Our featured song today is the excellent conjoined two-part track, “Bones 1 & 2” by the band Ghost King, who throw a rope up from the rabbit hole, inviting you to slip down into their dark psychedelic world....
Kinder Than Wolves: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Orlando trio Kinder Than Wolves will release their debut EP Mean Something, 15th April. The second single from it, “Hover” is today’s Dose “Delicate and hazy, the EP gently smolders like a cool blue flame....
Neon Highwire: Bear ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London UK indie-electro artists Neon Highwire officially called it quits early this year on January 29th after a nice long run, sadly a few months after we ran into them over at T61 for the first time. Flashing back to...
Matt Reagan: All Rig...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Matt Reagan is a San Francisco based songwriter/singer/producer. He began playing the piano at the age of 7 and picked up the guitar at age 13. Throughout his teens he played in several bands, eventually landing a...
IR: UK #150
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 150 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the controls again. Eight tracks from UK Artists Release Date: Sunday 27 March 2016 TRT: 40:27 Rating: Work Safe https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk150.mp3 Download IR:...
Richard Lomax: Butte...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Richard Lomax is a Manchester based singer-songwriter who mixes psych-folk with dashes of everything. He is apparently known for intense live performances and an approach to recording that makes use of anything he can get...
Soft Continent: Scar...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Soft Continent are talented indie pop purveyors out of the Atlanta Georgia region, made up of band members Jess Jones, Clayton Taylor and Jason Kingsland. The two songs on the excellent yet short 2012 release “Bright...
Lyon Apprentice: Ali...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Australian duo Lyon Apprentice have returned with their exhilarating new track, Alice – a minimalist, dream-pop tribute to a longtime friend and the husband she lost. The single was recorded in the brothers’ new home...
Sir Croissant: Brail...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sir Croissant, an indie folk singer-songwriter from Banja Luka in Bosnia Herzegovina released his six track Let Me Sleep EP just a few weeks back on March 3, 2016. Braille is the first song on this promising debut release...
The March Divide: Ex...
posted by Stuart Morrison
San Antonio-based songwriter, Jared Putnam, leader of the sometimes more, but usually one-man pop-rock band, The March Divide, is prolific. It’s a word used often / often misused, but when it comes to Putnam, it...
Tangram: Glide Path ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Minsk, Belarus based instrumental rock band Tangram recently issued their studio debut in the Hikikomori EP, four atmospheric instrumental compositions and a cover song, PTVP. The band’s style is influenced by...
New Carnival: Sweet ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Bristol indie rock trio New Carnival have announced the forthcoming release of their new single Sweet Caroline. The track, centring on an unorthodox love proposal, kicks off what is set to be a busy year for the...
Dia: Tiny Ocean
posted by Stuart Morrison
Dia is the project of composer and performer, Danielle Birrittella. Her debut EP, Tiny Ocean, will be released Spring 2016 and features songs produced by producer/drummer Joey Waronker (Beck, REM, Atoms for Peace), Tim...
Don Tigra: Maria, Mi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Don Tigra began in late 2012 when americana songwriter Stephen Gordon fell out of love with the rural, folk driven portrayal of his own inward journey. After growing up in both Memphis and The Shenandoah Valley, and...
The Bay Rays: Four W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Garage rock/punk trio The Bay Rays have announced the forthcoming release of their debut single Four Walls. The Kent [UK] outfit’s frenetic blend of rock n’ roll is the ideal introduction to the band and arrives just...
The Emerald Armada: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
To properly celebrate St. Paddy’s, we present The Emerald Armada, reportedly brought to life in Belfast, Ireland six years ago to create music about all of life’s little inspirations. Since this time frame the...
Polecat: Christine
posted by Stuart Morrison
We first featured Jam To Bluegrass-Folk Bellingham-based Band Polecat in February. Their new album ‘Into The Wind’ was just released on March 11th. Polecat will embark on a headlining tour supporting Into The...
Tall Ships: Words Ar...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tall Ships, originally from Falmouth but now living in Brighton, issued today’s feature via one of their first EPs, which was later bundled up in the double Tall Ships EP / There Is Nothing But Chemistry Here release...
MYATB: Cosy Caravan
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“Understated melodic catchy guitar riffs fronted by an alt country female vocal is the signature sound of guitar duo MYATB (Me You & The Boy). Sounds like 60’s pop, americana and psychedelic surf pop. Their...
Ultra Sheriff: Fires...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ultra Sheriff is a biomechanical trio from beyond the stars, committed to the annihilation of mankind. Cartoony space chaos packed with catchy tunes and robotic apocalypse – Ultra Sheriff embraces and explores the...
One Day, After Schoo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Taking its name from an Arab Strap song – One Day, After School… is the work of Dean Freeman, a musician and writer hailing from Wakefield in the UK. Donations toward his newest single Somasphere, found over at...
Leave The Memories: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Leave The Memories is an acoustic trio from Venice (Italy) with influences from metal as well as from pop, rock and electronic music. The band was started by Mirco Basso (lead vocals, age 18), Luca Basso (rhythm guitar,...
IR: UK #149
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 149 of Insomnia Radio: UK Stuart at the controls again. Eight tracks from UK Artists. Recording Date: Friday 11 March 2016 TRT: 35:41 Rating: Work...
MINOTAURS: Echoes
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Nathan Lawr of MINOTAURS grew up outside his band’s homebase of Guelph, Ontario, where he still lives now. He describes the new MINOTAURS album Weird Waves [his seventh album, and third as MINOTAURS] as an...
Fallon Cush: Useless...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The enigmatically named Fallon Cush is the vehicle for songwriter Steve Smith, a Sydney musician who has been recording, releasing and performing music for three decades. With a knack for gathering exceptional musicians...
Hop Along: Powerful ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Powerful Man is the second single from Philadelphia band, Hop Along’s album Painted Shut out on Saddle Creek. Bandmember Frances Quinlan described today’s featured track as “about a very important day in...
The Rondo Brothers: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“The Rondo Brothers is the San Francisco-based production and performance team of Jim Greer and Brandon Arnovick, both born in the fall of 1971. Starting their career in the long forgotten year of 1997 with the...
Thoughts: Tuck
posted by Stuart Morrison
Post rockers Thoughts have announced the forthcoming release of their debut single Tuck, showcasing their blend of ethereal guitars, infectious riffs and enigmatic lyrics with a style and swagger similar to many of their...
Alpha Six Romeo: Wan...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Alpha Six Romeo is the promising new indie-electro rock project of singer-songwriter Dennis Bestafka who you may know as the guitarist of formative Bay area dreampop band, Sentinel. We were pleasantly surprised to hear the...
Meeka Kates: Empire ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Melbourne, Australia based Meeka Kates just released a new single. It’s a bouncy indie-electronic dance track about the downfall of civilization, inspired [he tells us] in equal parts by “Mecca”, the...
Alameda: A Violence
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Founded by singer/guitarist Stirling Myles and cellist Jessie Dettweiler, Alameda is a four-piece folk-rock band out of Portland, Oregon – but instead of allying with the obvious of whatever that means, they carry...
Ask For Joy: Pinpric...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Austin Texax based Ask for Joy release ‘New Private Window’ on Infinitely Recursive Records on 15 March. “This 7-track album maintains a tradition this artist has become well known for, with walls of...