Episode number 90 of Insomnia Radio: UK Nine UK Artists, one Guest, and IR & Podcrawl News. Recording Date: Sunday 31 October 2010 TRT: 47:24 Rating: Not Work Safe (the last two tracks have the...

Happy Hallowe’en from the hoards at InZombia Radio! And what better way to celebrate than with a good solid dose of psychobilly madness? Dick Venom and the Terrortones are from Nottingham, UK, and caught the attention...

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 music...

On the eve of Hallowe’en we bring you some dark humour from North Carolina North Carolina’s own Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands are gearing up to release their first full length album, which was ...

Friday 29 October 2010 saw me return to a university for the first time in many years. The last time I went to a university building, it was to host a community radio program well before I knew what a podcast was. Fast...

In retrospect, I may have been too honest in my first (of many) emails to The Bolts' Addam Farmer. Here's an exact copy/paste: "My inner music snob wants to hate it because it sounds SO very mainstream, but my inner child is rocking out."

It happens every year, normally near November. The winter sets in and the melancholy attitude creeps its way into an Insomnia Radio playlist. Despite this collection of new songs and old favorites existing somewhere between...

Philly & NYC based band None More Black returned earlier this week after a four year wait with their newest album ‘Icons’ on Fat Wreck Chords. You can sample two of the new tracks at the Fat Wreck site,...

Subversive indie rockers Tunabunny release debut album on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records Growing up in Athens, Georgia surrounded by a surplus of instruments and boredom, Tunabunny set out to remind people that pop/rock...

Ever since the 2005 MGM vs Grokster ruling (which declared companies Grokster and Streamcast could be sued for inducing copyright infringement), the proverbial hammer has been ready to drop on P2P File Sharing service...

The Hockley Hustle is an annual event in Nottingham, in the East Midlands of the UK, highlighting mostly local acts playing for free to raise money for Charities; local, national and international. Last year they raised...

A special Halloween episode of Insomnia Radio Portugal, with a heavy, hard rock edge. Featuring music from AvantGarde management.

No where is this more apparent than on Luminaire, recorded for an upcoming Wool Recordings compilation called Woolly Jumpers. Luminaire folds in harmonies reminiscent of The Winter Sounds, soothing layers of electronica bliss, and a sort of call-and-response vocal style that keeps things just shy of beautifully chaotic.

The metal has been slowly building in my system for the last few years, to where something drastic had to be done, fortunately right in time for Halloween this year. In this episode I detoxify using questionable methods,...

Pigeon John returns with his first new album in 4 years. “Dragon Slayer” represents a shift for PJ as he takes on full production duties and hand crafts his most personal album to date. Pigeon John’s second...

We continue the international run this weekend with a very hard-edged track from Dubai based band Sho?, prounounced Shoe. Unfortunately the paramaters of this blog don’t allow us to publish any Arabic characters so...

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 artists...

From another of our favourite Netlabels, today we bring you Flyafter from 23seconds.org. A first for the daily dose, a band from Indonesia. Flyafter mix acoustic styles with shoegaze tinged electonica. Their first EP is...

A tasty blend of reggae, rock, and ska from Wisconsin. Download "Wrong Dub" by T.U.G.G on Insomnia Radio's Daily Dose MP3 Blog.

Motel Motel is an indie folk/rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, with roots and influences all over the board: Denver, Colorado; Captain Cook, Hawaii;  Richmond, Virginia as well as elsewhere across the United...

The first album I ever purchased with my own money was Michael Jackson’s Thriller (on vinyl.) The SECOND was “Sports” by Huey Lewis and the News. They went on to have a staggering 19 Top-Ten Billboard...

From our new favourite Netlabel Bad Panda Records comes Italian outfit Dumbo Gets Mad. Do you remember the great Pink Elephants on Parade scene, from the 1941 Disney masterpiece, in which Dumbo, after accidentally ...

Fans, friends, and family of the late Mikey Dread: You have our sincere thanks for your patience waiting for the final episode of Mikey’s incredible “Dread at the Controls” podcast. But we couldn’t...

(Download this article as an MP3 file) It needs to be said: The late Michael Campbell, aka Mikey Dread, was a severely under-appreciated artist. I first met Mikey at a crowded club near Cleveland, Ohio, where he and his...

Today, October 18th, is Jamaican National Heroes Day and we’ve got lots of musical gifts by the late Michael Campbell (aka MIKEY DREAD) coming at you from across the network. (Read our tribute here, and download the...

From their album Our Own Devices released earlier this year. Stereo Sons are an original three-piece rock band based in Seattle, Wa. Their sound is driven by the strange musical chemistry between post-punk singer/guitarist...

We first discovered these guys almost two years ago on thesixtyone (listen to Power Supply) and have been enamored ever since. As if Anamanaguchi‘s hyperactive 8-bit anthems aren’t awesome enough, the NYC band...

Gypsyblood release free EP, announce debut album Chicago hazy-pop band Gypsyblood has released a free 3-song EP for download in anticipation of the group’s forthcoming debut album via Sargent House in early...

Starting in March of this year, Austin based band, Monahans have been releasing  a new song each month with plans to go to the end of the year.  The band had this to say about their free single for the month of September,...

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...