Hamfatter: BBC 6
Worried about the possible end of BBC 6, Hamfatter, Cambridge, U.K, recorded this ode to that station. It will remind you of Billy Idol, that’s a fact. But also it is a fact that Hamfatter are a great band, and…
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Vivian Darkbloom: Cold War
Vivian Darkbloom is a pseudonym for the novelist Vladimir Nabokov, a writer who loved controversy, intrigue, and continually thwarting the expectations of his readers. The band borrowed this name in homage to Nabokov (whom they love), and also as a…
Glenn Jones: A Geranium for Mano-a-Mano
From his album Barbecue Bob in Fishtown From Cambridge, Massachusetts, Glenn Jones is a A 30-plus-year devotee of the so-called Takoma School. His third album – Barbecue Bob in Fishtown – is out now on CD & LP (the…
Insomnia Radio #161 – Bursting at the Seams
No, we didn’t win the mustard yellow belt this past year, but we accumulated so many tracks last year and through the first few weeks of 2009, we’ve felt over-gorged on music and wanted to start sharing some with you…
John Brown’s Body: Give Yourself Over
Elliot Martin, lead vocalist of the Cambridge based progressive reggae band John Brown’s Body, had some choice words about their musical direction that we’d like to share here: “I think that the strongest reggae was coming out of the UK…