IR: Daily Dose Halloween Special Experienced Canadian artist and designer Renee Cooper-Komor is the voice, body and spirit behind the ZOMBIE GIRL concept. Her mystical magnetism quickly attracted Sebastian R. Komor away...
IR Orlando #26: Horr...
posted by Marci Brinker
Trick or treat? It’s time once again for our annual Halloween show! 1. Electromagnetic Impulses | Werewolves 2. Black Furies | Murder City Shakedown 3. Calabrese | Zombie I 4. Johnny O & The Jerks | Zombie Love...
Gram Rabbit: Dirty H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
My pick as we get nearer to All Hallows Eve comes from Jesika von Rabbit and fellow conspirators with the track Dirty Horse from Joshua Tree-based, Gram Rabbit. Gram Rabbit emerged from the Southern California deserts in...
The Mountain Movers:...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From New Haven, CT, this is from their recently released album “Let’s Open Up the Chest” Dan Greene of The Butterflies of Love started The Mountain Movers with New Haven friends to make more records....
The Twilight Sad: Co...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Scottish band The Twilight Sad, Cold Days From the Birdhouse opens with a reoccurring piano ping, steadfastly continuing throughout a majority of the song up until it ultimately tapers off in the end. We know its...
The Happy Hollows: L...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Negahdariland, California “Hello, we are The Happy Hollows an indie rock trio from mostly sunny Los Angeles, CA. We are inspired by metaphysical studies, political science, cats, counterfactuals, and the...
The Standard: Sunday...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sunday Eyes is from Portland Oregon band, The Standard‘s fifth album, Swimmer, released in September on Partisan Records. Swimmer represents the collaborative song writing of Jay Clarke (keys), Rob Oberdorfer (bass),...
Two Cow Garage: Bras...
posted by Stuart Morrison
. After releasing 3 really incredible albums, Columbus, Ohio’s Two Cow Garage are back with the greatest release of their career. Having received comparisons to bands like Lucero and the Drive By Truckers,...
Zsammy: Your Chest i...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Slowly piecing together his debut album called Be Let Down, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania based solo artist Zsammy deliberately crafts music at his own pace, taking time with each beautiful track. It definitely shows as every...
IR: UK #52
posted by Stuart Morrison
Insomnia Radio: UK #52 Another mix of eight songs by UK artists, with minimal interruptions from me. Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk52.mp3] What’s in this...
Of The I: Single Uni...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the new and eagerly awaited album ‘Balance Instars’ by UK band ‘Of The I’. From their web site: “Balance Instars is a 60-minute journey through our collective mind. Although each song...
Melvins: Nude With B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Praised by several notable rock luminaries who came after them, the prolific Melvins are back with a new album, Nude With Boots, released in July 2008. The Melvins were originally formed as a hardcore punk band in the early...
Japanese Motors: Sin...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Hailing from Costa Mesa, the Japanese Motors are made up by main vocalist Alex Knost, guitarist Nolan Hall, bassist Chris Vail, and drummer Andrew Atkinson, the band is known around Southern California for the...
Wye Oak: Family Glue
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Named after the official state tree of Maryland, Wye Oak band members Andy Stack & Jenn Waster quickly decided to change the name from Monarch after realizing that there were at least seven other bands that had claimed...
Karma Farm: Keep Sur...
posted by Stuart Morrison
This is the title track from their recently re-released 1995 album. The band don’t seem to have an internet presence, but are mentioned on the Worlds Myspace here. The album is available on iTunes and emusic, and...
The Silent Years: Bl...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
History has shown us that occasionally there are people born in the same time and place whose collective existence seems more than coincidental. The Silent Years as a band name explicates the dynamics of the band before they...
Crushed: Shadows and...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Phoenix Arizona, this is the title song from their 6 song album. Crushed is: Mark Lauer – Vocals Mike Halland – Guitars Jeff Garten – Drums Paul Surra – Bass Henry McCaleb -Keys /...
The High Water Marks...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Earlier this afternoon I took on the task to look up past members of an incredible band called Stick Figures that existed once upon a time at my alma matter, Cal State Northridge in the early 90s. I knew two of the talented...
IR:MotorCity #21 ...
posted by Les Zaldor
This is another interview episode – but trust me, it’s a great interview! I had the chance to speak with Dick Valentine, the lead singer and writer for the Detroit band, Electric Six! We discussed the history...
Lizards From Afar: W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Way Back (Mr. Peabody)” is the newest release of Lizards From Afar. It’s a guitar-driven piece of power pop that ought to ring a bell to anyone familiar with “Peabody’s Improbable...
iProng Magazine: Ins...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Charles here. Recently I had the great opportunity to answer some questions asked of me by Bill Palmer, the editor in chief of iProng, the publication for iPhone, iPod, music, podcasting, and social media lovers. In this...
Marnie Stern: Transf...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That. New York shredder Marnie Stern has just released a new album on Kill Rock Stars as of Oct 7th and the album title...
Photons: This must b...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Now with bassoon!” Photons are an eight piece band from San Francisco who have just released a 6-song EP. It’s currently available for download through Amazon and eMusic and will be up on iTunes...
AMPed New Music Week...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
AMPED: Show #148 This week’s host: Nic Tredwell from the Homegrown Podcast Show: Atlantic Wave Radio Song: Back To New York (The Stone Coyotes) Show: Darkhorse Radio Song: Fallen Apart (Cameron Latimer) Show: Indie...
Gregory & The H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Meredith Godreau of Gregory & The Hawk is a native New Yorker skilled in both piano and violin, and has independently released a CD selling over 15,000 copies, inspiring multiple several YouTube tribute videos along the...
Mark Williams: Airwa...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Stroudsburg, PA At the age of sixteen, Mark Williams has already lived several musical lifetimes. From playing with B.B. King to becoming a virtuoso guitarist and budding singer and songwriter in his own right, the...
Longwave: Sirens in ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sirens in the Deep Sea is the first track on Longwave’s new album Secrets Are Sinister, officially releasing on Nov. 11th via Original Signal Recordings. From New York, Longwave got their start in 1999. After the...
Coming October 14th:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Coming soon in iProng Magazine‘s Twenty-Fifth issue… • cover story interview with Weezer • hands-on look at external iPhone batteries and the new iPod nano • podcaster spotlight with Insomnia Radio •...
Kid Mud: Press it ou...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the first release of San Francisco artist, Kid Mud’s EP “Birds will move in” Sean Duncan aka Kid Mud spends much of his time recording to a Mac in his humble home recording studio, playing each...
IR Orlando #25
posted by Marci Brinker
Hey everybody, it’s been way too long… I apologize that the show has not even been quarterly, let alone monthly this year. It’s been a very busy time, but I hope you will hang in there with me, and be as...
Jessie Grace: L.O.V....
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Oxford/London songwriter Jessie Grace fell out of a universe made by a freak accident, a collision of atoms and fusion of stardust, fell into England, eagerly enjoyed a dysfunctional childhood in deepest dark...
Brad Sucks: Dropping...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From his second album, Out of It, released on September 8, 2008. On his web site he says: “My name is Brad and Brad Sucks is the name of my one man band. I write, record and produce songs and put them on this...