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Home » Posts Tagged "san francisco"
I Come to Shanghai: Nothing to Conceal
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr24

I Come to Shanghai: ...

posted by Stuart Morrison

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! I Come to Shanghai (Sam Frigard...

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Bears! Bears! Bears!: I Guess We’re Both Lonely
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar16

Bears! Bears! Bears!...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

On their debut LP, All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go, Bay Area post-punk revivalists Bears! Bears! Bears! intimately chronicle soured relationships, identity crises, and personal inadequacies in 10 gloom-and-doom dance...

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The Story So Far: Quicksand
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jan29

The Story So Far: Qu...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

The Story So Far are based in Walnut Creek on the outskirts of San Francisco. Under Soil and Dirt, the band’s debut full length was released in June of 2011 and follows up two highly acclaimed EPs. While the album is...

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hunters.: ft. lee, va
  • IR: Daily Dose
Nov28

hunters.: ft. lee, v...

posted by Rodrigo

I was trying to find the best words to introduce you to hunters., but looking at their description on Facebook, I had nothing left to say. hunters. sounds like: pick a word from the first column and pair it with one from...

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Sentinel: Somewhere Else
  • IR: Daily Dose
Sep21

Sentinel: Somewhere ...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Complimenting the coming of Fall tomorrow, we see the arrival of Sentinel’s new single, Somewhere Else, a nice representation of the changing of the seasons that seemingly synchs up perfectly with the brand new...

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Insomnia Radio #181: It Goes Something Like This…
  • IR:Main Show
Jul01

Insomnia Radio #181:...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

What’s this unexpected package you may ask? Today brings the 181st full length episode of Insomnia Radio, with a tribute to the promotional wonders of Boston’s MJ Epstein Memorial Library as our...

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Tidelands: The New Black
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jun21

Tidelands: The New B...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Tidelands re-teams with Magik*Magik Orchestra on new album We’ve Got A Map out August 7th. Exactly a year after we first featured Tidelands, here is a single from their new album, their follow up to last year’s...

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Chance’s End: Dragonfly
  • IR: Daily Dose
May31

Chance’s End: ...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Down The Doors is the third studio album from San Francisco Bay Area electronic music group Chance’s End. Currently a duo, classical violinist Ryan Avery and singersongwriter Emily Zisman have found common ground in...

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Lila Rose: Obsession
  • IR: Daily Dose
May16

Lila Rose: Obsession

posted by Rodrigo

Lila Rose has released an album called Heart Machine (RTFM Records, 2012). This release proves that you still can push play on the first track and let the album stop playing by itself. Do not get a track, or two....

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Eux Autres: Right Again
  • IR: Daily Dose
May11

Eux Autres: Right Ag...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Eux Autres (pronounced ooz-oh-tra) are an Omaha-born, San Francisco-based trio, channeling sixties French pop and with a unique sensibility. The brother/sister duo, Heather and Nicholas Larimer, share lead vocals with...

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Mountain Tamer: Sweet Screams
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr26

Mountain Tamer: Swee...

posted by Stuart Morrison

San Francisco area Mountain Tamer variously describe their music as “Psychedelic Fusion” and “Interstellar/Grunge/Funk”. Whatever the genre, it’s noisy and we like it. Check it out for...

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Dogcatcher: If You’re Happy
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jan24

Dogcatcher: If You&#...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

A little while back a band out of the San Francisco Bay area caught my attention, describing themselves as a jazzy, bluesy, folky indie-rock group. The eclectic mix fits and each song definitely has a unique styling that...

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Love Axe: I Will Be Around For Two Weeks in December
  • IR: Daily Dose
Dec14

Love Axe: I Will Be ...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

With a little under two weeks until Christmas, I figured a holiday-centric song clocking in around two minutes would be a good fit for your stressed out red & green light schedule. If you dig this track, you can find...

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Koalacaust: The Woods
  • IR: Daily Dose
Nov22

Koalacaust: The Wood...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Before San Francisco band Koalacaust broke up in October, they left us a few new releases of excellent well formulated material, namely the full length ‘Smiles Shine Like Broken Glass’ last August and the...

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Forrest Day: Sleepwalk
  • IR: Daily Dose
Nov09

Forrest Day: Sleepwa...

posted by Rodrigo

The song you are listening today comes a little late for Halloween, still we want you to meet Forrest Day. The rhythms of hip-hop provide a placemat for nervously melodic splendor and a melting pot of genres. What are we...

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The Downer Party: Blue State
  • IR: Daily Dose
Oct10

The Downer Party: Bl...

posted by Stuart Morrison

“Blue State”, the Downer Party’s second release this year and first 7″, is the perfect follow-up to their spring EP “Cities”. As an ongoing theme, much of the groups lyrics and...

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Birdmonster: Yuma
  • IR: Daily Dose
Oct07

Birdmonster: Yuma

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Today marks our third feature of San Francisco based band Birdmonster here on the Network, with a spitfire of a track from their late 2009 release ‘Blood Memory’.  It was produced up at Hyde Street Studios by...

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Weekend: Hazel
  • IR: Daily Dose
Sep30

Weekend: Hazel

posted by Charles Stepczyk

After spending the bulk of the past year on the road in support of last November’s excellent “Sports” LP on Slumberland Records, Weekend have also been hard at work on their followup record. Prior to...

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Burbank International: Liquor Crush
  • IR: Daily Dose
Sep18

Burbank Internationa...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Burbank International is the ongoing recording project of instrumentalist/producer H.A.Eugene, formerly of electronic duo The Luxury Tax, and bassist of the band Anderson Congress. Liquor Crush is a standout track from...

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The Sea  People: Lukka
  • IR: Daily Dose
Sep12

The Sea People: Luk...

posted by Stuart Morrison

The Bay Area’s The Sea People are releasing a new EP called Ruins, and Lukka is a signature track from it. This is what they call they Bio of sorts: “With a sound that could be described as socially conscious...

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The New Slave: 1975
  • IR: Daily Dose
Aug17

The New Slave: 1975

posted by Rodrigo

1975, the song you are listening today is by The New Slave, the San Francisco, California, based band, also featured at Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose on 2009 July the 6th. Forget Progress, Return to Instinct is their new...

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Collider: Pixel Test
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jul19

Collider: Pixel Test

posted by Stuart Morrison

From their new EP Vaede Collider is a young San Francisco rock band. Named after large particle accelerators, Collider’s music revels in both the bombastic beauty of energy and more subtle moments of delicacy, like...

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Weekend: End Times (Radio edit)
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jun30

Weekend: End Times (...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

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...

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Love the Bomb: Potential
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jun22

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...

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Tidelands: Holy Grail
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jun20

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...

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Sentinel: Dark End
  • IR: Daily Dose
Jun16

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...

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My First Earthquake: Nice To See You
  • IR: Daily Dose
May21

My First Earthquake:...

posted by Stuart Morrison

This is free single from San Francisco network favourites My First Earthquake, taken from their soon to be released (7th June) album Friction Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this...

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Dust of Vraj: By the Heart
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr24

Dust of Vraj: By the...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Taking their name from a spiritual village in India, Dust of Vraj is a cultural presentation of east meets west in a musical style that’s cutting edge, incorporating classical Indian instruments, ancient Sanskrit...

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Sentinel: Jet Black
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr15

Sentinel: Jet Black

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Network favorites SENTINEL are back with their newest single JET BLACK, a beautiful dream-pop driven work of art written and inspired at the edges of the San Francisco Bay, in the Summer of 2010. What you get from...

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The Dodos: Don’t Stop
  • IR: Daily Dose
Feb26

The Dodos: Don’...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

San Francisco’s The Dodos have a new album set for release on March 15th called ‘No Color’, and their record company Frenchkiss are yet again teasing us with another great track. Neko Case apparently...

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IR: The SoCal Sessions #32 – Stardust
  • IR: The SoCal Sessions
  • Our Shows
Feb14

IR: The SoCal Sessio...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

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...

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The Union Trade: Headlands
  • IR: Daily Dose
Feb04

The Union Trade: Hea...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Over the course of their upcoming EP, “Why We Need Night” (Tricycle), The Union Trade follow the contours of proven terrain and map the outlines of an evolving sound. In moments throughout, the band strips away the...

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