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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 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...

Mahri Autumn released ri-solv in March 2010 Reviewed by Sarah Morrison on Miss Morrison’s Mix Australian musician Marianthe Loucataris has set the bar high on her first solo endeavor with the sweeping, emotive...

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 ...

Featuring on episode 5 of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Sydneysider Lee Safar has an interesting story. As a 17 year old school leaver, she was very interested in pursuing her interest in music but for cultural reasons, she...

Featured on episode 5 of Insomnia Radio Australia, Tamarama (Tam-a-ram-a) is both the name of a Sydney beach and a Sydney two piece surf rock/pop band. Having grown up around the beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs,...

Second Dan is ready to re-emerge after the past year holed up in the studio working on their new album, “Angeline”. These new recordings should cement the band in the echelons of New York City’s scene,...

Welcome to episode 4 of Insomnia Radio Australia! The weather has turned relatively cold in the non tropical areas of Australia. There’s some snow in the Alpine regions (nowhere near Erk!) and the heater is sometimes...

The Discordians were featured on IR: Australia episode 4 as the featured non rock/pop artist of the episode. Consisting of Lee Pike (left) and Lee Kennedy (right), The Discordians are a Electronica/Trip Hop duo from...

Here Come The Birds are a 5 piece band from Newcastle in New South Wales, about 3 hours north of Sydney. Formed in 2005, the band describe themselves as Rock/indie/post-punk. Supplying their music directly to Erk, The...

Beaches are a all-female 5 piece band from Melbourne, Victoria. They describe themselves as a garage/tropical/psychedelic band which were featured on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 4. Unusually, all 5 women do vocals...

Australia’s high-powered dub and dancehall sub bass vessel, Dubmarine, rip into the second half of 2010 with the release of their much anticipated debut album Depth of...

On July 13, 2010 the innovative, quirky, multi-talented and very passionate Andy Kelly, an artist doing business as Andy Clockwise, is set to release his 3rd EP, “Are You Well?” In 2003, Andy Kelly was homeless and...

Welcome to episode 3 of Insomnia Radio Australia! This episode features a variety of music with some rock, pop, a little country as well as the non rock/pop song of the episode. Music is courtesy of Deuce Management...

Considering that Mahri Autumn was referred to Erk in the Autumn (or what Americans call Fall) by Justin Wayne (IR Chicago) & Sarah Morrison (IR New York), it seems right to feature the artist on Insomnia Radio:...

Sailing out of Brisbane (aka BrisVegas), The Good Ship were featured on episode 3 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Let’s get one thing straight: The Good Ship is a very bad ship. They call a bunch of crows a...

Amanda Easton was featured on episode 3 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Living and performing in Sydney, Amanda originally said that she wanted the popstar lifestyle. After being in the industry for a while, however, Amanda...

Rudely Interrupted are a 6 piece indie rock band from Melbourne. They formed in 2007 and are loved by many fans. They have toured across the world with sell out performances in New York, Toronto, Bristol, Manchester &...