German Error Message began in 2004 as the solo bedroom-recording project of Louisiana native Paul Kintzing. Composed by Kintzing, and occasionally assisted by a group of friends, German Error Message makes lyrically driven...

Metal Mother is the moniker of the newest musical undertaking of singer/soundmaker, Tara Tati. Shake is the second track we’ve featured from the album Bonfire Diaries. For the past ten years, Tati has been developing...

Edmonton songwriter Jessica Jalbert has finished mastering her debut album ‘Brother Loyola’, and has slated a September release for this very promising starting effort. She has two singles that have released a...

Australia’s THE MIDDLE EAST are back with an anticipated new record “I Want That You Are Always Happy” that will be released July 12th in the US on Missing Piece Records, after an initial release in...

“After Ryan Montgomery and Dave Teufel’s former band, Heroes in the Seaweed, split, Ryan continued writing and performing privately, frequently to audiences of one. When he decided to finally take his newer songs out...

Hail! The Planes is a post-folk band from Cardiff that got their start in late 2007 when four friends got together and made a folky racket in a small room above an estate agents. Their influences run the gamut from...

In the spring of 2010 Ben S. traveled easterly from Los Angeles to Northern Michigan. He spent a week at the site of his childhood retreats: the shores of Lake Huron. It was there he set to work developing a batch of songs...

Tunng are an experimental folk band, formed in 2003 in London, England. Today’s selection is taken from their March 2010 release …And Then We Saw Land. The band consists of Mike Lindsay (vocals, guitar), Sam...

San Francisco’s The Dodos have a new album set for release on March 15th called ‘No Color’, and their record company Frenchkiss are yet again teasing us with another great track. Neko Case apparently...

Solvents are a “folk art rock pop” group from the Olympic Peninsula in the great state of Washington. Jarrod Bramson, main songwriter for the group,has managed to write, record and produce seven albums in about...

Folly and the Hunter arrives with their debut record Residents. Available March 5th 2011. Recorded in a shared practice space in Montreal s storied Mile End neighbourhood, Folly and the Hunter s debut album Residents is at...

As the follow up to their Hate is Poor EP, Edmonton Alberta’s Wool On Wolves have released the full length album Grey Matter. It was recorded and mixed in their basement rehearsal space in an effort to convey the...

Shortly after their high school graduation, the members of Harlan Pepper took their music on the road, writing new songs and using good ole grassroots promotion to spread the word of their new album “Young and...

Today’s primarily Los Angeles based show slowly crept upward from 6 tracks,  doubling in size as we gradually realized that we had an oversharing problem. While this can swifly turn to embarrassment in social...

Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul. Former strangers Jocelyn Mackenzie, Emily Hope Price, and Jeremy...

Pigeon John returns with his first new album in 4 years. “Dragon Slayer” represents a shift for PJ as he takes on full production duties and hand crafts his most personal album to date. Pigeon John’s second...

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...

LA-based songwriter Lelia Broussard, originally from the bayous of South Louisiana, is set to unleash her third full-length release, ‘MASQUERADE’ (November 2nd, Self-Release). With masterful production by Dan Romer...

Flugente (pronounced FLOOG-en-teh) is the solo project of former The Blam front man Jerry Adler. Musically, it is a near 180-degree shift from the electric guitar driven, generally up-tempo, hook laden avant-pop of his indie...

With Y LA BAMBA, Luzelena Mendoza draws from both her strict Catholic upbringing as an only daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a debilitating illness that led her to fall away from her faith, to create what LA Weekly calls...

Mahri Autumn released ri-solv in March 2010 Reviewed by Sarah Morrison on Miss Morrison’s Mix Australian musician Marianthe Loucataris has set the bar high on her first solo endeavor with the sweeping, emotive sounds...

First Aid Kit are a Swedish (indie/folk) duo composed of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, whose close vocal harmonies and woodsy, folk-influenced songwriting take influence from the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna...

It had been several years since I had first seen the Damon Castillo Band live, performing against the sun-drenched backdrop of the Pacific Ocean up in Avila Beach at the annual SLO Vintners Festival (held each November). At...

Portland Oregon’s Mimicking Birds has their first official album out online – and as of March 9th, is now obtainable in stores. Today we delve back into some of the home recordings of Nate Lacy, particularly...

The scatterbrained, deconstructionist folk-rock created by Ohtis is a study in contrasts. Crisp, serene strings and soothing vocal melodies flank intense layers of instrumentation and harmony, like a more deliberate and less...

When fans lined up to see the sold-out Bon Iver performances at New York City’s Town Hall in late 2008, few of them went with any expectations of the opening act. But the audience that night, and on every other night of...

From the Album “im not as good at it as you” S is Jenn Ghetto, co-leader of sorely missed Carissa’s Wierd. The songs on her new album are shining with Ghetto’s singular ability to write lyrics...

Hailing from Groningen (The Netherlands), The Black Atlantic is an acoustic pop quartet, formed around singer-songwriter and former Shai Hulud frontman, Geert van der Velde. With an ambient feel that tickles the nerves of...

Since we last heard from Provo, Utah based artist DREW DANBURRY, he had married his true love, Lynette (aka Lady Danburry), and followed up  touring in 2009 with an assortment of talented artists – some you have...

The title track from their recent album on reapandsow, Inc by Chester Bay from Minneapolis, MN Chester Bay is a melting pot of rock n roll influences. They combine Blues roots with catchy hooks creating an appealing...

Episode number 82 of Insomnia Radio UK. A special Episode featuring ANTIQCOOL Recording Date: Friday 05 March 2010 TRT: 32:16 Rating: Work Safe Note: All tracks in this episode are available as free downloads, see the links...

Featured on Insomnia Radio #169 – we loved ’em so much, we’re giving away 5 copies of their upcoming full length “Lost Souls Like Us.” Listen to the front end of the audio for details. (Hint:...