In the spring of 2008, the unassuming duo Oars (David Bratton and Earl Muehlenbach) began an intensive six months of recording, song crafting and experimentation in a closet-sized Greenpoint [Brooklyn] studio across the...

‘Available Light’ is the first official release by singer/songwriter James McCartney. (Yes that McCartney!) Before stepping into his own, the only son of Paul and Linda McCartney played guitar and drums on Paul...

Minneapolis’ Tapes ‘n Tapes are back with a new album after their 2008′s XL released Walk It Off.  Following the touring and support  of Walk It Off for a year after release, it was time for a little R...

In October, Oklahoma City’s The Purple Church released two EPs. The first is woodsporn from which this track is taken, and other is Hayseed. Both are available as free downloads from Bandcamp. Hayseed is also...

Setting the record at four for the number of posts on the Daily Dose, the culmination of their Summer Of Singles project Back in June of this year, they released In My Dreams (ur txting me), followed by Echo on my Mind...

Happy Turkey Day from all of us here at the network from the States. What better way to celebrate this song bereft holiday than some old school funk out of Ohio? The Jive Turkeys are made up of four musicians who have...

Being mainstream, doesn’t always mean major labels. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, featured here sometimes before, are one of those new independent artists that won a place at mainstream music audiences. They...

I love coming across bands who cite their influences as The Beatles, Oasis, The Who and Stone Roses – but then seeing their completely unpretentious biography: Built On Tradition are a young band hailing from...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the brand new Insomnia Radio: San Francisco! In this episode, Dan catches you up on the local happenings in the Bay area music scene, and features the latest indie awesomeness – including a...

AC Berkheimer is a Rotterdam [Netherlands] based quartet formed in mid 2005. They just released their second full-length album ‘We Tell Them Tonight’, after receiving international praise for their first...

Southerly is the nom-de-tune of Krist Krueger, whose most recent release was the lush, layered work titled Champion Of The Noisy Negativists. The digital/vinyl EP follows the artist’s celebrated 2007 album,...

WARNING: This review may contain elements of cabaret & strong traces of catchy melodies (to paraphrase the introduction). As featured on episode 8 of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk attended the Sydney launch of...

Tangents is an evolution of what many bands have and will become in the 21st century; a long distance collaboration between two musicians that takes full advantage of modern technologies. Tangents is not what you may...

Imagine The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Flock of Seagulls got locked into a studio for a week with nothing but their instruments, a disco ball and a healthy supply of grain alcohol. What do you get when you take...

I had to sneak in today, as the rest of the crew couldn’t do today’s dose. I was thinking what to post, and found myself singing this song, because it is that song I sing when I don’t know what to do....