A marathon episode of Insomnia Radio, with bands from Canada, USA, Australia, Spain, The Dominican Republic, Argentina, Italy, Holland and Sweden. And there is a BIG announcement. TRT: 1:18:35 Rating: Probably Work...

Pigeon Park is a rock band based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in 2008, the band released their debut record The Sun in 2010. In April they released Lovelight, as a single and video (check it out below). They...

No Can Do is the Vancouver based group Ladyhawk’s third studio album, available on CD/LP/Digital via Triple Crown this coming October. Per the band, No Can Do has no relation to Hall & Oates, Chromeo or Kiwi...

Today’s song may sound like it’s by a band of guys with experience, who treat music and their role on the song with excellence due their age and time playing. Or, guys who couldn’t do anything else then...

After working on new material throughout 2011, Vancouver based duo Japandroids released their second LP, Celebration Rock, internationally on June 5 through Polyvinyl Records, prefaced by the single “The House That Heaven...

Rah Rah’s sophomore album, Breaking Hearts was recorded and mixed in Montreal by Kees Dekker (Plants & Animals) released June 1, 2010 following the 2008 debut album, Going Steady. Despite lyrics that touch on...

Sudbury, Ontario singer-songwriter Brian Dunn’s second album, TVs and Radios is a smoky, intoxicant fueled tribute to long drives and the wee hours. The record reflects Dunn’s fixation with living life on the...

Canadian power-duo Indian Handcrafts have announced their forthcoming Sargent House album debut. The Toronto band’s sophomore release, Civil Disobedience For Losers was recorded in Los Angeles back in March with...

Here is another excellent release coming from Canada. Matt Paxton is selling his album How the Land Lies for the price you want. [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-mattpaxton-tillthesky.mp3] Download Till...

Be shure about it: this is The Good Life. Not only the song you are listening is called The Good Life, as listening to Matthew de Zoete is in fact one of the good things you could do in your life. Oh, and by the way,...

Charlottetown Canada natives, Brohan Moore and Alec O’Hanley, have put out a new album this last month – Are You Afraid of The Danks. This is their second feature on the Daily Dose. They are described as being driven by...

Originally Jane was a punk-rocking, all girl band drummer. She was able to open for The Clash in a band called Pulsallama. In the 90s she started an alternative country band Jean Caffeine’s All Nite Truckstop. Now...

Les Jupes are a somewhat new band from the centre of Canada and in the middle of a prairie renaissance growing around Head In The Sand Records. The group capped off a great year in 2011 with the release of a new single...

From Tiger Trap, to the Softies, and now Brave Irene – out of Canada… One of our favorite vocalists, Rose Melberg returns to us again from Vancouver to put her stamp on another round of eight tracks from the...

Kalle Mattson returns May 1st with a new five song EP – “Lives In Between”. Recorded at the end of 2011, and mastered by Gavin Gardiner (The Wooden Sky), “Lives In Between” is the first release with a new...

Today and all of this week we are showcasing a few of the acts playing at or in the vicinity of the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Amongst the 50,000 performances scattered throughout all the street...

Rae Spoon is an indie electronic musician out of Montreal, with “I Can’t Keep All Of Our Secrets” being Rae’s sixth full-length release. A pop/electronic album about the complexity of grief, it focuses on a...

Does Edgar Breau reminds you of anything? In fact Edgar Breau was the frontman of Simply Saucer. Well, actually he is still the frontman of the band, as they back in the active this 2012. Still, Edgar Breau decided to finish...

From Toronto in Canada, Hooded Fang are releasing their album Tosta Mista on 12 Mar 2012 on Full Time Hobby. It’s their second album, the first was self-titled. UK readers have unfortunately just missed a short tour...

They may be compared to many bands you been listening lately, but the Canadian Red Nightfall are with no doubt a band to watch. Emerging from Toronto, the band has released their first album named after them last year. The...

Bill Majoros records under the name of The Foreign Films. His songs are modern and cinematic, still you will get a glimpse of classic and personal music. The strongest part of the songs by The Foreign Films is the...

Erin Passmore has a voice that will drop kick your heart. She is perhaps best known for her work in the Regina indie-rock band Rah Rah, where she’s a multi-instrumentalist, contributing drums, keys, bass and her...

This is from the fourth album of Montreal’s Maljube, entitled La Caverne, released towards the end of 2011. “Listening to La Caverne conjures images of stepping into the cavern with them; it is primal and vast,...

Today’s electronic feature to help launch us into the new year is by Victoria Canada’s Germany Germany (aka Drew Harris). This single, Take Me Home is from Drew’s album Adventures (17 tracks) released via...

23 year old Canadian artist Colin Fisher created this track as part of the White Cube project, in which ninety four remixes of an original poem and ambient samples were put together in a creative commons environment. These...

The Canadian band Belgrave were one of our best surprises during this 2011. We met them through Paper Garden’s Lovely Heart Club, and now the band present us an original for this...

Welcome to Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose 13 Days of Christmas. From today on until the 25th of December you will be receiving a festive track. Doesn’t mean Christmas themed songs, but songs that will make you enjoy this...

Into The Dark, Kirby’s second official release, wrestles the ideas of hostile despair, anguish of being unable to change, the worthlessness of envy and the desire to be wanted so unconditionally. It’s a glimpse...

Yukon Blonde is a Canadian indie rock band originally from Kelowna, British Columbia although based in Vancouver since 2009. Today’s track comes from the band’s newest 4 song EP release on Nevado Records...

While sending us the link for the free e.p. Hate to Love the City, Greg Preston told us: I wanted the music we produce to have a commonality with older classic garage and 4-piece bands, raw and indebted to the reckless...

The song you are listening today comes from British Columbia, Canada. Faith, My Atheist Love released Sweet Fear as a single and than as part of the free e.p. High Achievers. At the bandcamp for the project, you will also...

Austin, Texas four-piece SAINTS OF VALORY have returned with a new track that’s been released in the past week or so. We just received word that the new effort ‘The Young Sons’, was being put up at...