Now that Memorial Day has passed here in the US, Summer is officially turning up the burners as we cross into its domain in June. Not next to the ocean? Just close your eyes and let the surfgazing fuzzed-out wash of Palm...

Isla Vista, CA’s finest The Olés provide the perfect start to the Memorial Day weekend here in the US. In the vein of Rebelution, Iration, and their northern neighbors, The Expendables; they are an excellent new...

THE WEST, a female fronted group from Los Angeles, CA have released a new single, ‘Wild Hearts’ after about five months of working on tracks with producer DJ Schwartz. Their goal is a possible new album and...

Nettie Rose sings about People I Know (well, people she knows. This is actually the album tittle).  She wrote these songs with the help of those people, some in L.A., some in Nashville, some dead and some living, some real,...

The songs in Ha Ha, Vwah Lah (like voilá in French?) are just what you expect from an album with this name. Besides being hard to tell who they sound like, maybe because they simply sound like themselves, The Spell are a...

  Coming from Los Angeles, California, Noah Lebenzon and Thomas Froggatt met in Kansas. And recently, probably the second best thing that could happen to them, they released Asian She EP, recorded at Noah’s home...

Rather than recycle songs into Best of Lists at year end, I wanted to keep bringing fresh music, as new releases don’t stop coming our direction at the end of the year. The Lost Ark Studio recently helped direct our...

Merry Christmas to all from the IR family! You caught us just as we are unwrapping our final gift from California Bay area dreampop band SENTINEL. After getting in the holiday spirit close to October, the band put the...

(…) it was at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, in his darkest hour, when his band was nearly broke, that they finally hit and Benny became the King of Swing.  What could have been the end turned out to be just...

A-new. That’s how you should read it. But it means A Kind Never Understood. And you should remember them as the trio that writes and play their music, and also create their own choreography, with talent. Otherwise we...

I first heard this song on DJ AmperDan’s Monday Night Pop Show on Radio Valencia FM. (DJ AmperDan is AKA Dan Hooper, some time host of IR: San Francisco). There is very little information about Californian artist...

For this weeks Instrumental, we bring you Like Swimming by Broke For Free. Broke For Free is the alias of Northern California native and artist, Tom Cascino. With an equal appreciation for acoustic guitars, heavy hitting...

Paul Starling Shipwrecked Commotion is said as an album to sail, float, skip or dance. We would add, and to enjoy as you wake up with the will to enjoy the day and life. Paul is the one behind all the instruments, voices...

Hollywood College is Dave Lowensohn and Misha Chellam’s second and newest album. Recorded over four weeks in the shadow of the Coney Island ferris wheel, Speechwriters LLC once again teamed up with producer Adam Richman...

Here’s a really brief intro to today’s featured musician courtesy of the Wiki collective: Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Messianic Jewish parents. Before his first year in high...

Fierce Creatures emerged from the scorching Fresno, CA summer of 2009 abandoning past musical undertakings that never seemed to fit quite right and creating something new and altogether enchanting. Guitar and keys drive the...

Let Them All Talk is the new and first national release from California’s The Nervous Wreckords (features Brian Karscig of LOUIS XIV).  Breakups, jealousy, beauty, and confidence, (with a healthy dose of sexual tension)...

At Insomnia Radio we care to let you know as much as possible new artists, or artists you never heard of. But also we care about the excellence of the music, that’s why we don’t ever hesitate in posting for the...

Here is another release by Merrifield Records. It’s a really good record label, we tell you. You should definitely explore their site. As for today’s dose, and feeling the hot weather and willing to spend some...

You’ve seen them on stage all over the world.  They tickle your soul with sweet melodies and move your feet with hard-hitting dub. With the Counter Attack! album, Dub Vision has moved from the back to the front,...

The Wedding Present will be releasing their much-anticipated eighth studio album, ‘Valentina’, in March. It was recorded in France, California and England during 2011 and mixed by Andrew Scheps [whose past credits...

The Amoeba People have proposed the idea that coal is no longer a sufficient stocking stuffer for rapscallions, reprobates, and other members of the human race who show no regard for their fellow man. No, friends, these...

With a little under two weeks until Christmas, I figured a holiday-centric song clocking in around two minutes would be a good fit for your stressed out red & green light schedule. If you dig this track, you can find it...

The song you are listening today comes a little late for Halloween, still we want you to meet Forrest Day. The rhythms of hip-hop provide a placemat for nervously melodic splendor and a melting pot of genres. What are we to...

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...

Early in the first track on Scattered Smothered Covered, the new album by Appetite, Teddy Briggs sings, “songs keep writing themselves” and the resulting collection of music seems to do exactly that. This early lyric is...

Fierce Creatures, under their own power, have captured the hearts of many, they have built a loyal following through their music and live performances. After a successeful radio campaign with The Syndicate February 2011,...

Los Angeles solo artist Steffaloo’s collaboration project, TOY CAMERA, with Drew Harris of GERMANY GERMANY just finished up their first EP called ‘Blissful Youth’! It’s currently up for free download on...

1975, the song you are listening today is by The New Slave, the San Francisco, California, based band, also featured at Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose on 2009 July the 6th. Forget Progress, Return to Instinct is their new...

ME & LP is Matthew Embree and Lisa Papineau. Together they have created a debut release called Chez Raymond. It will be released via Sargent House August 9, 2011....

Today’s feature is taken from Sacramento, California band Ganglian’s brand new album ‘Still Living’ out August 29th on Souterrain Transmissions. Their official video for the track...

Made::In::Heights is a new project from the Blue Scholars producer Sabzi as well as Kelsey Bulkin on vocals, from the New York area. They’ve got a free EP over at BandCamp which features three full length songs as well...