Brooklyn trio Bear in Heaven take me directly back a few decades to the 80s on this track and basically provide the soundtrack to watching the world wondrously unfold in grade school. It could easily top any playlist of the...

Combining fuzzed out pop melodies with the distorted punk attitude of late 1970s New York, Brooklyn’s Beast Make Bomb craft songs informed by twenty-something college life in urban grit. Powerful yet tastefully...

As Austin, TX emerges from the dark rubbing its bloodshot eyes and blistered feet today, artist Dana Buoy moves on to Houston to play more shows on his trip back east before his debut album, Summer Bodies, is released around...

Brooklyn’s backwords will release their album By The Neck on March 6, 2012. By the Neck was recorded and produced in the band’s homespun basement studio, Campers’ Rule Records in Brooklyn, NY. With an...

Clinton Hill, Brooklyn four-piece Palomar have returned with a gripping new batch of excellent tracks laced with gorgeous female fronted vocals. Their new album jumps out of the gates this January 24th with the leadoff track...

Following two critically acclaimed EPs, Brooklyn based band Farewell Republic will release their debut LP, Burn the Boats, on February 21, 2012. After a year-long writing/pre-production process, Burn the Boats was tracked...

Though they are from Cleveland and Seattle, The Fools are a Brooklyn based musical duo by  Jen Tobin (vocals, guitar) and Uchenna Bright (bass). They have been described as sit back and float folk and a foot massage for...

From NYC, Fan-Tan are currently putting the final touches to their forthcoming debut LP, entitled A Strange Game slated for a March release. Recently they released the album’s first single...

New York’s Apollo Run released their sophomore EP, Here Be Dragons, Volume 2 a few months ago. “With a sound that straddles classic Queen, Muse, and Electric Light Orchestra, this harmony-driven power trio is best...

Firehorse is the new project from singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Leah Siegel who recently released the eclectic debut, And so they ran faster… via PledgeMusic Recordings on both vinyl and CD. Produced by Geoff...

After the tail end of October I figured you all could use a palette cleanser to help wash away all the monster laden paranormal music and get us all back into the normal swing of things. Eight more tracks follow today, from...

Vampire Plans is a buoyant, slightly sinister folk anthem about the pleasures of flesh and fright. The acoustic strumming and percussive piano recall the Kinks’ mid-career pop gems, and the guy/girl harmonies have been...

The title track from their just released (October 1st) Maxi Single. This was first released on limited edition found cassette, and then more accessibly as a Download (name your price) from BandCamp. We first featured...

The New York City duo — Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church — don’t care when the chill runs down your spine, they just hope their music provokes some kind of primal feeling. Church explains,...

From their new album Searchlights, just released on Exotic Fever Records. [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-theshondes-oceantoocean.mp3] Download “Ocean to Ocean” Free Music, Every Day....

From the album War Is Yesterday,we bring today Antihero by the Brooklyn based band Futurist. After checking Futurist’s links, make shure you know Curtis Peel, the lead singer, and his visual art...

Widowspeak is a trio from Brooklyn by way of Tacoma and Chicago, comprised of Molly Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Michael Stasiak (drums), and Rob Thomas (guitar). Stasiak and Hamilton both grew up in the dreary Pacific...

Brooklyn, NY frenetic power-duo Noxious Foxes announce the release of their sophomore album, Légs. Noxious Foxes began in 2009 in Thump Studios, a Brooklyn recording studio owned by Levengood. Songs were written in live and...

Before New York’s Luke Temple gained attention with his new band Here We Go Magic (via Western Vinyl), he released his first solo CD in late 2005 ‘Hold A Match to a gasoline World’ on Mill Pond Records out...

Brooklyn-based Jangula released their first EP last year, and are returning to the studio to record a full-length album, featuring the single “Light Left Hand.” The quartet started out of several incarnations at...

Although Brooklyn quartet MILES’ current sound is best described as melodic alternative music, the bands’ very name stands as an obvious and undeniable reminder of a treasured jazz past. However, there is more...

Its bands like Brooklyn three piece Field Theory that make me want to live on the East Coast and get swept up in the live music scene. With that in mind, the band actually does have an upcoming East Coast tour date in...

Brooklyn’s Baby Teardrops originally formed in 2007, and reunited in 2010 after a bit of a hiatus. All three members were previously involved in other projects that came to a halt once they reunited. “We decided it...

“After Ryan Montgomery and Dave Teufel’s former band, Heroes in the Seaweed, split, Ryan continued writing and performing privately, frequently to audiences of one. When he decided to finally take his newer songs out...

Constant Future is the career-defining statement from Brooklyn-based noise-pop trio Parts & Labor. Their last release, 2008’s acclaimed Receivers, saw Parts & Labor blasting off in all directions and creating...

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart need no introduction to you, loyal fans of Insomnia Radio. Neither they need any introduction to independent music fans or even some mainstream music listeners. They have been in our ears and...

Brooklyn, NY indie-pop band overlord is proud to present a new album, In Soviet Russia, My Heart Breaks You” (released 1st April. “The misleadingly-named group draws inspiration from ’60s British Invasion,...

From Brooklyn, Sensual Harassment may be the new heroes for the XXI century dance floor. With haunting voices singing songs, that are no more than anthems, Alpha Draconis is the first album by the trio and is available to...

Tiny Victories debut recording, Mr Bones, has arrived. A Brooklyn via Athens/DC duo, Greg Walters and Cason Kelly combine experimental electronics with earthy vocals, lush orchestration, elements of noise rock and live...

Their second album the Teeth of Champions EP was just released on First of Three Records/IODA. [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-themadisonsquaregardeners-innocent.mp3] Download “Innocent”...

Brooklyn’s Laura Stevenson was schooled in the traditional music of her grandfather and grandmother (composer of “The Little Drummer Boy” and vocalist for the Benny Goodman Orchestra respectively) from an early...

Brooklyn based Shark? have recorded their first album which will be released later this year on Oops Baby Records (US) and Look Behind You/LBYRecords (UK). In the mean time, they have made a two track 7″ available...