Sick Day is a Chicago-based deviant folk musician with catchy lyrics and subtly powerful stage presence. Inspired by everything they see, Sick Day has a powerful effect on listeners. The band was founded in Spring 2019...

Seattle-based psych-rock foursome Moon Darling recently released their new EP “By The Light of The Moon”. The band members are Michael Julian Escobar guitar, Michelle Nuño drums, Jack Jay bass and Matthew Buckner...

Stuart Morrison presents a show with Direct Submissions, Archive from The Vault, a Daily Dose feature, and more. A wide range of music, from Ukrainian Brit-Pop to Metal to...

Stuart Morrison and the Insomnia Radio Team restart the show with a new format. Direct Submissions, Archive from The Vault, a Daily Dose feature, Regional Roundup, news, a spotlight on Philadelphia, and more. Welcome to the...

From another of our favourite Netlabels, today we bring you Flyafter from 23seconds.org. A first for the daily dose, a band from Indonesia. Flyafter mix acoustic styles with shoegaze tinged electonica. Their first EP is...

A tasty blend of reggae, rock, and ska from Wisconsin. Download "Wrong Dub" by T.U.G.G on Insomnia Radio's Daily Dose MP3 Blog.

The first album I ever purchased with my own money was Michael Jackson’s Thriller (on vinyl.) The SECOND was “Sports” by Huey Lewis and the News. They went on to have a staggering 19 Top-Ten Billboard...

From our new favourite Netlabel Bad Panda Records comes Italian outfit Dumbo Gets Mad. Do you remember the great Pink Elephants on Parade scene, from the 1941 Disney masterpiece, in which Dumbo, after accidentally ...

From their album Our Own Devices released earlier this year. Stereo Sons are an original three-piece rock band based in Seattle, Wa. Their sound is driven by the strange musical chemistry between post-punk singer/guitarist...

We first discovered these guys almost two years ago on thesixtyone (listen to Power Supply) and have been enamored ever since. As if Anamanaguchi‘s hyperactive 8-bit anthems aren’t awesome enough, the NYC band...

Gypsyblood release free EP, announce debut album Chicago hazy-pop band Gypsyblood has released a free 3-song EP for download in anticipation of the group’s forthcoming debut album via Sargent House in early...

[Update: Thanks to Dan, who just pointed us toward a FREE 20-track compilation of Sister Hazel tracks exclusively at Amazon.com. Seriously, it doesn’t cost a dime.] Gainesville, FL’s Sister Hazel (vocalist Ken...

The second track from their latest album to be featured on the Daily Dose. A 20 date US tour is under way. Melodic, psychedelic, and inventive lo-fi guitars blend with whispery, multi-layered vocals, and sensible pop...

From their just-released five track EP on V2 Benelux The Tins are from upstate New York (Buffalo & Binghamton) and comprise Mike Santillo (keyboards, vocals), Adam Putzer (guitar, vocals), and Dave Muntner (drums)....

Today’s Daily Dose comes to you from Washington 3-piece Daddy Lion, from their debut EP. The track also has a delightful video made by the band, so make sure to check it out at the bottom of this post! “Jeremy...

Great Lakes upcoming album Ways of Escape (October 12th, 2010) finds singer Ben Crum assuming the role of chief songwriter for the band’s 4th full length. Along for the alt-country tinged ride are a bevy of talented...

Fops is the new superduo featuring Thee More Shallows singer Dee Kesler and Ral Partha Vogalbacher lyricist Chadwick Donald Bidwell Taking their musical cues from the syncopated electronic figures of Krautrockers such as...

Franklin is the solo project of Ile-de-France based artist Franck Rabeyrolles. This song is a demo of a track on his album, to be released in February 2011. We were sent this by the label, who wrote: “Here’s a...

Parisian post-rockers Sons of Frida, purveyors of beautiful musical chaos and complex aural textures, started life in 2004 and brought out their fourth album, The Bulgarian LP, earlier this year. It is equal parts...

On Pete Yorn’s 5th solo album (and his first for Vagrant), producer Frank Black managed to strip Yorn’s typically multi-layered music down to it’s raw soul, while still emphasizing every bit of his...

From their just-released second album Rock & Roll We first featured Woozy Viper back in December 2009 with the track Dirty Rat off their first album. We’re pleased to be able to bring you a track from their second...

Athens, Ga.’s Ham1’s newest album “Let’s Go On and On and On with Ham1” releases on October 31 on Orange Twin Records Through the last half-decade or so, Jim Willingham’s ever-expanding...

Portland, Oregon’s Pancake Breakfast to release a hootenanny of a debut record, revealing an exploration into baroque-pop truck stop goodness – OCTOBER 19th! Times are hard. Folks want to see and hear something...

With the sophomore release of “Quarters” Truckasauras further elaborates on their unique blend of all things electro with 9 new tracks. Fueled by an inhuman amount of Maker’s Mark and whatever kind of beer...

The Superbees are back with the long awaited follow-up to “High Volume”. Reunited once again with the original line-up, The Superbees deliver “Top Of The Rocks”, a knockout six-song EP that picks up...

From their just-released third album Wilderness Heart on Outside Music Black Mountain are from Vancouver, BC and comprise Stephen McBean – Guitar/Vocals Amber Webber – Vocals Matt Camirand – Bass Jeremy...

Secret Cities’ new single [released on Western Vinyl] finds them interpreting the work of one of their favorite songwriters (Ellie Greenwich) with “You Don’t Know”, and then embracing her aesthetic...

Voxhaul Broadcast are currently on the East Coast leg of their national tour and anointed NYC with a blistering set on Wednesday evening at Fontana’s in the Lower East Side. Voxhaul Broadcast has pretty much taken...

Melodic, psychedelic, and inventive lo-fi guitars blend with whispery, multi-layered vocals, and sensible pop melodies on The Wagner Logic, the self-titled sophomore follow-up to The Wagner Logic’s 2007 debut release...

Taking their name from a Roy Haynes album, Out of the Afternoon came together in August 2007, and began playing concerts a few months later. Core members Anna Sales, Nicholas Millard, Steven Eagles and Alex Szrok soon...

From their depressingly (yet delightfully tongue-in-cheek)-titled album My dreams are like rabbits, they built a tunnel, fell onto the pavement and died, this is Estel with ‘Running With Scissors’. Dark,...

From “Four Corners of a Tiny Planet” “Four Corners of a Tiny Planet” is the brand new full-length release from The Beautiful Losers. TBL are an “Indian influenced acoustic rock” act that formed in Tokyo,...