“Chainflower is a fiery alt-rock unit featuring guitarist/producer Kelly Wheeler (Jane’s Addiction/PsiCom, SexTapes, Ultraject) and singer Erika Renee (A.H.M.A.D.), whose debut EP is engineered & mixed by...
Adam Cleaver: The Sa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Salt Mine is a the newest track from London based alternative-folk artist Adam Cleaver, who seems to channel Thom Yorke’s haunting falsetto in parts within, carried forward with accompaniment of the perfect...
The Higher State: Tr...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Today’s Dose Transparent Day is by Folkestone UK band The Higher State originally released in 2011, recently re-released as a free download. The band play homage to 1960’s West Coast Psychedelia, we’re...
North Atlantic Marit...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
NORTH ATLANTIC MARITIME are Sven Wright, Matt Hillman and Matt Haydock, whom are based in London having formed last year in 2014. Today we’ve got their excellent introductory debut instrumental track Mt., and...
Doubting Thomas Crui...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Soft Focus is the second single from the forthcoming LP Remember Me John Lydon Forever by Doubting Thomas Cruise Control (AKA DTCC) due out August 14th via Fleeting Youth Records and the band’s own Duckbill...
Todd Tobias: Suvarna...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Today’s Dose is from the new album Tristes Tropiques by Ohio based multi-instrumentalist Todd Tobias. “While best known for producing Guided By Voices and collaborating with Robert Pollard (Circus Devils,...
Pony Time: Time Tell...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Seattle rock duo PONY TIME have a new single out ‘Time Tells Me’, the first track on the band’s forthcoming fourth LP, Rumours 2: The Rumours Are True, set to officially drop on September 11th. The band is...
The Star Department:...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Pea Green Boat is the debut album by Irish atmospheric indie-pop duo The Star Department, who are from Dublin. The album, which features the deliciously melancholic new single Stitches and Sleeves, is out now through...
Oh Geronimo: The Flo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ciarán Downes of Toronto based post-rock & indie-folk group OH GERONIMO recently sent us the backstory for today’s featured track ‘The Flood’: “Not too long ago, my basement bedroom flooded as a...
Hookspine: Enough Cu...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Hookspine is the one man project of French artist JnL, Jean-Nicolas Lys. Enough Cuteness is his first single, from his debut EP planned for December 2015. The single is available as a digital download with the B-side...
Friday Club: Being M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A new track from Birmingham and Finnish collaboration FRIDAY CLUB dropped earlier this month on July 3rd after a bit of a hiatus the band had reportedly been taking. “Being Me Is Easy” is a solid track that...
Humeans: Let’s...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Humeans are the two swedish DIY producers Mikael Laaksoharju and Thomas Isberg working in the box from their living rooms. Everything is recorded, mixed and mastered on laptops, mostly using headphones – a great...
Wells: Fractures
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The debut single ‘Fractures’ from Sydney, Australia rock band WELLS was just released through Monday Records, showing up first a few short days back via the music blog Indie Shuffle. The group is a brand new...
Jacuzzi Boys: Happy ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Miami Florida’s Jacuzzi Boys are returning in a few months with their newest “Happy Damage EP” and have just released the first single and accompanying video this past July 7th. The single Happy Damage is...
Strange & Primi...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“TORONTO – Strange & Primitive releases their second single Difficulties Be Damned off their upcoming post punk album Strange & Primitive, due out August 21st. Melodies and rhythms trapped in a...
Alex Stephens: A Dif...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today brings another track revolving around the topic of skies, although this back to back semi-pairing was just a fluke occurrence which we hope holds some deeper meaning. Today’s feature is by Alex Stephens, a 19...
Diego Davidenko: Whe...
posted by Stuart Morrison
LA indie folk artist, Diego Davidenko, will be releasing his album, It Isn’t Home on August 28. The debut album reflects his search for a place called home after moving from Argentina to America at the age of nine. ...
Five Eight: Behead M...
posted by Stuart Morrison
In 1994, Athens, GA-based band Five Eight released Weirdo, the album that should have been a breakthrough for the relentlessly hard working and touring band that formed in the late 80’s. Twenty one years later, Weirdo...
Gold Class: Life as ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Melbourne Australian band GOLD CLASS will release their debut album later this year through Spunk Records in Australia/NZ and through felte in the USA/Europe. Life as a Gun is the stunning first single from the upcoming...
IR: UK #134
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 134 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the controls again. Eight tracks from UK Artists Release Date: Monday 13 July 2015 TRT: 41:14 Rating: Work Safe https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk134.mp3 Download IR: UK...
The Vast Alps: Vanit...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Los Angeles area band The Vast Alps have followed up their debut EP Auto Pilot with The 1/1 Project (One By One) for which they are releasing one new track every week for a year. Beginning with the release of Fiction, The...
Stolen Jars: Kept
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Indie-pop band, Stolen Jars emerged out of the newly emerging Montclair New Jersey music scene in 2011. The band best describes their music as “fitting parts into wholes. Stolen Jars is the way back. It’s that...
Victory Kicks: No Gr...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Victory Kicks are an alternative rock band from the Isle of Wight and now based in London. Formed originally as a home recording project by singer/songwriter John Sibley, the band continues to produce and release...
Ezra Furman: My Zero
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes from Evanston, Illinois artist Ezra Furman’s 2013 indie pop album, Day of the Dog released via Bar None Records. This second album was issued after a four/five year effort leading...
Silhouette Cities: E...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Washington DC based Silhouette Cities will be releasing their new album “No Worse for the Wear” on August 4th. They were kind enough to send it to us pre-release, we had a listen, and selected Enough as...
The Jaguar Club: Str...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New York/Massachusetts band THE JAGUAR CLUB have recently issued a new EP, Close, which was inspired by a return to the idea of a band being “a band.” Someone writes a song and then the group completely re-moulds...
Dankrupt: Relax
posted by Stuart Morrison
Dankrupt are from Los Angeles, and earlier this year released their debut “Moonlight EP”. “Dankrupt combines elemental sounds of psychedelic rock, pop, and upbeat feel good music to make you dance and get lost...
Twin Within: Bernie
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Twin Within consists of Steve McKay and Alex Samaras out of Hamilton, Ontario (CAN). Together their voices have a natural affinity beyond technical ability, and recall classic duos like Righteous Brothers, Walker Brothers,...
Sentinel: Counting S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The new ten-song labor of love, “Points of Light” from San Francisco dream-pop three-piece SENTINEL arrived on June 2nd after a year-long effort of writing, recording, and mastering, which has really paid off. ...
Exohxo: Past Lives
posted by Stuart Morrison
Exohxo are a chamber rock band from Seattle, and they have just released their new EP The Ghost is Clear. Its a free download from BandCamp or SoundCloud (links below). Web Site | Facebook | Twitter | BandCamp |...
The Silhouette Era: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Silhouette Era’s second full-length, “Beacons” practically defines Northern California’s own brand of surf pop; not that of hot summer nights, but of freezing dawns and the sobering ennui that can...
Golden Eels: Transmi...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Golden Eels are from Athens Georgia, today’s Dose is from their album Periscopes in the Air which officially comes out Aug 14th. You can pre-order it from the BandCamp link below. “In 1999, Neil Golden, a...