Today’s infectiously cheery Daily Dose comes to you from Cincinnati, OH group The Minor Leagues. ‘Good Boys’ is taken from their new album This Story Is Old, I Know, But It Goes On , released earlier this...
Molice: White Vertig...
Formed in 2007, Molice is a Japanese quartet with a sound that’s difficult to pin down; elements of ’70s punk energy, ’80s new wave sensibility, and ’90s college radio guitar all get mashed in there,...
The Bloodsugars: Lig...
Their new album I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On comes out November 17th. The Bloodsugars are composed of frontman and primary songwriter Jason Rabinowitz, keyboardist Matt Katz, bassist Brendan O’Grady, and drummer...
Dark Meat: The Faint...
From their album Truce Opium Combining such ludicrous and disparate sonic obsessions as Albert Ayler, Neil Young and Neu!, Athens Georgia’s Dark Meat radiates a sound as layered, multivariable and insane as its...
Visqueen: Hand Me Do...
Message To Garcia is a collection of Visqueen songs that represents a rock and roll epitaph to front woman Rachel Flotard’s father. After garnering countless fans, reviews, and playing shows with everyone from Guided...
Cloak/Dagger: Don...
From the recent Album Lost Art by Richmond, VA band Cloak/Dagger Is it punk? Hardcore? Garage? Make up your own mind about Cloak/Dagger’s latest full-length, Lost...
The Last 3 Lines: Fi...
From Barcelona, Spain we bring you the post-punk sounds of The Last 3 Lines with their single ‘Fish Tank’, taken from their forthcoming EP Crows. “The music of The Last 3 Lines consists of the most...
Hotlites: Sign Me Up
Having recently stumbled across the following artist over at Garageband several weeks ago, I thought it would be nice to finally feature this local band to kickstart your Friday. Enjoy! HotLites is an...
Christophe Marc: My ...
From his new album Naked – acoustic versions of some of his previous songs. Available to download for free from Jamendo About Christophe Marc It is the solo project of Christophe Marc, the lead singer and guitar...
Heavy Feather: Would...
From the self-titled album released in July by Heavy Feather, from Athens, Georgia Heavy Feather formerly Jackpot City combines crunchy chainsaw guitar rock with lush vocal harmonies and diverse instrumentation creating...
The Middle East: Blo...
We recently debuted the track “Blood” by Australian band THE MIDDLE EAST over at the Association of Music Podcasting before it appeared here – and now finally have a chance to introduce it at Insomnia Radio...
Tape Deck Mountain: ...
From their upcoming album Ghost to be released November 17th, 2009 San Diego’s Tape Deck Mountain first made waves by releasing their debut EP Sparks on the unconventional (but quite fitting for their name) medium, our...
Birds & Batteri...
From their latest EP Up To No Good Never easy to categorize, Birds & Batteries continue to cut their own path of genre-less music. Heavily influenced by Bowie’s Scary Monsters, P-Funk, and John Carpenter films,...
The Marshmallow Ghos...
Happy Halloween from the regional army of zombie programmers at Insomnia Radio. When a chilly breeze starts wrestling the leaves to the ground, and carefully carved pumpkins take on an eerie glow, you can be sure the...
Levi Fuller: Colossa...
‘Colossal’ is the title track from Seattle-based folker Levi Fuller’s third full length album. An uptempo, cheery yet laid-back dose of acoustic folk. With subdued, singalong-able vocals and specs of...
Persian Claws: Yours...
Some Garage Punk for you today, from Burlington, VT PERSIAN CLAWS formed August 2008 in Burlington, VT. They are a Garage Punk band with Female vocals inspired by 60’s garage rock & cinema, 70’s punk and...
Plank: Patchwork
PLANK (formerly Plank63) was formed in the Fall of 2000 in Boston, and today we felt like zipping back to 2004 to showcase a quality track called ‘Patchwork’ by this Massachusetts based group. With the release of...
Saviours: We Roam
From Oakland, CA, Saviours deliver a sharp burst of shredding, riffing metal for today’s Daily Dose with ‘We Roam’, from their newest album Accelerated Living. “Saviours have made the necessary...
The Tripwires: Drawi...
From the album House To House on Spark And Shine...
This Will Destroy Yo...
This Will Destroy You are an instrumental quartet from the great state of Texas who play a cascading brand of cinematic rock music. The band is made up of guitarists Chris King and Jeremy Galindo, bass player Donovan Jones...
Rep By Pop: Cell pho...
The Title Track from their new Album. See the video over there ——————————–> Rep By Pop are a power pop trio playing infectious, danceable, synth/guitar...
The Prairie Cartel: ...
From Where Did All My People Go “The next big thing out of the Windy City… raging and carnal… a nervous breakdown on the dance floor” [IODA] TPC are Scott Lucas, Blake Smith and Mike...
Sleeping At Last: Po...
As indicated by a recent trip to Chicago’s Electrical Audio Studio (owned by Nirvana/The Pixies mastermind Steve Albini), Chicago band SLEEPING AT LAST have once again upped the artistic ante in this ambitious,...
mr. Gnome: Slow Side
A single from their upcoming album Heave yer Skeleton to be released November 2009 Cleveland duo mr. Gnome launched a lengthy U.S. tour 1st October that will keep them on the road until late December. The trek is in...
Beast: Devil
From their debut self-titled album, this is ‘Devil’ from Montreal-based band Beast, who are playing various venues this week in NYC for the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. “It’s hard to tell you...
The Lovely Feathers:...
The Lovely Feathers started out, as most of many do, as a band in a bedroom in an old apartment in Montreal. Shortly after being signed to Equator Records, they embarked on a sixty-three day North American Tour opening for...
The Lights Out: Five...
From Boston, MA, The Lights Out are: Rishava Green (lead vocals, guitar) Jesse James (drums, vocals) Adam Ritchie (lead guitar, vocals) Matt King (bass, vocals) The quartet cranks out the perfect soundtrack to a bank...
She Swings, She Sway...
We’ve got some Saturday morning Americana for you today folks, from Iowa collective She Swings, She Sways. Taken from their 2008 album Wasted Love Songs, this is ‘What I Wouldn’t Do’. “The...
Akron/Family: River
If you are familiar with Akron/Family, you will know they are a folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002, and its members currently live in New York City and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. All of the band...
Minto: Burnt Down Tr...
From their album Lay It On Me Transformation. Rebirth. Renewal. The Vancouver vagabonds formerly known as The Smokes have charted something of a non-traditional course over their half-decade of existence. The beginning?...
Starless and Bible B...
From their upcoming album Shape of the Shape, due for release on 27th October 2009. “On their Sophomore release, The Shape of the Shape, Manchester, England’s Starless & Bible Black have drawn together the...
Harper Simon: Shooti...
On this day – October 13th, skilled troubadour Harper Simon, who adeptly utilizes the fabled vocal gift inherited from his father Paul Simon, releases his debut album to the world – 10 tracks paying tribute to the...