Mat, the bassist for Ra Ra Riot, has a debut solo album on the way via his label Barsuk Records. During some down-time with the band he recorded a number of tracks which will be released this summer as ‘Massachusetts...

This is free single from San Francisco network favourites My First Earthquake, taken from their soon to be released (7th June) album...

Hot on the heels of Your Awful Kids, electro indie rockers What Would Jesus Drive are kicking off 2011 with another rip roaring EP – Fragile Mansions. Having played along side bands such as Dirty Pretty Things and The...

” The Elected and Vagrant Records are pleased to announce the release of the band’s newest album, Bury Me In My Rings, on May 17th. Produced and recorded by frontman Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley...

Recently Utter were in São Miguel island, here in the Azores, and I was with them the whole weekend, including in the backstage. When I left, wich happened 10 minutes before they started the concert, they told me to get...

Alhambra is the latest release from Texas based group Mother Falcon led by Austinite Nick Gregg, director of an ever-shifting flock of classical musicians in a soundscape of strings, brass, and drums with a modern...

Five years ago, when The Clutters debut T&C hit, it pretty much exploded the “rock free Music City” myth and now, ten years after their genesis and on the eve of their third album, Breaking Bones, Nashville has...

The fine folks over at Labrador Records recently sent over a new talent discovery out of Sweden, namely Amanda Mair. Only 15 years old (now 16) from an island outside Stockholm, Amanda didn’t have any official record...

“Forged in the hothouse that is Louisville’s indie-rock scene, The Fervor has been known to deliver unpretentious rock ’n’ roll replete with eerie, ambient guitar riffs and soul-laid-bare vocals of gut wrenching...

Omaha four-piece Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship present Hanga-Fang, their debut album recorded by Mark McGowan and mixed by AJ Mogis, available digitally and in 180 gram translucent orange vinyl via Slumber Party...

Sleeping at Last are Ryan O’Neal and Dan Perdue. I have been listening to them for more than 3 years. I first had to understand them, then started to enjoy their music, until the day I realised I had to listen to...

Hailing from New Zealand and formerly known as Shaky Hands, the pop-punk band CUT OFF YOUR HANDS decided to change their name due to a threat of legal action from a similarly-named American band (The Shaky Hands). As their...

“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...

Atlanta Georgia based new Animal are Kris Hermstad and Derek Burdette, and their self-titled album has 15 tracks and runs to 75 minutes of music in a wide variety of styles (described variously as ranging from bedroom pop to...

Its not often that we post the same track twice on the Daily Dose (although I did recently, by mistake), and we don’t post many remixes. But when I came upon this I felt I had to share it with you, as its a track by a...

Bill Majoros (Hamilton, Canada) is The Foreign Films, but that wasn’t something that happened overnight. As a teenager he was touring the world playing packed arenas, and empty bars. His last band Flux A.D. (a favourite of...

Nashville’s THE WINTER SOUNDS just sent us over a few links directing attention towards free downloads of their last full length ‘Church of the Haunted South’ as well as a mix of eclectic tracks spanning...

Fort Union is the post Friday Mile project of Jace and Jake, and they are creating some lovely atmospheric singer-songwriter music. Have a listen to their new single, Solstice Day Parade. Click on the link below to go to...

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...

“Austin, Texas band Moonlight Towers (taking its name from the tall vintage streetlights that illuminate Austin’s nights) is a genuine band that does what comes naturally: writing, recording and playing real rock...

Constant Future is the career-defining statement from Brooklyn-based noise-pop trio Parts & Labor. Their last release, 2008’s acclaimed Receivers, saw Parts & Labor blasting off in all directions and creating...

Therapies Son quickly won fans last fall when his humbly self-recorded demo of shimmering pop surfaced, catching the ears of some elite press and becoming something of an Internet sensation. Therapies Son, the nom de...

Today’s feature comes from an album called The Next Right Thing, wich could also be a comment about the artist you are listening. Seth Glier is a 21 year-old songwriter and musician from Massachusetts, who’s...

Young Runaways are a six-piece from Wolverhampton in the UK who use violin, trumpet, trombone and keys blended with electric guitar, drums and bass to produce rock ‘n’ roll one moment and elegant chamber pop the...

From their album They Will Find You Here. “The six sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to Urban Dictionary) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead...

Berlin-based duo Grand Pianoramax takes a bold step into 21st century experimental electronica on Smooth Danger, out on 1st May. Partially recorded in Mumbai, India and largely influenced by the Berlin underground, the...

Not to be mistaken for the band from Barcelona we’ve featured previously – Singleton are an indie rock band out of Kiev, Ukraine, a fixture of the local indie music since 2004.  The group has extensive touring...

“Empty Space Orchestra certainly knows how to fill a room. The Bend, OR quintet of impeccable musicians crafts a symphonic, melodic sound that seamlessly weaves together elements of space rock, prog-metal, noir jazz,...

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart need no introduction to you, loyal fans of Insomnia Radio. Neither they need any introduction to independent music fans or even some mainstream music listeners. They have been in our ears and...

Portland’s Mnemonic Sounds released their debut album, Muscle Memories in July 2010. Since then, the band, founded by Peter Suk and Megan Ouchida, has achieved a significant degree of success in a short period of time....

“Originally from Lancashire, currently living in Kilburn, Niteflights…named after a Scott Walker song…with indie influences and charismatic and crisp pop songs… which have gained them comparisons to...

Today we have something a little more harder edged for the Daily Dose, the 2nd infectious track ‘Resting as Ruins’ from Michigan group, Undesirable People’s debut EP. UP were formed in 2010 within a...