Its been about three years since the last time we’ve featured Swedish band The Sweet Serenades and their debut, “Balcony Cigarettes”. The band is Martin Nordvall and Mathias Näslund, childhood friends who...
Foxtails Brigade: Th...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Foxtails Brigade just dropped a new single called “The Unloved”, the first from their new album Time Is Passed, which was released this week. The song is an Eleanor-Rigby-esque look at the lonely and forsaken,...
hunters.: ft. lee, v...
posted by Rodrigo
I was trying to find the best words to introduce you to hunters., but looking at their description on Facebook, I had nothing left to say. hunters. sounds like: pick a word from the first column and pair it with one from...
Phonolux: Control
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Local San Antonio indie rock band Phonolux released their newest ‘Nashville Fires’ this past April, three years after their debut self-titled album in 2009. They describe it as a vintage sound mixed with a...
Inherit The Stars: W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Breaking out onto the music scene with a style that’s completely their own, Sheffield [UK] born and bred quartet Inherit The Stars are an explosion of sound that should not be missed. With all four members...
Rainbow Danger Club:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Shanghai, China based band RDC released their third studio album, the ‘In the Cellar’ EP earlier last week on November 19th. It is a small taste of a brand new album coming in 2013, and as we also experienced,...
Kassy Key & the ...
posted by Rodrigo
The music coming from Austin’s Kassy Key & the Raindogs is so absorbing that is impossible to be indeferent. Very dense and consistent textures. Formed after a Tom Waits failed tribute band, The Raindogs had the...
Iko: Kites
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Our feature today are a duo from Exeter, Devon, UK – Kieran and Neil, also known as Iko. They are one of the unknown bands chosen to feature a song on the new Twilight Soundtrack, and are celebrating by releasing the...
Psychic Twin: Gonna ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Two and a half years ago, Erin Fein began to pen a series of songs that would become the music of Psychic Twin. These songs emerged as intensely personal, nervously rhythmic, and indebted to the ‘80s new-wave of her...
Honeymilk: It Might ...
posted by Rodrigo
Our friend birds in Sweden, have another astounding release. It’s all about longing for something else, a feeling that the grass is always greener on the other side. Whether that’s true or not is not really that...
Shirah: We’ll ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we are happy to feature a song from the debut EP of talented Austin singer-songwriter Amber Shirah. Shirah released the 3 song EP this last year on February 22nd. Information from the release states that the...
Sleep Maps: Horror I...
posted by Stuart Morrison
NYC based Sleep Maps (the project of Ben Kaplan) released their EP Medals last week, and this is the bonus track on the album. Check out the video for the opening track The Final Weapon below. And check out the powerful...
IR: Canada #5
posted by Chris
Show 5 is not quite like any of the other shows so far! 11 Bands, 12 songs, and not all from Ontario! I had a lot of fun putting this show together. There is a wide variety of music from several different musical...
Black Bird White Sky...
posted by Rodrigo
Black Bird White Sky are an electronica-rock duo that combines driving glitchy dance beats and soaring vocal melodies with the dark, complex backdrop of catchy synth hooks and guitar riffs. Their latest release, The Fall,...
IR: UK #103
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 103 of Insomnia Radio: UK Back after quite a long break with a ten track show Recording Date: Saturday 17 November 2012 TRT: 48:37 Rating: Work Safe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk103.mp3] Download...
City Brat: Yeah It...
posted by Rodrigo
City Brat, a world electro indie duo from Bushwick, Brooklyn. The band consists of Jason Grad (Vocals, Guitars, Synths) and Alex Fippinger (Drums). Mixing different music genres, and influenced by various world musical...
The Longwalls: Big M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
For their latest 8-song EP Kowloon, Boston based band, The Longwalls found inspiration in the ancient Chinese city from which the record was named. In Hong Kong there was once a walled city, Kowloon. An ungoverned 6-acre...
The March Divide: St...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Still Analog is the first single from San Antonio Texas’ The March Divide’s debut album Music for Film which will be released February 12th, 2013 on Dead Letter Records. The March Divide will tour in support of...
Cruiser: Don’t...
posted by Rodrigo
The good people at Vagrant sent us this, though this artist is not signed to them, but managed by Jeremy Maciack, who works with the label: Cruiser, a solo project by Philadelphia native Andy States, was brought to life in...
I Am Not Lefthanded:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Rhinosaur Records is a new Irish creative commons netlabel that appears to have been started by the guys/gal in the band, I Am Not Lefthanded. Their first three song sampler release came out in late September along with...
Out Like Pluto: Wher...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Out Like Pluto is not here to revolutionize music, but they do want to make you dance. Have a listen to their full-length debut album or come out to a show, and it’ll be totally clear: These alt-pop rockers have a blast...
Alex Watts & th...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Melbourne based rock/pop quartet Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue released their latest single, ‘This Haunting’ earlier this year, which was celebrated with an east coast tour including a packed out launch at...
Reverend JM’s ...
posted by Rodrigo
Defying art isn’t at hand of everybody. You need to know how to do art,if you want to break it’s rules and don’t go for the standards. Based in Dublin, but with roots in New York (the lead singer), Reverend...
Laurie Levine: Oh Br...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Talented South African folk artist Laurie Levine heads to the UK at the end of the November, playing songs from her latest release ‘Six Winters’ that launched in that region on November 5th. She first emerged on...
The Quinsy: Colors O...
posted by Stuart Morrison
After the impressive debut “A Violet Day” and the Single “You Know, I’m Sick”, the Russian Post Punks of The Quinsy are back with the new album “Colours of the World”. From St....
Goodbye, Labrador: M...
posted by Rodrigo
Goodbye, Labrador, with roots in Brooklyn, Barcelona and Prague, blend stateside harmonies with distinctly European nostalgia. A Thousand Times Before, their second record, is a dreamy, guitar-driven collection of skilfully...
IR: Canada #4
posted by Chris
Show four is pack with all sorts of new things! Bedding music, and submissions to CC Hits! [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/IRCanada4.mp3] Download Subscribe Tracks And Listings Band:...
Hero Jr.: Ann Boleyn
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Indianapolis band Hero Jr.’s full-length debut “Backup Plan” is now out through Desa Records and it is a refreshing change of sound, mixing up a bit of classic and 90s rock and expanding on the raw power of...
School Of Seven Bell...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Network favourites School of Seven Bells have a new release, coming soon. Monday’s Dose Secret Days is from their EP Put Your Sad Down due out November...
Verse Metrics: Aches
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Glaswegian four-piece Verse Metrics bring you the free download single ‘Aches’. In August 2012 the band recorded 5 new tracks with engineer Jamie Savage at Chem19 studios. These tracks will make up Verse...
Go Periscope: Burnin...
posted by Rodrigo
Go Periscope is a band from Seattle. They have been featured on M.T.V. Music, Alternative Press, and recently featured in Rolling Stone magazine as one of the Top 16 unsigned bands. In July this year they released Wasted...
Terracotta Blue: Rav...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Terracotta Blue is Jay, an electronica enthusiast from Maryland who is inspired by dark mellow beats and his first love, hip-hop rhythms. He’s written a seven song release called Ravencrest, a follow-up ode to autumn...