Featuring on episode 5 of Insomnia Radio: Australia, Sydneysider Lee Safar has an interesting story. As a 17 year old school leaver, she was very interested in pursuing her interest in music but for cultural reasons, she was...

Featured on episode 5 of Insomnia Radio Australia, Tamarama (Tam-a-ram-a) is both the name of a Sydney beach and a Sydney two piece surf rock/pop band. Having grown up around the beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the...

Second Dan is ready to re-emerge after the past year holed up in the studio working on their new album, “Angeline”. These new recordings should cement the band in the echelons of New York City’s scene,...

Welcome to episode 4 of Insomnia Radio Australia! The weather has turned relatively cold in the non tropical areas of Australia. There’s some snow in the Alpine regions (nowhere near Erk!) and the heater is sometimes on...

The Discordians were featured on IR: Australia episode 4 as the featured non rock/pop artist of the episode. Consisting of Lee Pike (left) and Lee Kennedy (right), The Discordians are a Electronica/Trip Hop duo from Mandurah...

Here Come The Birds are a 5 piece band from Newcastle in New South Wales, about 3 hours north of Sydney. Formed in 2005, the band describe themselves as Rock/indie/post-punk. Supplying their music directly to Erk, The Birds...

Beaches are a all-female 5 piece band from Melbourne, Victoria. They describe themselves as a garage/tropical/psychedelic band which were featured on Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 4. Unusually, all 5 women do vocals in...

Australia’s high-powered dub and dancehall sub bass vessel, Dubmarine, rip into the second half of 2010 with the release of their much anticipated debut album Depth of...

On July 13, 2010 the innovative, quirky, multi-talented and very passionate Andy Kelly, an artist doing business as Andy Clockwise, is set to release his 3rd EP, “Are You Well?” In 2003, Andy Kelly was homeless and...

Welcome to episode 3 of Insomnia Radio Australia! This episode features a variety of music with some rock, pop, a little country as well as the non rock/pop song of the episode. Music is courtesy of Deuce Management...

Considering that Mahri Autumn was referred to Erk in the Autumn (or what Americans call Fall) by Justin Wayne (IR Chicago) & Sarah Morrison (IR New York), it seems right to feature the artist on Insomnia Radio: Australia...

Sailing out of Brisbane (aka BrisVegas), The Good Ship were featured on episode 3 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Let’s get one thing straight: The Good Ship is a very bad ship. They call a bunch of crows a...

Amanda Easton was featured on episode 3 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Living and performing in Sydney, Amanda originally said that she wanted the popstar lifestyle. After being in the industry for a while, however, Amanda is...

Rudely Interrupted are a 6 piece indie rock band from Melbourne. They formed in 2007 and are loved by many fans. They have toured across the world with sell out performances in New York, Toronto, Bristol, Manchester &...

Lisa Hugo was born in Melbourne but currently calls Dubai home. She is classically trained and is a singer, songwriter, composer and pianist. She started to sing and play piano at an early age and went on to study music,...

Welcome to episode 2 of Insomnia Radio Australia! It’s early days for the podcast and to quote Australian classic rockers AC/DC: “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock & roll!” The...

Craig Morrison is a singer/songwriter based in Sydney, Australia. Heavily influenced by his famous father Lucky Starr as a child, Craig has spent much of his life either on the stage or performing on TV or in film. Singing...

Based in Melbourne, Connie Lansburg was Erk’s choice for the “non rock/pop” song for episode 1 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. She is a singer/songwriter who sings jazz and jazz/pop songs performing either...

Hailing from Melbourne in Australia, Tenpenny Joke have taken a long break from performing. They are now back on the scene in 2010 and will be performing and writing new material. They are also promoting their 2004 album...

Named after the abandoned dance hall in which it was recorded, The Bowery is a breath-taking debut album for Australian musical collective, Firekites. Formed in 2005 by Tim McPhee and Rod Smith, the band has blossomed...

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 on the...

Horizon were the second group to appear on IR: Australia. After a chance meeting in 2005, Horizon was born. With influences such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Bad Company, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, The Beatles, The Moody...

Welcome to episode 1 of Insomnia Radio Australia! Hosted by Erk from Channel Erk, Insomnia Radio: Australia is dedicated to bringing you a wide range of indie music from across Australia. Produced in Sydney, if the music is...

[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irregionalroundup_newblood.mp3] DOWNLOAD | iTUNES | ZUNE (1-Click) | RSS FEED Today’s episode of Insomnia Radio highlights all the new blood across the network, with quick...

Jason locks into his classic groove (which is to say he’s overly verbose and kinda silly) with 10 killer tracks, and…Not one, but TWO major announcements the likes of which we haven’t heard since those...

From Sydney Australia, ISAAC GRAHAM is a singer/songwriter type who grew up on punk rock but now likes country, folk and punk rock and records his music with a Tascam 8-Track with a cheap microphone and attempts to...

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...

AMPed: Show #202 This week’s host: Rowley from The DarkCompass Podcast Show: Eclectic Mix Song: Icarus (Christopher Schreiner) Show: Ourobouros Podcast Song: End Of Us (The Perfects) Show: Cowboy Cantor Song:...

Australian band Howling Bells formed out of the ashes of the group Waikiki, moving to the UK shortly thereafter for purposes of recording, where they released their highly praised debut “Bella Union” in 2006. The...

An Horse started out as a solo project began by Kate Cooper in Brisbane, Australia. In 2008 Tegan & Sara met the group and invited them on their US tour, prior to the release of their first album. In August 2008 they...

If you are from the Southern California area you may have heard of Australia (Logan City) raised singer-songwriter Lee Coulter in the past few years. He’s made his presence strongly felt in a variety of coastal San...

The year is obviously 2008, not 2005 as the evil announcer at the show header describes. Yes, as you will quickly notice, there is some sort of robotic, computer, and videogame nerdery meshed together unseamlessly in this...