Welcome to episode 15 of Insomnia Radio Australia! It has been a hectic month at Channel Erk/Insomnia Radio: Australia Studios as Erk prepares to head to Europe (July – September).  For a monthly show, episode 15...

You may know Sydney Australia’s Sally Seltmann as the vocalist behind the moniker New Buffalo or perhaps from her brand new band gig, Seeker Lover Keeper with friends Sarah Blasko and Holly Throsby. After shedding the...

[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-boris-hope.mp3]”Boris are widely known for their ability to breach styles and stretch sonic boundaries of all that is heavy, psychedelic, droning and downright...

Australia’s THE MIDDLE EAST are back with an anticipated new record “I Want That You Are Always Happy” that will be released July 12th in the US on Missing Piece Records, after an initial release in...

Los Angeles’ garage-punk revision of 60s chamber pop, Jail Weddings are Fronted by Gabriel Hart (explosive frontman and mastermind behind the now defunct LA noir punks The Starvations). Jail Weddings have been...

Mexico City based band Simplifires are back with “I’m Not A Weapon”, a free DOWNLOAD only digital single from the newest EP “The Flavour of Being”. Also accompanying the release is a new video, which we’ve...

“It’s done! Waiting in Vain (WiV) turns over a new leaf full of passion, dedication and yearnings: a new chapter of Rockmatic-Pop. The new Awake Again EP is a consistent orientation towards the new sound of WiV...

Buy You is the new e.p. by the band And And And. Released by Tender Loving Empire it’s a group of 4 songs, new and old by the band, available only as a download record. The best way to find it at your favourite store...

Austin, Texas based Sounds Under Radio have released their second album Where My Communist Heart Meets My Capitalist Mind. “Since their inception, SUR have found fans at every level. In 2007, songs from their debut...

Vessels & Veins is the second EP from Scottish post-rock monsters Penguins Kill Polar Bears. Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut EP Dawn in June 2010, the band have been busy building their profile...

Mat, the bassist for Ra Ra Riot, has a debut solo album on the way via his label Barsuk Records. During some down-time with the band he recorded a number of tracks which will be released this summer as ‘Massachusetts...

Today we take a look at a new acoustic release by Kilsyth, Scotland’s ‘The Twilight Sad’. The band actually got their start playing a few gigs in Glasgow, creating half hour pieces of music that...

This is free single from San Francisco network favourites My First Earthquake, taken from their soon to be released (7th June) album...

Hot on the heels of Your Awful Kids, electro indie rockers What Would Jesus Drive are kicking off 2011 with another rip roaring EP – Fragile Mansions. Having played along side bands such as Dirty Pretty Things and The...

” The Elected and Vagrant Records are pleased to announce the release of the band’s newest album, Bury Me In My Rings, on May 17th. Produced and recorded by frontman Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley...

Recently Utter were in São Miguel island, here in the Azores, and I was with them the whole weekend, including in the backstage. When I left, wich happened 10 minutes before they started the concert, they told me to get...

Alhambra is the latest release from Texas based group Mother Falcon led by Austinite Nick Gregg, director of an ever-shifting flock of classical musicians in a soundscape of strings, brass, and drums with a modern...

Five years ago, when The Clutters debut T&C hit, it pretty much exploded the “rock free Music City” myth and now, ten years after their genesis and on the eve of their third album, Breaking Bones, Nashville has...

The fine folks over at Labrador Records recently sent over a new talent discovery out of Sweden, namely Amanda Mair. Only 15 years old (now 16) from an island outside Stockholm, Amanda didn’t have any official record...

“Forged in the hothouse that is Louisville’s indie-rock scene, The Fervor has been known to deliver unpretentious rock ’n’ roll replete with eerie, ambient guitar riffs and soul-laid-bare vocals of gut wrenching...

Nothing would be more creepy than running into a Doppelganger this Friday the 13th; not just a cute Facebook look-alike avatar but something more disturbing like a full on mirror image of one’s self, Twilight Zone...

Omaha four-piece Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship present Hanga-Fang, their debut album recorded by Mark McGowan and mixed by AJ Mogis, available digitally and in 180 gram translucent orange vinyl via Slumber Party...

Sleeping at Last are Ryan O’Neal and Dan Perdue. I have been listening to them for more than 3 years. I first had to understand them, then started to enjoy their music, until the day I realised I had to listen to...

Hailing from New Zealand and formerly known as Shaky Hands, the pop-punk band CUT OFF YOUR HANDS decided to change their name due to a threat of legal action from a similarly-named American band (The Shaky Hands). As their...

“After Ryan Montgomery and Dave Teufel’s former band, Heroes in the Seaweed, split, Ryan continued writing and performing privately, frequently to audiences of one. When he decided to finally take his newer songs out...

Episode number 95 of Insomnia Radio: UK A slightly different format this time for the twelve tracks you’ll hear. Five artists from Nottingham, coincidentally. Probably. Recording Date: Sunday 8th May 2011 TRT:...

Atlanta Georgia based new Animal are Kris Hermstad and Derek Burdette, and their self-titled album has 15 tracks and runs to 75 minutes of music in a wide variety of styles (described variously as ranging from bedroom pop to...

Le Fever is the alias of one Tom Lagerman, a twenty-something year old artist from around the area of Stockholm in Sweden. He crafts the songs here, and incorporates up to seven others during the recording process. This...

Its not often that we post the same track twice on the Daily Dose (although I did recently, by mistake), and we don’t post many remixes. But when I came upon this I felt I had to share it with you, as its a track by a...

It’s Cinco de Mayo and the perfect time to dip back into the Mexican independent music scene. I came across a great post-rock group from Pachuca the last couple of days named mountaintops., formed in Mexico in 2007. ...

Bill Majoros (Hamilton, Canada) is The Foreign Films, but that wasn’t something that happened overnight. As a teenager he was touring the world playing packed arenas, and empty bars. His last band Flux A.D. (a favourite of...

Nashville’s THE WINTER SOUNDS just sent us over a few links directing attention towards free downloads of their last full length ‘Church of the Haunted South’ as well as a mix of eclectic tracks spanning...