Mike Pinto: Addictions (live)

Despite the fact my vocal chords seem to be shredded due to ‘tussin induced coughing spasms, I was able to record a bit last night and property set up an intro to this live selection from our friend down in Ocean Beach, CA: MIKE PINTO.

Now if you remember, we had the opportunity to place Mike on one of the San Diego Soundscape CD’s we released a few short years back through the San Diego Visitors & Convention Bureau, thanks to the efforts of Jason Evangelho and Michael Catanzaro.

Following his first CD “Little District”, and our Soundscape Comp, he released a second self-titled CD featuring this live track Addictions, more of an upbeat ska track featuring back-up accompaniment by one of the members of Chapter 11. While I initially thought the track ‘Bad Luck’ was a good choice, I listened again, and Addictions came up on top for the feature selection today.

Today’s listening experience from Winston’s in Ocean Beach, CA on June 4, 2008 comes courtesy of Archive.org, and taper Jim Coffey. The lineup is: Mike Pinto: Guitar, Vocals * Glen Pfaff: Drums * Javier Contender: Bass

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The Kissaway Trail: Tracy (acoustic)

If you don’t know where you’re going,
you don’t know when you will arrive.

Danish band THE KISSAWAY TRAIL released this acoustic track, “Tracy” over the holidays at the end of 2009. “Tracy” was originally the b-side on the single “Smother + Evil = Hurt” from their debut album, and this acoustic version was made for the UK market.

Get the free version without my vocal overlay here: 12/23 Kissaway Blog

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The Flying Change: Valentines Day (live)

You don’t know now, but I hope you will!

Today’s Valentines Day live feature is from the New York based group THE FLYING CHANGE, whom the network featured on the Dose earlier last year in addition to the New York feed.

The Flying Change describe their music as landscape pop, each song edited by the writers with red pen down to the point where every moment is incredibly vivid; small fragments of melody and emotion. They’ve adeptly captured it here, and the slow build in the intro swells to a raucous cacophony of varied instrumentation that really captures a feeling of raw joy and elation. Valentines Day has been recently featured as one of the last tracks in their live arsenal, and rightfully so. We think it is the perfect choice.

When done here, make sure you check out last year’s studio release, Pain is a Reliable Signal’ as well as the IR album review by the network’s own, Sarah Morrison.

Did we mention the group is giving away free downloads?  Just follow this link.

• The Flying Change Website
• tFC @ MySpace
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• tFC @ Twitter
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Namaskar: Don’t You Dare (Make Me Cry)

Over the course of the last several months I happened to find myself being subliminally spoon fed a few raw acoustic stylized tracks by Arkansas based group NAMASKAR, an experimental duo who really doesn’t have too much of a web presence. After slowly realizing I had been indoctrinated into their aural soundscape by obscure tracks dripping from my music feeds, I finally explored a bit and found that Namaskar is made up two musicians: Amanda Rook (lead vocals, guitar) and Craig Seager (drums, guitar, bass).

The band don’t have too many tracks up as the duo, but Amanda also has a solo site where she has some other promising compositions including one which I gravitated to called ‘Fireflies’. Check it out at the link below when you get a chance and leave em a comment.

• Namaskar @ MySpace
• Namaskar @ Garageband
• Amanda Rook @ MySpace
• Craig Seager @ MySpace

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I Fight Dragons: No One Likes Superman Anymore (live)

If you’ve ever played old console videogames, notably the Nintendo, and you happened to walk by a live performance by Chicago’s I FIGHT DRAGONS, no doubt you would instantly gravitate toward the sound by the overwhelming curiosity of discovering how this live retro-arcade full band sound was being pulled off.  Upon entering said venue, you would see a six-piece group of rock heroes incorporating six NES game controllers into their live stage performance along with your traditional instrumental setup; not to mention the inclusion of old gaming power pads, zapper guns and more.

Having just ended their recent tour victoriously, I FIGHT DRAGONS have recently had the chance to send out this live track from July’s performance at the Metro in Chicago to their fan e-mail list. Naturally, we jumped at the chance to feature it here on the live feed.

Kick back, enjoy the retro-onslaught and let the flood of chiptune bleeps & bloops take you back to a more carefree time.

• I Fight Dragons Website
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Asobi Seksu: Thursday (live)

Live at the Echo 10/6/06 is the first live album by New York-based shoegazing band Asobi Seksu. It was recorded at The Echo in Los Angeles, California and contains mostly songs from the Citrus album, two from their self-titled, and a cover by The Crystals.

Spaceland Recordings has a nice collection of live tracks taken from a few venues here in LA, which we hope to dip into now and then and potentially share when time permits. Also, if you’d like there is a link below which contains a large number of live recordings over at the Spaceland Recs blog.

Asobi Seksu appears courtesy of Friendly Fire Recordings.
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• Asobi Seksu Website
• AS @ MySpace
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• AS @ Twitter
• Spaceland Recordings

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Asobi Seksu
“Thursday” (mp3)
from “LIVE [at the Echo - October 6th, 2006]”
(Spaceland Recordings)

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Fight From Above: Smokestacks (acoustic)

Every day when I jump on the road to work, my commute takes me on a road down that curves down by the beach through a small corridor of refineries and waste treatment plants.  Daily, I drive past two looming painted smokestacks – and it sends my mind quickly shooting toward this track, “Smokestacks”, that I had discovered recently via Los Angeles group – FIGHT FROM ABOVE.

We first heard from FFA when they played a show with local artists Chance & the Choir a few years back at the Whiskey out on the Sunset Strip. Around the time they were releasing their first EP, “It’s Just Something To Say”  and gathering some momentum and a core following around town.  We managed to catch them again live out at rock fixture Paladinos in the SFV not too long after that,  and it was as expected – another solid and enjoyable performance.

FIGHT FROM ABOVE is now back with their debut full length album “L.A. Kids”, a single – “Between the Curves”, and a new quality video to show this time around.   The momentum is building as they’ve gained the attention of a local radio show on a national ‘gatekeeper’ radio station here in LA and have hit cutting edge gaming-meets-music site, thesixtyone.com, in a full sprint.  Both new singles have performed incredibly upon arrival out of the gate at the groundbreaking new media site.

Witnessing the band outside of the rock backdrop allows one to see this introspective group of musicians through their acoustic performances.   FFA performed sans-electric recently on the Hawk show here in LA (video seen below) and are currently giving away the featured single, ‘Smokestacks’ for free in acoustic format at their website.

“We hate L.A., we love L.A. It’s similar to how we feel about our own lives,” says Justin Miner, lead singer . “We wanted to try to capture that feeling on the record and claim the parts of the city we love for our own.”

Why don’t you put that in your pipe and smoke it?

• Fight From Above Website
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• FFA @ Twitter
• FFA @ t61
• FFA @ cdbaby | itunes | cdbaby | amazon

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Frightened Rabbit: Old Old Fashioned (live)

For a long while here at Insomnia Radio we’ve been missing a forum for properly presenting the live tracks that we come across, and those few acoustic tracks that fall by the wayside and don’t get the promotion that the more polished studio tracks from any  given artist receive.

We feel the live act is a visceral experience all its own deserving of a separate feed, one which we’ve created temporarily dubbed “LIVE & ACOUSTIC” for lack of a better name.   Some of the tracks presented here will be a bit more polished and short, while some will have extra audience noise and will even approach 10-30 minutes in length due to the creative exploration taking hold during a performance.   If interested in subscribing, you can do so here or via the superfeed at the link at the very top of this page.

Our first artist coming at you down this feed is Scotland’s own FRIGHTENED RABBIT, currently on Fat Cat Records and whom we have managed to catch live twice. The show is definitely all its cracked up to be – lots of energy, musicianship and a storm of emotion washing over the audience.

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