Today we focus our show spotlight on a well deserving independent band from the Little Armenia area of Los Angeles, Moss Bluff! Bandmembers Travis Knight and Hugh Price came together in 2004 in Florida, then eventually...

Presenting the third installment of this series of compilation CD’s. This one is at times uplifting and melancholy, poppy and stark, modern and...

From Irvine, California, Faded Paper Figures writes music in those fleeting snippets of time between work, traffic, and dissertation chapters. They have a debut album called ‘Dynamo’ on the slate for the summer. ...

Theres no fear of the sophomore slump for Orlando-based band The OaKs. Instead, they sound more cohesive and vital than ever. “Masood” is the first single from their brand new album “Songs For...

Roosting in North Carolina, the trio of Bowerbirds recently signed to their favorite US record label Dead Oceans, home to bands such as Dirty Projectors, White Hinterland, Evangelicals, Citay, Phosphorescent, and Bishop...

This episode I play some Indie Electro, Downtempo and Trip Hop tracks. If you are a big fan of The Chillcast or Dave’s Lounge this is an episode for you! I feature three bands from Chicago and two a little out of my...

Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irseattletheend.mp3] I figured it would be appropriate for IR Seattle to eventually make it’s entrance into the new website where it left off. The show has...

Enjoy the second volume of The Best Music You’ve Never Heard. As with Volume 1, this mix contains a little bit of everything: guitar-driven rock, nouveau 80’s new wave, power punk, roots… whatever I felt like throwing...

[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/tbmynh1.mp3]The mixtape series that got us all excited about mixtapes again, Scott Tinetti of Insomnia Radio: San Francisco launched his “The Best Music You’ve Never...

While the following band broke up recently after some pretty solid touring success, I still wanted to showcase another track from this San Diego group, whom many have classified as Piano Rock along the lines of Ben Folds...

Now, this episode has little to do with the Lord, aside from the fact he brought you the tunes today. Kidding. As far as the wacky intro, it was personally mixed using samples from serious folk with vivid imaginations. ...

Listen Now:[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir150.mp3] Download This Episode HERE This episode of IR is a bit unusual in the fact that I felt it necessary to go on a bit of a rant. While that’s not abnormal, THIS...

Todays mixtape celebrates the first year of the SoCal Sessions launching, which occurred this week, one year ago today, on the San Diego feed. Previous to the launch was a SoCal episode which Jason Evangelho, the main show...

Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir143.m4a] Insomnia Radio #143: Indie-Fi Artist Track Album Purchase Links Skipping Girl Vinegar One Chance Single PopBoomerang...

Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/ir143.mp3] Insomnia Radio #143: Indie-Fi Artist Track Album Purchase Links Skipping Girl Vinegar One Chance Single PopBoomerang...

This session has a French title although it was probably butchered by the Babel Fish free translator to mean something completely offensive. In a perfect world it should roughly translate to ‘Female Musicians of...

Nearly 80% of the world’s population uses caffeine, and 25% of the population is diagnosed with a mental disorder. Clinical studies indicate that there may be significant overlap between those figures, and that many...

Mini-Novela Catorce: Episode fourteen receives a Bitter:Sweet slap and enters the world on an electronic wave of bossa nova followed by a live Jazz Bakery performance by sweltering vocalist, Sara Gazarek. Leo from the TLP...

Today’s session heralds in the summer with two shots apiece by LA artists “Adam Freedman” as well as the “Blue James Band”. “Adam Freedman” showcases his indie pop jazz fusion that...

Total Length: 29:48 Welcome to the newest Insomnia Radio Podcast from Aotearoa – New Zealand and probably the furthest from where Insomnia Radio all started in California, USA. My first episode has been a long time...

Presenting a somewhat wide cross-section of the LA music scene, ‘This is the City’ brings us several tracks from a cadre of talented artists with new undiscovered music to share with the world. Fishbone returns...

Possibly our only episode so far with a smattering of colorful content comes just in time for Easter delivery along with a pair of earmuffs for the children. We are completely excited to bring you a bunch of new releases in...

We’ve got an assortment of superb tracks for you in this session, starting with a blast of rock-oxygen from the Kristin Hersh fronted group, 50 Foot Wave, and ending on a jazzy tear jerker, “Yours” from LA...

A brand new music feed has opened up solely for Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and surrounding areas. Bundled with this feed is a new episode of The SoCal Sessions, namely our fifth...

Hola amigo/amiga, Welcome to the fourth installment of The SoCal Sessions. Today’s show powers us into January with five independent rock acts from Los Angeles. Newer groups Power Cords and Pro Audio bring us two...

Welcome back for episode #2 of the SoCal Sessions. We’ve got five more great LA based (and related) artists in this new session that might help you conjure up the imagery of a less developed California. The title of...

Welcome! I’m Charles Stepczyk and I’d like to officially take the bear leash from the main show host Jason E. and fire up “The SoCal Sessions” music grinder. IR San Diego will continue as normal on...

Take the hook-laden swirl of 60’s Britpop, mix it with the DIY aesthetic of mid-90’s lo-fi indie rock, and you get Parcourse. They are poppy without the sugar, introspective without the melodrama, and melancholy...

Mates of State is the organ and drums, vocal-laden duo of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. Formed in the nation’s heartland in December of 1997, their infectious songs and long-standing motto of play anywhere, anytime...

WINTER CIRCLE has grown from being a local Oklahoma City favorite to a nationally known, energetic, hook filled rock band. “Streetlight Flicker”, the electrifying follow-up to “Don’t Go”, managed to outperform the...

Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s is an 8-piece indie-pop/orchestral pop band from Indianapolis, Indiana. As previous members of Archer Avenue, The Academy, Smart Milk, and Pravada, Margot have recently signed to...

Meeky Rosie are a band based in Devon, South West England, UK whose members became friends while studying at the University of Plymouth.   They recently finished writing and recording their debut album on the banks of the...