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 music...

Wintersleep’s fourth album, New Inheritors was born on the road. Since the 2007 release of The Juno Award winning Welcome to the Night Sky, Wintersleep has been performing endlessly all over North America, Europe and...

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:...

On Pete Yorn’s 5th solo album (and his first for Vagrant), producer Frank Black managed to strip Yorn’s typically multi-layered music down to it’s raw soul, while still emphasizing every bit of his...

From their just-released second album Rock & Roll We first featured Woozy Viper back in December 2009 with the track Dirty Rat off their first album. We’re pleased to be able to bring you a track from their second...

On May 28, 2009, Seattle’s HARVEY DANGER announced that “After 15 years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and far more twists and turns than we ever imagined possible, we’ve decided to put Harvey Danger...

Athens, Ga.’s Ham1’s newest album “Let’s Go On and On and On with Ham1” releases on October 31 on Orange Twin Records Through the last half-decade or so, Jim Willingham’s ever-expanding...

Portland, Oregon’s Pancake Breakfast to release a hootenanny of a debut record, revealing an exploration into baroque-pop truck stop goodness – OCTOBER 19th! Times are hard. Folks want to see and hear something...

Old Canes is a band from Lawrence, Kansas headed up by Appleseed Cast front man Chris Crisci.  The band also includes Kelly Hangauer (4th Of July), Lucas Oswald (Minus Story), Taylor Holenbeck, Joey Henry (Calamity Cubes),...

Satellite Stories are a four-piece from Oulu Finland who are just a few short weeks away from releasing their first promo EP, and I must say its pretty solid after hearing just the few tracks on their social profile. Their...

With the sophomore release of “Quarters” Truckasauras further elaborates on their unique blend of all things electro with 9 new tracks. Fueled by an inhuman amount of Maker’s Mark and whatever kind of beer...

Aurora Onatario’s Ruby Coast have re-entered the frame with unbridled enthusiasm in the form of two brand new songs from the upcoming album, two new videos, and a whack load of North American tour dates – over a...

The Superbees are back with the long awaited follow-up to “High Volume”. Reunited once again with the original line-up, The Superbees deliver “Top Of The Rocks”, a knockout six-song EP that picks up...

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’...

LA-based songwriter Lelia Broussard, originally from the bayous of South Louisiana, is set to unleash her third full-length release, ‘MASQUERADE’ (November 2nd, Self-Release). With masterful production by Dan Romer...

Click here to view this post on the IR: Portugal site The story I bring you this week at Insomnia Radio: Portugal happened, or better saying, still happens at Fajã do Santo Cristo, São Jorge island. Mostly known for...

From their just-released third album Wilderness Heart on Outside Music Black Mountain are from Vancouver, BC and comprise Stephen McBean – Guitar/Vocals Amber Webber – Vocals Matt Camirand – Bass Jeremy...

The Beginning: Brit recorded an EP titled “Chapter One.” After its release, she realized it would be impossible to create the same sounds live without either growing octopus tentacles or putting a band together. ...

Secret Cities’ new single [released on Western Vinyl] finds them interpreting the work of one of their favorite songwriters (Ellie Greenwich) with “You Don’t Know”, and then embracing her aesthetic...

London’s SWIMFASTER GODWHISPERS is back deep into Season 2 (aka Kolossus) of their singles release schedule. A Man From the Ivory Coast is the 11th single in their seasonal episodic release of 15th singles, each one...

Voxhaul Broadcast are currently on the East Coast leg of their national tour and anointed NYC with a blistering set on Wednesday evening at Fontana’s in the Lower East Side. Voxhaul Broadcast has pretty much taken...

San Francisco’s RETURN TO MONO returns to our blog this morning at 6AM with breathy yet beautiful sonic perfection in their newest album Framebreaker, hitting shelves in a few short months on Nov. 10. Doomsday Device,...

Melodic, psychedelic, and inventive lo-fi guitars blend with whispery, multi-layered vocals, and sensible pop melodies on The Wagner Logic, the self-titled sophomore follow-up to The Wagner Logic’s 2007 debut release...

Flugente (pronounced FLOOG-en-teh) is the solo project of former The Blam front man Jerry Adler. Musically, it is a near 180-degree shift from the electric guitar driven, generally up-tempo, hook laden avant-pop of his indie...

Taking their name from a Roy Haynes album, Out of the Afternoon came together in August 2007, and began playing concerts a few months later. Core members Anna Sales, Nicholas Millard, Steven Eagles and Alex Szrok soon...

With Y LA BAMBA, Luzelena Mendoza draws from both her strict Catholic upbringing as an only daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a debilitating illness that led her to fall away from her faith, to create what LA Weekly calls...

From their depressingly (yet delightfully tongue-in-cheek)-titled album My dreams are like rabbits, they built a tunnel, fell onto the pavement and died, this is Estel with ‘Running With Scissors’. Dark,...

Colorado’s The Still City put out their full length We Will Explain Everything in January 2010 which has been receiving rave local reviews. This independent release provides an emotional auditory mountain range with...

From “Four Corners of a Tiny Planet” “Four Corners of a Tiny Planet” is the brand new full-length release from The Beautiful Losers. TBL are an “Indian influenced acoustic rock” act that formed in Tokyo,...

Click here to view this post on the IR: Portugal site Obrigado!!! This podcast is now part of the Association of Music Podcasting. Head over to http://musicpodcasting.org/ to know what I am talking about, and listen to the...

From the Haddons, the Hills and the Heights of suburban New Jersey, comes It’s a King Thing. Their songs can beat up your band’s songs. For the better part of last year, It’s a King Thing has been recording Buffalo...

From their self-titled album. Shadow Shadow Shade is a Los Angeles based septet that occupies a psychedelic space somewhere between a mass spectacle, marching band and Wagnerian opera. Shadow Shadow Shade is an ambitious...