Within a grainy film-still between a summer sunset and the end of times lies the post-punk squall of Weekend. Weekend filter the aggression, tempo and sneer of punk through a wall of reverb, haunting melody, feedback and...
IR: Australia #16 ...
posted by Erk
Welcome to episode 16 of Insomnia Radio Australia! Erk is about to head on an epic journey to Europe but before then, here’s some great Australian music for you! All of the music on this episode comes from artists...
John Gold: Skyscrape...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Los Angeles native John Gold is a singer/songwriter — or, as he puts it, “writer/songsinger” — who should be a poster child for DIY. With a little help from from his friends, his songs have found their way...
Baby Teardrops: Smoo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn’s Baby Teardrops originally formed in 2007, and reunited in 2010 after a bit of a hiatus. All three members were previously involved in other projects that came to a halt once they reunited. “We decided...
The Shimmies: Friend...
posted by Stuart Morrison
With what began as a childhood project that combined brothers Sean and Jimmy Galloway’s first names, The Shimmies has now created a self-appointed genre for itself, lovingly referred to as “home school rock.” First...
German Error Message...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
German Error Message began in 2004 as the solo bedroom-recording project of Louisiana native Paul Kintzing. Composed by Kintzing, and occasionally assisted by a group of friends, German Error Message makes lyrically...
Welcome to Ashley: T...
posted by Rodrigo
How many killer rock bands call Chicago home? Tons. How does a band manage to stand out from a crowd like that? By making music just like Welcome To Ashley does. Have a Hall-of-Fame list of musical influences, release a...
Scarlet Season: Hist...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Pop needn’t be fluffy, and can be catchy without being insipid. That’s the mantra of Scarlet Season. The new project from Seattle artist Aileen Paron takes a songcentric pop-rock approach and infuses it...
Love the Bomb: Poten...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Half-android, Ahye hides the formula for love in her still-human heart (the Oculons seek to destroy this, in order to extinguish life on earth forever!) Captain Braxton, her lost love, has been on another planet...
Almost Free: Really ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Detroit-based band ALMOST FREE has been together seven years now and the trio of friends have just released a new EP as of June 7th, entitled In/Out. In terms of the band name, frontman Andy Bird asked, “How can we be...
Tidelands: Holy Grai...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tidelands is the duo of San Francisco’s Gabriel Montana Leis (Guitar, Flugelhorn, Vocals) and Mie Araki (Drums, Keyboards, Vocals). Sharp, poignant, poetic lyrics are uniquely arranged with looped guitars, Moog bass...
Thousands: Braille T...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Its a new week and we’ve got more rock from Boston to follow up from last Tuesday, this time from three piece instrumental math-rock group Thousands who just sent us word of their debut two track self-titled EP that...
EDM: Stereo/Video
posted by Stuart Morrison
EDM [formerly called Early Day Miners] started as a musical-cooperative based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group formed when Daniel Burton and Rory Leitch (both of Ativin) began playing on front porches and basements with...
Made in Heights: Sky...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Made::In::Heights is a new project from the Blue Scholars producer Sabzi as well as Kelsey Bulkin on vocals, from the New York area. They’ve got a free EP over at BandCamp which features three full length songs as...
Sentinel: Dark End
posted by Stuart Morrison
We sometimes describe often featured bands as “Network Favourites”, but to use that term for Oakland’s Sentinel is an understatement. Sentinel could justifiably be described as an Insomnia Radio House...



