The newest single by Houston, Texas based band DEEP CUTS came along at a good time, a perfect backdrop to some of the history I’ve been delving into from the old West, particularly around Houston/Galveston, the rail...

Washington DC duo Midnight Faces recently completed their debut full-length album Fornication in Los Angeles, and will tour the US, Asia and Europe with a full band upon the release of the record this summer. The band has...

In the vein of Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Guided by Voices emerges the excellent new Salt Lake City band PTO, who officially released their debut album, Pointless, this past September. Taking a listen to the entire LP,...

The album Bloc4, out June 11, is the fourth album by by German minimal ambient-electronica artist Jumpel. This is the the 2nd single from it, Flight. The track features the vocals of English songstress Chloe March. [via...

This is from the new album by the Italian indie rock band Citizen Kane. It is the title track of the album La cura dei dettagli (Taking care of details). The 8 tracks have been published with 2.5 creative commons...

Now that Memorial Day has passed here in the US, Summer is officially turning up the burners as we cross into its domain in June. Not next to the ocean? Just close your eyes and let the surfgazing fuzzed-out wash of Palm...

Brooklyn’s Dead Leaf Echo is an art collective that released their debut LP “Thought and Language” in March, available on Neon Sigh. “She was only the dead leaf echo of the nymphet from long ago- but...

Graz, Austria is the epicenter of today’s featured debut single from Philipp Szalay who goes by the mysterious moniker, FAREWELL DEAR GHOST. During live performances and studio efforts (as seen in the provided video),...

Spin the Outside is a rock band based out of New York City. They formed in 2011 and released their self titled debut album. In 2012 they followed up with Redshift which featured the amazing guitar work of Steeplechase...

Former drummer of Montreal indie group Islands, Aaron Harris entered the Brooklyn scene in 2009 when he started Steel Phantoms. Jesse Newkirk soon joined the band and now the Harris/Newkirk duo melds elements from the...

The Black Clouds released their second album Better Days in January. The New Jersey band have been together since 2004, their first album Wishing Well was released in 2008. The band is: Dan Matthews – Guitar/Vocals,...

Feed Me Jack is an indie rock band out of Santa Cruz, CA with a jazz influenced album in their arsenal reminding us of some of the most promising bands that have emerged from California coastal towns over the past few...

Originally formed in 1994 as a Nirvana cover band called Martha Dumptruck, they split in 1999 after recording over 100 tracks, but only one album. Recently they reformed as Mara Donis, a completely made up name with no...

Eric & Magill is Ryan Weber and Eric Osterman, two great musicians who’ve appeared here in a few forms over the past number of years. Today we are featuring an excellent track from the Two Travellers EP by Eric...

New York Noise Rock/Punk band EndAnd released their album Mechanics & Energetics of Stilt-Running, available from Bandcamp on a pay what you like basis. Fronted by Daniel Fern on guitar & vocals, with Bill...

Field Mouse is a four-piece dream pop band from Brooklyn, NY, seamlessly interweaving influences from shoegaze, indie, and power pop. The band has been recording tracks for their first full length album and are...

Trivial Shields release their second single Enough, in anticipation of their forthcoming EP Invisible Winter. The song was recorded to tape at esteemed SF studio Tiny Telephone by Bay Area luminary Robert Shelton (DRMS);...

Australian Progresssive Rock band Monks of Mellonwah have released their third EP called Sky And The Dark Night, and this is Part 2 – Control, the single from it. The EP is being released on Vinyl and Digital only....

Toronto’s TEENAGE KICKS have released their latest six song EP ‘Be On My Side’, which finds the group expanding beyond the grungy power-pop of the first release. We like the description of the music which...

On Tuesday 2nd July A Grave With No Name will return with a new album titled Whirlpool on Lefse Records. Recorded over the course of a year at Holy Mountain Studios in London. Whirlpool completes a narrative trilogy for A...

Four of the six members of today’s featured Detroit based band have fronted other projects, but during the past few years they have united under first-time bandleader, Joe Hertler, to create sublime folk tinged with...

Detroit artist Joe Hertler and his band The Rainbow Seekers put out a five song EP in April that is a great summation of the group’s live sound, recorded in the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit. After recording...

Yorkshire, UK’s Fossil Collective’s debut album Tell Where I Lie is now available, Let It Go is the single from it. Fossil Collective, a two-piece from Leeds, consists of multi instrumentalists David Fendick and...

Today we have a proper introduction to the Melbourne Australia pop-punk band SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS, specifically their first self-titled 2 song release in 2012. A new EP release that has been in the works, ‘So...

Monday, right? Start the week with this uplifting track from The Dead Heads. The Dead Heads are a band from Sydney formed by brothers Oscar Jeffery, Ali Jeffery and Ferg Davison in mid ’10. They play an upbeat drag you...

ATRINA is a indie rock group out of New Haven Connecticut who released their newest album ‘In Planetary Sugar’ in January of this year. Thrush and Thrasher is in the latter half of the record and we really love...

Your favourite elctro duo are back in town. Sensual Harassment have released their second e.p. At last. Sensual Harassment seem to wistfully draw upon popular music of the past as a way forward – whether it be the...

British producer Sorrow announces his forthcoming debut album via esteemed London label Monotreme Records. Facebook | BandCamp | Twitter [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-sorrow-dreamstone.mp3] Download...

Hey Anna, a New York based band are 3 sisters and two long-time best friends who started out in a small practice space in Newark, NJ. The band’s new EP arrived yesterday on May 8th, and this is the first very...

The Sunsleepers are an indie-pop band from Melbourne, Australia. “Stace + Amanda bring a fresh feel to indie-pop with the latest single ‘Kaleidoscope’ from their new EP aptly titled Brightness. The...

Recorded in the winter of 2012, Ketch Harbour Wolves’ third album, Queen City: Volume One, is now available on Dead Calm Records in Canada. The eight songs on Queen City: Volume One attempt to create a map of songs for...

Hailing from Elgin in the north east of Scotland, His Name Is Codeine are releasing their album The Only Truth Is Music on 30th May. “Starting as a trio of Lyn Ralph (vocals, bass, drum looper), Marc Roy (guitar,...