Hey music junkie! First time here? Click over to http://insomniaradio.net/subscribe/ and get all of our content (tons of music) delivered for free. Enjoy your time here, and keep it loud! Welcome to episode 18 of Insomnia...

Welcome to episode 17 (part 2) of Insomnia Radio Australia! Erk has been away for a while. He was away in Europe & Asia for 3 months, meeting some of the IR team while he was away. After that, he has been busy with...

Welcome to episode 17 (part 1) of Insomnia Radio Australia! Erk has been away for a while. He was away in Europe & Asia for 3 months, meeting some of the IR team while he was away. After that, he has been busy with...

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...

Welcome to episode 15 of Insomnia Radio Australia! It has been a hectic month at Channel Erk/Insomnia Radio: Australia Studios as Erk prepares to head to Europe (July – September).  For a monthly show, episode 15...

Welcome to episode 14 of Insomnia Radio Australia! It did not start out as being a ladies only episode but that is soon the way that it ended up! There’s a wide range of styles and ages on this episode including a...

Welcome to episode 13 of Insomnia Radio Australia!  It has been a busy month at the Channel Erk studio with a lot of music coming in Erk’s direction. To celebrate episode 13 (lucky for some!), let’s celebrate...

Welcome to episode 12 of Insomnia Radio Australia!  It’s hard to believe that it is the end of February and nearly the end of the Australian summer already! This month, Erk brings you a range of artists from around...

The first weekend of February 2011 saw 25 bands descend on the Lucky Australian Tavern at St Marys in Sydney’s greater west in order to raise funds for victims of the recent widespread floods in Queensland. Jointly...

Late December 2010 & January 2011 saw devastating floods assault the Australian state of Queensland. During these floods, many people were forced from their homes. Tragically, over 20 people were killed (and some...

Welcome to episode 11 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk features music from across Australia to celebrate Australia Day. Australia Day is celebrated each year on January 26 to...

Welcome to episode 10 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk features music that was submitted directly to him as well as other Australian music that he found courtesy of various...

Christmas came early for a select group of metal bands and their fans on Saturday 04 December 2010. The Lucky Australian Tavern at St Marys in western Sydney was treated to a massive afternoon and evening of metal at A...

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...

Welcome to episode 9 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk features music that was submitted directly to him as well as other Australian music that he found courtesy of various...

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing Fiona Fields perform acoustically near me as a part of the first NSW Meet n Greet night where artists & fans get together in an informal setting. [Review] Living in Sydney, I am...

Many people inside and outside of Australia are totally unaware about the vast size of the country. I found this out first hand during my 3 month visit to the US in 2009 including a US Customs & Border Protection...

The music of Australian performer Emma Dean has been stuck in my head for days. After playing her song Sincerely Fearful on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 8 and more recently my other music podcast Erk FM, the song...

Saturday 30 October 2010 saw me return to Hawkesbury Hotel at Windsor for another night of quality Sydney metal. Sandwiched between the cymbal busting screamo band Gutterstomp and amp melting Syko Sapien were Amodus who...

Welcome to episode 8 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk features music that was submitted directly to him as well as other Australian music that he found courtesy of various...

Friday 29 October 2010 saw me return to a university for the first time in many years. The last time I went to a university building, it was to host a community radio program well before I knew what a podcast was. Fast...

Friday 22 October 2010 saw the very first Meet & Greet night held in New South Wales at the St Marys Leagues Club. Similar events have been conducted in Queensland with the aim of the event for the fans and the...

On Sunday 10 October 2010, Erk ventured to the southwest of Sydney to the CabraVale Diggers Club to see the newly created Son Of A Gun show. IR: Australia listeners would already be familiar with Craig Morrison who was...

Finding Foundry Road (featured on IR: Australia episode 7) led to another local (to Erk) band, Amodus. They are a 4 piece progressive/hard rock band from Sydney who are in the process of finishing their debut album. Their...

On Saturday 2 October 2010, Erk traveled to the Hawkesbury Hotel in Windsor see see Foundry Road live for the first time. Erk has featured the metal act on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 7 as well as on his other...

Welcome to episode 7 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk features music that was submitted directly to him as well as other Australian music that he found courtesy of various...

Foundry Road are a western Sydney based metal band (not too far away from the Channel Erk studio) that featured on episode 7 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Out of all of the 700+ bands that Erk has either played on IR:...

Featured on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 7, Amanda Merdzan hails from Perth, Western Australia. She describes herself as a singer/songwriter with a ‘heart-on-sleeve/indie/folk’ style that sends her songs...

Welcome to episode 6 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk features music that was submitted directly to him as well as other Australian music that he found out was Australian...

Bedford were featured on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 6. Hailing from Melbourne, Bedford rock and rock hard. Their tunes are radio friendly but are also hard enough to satisfy people who like harder rock. They may...

Danielle DeLaite was first featured on episode 6 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Her music can be described as R & B, pop and dance. She describes herself as being a  classy cocktail comprised of Kylie, Janet, and a...

Welcome to episode 5 of Insomnia Radio Australia! On this episode of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk has a look at the music charts on Reverbnation for his home town of Sydney. These positions are current for Sydney on ...