I just stumbled across these guys on The Sixty One, and while it takes patience to enjoy lengthy 7+ minute ambient post-rock instrumentals, this unique trio from Oberlin, Ohio makes it worth the wait. They have a new record...
The Long Winters: Pu...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Putting the days to bed, the third LP from Seattle’s The Long Winters, combines the lyrical intimacy and melodic complexity of the ultimatum EP with the guitar pop rave-ups of the bands previous full lengths. The two...
Loren Radis: Barefoo...
posted by Jason Evangelho
Today’s Daily Dose is a companion track to episode #171 of Insomnia Radio featuring Each Passing Day‘s frontman Loren Radis. Loren sent us this un-mixed demo of a track called “Barefoot” with Bob...
Insomnia Radio #171:...
posted by Jason Evangelho
Welcome to an hour of all new music on Insomnia Radio #171. From genre bleeders to bleeding hearts, this episode is jam packed. You’ll also notice a healthy dose of FaceBook links in the shownotes because EVERY SINGLE...
Open Hand: Cool
posted by Jason Evangelho
You know we like our genre-bleeders here at Insomnia Radio. Here’s one that just graced our inbox from Southern California: Open Hand is your typical modern alt/rock band with stony guitars and a heavy beat. But you...
Kids and Animals: Di...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Kids and Animals is a five-piece experimental indie rock band from Seattle, WA, with sounds hinting at the likes of the intricate epic rock of Explosions In The Sky, the edgy guitars and group vocals of Cymbals Eat Guitars,...
The Hush Now: Hoping...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Boston’s THE HUSH NOW just released their second album, “Constellations” mid-February. After a tour of the west coast, The Hush Now went back into the studio and put the finishing touches on this sophomore...
Twin Sister: Ginger
posted by Charles Stepczyk
TWIN SISTER have got a debut EP out, called “Vampires With Dreaming Kids”, another fine piece of audio out of the New York musical honeypot. It happens to be free @ 320kps and comes in a handy zip file. ...
IR Regional Roundup:...
posted by Jason Evangelho
[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irregionalroundup_newblood.mp3] DOWNLOAD | iTUNES | ZUNE (1-Click) | RSS FEED Today’s episode of Insomnia Radio highlights all the new blood across the network, with quick...
Efterklang: Modern D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Modern Drift is the opening song on Efterklang third studio album, “Magic Chairs”. They are mainly a Danish four-piece at their core, who formed in Copenhagen. “Magic Chairs” was released on...
Francis: I Was Never...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A man once said: “To say that you know what Francis is about without having experienced it face to face is like saying that you’ve had sexual intercourse when you actually only have seen porn”. The area of...
Sentinel: Whaley
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tonight I’ve been feeling like a fat kid in a candy store, drooling against the display case perusing so many stand-out tracks on the new release by Oakland, CA based SENTINEL. Their new EP “For Days Deep”...
The Antiques: Airpla...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles based group The Antiques’ newest album, Cicadas, was released this last year and thankfully it didn’t totally fall off my limited radar. It was produced by Scott Solter (Mountain Goats, Okkervil River,...
Insomnia Radio #170:...
posted by Jason Evangelho
DOWNLOAD | iTUNES | ZUNE (1-Click) |RSS FEED [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir170.mp3] Track us down on Facebook! and say hello… It’s pure nostalgia on this week’s Insomnia Radio. Jason gushes...
Mod Amish: September
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Based out of San Diego, MOD AMISH are using the southwest corner of the map as a launching point for their aural vinegar & pop tart assaults. After the release of their second album, “No Use For Sunshine” in...
The Kissaway Trail: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
If you don’t know where you’re going, you don’t know when you will arrive. Danish band THE KISSAWAY TRAIL released this acoustic track, “Tracy” over the holidays at the end of 2009. ...
Princeton: Calypso G...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Growing up on Princeton Street in Santa Monica, CA , twin brothers Jesse & Matt Kivel and childhood friend Ben Usen started playing together as a group in the late 90’s, but officially formed Princeton during a year...
New Roman Times: Smo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Orlando transplant NEW ROMAN TIMES have made their way to their new digs of Austin, TX and are also back with a recent album, “On the Sleeve”, released last year on New Granada Records. It’s been some time...
The Flying Change: V...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
You don’t know now, but I hope you will! Today’s Valentines Day live feature is from the New York based group THE FLYING CHANGE, whom the network featured on the Dose earlier last year in addition to the New...
Ten City Nation: TDK...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formed in their sleepy UK hometown of Bury St Edmunds in 2007, Ten City Nation wasted no time in gigging like madmen, catching the attention of several notable bands, providing high-profile support during their festival...
Hopewell: Island
posted by Charles Stepczyk
It’s been some time since we’ve checked in with New York band HOPEWELL. You may recall us heavily featuring their track ‘Calcutta’ starting back around 2006. They’ve had a lengthy history that...
Julie Peel: Unfold
posted by Charles Stepczyk
French indie rocker and self-taught multi-instrumentalist Julie Peel writes smart, well-crafted folk rock with a pop sensibility reminiscent of Aimee Mann, Neil Young, Beth Orton and Feist. Julie’s debut album...
Surfer Blood: Swim (...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Surfer Blood are from West Palm Beach, Florida and surprisingly recorded these tracks in a Florida Atlantic residence hall where John Paul Pitts was attending college. The group’s debut album, Astro Coast was...
A Classic Education:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Italy’s A CLASSIC EDUCATION is back, with a tour to the states in March for SXSW – a repeat performance and momentum gathering session to properly start off 2010 after last year’s CMJ highlight. The Bologna...
Retribution Gospel C...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Retribution Gospel Choir is a rock trio founded in 2007, featuring Alan Sparhawk on guitar and vocals, Steve Garrington on bass and Eric Pollard on drums and vocals. Alan also fronts the band Low with his wife, Mimi Parker,...
Insomnia Radio #168:...
posted by Jason Evangelho
Jason locks into his classic groove (which is to say he’s overly verbose and kinda silly) with 10 killer tracks, and…Not one, but TWO major announcements the likes of which we haven’t heard since those...
The Heligoats: Fish ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Chris Otepka is back again with his post-Troubled Hubble project THE HELIGOATS, whom we last visited a few short years back with the track ‘Been a Drill’ from 2008’s EP ‘The End of All...
Isaac Graham: Gold a...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Sydney Australia, ISAAC GRAHAM is a singer/songwriter type who grew up on punk rock but now likes country, folk and punk rock and records his music with a Tascam 8-Track with a cheap microphone and attempts to...
Stars Don’t Sl...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Los Angeles, indie rock band STARS DON’T SLEEP have just released their new EP featuring the title track “In the Daylight”, which tells the story of a disoriented East Coast kid squinting cautiously at...
The Ghost is Dancing...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto indie pop outfit THE GHOST IS DANCING just recently springboarded off the release off of 2007’s “The Darkest Spark” with their newest indie rock offering which was issued last April, “Battles...
The Ballet: In My He...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn, New York “sissy-pop” band THE BALLET released their new album called “Bear Life” this past year, a follow up to 2006’s “Mattachine!” We don’t know too much about these guys...
LoveLikeFire: Signs
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In early 2008, San Francisco’s LOVELIKEFIRE signed to Heist or Hit records and went into Tiny Telephone studios in their hometown with producer Bill Racine (Mates of State, Rogue Wave) to record their full-length...