You’ve seen them on stage all over the world. They tickle your soul with sweet melodies and move your feet with hard-hitting dub. With the Counter Attack! album, Dub Vision has moved from the back to the front,...
The Pauses: Go North
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today is the day that everyone starts going apeshit over archery, it seems now everybody needs a bear recurve bow, as the movie Hunger Games releases here in the US. Orlando band The Pauses have a leg up on the release with...
World Blanket: And H...
posted by Stuart Morrison
World Blanket‘s third album 2012 is officially released April 3rd, 2012. And Here We Are (Again Maybe)” is the first single from the...
Civil Twilight: Fire...
posted by Rodrigo
Today’s dose comes a little late, but press play and seconds after listening to Fire Escape you will forget any trouble this late post may have caused you. Holy Weather will only be available from the 26th of March,...
Grand & Noble: H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Jon Elling, the man at the heart of Grand & Noble, grew up in Los Angeles and Jacksonville, Fla. His bi-coastal upbringing is partly responsible for his wide-open songwriting style. “I got the full L.A. experience,...
Lux: Coroner’s...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“The Seattle-based duo Lux has sewn a unique sleeve to wear its influences on. Inspired by some of the most essential artists of the era of indie and underground music, this boy-girl duo offers its own take on these...
Dana Buoy: Call to B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
As Austin, TX emerges from the dark rubbing its bloodshot eyes and blistered feet today, artist Dana Buoy moves on to Houston to play more shows on his trip back east before his debut album, Summer Bodies, is released around...
:Papercutz: Disinteg...
posted by Rodrigo
By the time you read this lines, or listen to today’s dose, you won’t be able to catch officially :Papercutz at SXSW. It might be a chance that you find them around doing a session. Bruno Miguel, from Oporto,...
Alexander & The ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
SXSW along with its few musical offshoots and massive swarm of unofficial acts are gearing up for the weekend, with the city streets clogging up tonight as a whole new dynamic sweeps over Austin; for better of for worse. If...
Tycho: Hours
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tycho is the music project of San Francisco based artist Scott Hansen (ISO50). This is the first single from his Album Dive. Tyco is appearing at the South By South West music festival in Austin Texas, this week. This also...
Little Tybee: Nero
posted by Rodrigo
Paper Garden Records, based in New York, is what we should call an independent major label, considering major related to quality. Top quality. Little Tybee are one of the bands part of the label’s catalog, and will be...
Royal Canoe: Hold On...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today and all of this week we are showcasing a few of the acts playing at or in the vicinity of the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Amongst the 50,000 performances scattered throughout all the street...
Cotton Mather: My Be...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Usually on the Daily Dose we feature new music. But sometimes we come across a reissue of something which needs a re-airing. A case in point is today’s track, from the reissue of the hugely influential album Kontiki...
Miniature Tigers: Se...
posted by Rodrigo
The song you’re listening today is from the much anticipated album Miniature Tigers, Mia Pharoah (Modern Art Records). The band will play at SXSW on the following dates: Tuesday, 13: Conflict of Interest Party with...
OHO: Free to Flee
posted by Rodrigo
OHO is a 2-member French band that met in Calcutta, India. Aurore (singer) writes most songs a-capella, and Paul (musician) creates atmospheres around them with several instruments. The first album Land of the Happy has...
Rae Spoon: Crash Lan...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Rae Spoon is an indie electronic musician out of Montreal, with “I Can’t Keep All Of Our Secrets” being Rae’s sixth full-length release. A pop/electronic album about the complexity of grief, it focuses on a...
Whitejacket: The Mod...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Modern is the first single from the upcoming debut album Hollows and Rounds by Whitejacket. Chris McDuffie, formerly in Apples In Stereo, has produced an album inspired by his admiration of the baroque pop of the late...
Edgar Breau: Patches...
posted by Rodrigo
Does Edgar Breau reminds you of anything? In fact Edgar Breau was the frontman of Simply Saucer. Well, actually he is still the frontman of the band, as they back in the active this 2012. Still, Edgar Breau decided to finish...
Flashguns: Locarno (...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Although London based band Flashguns recently called it quits in early February with a final show in Berlin, we wanted to bring you this great track from the free sampler via Humming Records, a fine label out of Germany. The...
Ed Schrader’s ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Baltimore Duo Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (ESMB) are releasing their album Jazz Mind on Load Records When I’m in a Car, Sermon, and more,...
Hooded Fang: ESP
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Toronto in Canada, Hooded Fang are releasing their album Tosta Mista on 12 Mar 2012 on Full Time Hobby. It’s their second album, the first was self-titled. UK readers have unfortunately just missed a short tour...
Marty Was Right: We&...
posted by Rodrigo
It’s hard to choose a track from Time Travelling Is Heavy, the free album by Marty Was Right. Actually, this is not a band, it’s a one man project from Lisbon, Portugal. Guitars play a major part on...
The Michael J. Epste...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We were quite pleased while perusing the stacks at the Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library on Facebook, that the founder not only reads Judy Blume but has our site listed amongst the choices in this fine establishment. In...
Mad Mav: Steel Concr...
posted by Stuart Morrison
On the Network we don’t play very much Metal, but what we do play is of the highest quality (to not offend Indie Rock ears). A case in point is today’s Dose. For Instrumental Thursday this week, we have German...
Trésors: Scarface (J...
posted by Rodrigo
Italian followers of Insomnia Radio, this one is for you: Trésors are starting today a tour around Italy. 29.02.12 Forli @ Diagonal 01.03.12 Milano – NO FUN @ Sagrestia w/ Be Forest 02.03.12 Brescia @ Lio Bar w/ Be...
Orpheum Bell: Poor L...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Old Sister’s Home is Orpheum Bell’s most ambitious CD to date (it’s third!) with an eclectic style mixing folk, country, Eastern, and even a hard-driving song sung in Russian. “Poor...
Wishes and Thieves: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
NYC’s Wishes and Thieves release their second EP, Forest Fire in May 2012. Check out the video for the title track and lead single below. Meanwhile, their first EP Lighthouse is available as a free download from...
Work Drugs: License ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
[80’s quote]Les, that license in your wallet, that’s not an ordinary piece of paper, that is a driver’s license, and its not only a driver’s license, it’s an automobile license, and it’s...
The Dead Leaves: Har...
posted by Rodrigo
The best kept secret of Insomnia Radio can now be revealed. The Australian band The Dead Leaves, Melbourne, have finaly released their debut album Cities on the Sea. We are happy, they are happy and we see no reason for you...
Way Yes: Tia
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Columbus Ohio’s +Way Yes+ dropped their 7″ Oranjudio late last year, and to celebrate they’ve got a new video for the A-side track “Automail” (see videobelow) featuring a bit of frog racing...
Silver Rocket: The W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their first full length album Old Fashioned One year after the much praised debut EP the italian post punk band Silver Rocket returns with the new album Old Fashioned. Ten songs and a Frank Sinatra-cover combine the...
Red Nightfall: Windm...
posted by Rodrigo
They may be compared to many bands you been listening lately, but the Canadian Red Nightfall are with no doubt a band to watch. Emerging from Toronto, the band has released their first album named after them last year. The...