Tucson, AZ label Diet Pop Records recently released their 2016 new music sampler featuring twelve great tracks by up and coming musicians, a sampler that looks to be an annual practice from the label – released a month...
IR: UK #170
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 170 of Insomnia Radio: UK Stuart at the controls again. Eight tracks from UK Artists Recording Date: Monday 30 January 2017 TRT: 39:38 Rating: Work...
A Festival, A Parade...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Newcastle UK outfit A Festival, A Parade have announced the release of their first single of the year People Person. The alt-rockers’ latest track showcases the brooding and slow-building melodic rock which has already...
CHUCK: Mary Anne (Da...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
‘Mary Anne‘ comes from the beautifully ragged radio sessions from Brooklyn’s CHUCK, in promotion of his ‘My Band Is a Computer‘ collection released in Sept 2016. This great track is a free...
Laughed the Boy: Mus...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto Ontario post-rock band LAUGHED THE BOY issued an excellent three track EP ‘Out of the Blue’ this past March we wanted to highlight today. While the band has announced that they have a new LP (Here is...
IR Canada Show #66: ...
posted by Chris
Download IR: Canada #66 Subscribe Subscribe in iTunes https://insomniaradio.net/audio/IRCanada66.mp3 A quick return for show 66. Hope you enjoy these tracks as much as I did. Show 75 is fast approaching, and I...
Family Friends: I...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brother-sister duo Family Friends, made up of Rebecca and Tom Fitzsimons, release ‘I’m Like You’ – the second track taken from their forthcoming EP, out late Feb. Living between Melbourne and London the group’s...
Magana: Pages
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Magana creates beautiful haunting alternative pop out of Brooklyn, New York, freshly delivering a striking new single ‘Pages‘ via a free / pay-what-you want model as she makes the move on a solo tour of New York...
Ambiere: Tree of Lif...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Hailing from the outskirts of Manchester, Ambiere bring something different to the table with their chilled, ambient vibes displayed in their latest release Tree Of Life. Fronted by the songwriting partnership of Amber...
Allye Gaietto: Get G...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes from Detroit artist Allye Gaietto, singer-songwriter of jazz-influenced pop. She’s apparently been compared to Norah Jones, and has also been called “Nick Drake on the piano”,...
IR Canada Show #65: ...
posted by Chris
Download IR: Canada #65 Subscribe Subscribe in iTunes https://insomniaradio.net/audio/IRCanada65.mp3 Hey Folks, there was a small issue with the webpage and the feed for the RSS downloads to podcatchers was...
Elmer And The Cerami...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Janesville, Wisconsin lo-fi post-punk act Elmer & The Ceramic Trees released its third album, entitled Maps of Outer Space. The album was released digitally via BandCamp on Thursday, December 15, 2016. Maps of Outer...
Ignite The Fire: Ove...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Ignite The Fire are from Maryland. Their song, ‘Over it”, is the first single from an upcoming brand-new EP with each song becoming available before the final EP is released in Spring 2017. The song is about...
Pinegrove: Old Frien...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Montclair New Jersey’s Pinegrove are back with a new live album, so to mark the occasion we are featuring the lead off studio track from their 2016 LP Cardinal to draw attention and introduce you to the group if you...
The Bats Pajamas: Ol...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Bats Pajamas, a band from Toronto, just released (January 13, 2017) their new album, Uh Oh. Today’s Dose is a standout track from it. Uh Oh can be streamed/downloaded for free at the BandCamp link below. There...
autodrone: Witness t...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
autodrone are a NYC-based dark psychedelic rock band that formed in the latter 2000s. They reportedly combine songwriting that draws upon the five members’ psychological damage, morbid interests, and broken hearts with...
PLAZA: Origami
posted by Stuart Morrison
PLAZA release new single ‘Origami’, out on Friday 20th January via Beyond The Wall and available to stream and download on all platforms. With ‘Origami’, their first single of 2017, and first single taken from a...
Crossworlds: Dawn [S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Kyiv Ukraine based experimental electronica/downtempo project CROSSWORLDS released their exceptional LP “Day and Night” in October of 2015. It exchanges ethnography for a family setting. Composer Oleksiy...
Kidsmoke: Waves
posted by Stuart Morrison
Welsh indie pop outfit Kidsmoke have announced the release of their latest track Waves, a gradual builder that immediately draws comparisons to the likes of Wild Nothing, Real Estate and Deerhunter. Beginning with a...
Some Skeletons: Gran...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The stunning featured track Grand Hopes comes from the Nottingham UK band SOME SKELETONS’ debut six track EP, “And Signs & Ampersands“, released December 15, 2012 – a good first introduction we...
IR: UK #169
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 169 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the controls again. Eight tracks from UK Artists Release Date: Sunday 15 Jan 2017 TRT: 40:20 Rating: Work Safe https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk169.mp3 Download IR: UK...
The Nyx: Home
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Nyx are four ferocious females who exploded onto the London music scene in March 2016. Primarily a rock band, the girls fuse elements of grunge and soul to create a very distinctive sound. Combined with the fact the...
Daddy Lion: Maslow
posted by Stuart Morrison
Daddy Lion originally started as a solo project from founding member Jeremy Joseph, and adopts the DIY ethos that he learned growing up in the Washington, DC area with its Dischord-records driven punk scene. Jeremy met...
Rest: Forgiven
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Boston Massachusetts punk/shoegaze band REST put together a six track EP “Destroy Me” in February of this past year, reportedly recorded in a Basement in Southbridge. “Forgiven” is the lead-off track...
Dom Robinson: Good L...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Leeds (UK) artist Dom Robinson has announced the arrival of his brand new single Good Love, the first of several releases planned throughout 2017 for the budding singer-songwriter. With a delicate sound heavily influenced...
Chousand: Wizard Wig
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Chousand are a self-described disingenuous punk rock band from Stamford, Connecticut who have released “Ten Years Too Late” this past September, a solid six-track EP which is the perfect soundtrack to partying...
No/Hugs: Loneliness
posted by Stuart Morrison
No/Hugs is an alternative rock band from Boston, MA formed by Narcissus A-Ngel in 2015. The band’s sound consists of Narcissus A-Ngel on vocals, Amaury Altmayer on electric guitar, Fernando Echeverry on drums, Jenn...
The Ferdy Mayne: Def...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The story of Shane O’Malley Firek, the single constant member of The Ferdy Mayne, is one of journeys – physical, spiritual, and a combination of the two. “I was going through massive change when I was writing this...
Gem Club: Spirit and...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Gem Club is a chamber pop band out of the Boston Massachusetts area made up of singer/pianist Christopher Barnes and his collaborators, cellist Kristen Drymala and vocalist Ieva Berberian. Just a few days before the New...
Why a fox: Next year
posted by Stuart Morrison
Why a fox is a one man emo folk fusion band hailing from the North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide but residing in Fukushima, Japan. Hayden Marks currently helms the full musical effort here taking on the roles of vocals,...
Degree: Sheltered Lo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Greg Dugast, a young singer-songwriter out of Nances Frances, came back around to his acoustic stylings to end out his projects this past year (his debut year as the inspired project DEGREE). Dugast let himself dive into...
De Lune Déluge: Ink ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
New Orleans based De Lune Déluge released their second album Honeycomb in April 2016. Today’s Dose is a standout track from it. The band members are Dustin Champagne – bass, Collin Jilbert – drums,...