From their free album Dirty Little Secret available for download from Jamendo A mountaintop laboratory on a stormy night. A mad scientist of rhythm completes his last experiment. Six creatures emerge from the darkness,...

Quintessentially midwestern (well, they are from Lawrence, KS, and list Paul Westerberg as an inspiration), the songs THE BELLES have put together are honest and charming. And captivating. With renewed interest in the...

NYC’s Neighbors release “Hooligans” 4 song Digital EP / White Vinyl 7″ “Hooligans” is the debut EP from Brooklyn based Neighbors. The album was written and recorded by Noah Stitelman...

Welcome to episode 4 of Insomnia Radio Australia! The weather has turned relatively cold in the non tropical areas of Australia. There’s some snow in the Alpine regions (nowhere near Erk!) and the heater is sometimes...

Portugal is wonderful. This is what I have to say about this show. While you are listening to the show, you will want to learn a bit more about mirandese language and Trás-os-Montes bagpipe. Here it is, the playlist...

Get ready for some raw dirt, railroad pounding, swamp-fried, Louisiana-meets-the-Mekong Delta blues music. This ain’t no cowboy chording blues cheese. This is the REAL shit. Dege Legg, the Cajun born and Louisiana...

The Discordians were featured on IR: Australia episode 4 as the featured non rock/pop artist of the episode. Consisting of Lee Pike (left) and Lee Kennedy (right), The Discordians are a Electronica/Trip Hop duo from...

Here Come The Birds are a 5 piece band from Newcastle in New South Wales, about 3 hours north of Sydney. Formed in 2005, the band describe themselves as Rock/indie/post-punk. Supplying their music directly to Erk, The...

Beaches are a all-female 5 piece band from Melbourne, Victoria. They describe themselves as a garage/tropical/psychedelic band which were featured on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 4. Unusually, all 5 women do vocals...

Australia’s high-powered dub and dancehall sub bass vessel, Dubmarine, rip into the second half of 2010 with the release of their much anticipated debut album Depth of...

Admiral Fallow is a stunning new group, formerly known as Brother Louis Collective, born in 2007 and gathered round the precocious talent of the young foot-stamping, faintly maniacal singer/song-writer Louis Abbott....

From their album How To Irritate People on afmusic After the first album, “Under Control” (2008), which was released on afmusic, artistically produced, recorded and mixed by Geoff Turner – a prominent musician and...

By way of Vegas, the quintet IMAGINE DRAGONS brings the restless energy of “the city that never sleeps” to the masses with its 2010 sophomore EP “Hell and Silence.” A short, yet impressive history includes sharing...

From their album Good Enough In early summer of 2004, San Francisco’s Finest Dearest began practicing in a basement bedroom, hashing out concepts and ideas. After a series of musical chairs in the lineup, the band...

Labrador released the single “The Kiss” by Sweden’s most blissed-out duo, Pallers, on May 26. A track said to be influenced by a DJ-set by Tobi Neumann in Ibiza which offers an unrivaled blend of...