City of San Diego that you’ll find at the links below:

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