Enjoy episode number 59 of Insomnia Radio UK. We don’t answer the questions about where the Jetpacks and Hovercars we were promised actually are, I’m afraid, but here are nine great songs from UK artists,...

From his 2008 EP Please Believe Me Darrin Kohavi was raised in a musical family. He started playing classical piano at the age of eight. By the age of 17, he had mastered jazz, rock and R&B, and added guitar,...

Every year the fine folk at over at IODA Promonet host a nice party over at the South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin. Repeating the fine lineup from last year, IODA has once again put together a great cross...

From their third EP recorded in 2008, In Chains. The prolific and talented Dead Heart Bloom recorded and released three EPs of five tracks each in 2008: Fall In, Oh Mercy and In Chains.  This is the first track...

An Horse started out as a solo project began by Kate Cooper in Brisbane, Australia. In 2008 Tegan & Sara met the group and invited them on their US tour, prior to the release of their first album. In August 2008 they...

The latest single from The Action Painters. From their upcoming 2009 record with pop Producer Pete Wade. Formed in a frigid Brooklyn basement in 2006, Action Painters are a scraggly band of misfits who practiced...

Balmorhea, pronounced Bal-moor-ay, has always been Rob Lowe and Michael Muller from Austin, Texas, but have recently added four more players to the lineup, on violin, upright bass, cello, and drums respectively. Drifting...

From Remix me away : Volume 1 David Cooper, Clare Veniot and Jack Freudenheim are NYC’s 46bliss. 20 Remixes in 20 weeks; 46bliss is releasing a remix a week from the new 2-CD set “remix me away (vol 1 and...

For one week only, Insomnia Radio: UK leaves its assumed Indie Roots, and takes on an Acoustic, Folk and Folk Rock mantle. Actually, I enjoyed putting this together, and might do another some time. Or another single...

From Toronto, Canada the three-piece rock band Magneta Lane consists of Lexi Valentine, Nadia King, and French. They formed in 2003 in New York, and have since released two well received full length albums entitled...

From the beautifully crafted Pop/Rock of Brooklyn-based Aaron Zimmer to the Outlaw Rock Style of Zen Thesis from the Great American West. For this episode we stay mainly in the United States, venturing North of the...

The Single from their 2008 Album The Steps Born under the influence of classic rock in the Live Music Capital of the World [Austin, TX], The Steps chisel through modern rock with 60’s sensibilities. Audio clip:...

Due in late March, the new album from Venice is Sinking, AZAR, finds the band widening its palette and deepening its focus, tackling the idea of location’s ability to influence our lives. Growing musically since the...

From the Caddywhompus EP, a free download at caddywhompusband.com From Houston & New Orleans, Caddywhompus are an Experimental Noise Pop duo, consisting of: Sean Hart: Percussion, Vocals Chris Rehm: Guitar,...

Twin sisters from California meet boy from New Jersey; based out of Brooklyn, NY. Here’s a few words on what they have to say about themselves: “As Children of the 80s, we’ve seen a thing or two. We went...