Mano’s Daughter is an electronic three-piece synth band based in London UK with the lineup of Sarah Carter (Vocals), Matthias Garrick (Synths, programming) and Dan See (Drums). They are stated to be a mixture of Polica,...
IR Canada Show #37 :...
posted by Chris
Changing it up this week. I did an interview with KC Lee of persist and played 3 tracks from the new album.
Mike Wojniak: Stone ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
In January 2013, Wojniak left his Midwestern hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and settled in San Diego, California where he has been writing and performing ever since. Recently, Wojniak partnered with a new independent label,...
Johanna Samuels: For...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
25-year-old Johanna Samuels is a native New Yorker who grew up in Los Angeles, where from a young age she sang in school choirs and obsessively learned to play the songs of her musical heroes by ear. In early spring of 2012...
Down The Machine: Nu...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Down the machine are a 4 piece alternative rock band from Leeds (UK). Calling on inspiration from Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, DTM create a sound that merges elements of Grunge, Nu-Metal and Industrial Rock...
Night Manager: I Hat...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In July of last year, the York UK based fanzine/mixtape ‘label’ Verbal Rocket released a compilation featuring a ton of great bands from around the world, a standout of which included the excellent Brooklyn, NY...
Video Roundup
posted by Stuart Morrison
The pick of this week’s Video Submissions Equals – Autotelic BandCamp | Web Site | Twitter | Facebook | Web Site | Facebook | Web Site | Twitter Jail Weddings – Summer Fades Facebook |...
kimono: Specters
posted by Stuart Morrison
Every year for the last seven years, Iceland Music Export has produced a compilation album featuring Icelandic artists, and the seventh edition in the Made in Iceland series has just been released. Of the 18 tracks on the...
IR: UK #106 – ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 106 of Insomnia Radio: UK You wait a year for a new episode on Insomnia Radio: UK, and then two arrive within a week! Following on from IR UK 105, which was basically a repost of The Made In The UK Show 153...
Spero: Living in the...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Again, while reaching out to Twitter for directions to great music we might not otherwise have heard, we came across a new compilation by California based Lost Ark Studio. On this fantastic compilation (as well as...
Sleepwalk Parade: Ma...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Yes, another day on the search functionality of Twitter, and another excellent stumble and nosedive into some most excellent indie pop and rock. This time our featured band, SLEEPWALK PARADE is from Rochester, New York, the...
The Len Price 3: Swi...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the UK band’s 4th album Nobody Knows “It’s been said plenty of times that The Len Price 3 are the best band you’ve never heard of and the tongue-in-cheek title of their fourth and finest long player is...
Algernon Doll: Suici...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Algernon Doll release their third album, Omphalic, via Struggletown Records on 30th June 2014. Omphalic sees Algernon Doll break out from his one man band persona as he continues to hone and perfect an alternative guitar...
Sam Densmore & ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Sam Densmore & Curtis Irie (who we have featured before under the moniker Irie Idea) are releasing their first album, Quit Work Make Music, out June 10. “When striving for your full potential and reaching for...
Way Yes: Get Healed ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
It’s high time we showcased another favorite from last year’s debut LP release via Columbus Ohio based band – WAY YES. Today we are happy to feature the single version of ‘Get Healed’, another...
hunters. The Her is ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
This is a track from Treeline which is hunters. second album. The band are from San Francisco, and have been featured once before on the network. Check out the album, they describe it as “a collection of...
Tucker Jameson: Appl...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their second EP “Light Up The Night” which will be available digitally and physically on June 3. “Conceived by travel experiences, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, abstract art and relationships...
IR: UK #105 – ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 105 of Insomnia Radio: UK [Reposting, as I think some of you didn’t get the MP3 in the original post] The music in this show was previously featured on the Insomnia Radio Daily Dose, and The Made In The...
wecamefromwolves: St...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scottish group wecamefromwolves have recently returned with their second EP entitled ‘Paradise Place’, released via Saraseto Records on the 3rd of March. The EP was produced by Bruce Rintoul at 45-A-Side studios...
Henrik Niva: Good Da...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“HENRIK NIVA is an artist from the deep forests of the Swedish Tornedalia, right next to the Finnish border. The village, Jänkis, that he comes from is situated right on the arctic circle and is home to less than...
Cajsa Siik: Relentle...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The excellent new single from Stockholm based artist Cajsa Siik just released a few short days back on May 12th and the singer had a bit to say about some of the contrasting facets here in LA (vs those in Sweden) that helped...
St Tropez: In Pictur...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“St Tropez makes bittersweet indie rock from their home studio in Oakland, CA. With a shared love of 60’s folk, old school dub, and classic Afrobeat, band members Sanjay Vora, Aki Ehara and Jeremy Fisch formed...
EVVY: Haze
posted by Charles Stepczyk
EVVY is the newest independent artist from New York, produced by Mickey Valen (Noosa, AYER) whom recently teamed up with Chris Wallitsch forming the production duo ‘Mickey Valen & The King’. Upon teaming up...
clintongore: I Need ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Clintongore is a bi-coastal two-piece electronic pop band. Shaped from the residuum of their foggy, hungover lives in San Francisco, the duo – Sierra Frost and Christopher Crawford – now operate out of Portland...
Seaside: Giggle and ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Seaside is another recent discovery out of Jakarta Indonesia, on the new label Anoa Records – one of a few releases on their site. The indie pop band released their LP “Undone” on Dec 15 of this past year,...
Frugal Father: Threa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Frugal Father is a electronica musician we came across whilst we threw our musical net into the stormy seas of Twitter Search, which brought up with this beautiful free song, remixed by Brooklyn New York’s Brothertiger...
bed. Boys
posted by Stuart Morrison
This is the new single from Portland-based indie slow-fi band bed. “In late 2013, Alex Haager and Sierra Frost quit their jobs and escaped their lives in San Francisco and headed north to Portland, Oregon to start...
CopyClub: Off Balanc...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
CopyClub are a pretty new three piece based in Bristol playing LoFi indie rock with three part harmonies. They claim to blend electronic tones/loops using iPads as instruments at their live shows. We heard about the band...
Young Night: Picasso
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Young Night, comprised of Will McConchie, Jack Nielsen, Jean-Marc Wicht and Nick Wellauer was formed in late 2012 in a share house lived in and frequented by the four whilst they were studying in Brisbane,...
24 Broken Amps: Play...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
24 Broken Amps are a Dublin Ireland based punk/grunge band that apparently “stomped into the space where no one was treading in a local scene that was deadening under the lightweight of jangly indie synthy...
Hannah Thiem: Phavet
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brooklyn, New York artist Hannah Thiem is releasing her debut EP, BRYM on June 3rd. Today’s Dose is the single from it. “Phavet is an ambient and cinematic sounding electronic track infused with a plaintive...
The Jungle Giants: S...
posted by Stuart Morrison
This is the title track from the Australian Band’s new EP. The Jungle Giants, originally from Brisbane, are Sam Hales, Cesira Aitken, Keelan Bijker and Andrew Dooris. Web Site | Facebook |...