In the spring of 2008, the unassuming duo Oars (David Bratton and Earl Muehlenbach) began an intensive six months of recording, song crafting and experimentation in a closet-sized Greenpoint [Brooklyn] studio across the...

‘Available Light’ is the first official release by singer/songwriter James McCartney. (Yes that McCartney!) Before stepping into his own, the only son of Paul and Linda McCartney played guitar and drums on Paul...

Minneapolis’ Tapes ‘n Tapes are back with a new album after their 2008’s XL released Walk It Off.  Following the touring and support  of Walk It Off for a year after release, it was time for a little R...

In October, Oklahoma City’s The Purple Church released two EPs. The first is woodsporn from which this track is taken, and other is Hayseed. Both are available as free downloads from Bandcamp. Hayseed is also available...

Setting the record at four for the number of posts on the Daily Dose, the culmination of their Summer Of Singles project Back in June of this year, they released In My Dreams (ur txting me), followed by Echo on my Mind and...

Happy Turkey Day from all of us here at the network from the States. What better way to celebrate this song bereft holiday than some old school funk out of Ohio? The Jive Turkeys are made up of four musicians who have been...

Being mainstream, doesn’t always mean major labels. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, featured here sometimes before, are one of those new independent artists that won a place at mainstream music audiences. They were...

I love coming across bands who cite their influences as The Beatles, Oasis, The Who and Stone Roses – but then seeing their completely unpretentious biography: Built On Tradition are a young band hailing from...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the brand new Insomnia Radio: San Francisco! In this episode, Dan catches you up on the local happenings in the Bay area music scene, and features the latest indie awesomeness – including a...

AC Berkheimer is a Rotterdam [Netherlands] based quartet formed in mid 2005. They just released their second full-length album ‘We Tell Them Tonight’, after receiving international praise for their first album...

Southerly is the nom-de-tune of Krist Krueger, whose most recent release was the lush, layered work titled Champion Of The Noisy Negativists. The digital/vinyl EP follows the artist’s celebrated 2007 album, Storyteller...

WARNING: This review may contain elements of cabaret & strong traces of catchy melodies (to paraphrase the introduction). As featured on episode 8 of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Erk attended the Sydney launch of Emma...

Tangents is an evolution of what many bands have and will become in the 21st century; a long distance collaboration between two musicians that takes full advantage of modern technologies. Tangents is not what you may...

Imagine The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Flock of Seagulls got locked into a studio for a week with nothing but their instruments, a disco ball and a healthy supply of grain alcohol. What do you get when you take five...

I had to sneak in today, as the rest of the crew couldn’t do today’s dose. I was thinking what to post, and found myself singing this song, because it is that song I sing when I don’t know what to do....

Welcome to episode 9 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...

Two things you already know about me: I am from the Azores islands, Portugal. And second, I will be the mand behind your Wednesday dose. The third thing you should know, or at least I want you to know, is that I have a...

Episode number 14 of Insomnia Radio New York. Slightly later than planned, this bumper sized episode is a showcase of IRNY’s favourite picks from the CMJ 2010 Festival lineup! Recording Date: Monday 15th November...

Today, Louisiana based duo Home Video are self-releasing their second album, The Automatic Process, which now becomes available all over North America. Home Video is Collin Ruffino and David Gross, high-school friends from...

From their album Chicken on a Bicycle Building on the critical acclaim of their 2004 debut, As Drawn by Ethan, Age 2, songwriter Todd Leiter-Weintraub and his motley crew of sonic dilettantes return with a new set of ten...

Are you up for some chestnuts? Well, maybe it is a little too soon for you, but in Portugal, it’s about time we lit up the fire and roast some chestnuts. As you guessed, on this show I will speak of a portuguese...

Today’s primarily Los Angeles based show slowly crept upward from 6 tracks,  doubling in size as we gradually realized that we had an oversharing problem. While this can swifly turn to embarrassment in social...

Olá. From now on I’ll be here too. Rodrigo, from Insomnia Radio: Portugal. For my first appearance here, I bring you a Chicago based band, who’s name was inspired in a song from The Who. Call Me Lightning has...

From their new (eighth) album The Silent Surf The Silent Surf is the eighth studio album by Australian Downtempo/Electonica artist Martin Kennedy, assisted by Steve Kilbey, and known as All India Radio. This track, The Bomb...

Moving away from our last episode’s melancholy moods, episode 175 of Insomnia Radio moves across several genres. The playlist runs the gamut from jazz to punk, acoustic pop to grunge to 8-bit rock, with minimal...

One of the few bands to get a record deal based on a demo tape, Aloha is back with a track from their 2010 release, Home Acres. Today’s track is also featured for free on the Polyvinyl Sampler, Winston’s...

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...

Wolf People are an English psychedelic rock band based in London, Bedford and North Yorkshire. They formed in 2006 around the release of a very limited CD EP on Sea Records as part of the Lifeboat Series.  They then...

Athens, Ga.’s Quiet Hooves release their sophomore album Saddle Up Athens, Ga.’s Quiet hooves is a 12-piece minimal pop band led by songwriter Julian Bozeman, who released their debut album to national acclaim...

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 agent...

Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul. Former strangers Jocelyn Mackenzie, Emily Hope Price, and Jeremy...

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 (and...