The White Album are a Danish band from Copenhagen consisting of 3 very good friends with big beards and very big hearts. Rooted in folk and indie rock they make music that transcends structural boundaries of both practical...

The Eversons specialise in upbeat pop numbers, carried along by catchy call-and-response vocals and arrangements that favour the guitar. Their lyrics use a wry sense of humour to talk about the bittersweet feeling of being...

On the eve of Memorial Day here in the States I wanted to bring two groups to your attention that helped supply the soundtrack for a newspaper digging odyssey into my southern ancestry over the past few days. From Civil War...

We recently came across a nearly free ($1 from Bandcamp) Sampler album Join the dark side, we have the music! released by af-music.de. It includes the track by Brazilian Post Punk band The Knutz featured on the dose today,...

The Can’t Tells are a band, embrace brevity with concisely written whatever in hopes of being listened to by you and are loud. That’s how they introduce themselves. We will add that they are from Brooklyn and are...

Never Joy is the slightly dark and very promising debut from 18 year old Brighton indie folk musician Ed Tullett. You’ll definitely hear some of the his influences here, specifically Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Iron &...

From their debut abum “Voyeur” Available NOW for pre-sale: Here “With sophisticated savvy and singularity, the Los Angeles quartet Saint Motel has built a formidable reputation on the back of inventive...

Recorded at Brooklyn, Black Ink made the Philadelphia based New West proud of their final work. And who wouldn’t be proud of recording such a work? And what about us? We very honoured to listen and share with you New...

Waiting In the Wings sees Helsinki Finland’s Big Wave Riders return with the first taste off their debut album which is being released through Soliti in late Summer of 2012. From the chorus that sticks in your head,...

“Cub Scouts are an energetic Brisbane based 5-piece that have been crafting their own style of indie pop music over the last year. Their debut single ‘Evie’ landed high rotation on triple j and scored Cub...

Formed in November of 2010, Michigan’s The Appleseed Collective got a jump on the scene through endless networking and connections with the underground current of house-shows, DIY Fests, and localist enthusiasts....

We have always good reasons to return to Vagrant releases, but this time not only we have the new e.p. by James Vicent McMorrow, as we also have a great video tittled A Year In New York, created by Andrew...

The Clearing is the third album by the Bowerbirds, and as is often the case for bands that have found steady success, they had more time and better resources to make it. This is a bigger record, then, with bolder sounds and...

Our friends at Vagrant Records just let us know that they have signed Chicago based California Wives. The band are currently in the midst of wrapping up their debut full-length album (release date and title still...

Lila Rose has released an album called Heart Machine (RTFM Records, 2012). This release proves that you still can push play on the first track and let the album stop playing by itself. Do not get a track, or two....

The Brooklyn quintet formed from a long bubbling friendship between bassist Jay Goodman, drummer Alex Beckmann, and lead singer/composer Grayson Sanders. Many parties, road trips, and treacherous leaky basements fraught with...

“Dystopian Society, the band from Florence (Italy) lines in with those Utopias not only with their band name, but they put their own vision of a dystopian society in shape on their debut album Cages. Max Skam...

We’re in Russia today. Not exactly, but the singer you are listening was born in Russia. Infinity is her third album. Studying jazz and while listening to Queen and Pink Floyd is the ingridients for a wonderful voice...

Bernardo Sassetti (Lisbon, 24-June-1970 – Cascais, 10-May-2012), Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer. [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-bernardosassetti-sonhodosoutros.mp3] Download Sonho dos...

Eux Autres (pronounced ooz-oh-tra) are an Omaha-born, San Francisco-based trio, channeling sixties French pop and with a unique sensibility. The brother/sister duo, Heather and Nicholas Larimer, share lead vocals with Yoshi...

Houston, TX based The Watermarks release their first single-EP Run Away on afmusic. After two self-released EPs, which were recorded and produced in the on-site studio and self-released, The Watermarks joined the afmusic...

Autumn will mark the release on Duchamp Records of the debut album by the I.D. Based in London, but with members from Switzerland, Ireland and U.K, they are inspired by the late 70’s, New Order or Heaven 17, yet they...

Wilmington Delaware’s homegrown pop outfit has returned. After spending the last couple of years constructing, installing, and setting up a coffee pot in a new studio in their hometown, the Spinto Band has now offered up...

After forming four years ago at Connecticut College in New London, CT, Shake The Baron relocated to New York. They’ve found a welcome home in Brooklyn, where they’ve begun a new and promising chapter. Ghost Hits is a...

Reptar‘s second album Body Faucet was released May 1st on Vagrant Records, so we thought we would bring you another track, the opener Sebastian, from it. It’s available from all good download stores, including...

Pardon my excitement, but as a music teacher I am very honoured to post Edelweiss for you today. The band members are under 18 years old. Yes: under 18. If the next generation of musicians are going this way, then music has...

Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka, the Portland, Oregon-based duo known as AU, embody remarkable, frantic energy. They’ve just released their third album, in early April on Hometapes (and on The Leaf Label in Europe); AU is...

Sam Chown, drummer/singer/multi-instrumentalist in Austin’s hyper-kinetic duo Zorch premieres the first song from his forthcoming solo debut under the moniker Shmu. Shmu’s album Discipline/Communication is a...

Today’s feature was written the band’s wedding vows. Homesick Elephant is an indie-folk duo whose heart-wrenching harmonies, old-time instrumentation and homespun sincerity make you feel like you’re a character...

White Blush is a solo project by singer/recording artist Carol Rhyu featuring lush vocals over fuzzy synths and drums. White Blush‘s debut single, Without You, is here. With lyrics and album art, share and download...

The Heart Pills will tell you stories about the end of the world, pregnant women lost in the woods, dressed like animals to save the world. All true stories, they say, but you may find some bears feeding the children that...

San Francisco area Mountain Tamer variously describe their music as “Psychedelic Fusion” and “Interstellar/Grunge/Funk”. Whatever the genre, it’s noisy and we like it. Check it out for yourself...