Currently based in The Hague, Netherlands, Say Yes Dog was founded a couple of years back by two Germans and one Luxembourg, Aaron Ahrends, Pascal Karier & Paul Rundel. The trio merges danceable synthesizer melodies...
Inlet Sound: Blizzar...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Blizzard baby is from the special edition October release “The Romantics” via Toronto, Canadian band INLET SOUND. Their bio explains ‘the album is a narrative of sorts, forged from the anxiety of growing...
Young Braves: Youth
posted by Stuart Morrison
Young Braves are an English indie rock band formed in the summer of 2013 in Shropshire. Previously Arcade Parade, the band consists of Ollie Scott (lead vocals/guitar), Jakob Ferguson (lead guitar/synth), Elliot Scott (bass...
Soft As Snow But War...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Outside the apparent homage to My Bloody Valentine in the name, Japanese duo S/A/S/B/W/I have a distinct and ethereal synth pop sound that they’ve made their own. They’ve gone and released a six song EP...
Petter Seander: Shou...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Petter Seander of Stockholm Sweden is back with his first new recording in over two years, taken from the 4 track EP, “Dear Impossible Dream”, released digitally yesterday. For those who missed Seander’s...
Slim Wray: Bear
posted by Stuart Morrison
Slim Wray is a duo from Brooklyn, New York City, Chris Moran (drums/backing vocals) and Ryan Houser, aka “Howzr” (vocals/ guitar). They released their debut album Sack Lunch 11/12/13. [Looks good in US format, 12 Nov...
Terminal Gods: The W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From London, UK, Terminal Gods present their first EP, Machine Beat Messiah, released on 25th November. Today’s Dose is the single. Check out the video for King Hell below too. Robert Maisey, Robert Cowlin, Josh...
Snowflake: Black Sta...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Snowflake is a new project from New York artist D. James Goodwin, combining the dynamic tension of bands like Mogwai, with the size and shape of Pink Floyd. In 2012 he started to record his entire debut LP solo in his...
Poor Lily: Microwave
posted by Stuart Morrison
Poor Lily is a punk band from The Bronx. Dom Baiocco drums, Max Capshaw plays guitar, Adam Wisnieski plays bass and sings. Their first self-titled record was released in 2011, followed by an EP in 2012. Both are available...
Long Long Showers: L...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we have the latest single from Malmö Sweden band LONG LONG SHOWERS, their second great piece in the last two months. In the not so distant past they released the first single ‘Red Card’ from the...
Cruiser: Kidnap Me
posted by Stuart Morrison
Cruiser began in 2012 in Philadelphia as the solo recording project of Andy States. Cruiser’s self-titled 6-song EP was released in 2012 (and we featured a track from it). Since then the solo project has expanded into a...
Frog Eyes: I WonR...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we’ve got a bonus track from the sessions that produced “Carey’s Cold Spring”, the excellent album assembled over the course of three years and released this past October from Victoria, BC...
Malka: Mirame
posted by Stuart Morrison
Malka are a Dream Pop/Shoegaze band that sings in Spanish, based in New York. They have two free tracks released on SoundCloud including today’s Dose “Mirame” (“Look at me” in English). Main...
Work Drugs: Chemical...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Today’s Dose, from Network Favorites Philadelphia based sedative-wave/smooth-fi project Work Drugs is a single called “Chemical Burns” that will be appearing on their upcoming full length album entitled...
Kinetics: Empty Lane...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Empty Lanes is the new single from Växjö, Sweden indie pop group KINETICS, the first of four singles that will soon comprise what appears to be a forthcoming EP. The single officially released on the 5th and each...
Tinmouth: Repeat the...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Philadelphia indie genre-benders Tinmouth spent the summer overthinking a dozen new songs. Avon Fisher hosted the band for just one day, set up mics and pressed record. This is from the resulting EP The Avon Fisher...
Kitten Grenade: Gray
posted by Stuart Morrison
Gray is the first single from San Francisco-based minimalist pop wonder Kitten Grenade, the latest music project from Katelyn Sullivan (ex-Hate Factory). Now with the help of percussionist, Ben Manning, Kitten Grenade...
This Silent Forest: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scottish four piece, This Silent Forest, have a new single, Root To The Seed, taken from their debut album Indivision via Never Make Friends Records. While Indivision is the band’s debut album, it follows the...
Kristy Hanson: Piece...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Kristy Hanson made a splash in 2012 when she won West Hollywood’s songwriting contest with her theme song for the city, “Welcome Me Home”. Now Kristy follows that single with...
Satchmode: Old Fears
posted by Stuart Morrison
Old Fears is a track from the upcoming EP by Satchmode, a new dream pop duo based in Los Angeles. Main Site | Facebook | Twitter [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-satchmode-oldfears.mp3] Download Old Fears...
The Spook of the Thi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Named after a poem about a haunted canal lock, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock match Irish folk and traditional sounds with more modern experimental rock sounds. With the release of their new album The Brutal Here and Now...
Singleton: Breathe I...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Singleton are from Kiev in Ukraine. We have played them before, in April 2011, check that out here. Now they just released their second album, “Uncovered” its time for a second play. “The album was recorded...
Edward Sharpe and th...
posted by Stuart Morrison
In July, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released their latest (self-titled) album, their third, and now Canadian producer Teen Daze has remixed Life is Hard, from that album. The remixed version is very different from...
The Cloud Room: Mrs....
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Cloud Room’s new song Mrs. Marquis de Sade is the first featured single off the forthcoming You Be My Heart compilation benefiting the 826 National non-profit. The compilation, due out December 9 is dedicated to...
The Black Watch: I D...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Back in August we featured Meg from the latest (of many) album by The Black Watch, called The End of When. Now that they have released the second single, and a video of Meg, we thought we should share them with you as...
Sidney York: Dick an...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes by way of Calgary, Canada, a play on the traditional children’s books “Dick and Jane” (in my case it was “Janet and Mark”). This single is currently being offered as...
Adrian Krygowski: Ro...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In August of 2011, Adrian Krygowski had a relatively normal life. He worked for a telecom giant in Northern Virginia, had a commute, and on the weekends he would travel the east coast with his aggressive folk music, making...
Mother Leads: Bring ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Mother Leads are a a touring band originally from Ajax Ontario, now based in Durham. They have just finished a tour, and have released today’s Daily Dose as a single and Video. After recording two EPs in 2009 and 2010...
Mount Pressmore: Dry...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The music of Austin, Texas band MOUNT PRESSMORE straddles the jazz-rock line with a level of proficiency that brings to mind an indie-rock Steely Dan on the debut album “Enjoy,” scheduled for release on Mount...
Drop Electric: Higgs...
posted by Stuart Morrison
To mark the release of their new album ‘Waking Up to the Fire’ yesterday, on Lefse Records, Drop Electric have released the second single from it, with accompanying video. We featured the first single, the title...
Cosmic Thoughts: No ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Cosmic Thoughts are a four-piece post punk group from East Kent, Britain – another fine new single brought to our attention by the nice folks at Fat Cat Records. Their logo reminds me slightly of the blue on black...