Broke For Free is a electronic driven project from Oakland native, Tom Cascino who has made all of his music available for free or under the pay-what-you-will model via his website below. Today’s feature ‘Golden...
Great White Buffalo:...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Great White Buffalo are from California and put out their their second release, the EP Fangs in February 2015. Today’s Dose is from that. Its well worth checking it out using the links below. The band are: Graham...
Radical Something: P...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Vancouver based Young Bombs just dropped their latest remix – a really cool, tropical re-work of Radical Something‘s “Paradise In You.” Check out the links below for more remixes by Young Bombs,...
Inspired & the ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Today’s Dose by Inspired & the Sleep is a single is leading up to their self-release of the EP Eyelid Kid, in October. “Inspired & the Sleep is a dream-pop band based in San Diego, California,...
Tree Machines: Summe...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tree Machines relocates from Lawrence, Kansas to Los Angeles, Releases poppy “Summer Night,” its first of three new singles. In addition to “Summer Night,” look out for the new Tree Machines singles “To Be...
Inspired & the ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Inspired & the Sleep is an indie-pop outfit based in San Diego, California consisting of a revolving lineup surrounding singer-songwriter Max Greenhalgh & multi-instrumentalist Bryce Outcault. Focusing on...
Glowbug: All In (fea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Glowbug is Daniel Anderson, an electronic influenced pop artist out of Los Angeles. In January he released the eleven track LP, ‘Headhunters’ that was presented to the world free of charge, this track being the...
Ancient Lasers: You ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA musician Daniel Finfer’s inspiration for blending accelerating technologies with music may sound familiar to many of you. Five years ago, he was struck by how few pop songs really had a meaningful...
Ed Ghost Tucker: Sof...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ed Ghost Tucker is a four-piece Pop/Rock group from San Diego, CA fronted by three singer-songwriters, Ryan Miller, Rutger Rosenborg, and Cameron and Michaela Wilson, all of whom have played music together since childhood....
Big Wild: Aftergold
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Aftergold” by Big Wild is the second release from Foreign Family Collective, a brand new highly anticipated outlet for musicians and visual artists alike curated by the duo behind ODESZA. Big Wild is Venice, CA...
Winter: Crazy
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA dreampop band Winter just last week had the opportunity to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin and are also making quite a splash when they very recently released their first full length record...
The Mighty Regis: Pa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA irish punk-rock and celtic band, The Mighty Regis honed their high energy live act at local famed watering hole, Molly Malone’s, slowly growing along the way and releasing today’s featured track ‘Paddy...
Maybe the Moon: Hamm...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Bay Area (Northern California) residents Karmen Kimball and Alex Lasner fortuitously met at a party on December 21st, 2012, the day the Mayan calendar had predicted the world was to end. That night, they struck up a...
Taylor Locke: Time S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA based indie singer-songwriter Taylor Locke is about to release his debut solo album “Time Stands Still” this winter. You may not know that he co-founded the LA rock band Rooney in 1999, and was signed to...
Sea of Bees: The Woo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In honor of the Sea of Bees musical appearance in the film “The 78 Project” making its way around the US this month and across the Pond to the UK in October, we’ve decided to feature their 2011 7″,...
Los Angeles Police D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Artist Ryan Pollie makes music under the moniker Los Angeles Police Department and is on the verge of releasing his 11-track self-titled debut album, in which he wrote and recorded a song each day. This allowed for small...
Bonnie & The Ban...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Lost Ark Studio recently released the first single from their newest Studio Compilation – Vol. 09: “You Are Rebellious and Ungrateful of My Love” by San Francisco’s Bonnie & The Bang Bang, who...
Be Calm Honcho: Step...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The debut album ‘Honcho Dreams‘ from San Francisco’s BE CALM HONCHO just released on Crossbill Records on June 24th, the effort being recorded at The Panoramic House this past August, 2013. The Bay area...
Spero: Living in the...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Again, while reaching out to Twitter for directions to great music we might not otherwise have heard, we came across a new compilation by California based Lost Ark Studio. On this fantastic compilation (as well as...
The Hot Toddies: Sum...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After last years summer months blazed through to the end of 2013, they’ve spilled over into early 2014 here in California with just a few tiny windows for Winter to peek its head in amongst the long shutout. As we are...
Everyone is Dirty: M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Mama, No!!! is the first single from EVERYONE IS DIRTY’s forthcoming debut full-length, which will see release on Breakup Records this April. The track officially drops on January 23rd and is accompanied by a video...
Odd Owl: Some People...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Some People Are Spaceships is the new single from San Francisco-based indie pop kids Odd Owl. The song, which is taken from their forthcoming EP The Call, will be released on January 9th via BandCamp. Main Site | Facebook...
The Red Mist is Comi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Happy Halloween from the graveyard shift ghouls and zombies here at Insomnia Radio. Today we have a special feature off the brand new 2013 Electronic Music Group Compilation, “The Last Halloween, Vol.II”. The...
CherryTeresa: Unborn...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
To the lucky ones: LA blogger, musician, and self-professed skeptic CherryTeresa has the following excellent piece up on her website featuring some profound spoken word over what sounds like AIR inspired electronic goodness....
Trails and Ways: Mtn...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s featured single is from last summer’s release by Oakland’s TRAILS AND WAYS. A note about the track from the band: “The song is about a rock climbing trip our singer KBB took last fall with...
Smokething: Weekende...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
While the experimental electronic tracks by San Francisco artist, Smokething, may be a couple of years old, they deserve a second or fifteenth listen from us and other listeners. I found this outstanding track at the old...
Kim Lenz and the Jag...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles-based musician Kim Lenz has been cultivating her take on rockabilly since 1998, releasing three albums, including a pair for Hightone Records – one of the most influential labels in the genre – and playing...
Diane Coffee: Hymn
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In 2013, after joining the band Foxygen, Shaun Fleming left the green and golden fields of his hometown of Agoura Hills, CA to become the third roommate in a 700 square-foot, pre-war, closet-free Manhattan apartment. He was...
The Bins: Don’...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn DJ – THE BINS has a new album coming out September 4 called “Corrugations” but we really wanted to start off and introduce you to a song we heard not too long ago, the sample-laden track...
StaG: Too Late Now
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Forward change can be such a scary thing / For the misty-eyed,” croons Will Walden on StaG’s “Too Late Now,” the coda to Stereocure’s second label compilation. When Stereocure began in August...
Fialta: Cars
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We’re always excited to see a good band emerge from San Luis Obispo, an excellent spot along the California coast to see live music in a supportive environment and discover talented artists that may not have edged...
yOya: King of Nothin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Childhood friends Alex and Noah honed their musical chops in Corvalis, Oregon before moving to California to study music thus ending up in LA, forming what became yOya in 2009. They self-released their debut album, Nothing...