Detroit artist Joe Hertler and his band The Rainbow Seekers put out a five song EP in April that is a great summation of the group’s live sound, recorded in the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit. After recording...
Buffalo Killers: It&...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tear into that BBQ leg son, multitask with your favorite 12 oz, and get ready for some quality blues rock. The compilation ‘Alive at the Deep Blues Fest’ is arriving this November 27th via Alive NaturalSound...
The Ascetic Junkies:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Kali Giaritta and Matt Harmon, about half of the Portland group The Ascetic Junkies will be on a ambitious Summer tour over the next month or two, starting off June 8th in California, then heading to Idaho, and Washington...
Mount Carmel: Swagg&...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Our musical crosshairs set themselves on Columbus, Ohio this psychedelic weekend, with an explosive set of blues flavored rock from trio Mount Carmel. The group has released a new album on Siltbreeze called Real Women, a...
Nico Stai: Skies Ove...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we are featuring a new stripped down interpretation of a slightly older track from Los Angeles singer-songwriter Nico Stai, a favorite musician of mine here on our network, who has had repeat visits in the past few...
The Twilight Sad: Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we take a look at a new acoustic release by Kilsyth, Scotland’s ‘The Twilight Sad’. The band actually got their start playing a few gigs in Glasgow, creating half hour pieces of music that...
Mimicking Birds: She...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Summer will be arriving in a few weeks in the US and some of you coastal denizens and vacationers will be returning home from the beach, discovering that you couldn’t quite scrape the remnants of that washed up stray...
Damon Castillo Band:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
It had been several years since I had first seen the Damon Castillo Band live, performing against the sun-drenched backdrop of the Pacific Ocean up in Avila Beach at the annual SLO Vintners Festival (held each November). At...
Northern Room: We...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
I had recently promised you all more Wisconsin-based rock over on my Twitter account after realizing that we were sorely lacking in showcasing the home state in which our trademark java is sent out to the masses for...
Efterklang & Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Two short years back in Copenhagen Denmark we would have loved to have been in-house when Danish indie 5-piece EFTERKLANG (translation: ‘reverberation’ or ‘remembrance’) tackled an ambitious live...
Mike Pinto: Addictio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Despite the fact my vocal chords seem to be shredded due to ‘tussin induced coughing spasms, I was able to record a bit last night and property set up an intro to this live selection from our friend down in Ocean...
The Kissaway Trail: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
If you don’t know where you’re going, you don’t know when you will arrive. Danish band THE KISSAWAY TRAIL released this acoustic track, “Tracy” over the holidays at the end of 2009. ...
The Flying Change: V...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
You don’t know now, but I hope you will! Today’s Valentines Day live feature is from the New York based group THE FLYING CHANGE, whom the network featured on the Dose earlier last year in addition to the New...
Namaskar: Don’t You ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Over the course of the last several months I happened to find myself being subliminally spoon fed a few raw acoustic stylized tracks by Arkansas based group NAMASKAR, an experimental duo who really doesn’t have too...
I Fight Dragons: No ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
If you’ve ever played old console videogames, notably the Nintendo, and you happened to walk by a live performance by Chicago’s I FIGHT DRAGONS, no doubt you would instantly gravitate toward the sound by the...
Asobi Seksu: Thursda...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Live at the Echo 10/6/06 is the first live album by New York-based shoegazing band Asobi Seksu. It was recorded at The Echo in Los Angeles, California and contains mostly songs from the Citrus album, two from their...
Fight From Above: Sm...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Every day when I jump on the road to work, my commute takes me on a road down that curves down by the beach through a small corridor of refineries and waste treatment plants. Daily, I drive past two looming painted...
Frightened Rabbit: O...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
For a long while here at Insomnia Radio we’ve been missing a forum for properly presenting the live tracks that we come across, and those few acoustic tracks that fall by the wayside and don’t get the promotion...