Yes, there’s a place where musicians instinctively flock like the Salmon of Capistrano. Well the quote goes something like that; obviously off quite a bit, but fits the random theme of the show. Just listen through...

April’s assembly of thirteen local artists have all been in heavy rotation in my player in the last few months via work commutes, expeditions through the ice & snow, powder carving on top of the world, and while...

Febuary’s thirteen track show starts off in a comedic rock vein with some strong local tracks inspired by Tenacious D and even containing their rock-god DNA stamped all over them. From here we take you into a stretch...

Today’s primarily Los Angeles based show slowly crept upward from 6 tracks,  doubling in size as we gradually realized that we had an oversharing problem. While this can swifly turn to embarrassment in social...

The metal has been slowly building in my system for the last few years, to where something drastic had to be done, fortunately right in time for Halloween this year. In this episode I detoxify using questionable methods,...

Not everyone who sings about our little regional bubble is from the Southern California area, so I decided to place a few tracks at the head of the show today that offer a alternative viewpoint – maybe not pleasing to...

IR’s SoCal Sessions return after close to a years absence, bringing quality tracks from San Diego, Temecula, Long Beach, and basically all over the LA and OC regions. Please listen and help support these artists’...

We were recently sent a haunting track from local Los Angeles (Highland Park) based singer-songwriter ANNY CELSI via our friends at IODA, and we haven’t had a chance to get it up until today – the day after...

Step right up! We’ve got eighteen tracks from eighteen different indie artists hailing from the Central Valley region of California, with a regional bullseye on the city of Fresno – presented in the traditional...

Per local musician Brian Kenney Fresno’s mission statement, the holy triumvirate of activities in the Central California city of Fresno are: car theft, methlabs and chop shops.   While you often hear the area...

Today we are celebrating the release of the latest album on Secretly Canadian Records by LA indie band Foreign Born, who we first played as part of our SXSW showcase compilation in 2008. The first track you will be hearing,...

Betty and the Werewolves are three girls and one boy from London who whoop and howl through the night as sweetly sung melodies collide with glitter-struck punk guitars. Taking inspiration from luminary lycanthropes Virginia...

As a nice audial cannonball into Summer, we’ve got a handful of tracks from San Luis Obispo roots-rock group STILL TIME’s newest album “See America” which were recently passed along into our greedy...

“Got a long long way to go to California” From their 2008 release, “It’s Easier to Be Someone Else”, Hey Ocean was apparently conceived on a beach in Costa Rica, their band name being an...

Today we present to you a four-piece band from the city of Tarzana (in the San Fernando Valley) called THE dAY. We’ve been holding onto their music for a while, waiting for an opportunity to properly present some of...

Our newest episode opens with a farcical movie trailer we found, something about airplane flaps malfunctioning leading into a ridiculous crash in the mountains and subsequent survivalist breakdancing. It has nothing to do...

Over the course of several nights, this IR coffee-fiend powered through multiple cups of caffeine in order to bring you the following local tracks on our Daily Dose feed, amongst scores of others great tracks from outside...

The New Year has arrived and what better inspiration moving forward then to hear four brand new releases by three old local friends to the network: Chance, Nico Stai, and The Black Watch; as well as one new courtesy of TMC...

They said, “Don’t go. Nothing in Bakersfield” From Savannah, Georgia – we welcome artist Dare Dukes back to the storied country & rock byways (Merle Haggard, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead) of the...

Here at The Socal Sessions, we have several containers full of musical goodness passed down from the Daily Dose feed that we will be slowly releasing into this stream over the next few months. Once new tracks are released on...

About a year ago, I was talking to Leo Cain at the TLP Show about occasionally featuring bands from other areas who were writing songs about the area that we live in. Its definitely refreshing to see others views on the...

This last week I was invited out to the Viper Room on Sunset to witness a live performance by the Fullerton, OC based independent rock six-piece, The Living Suns. The Living Suns combine a mixture of progressive and...

This is the story of The Pacific, a three piece indie group of some Japanese heritage, whom have been pouring their hearts into the many storied high-energy performances in the Los Angeles rock underground. For years The...

Thanks for checking out the 24th full length edition of The SoCal Sessions here at Insomnia Radio. Today we’ve gathered up fourteen excellent tracks from fourteen talented artists, breaking out in Long Beach via a...

Based in Los Angeles and formed in 2002, Summer Darling began as a three piece indie pop band with an interest in songwriting and melody. Comprised of vocalist / songwriter Ben Heywood, drummer / guitarist Dan Rossiter and...

I’m sorry FM… but I don’t want to get back together!! I gave up on us a long ago after a lifetime of unannounced program changes and undelivered phone-in requests. You need to stop hounding me with your...

Hark! Three incredible groups are coming to one epic local LA venue, this Tuesday evening (5/13), starting at 9pm sharp. Friend and classy wordsmith of “The Black Watch”, John, told me that his band will be...

Today we focus our show spotlight on a well deserving independent band from the Little Armenia area of Los Angeles, Moss Bluff! Bandmembers Travis Knight and Hugh Price came together in 2004 in Florida, then eventually...

File this under irregular my friends. Today’s session is basically one continuous experimental half-hour long electronica track, crafted by someone not from the region, and with material apparently taken from the Los...

Todays new session is on the heels of a lot of changes across the network. What are they, you ask? Well, I’ve provided a link below if interested, but it boils down to being involved with adding a bit of extra music...

Alright. Here’s the deal. None of the bands in the Southern California region made it to the World Grand Finale in the BodogBattle. All of these bands however do still have the chance to advance through Wildcard...

(Cue best Casey Kasem voice) The local punk-rock continues streaming in this week, raising in intensity to some degree, with some audio flashbacks to the 80s placed primarily so you’ll remember the featured band name...