Saint Louis, MO ‘Lo-Fi Faux-Britpop’ band Comrade Catbox released their debut EP ‘Porcelain Pillows’ on May 6th. “Comrade Catbox is a blistering 8-limbed psychedelic monster composed...
CHUCK: Mary Anne (Da...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
‘Mary Anne‘ comes from the beautifully ragged radio sessions from Brooklyn’s CHUCK, in promotion of his ‘My Band Is a Computer‘ collection released in Sept 2016. This great track is a free...
ROARS: Ghosts and De...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
ROARS is a project currently based in Berlin Germany, with today’s feature coming from a December 2013 two ‘side’ Ghost and Demons single release that was self-produced and written/recorded/mixed/mastered...
Shake Your Halo Down...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Shake Your Halo Down is a lofi indie pop collective from Wakefield, West Yorkshire who’ve released their most recent EP “Casanovas” in March on the independent UK label, Philophobia Music. The fantastic...
Api Uiz: Garçons et ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Api Uiz is a long-standing instrumental rock trio from Bordeaux France, who celebrated their 20th anniversary this year, a great achievement. Their music is described as multicolored punk energy, with long and repetitive...
Happy Diving: Sincer...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes from the self-titled debut EP from Oakland, CA based group Happy Diving, released two years ago in November of 2013. Band members are Matthew Berry (Guitar/Vocals), Matthew Yankovich (Guitar),...
Dazy Crown: Perfect ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Dazy Crown is a project started by song-writer, multi-instrumentalist, and self-producing musician Thomas Little – hailing from the small town of Newmarket Ontario in Canada. Inspired by both the classic and modern...
Jettison Tape: Paraf...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
With Jettison Tape, Brooklyn-based musician Dave Fischoff has taken disparate elements from his musical past and melded them into a cohesive whole: the debut album, Second Sleep. We featured his excellent track...
Someday I Will Miss ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Not too long ago a Croatian native informed us there’s not much you can do in their town of Karlovac except for taking long walks by its rivers and apparently “recording songs about ordinary love.” This...
Victory Kicks: I Got...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London based lo-fi indie rock group VICTORY KICKS have announced that a new record is on the way – The Young Flood EP, arriving this November 17th on the group’s own label Unmanned Aerial Vinyl. It’s...
Gudjohr: Djuke Box
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brighton, UK based Gudjohr was formed as a solo project by musician Kips Golden in 2012, initially moving from his hometown of Bath, UK not too long after the inception of the project. His third EP (our of 4) ‘Looks...
Astronaut Husband: L...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Alec Grefe is a musician from Stevens Point, Wisconsin who has just released a fourth album as a solo project entitled “Then & Now”. We’ve been told its a two-part album, wherein the first half is a...
CopyClub: Off Balanc...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
CopyClub are a pretty new three piece based in Bristol playing LoFi indie rock with three part harmonies. They claim to blend electronic tones/loops using iPads as instruments at their live shows. We heard about the band...
Beta Blocker and the...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Beta Blocker and the Body Clock (BBATBC in shortened form), are lo-fi scuzz pop from Oxford, England whom we thankfully ran across during our forays deep into the cloud. Today’s featured track was apparently released...
Daddy Lion: The Scie...
posted by Sarah Morrison
Columbia, SC’s one-man folk-rock outfit Daddy Lion is an old friend of Insomnia Radio, so we were thrilled to learn of the release of his debut full-length album Habitat when he sent us the record’s opening...
Zen Mystery Fogg: Ra...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Zen Mystery Fogg are two transplants of the scenic Vancouver Island wilderness living in New Orleans. Chase Franson and Thomas Molander make sunny, breezy, garage rock that treads the line between pop and lo-fi. Their...
Tango in the Attic: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scotland’s Tango in the Attic have released the free download track Paw Prints, taken from their second album Sellotape that released on the 23rd of April. Sellotape is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2010...
Anika’s Baseme...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the 2011 album Dinner At Edmond’s: The Painting Of The Red Haired Queen. Anika’s Basement Show is the project of David Hagen (AKA Dylvid Crougen). He says: “I am an independent bedroom artist 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...
Shark? You Don’...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brooklyn based Shark? have recorded their first album which will be released later this year on Oops Baby Records (US) and Look Behind You/LBYRecords (UK). In the mean time, they have made a two track 7″ available...
Sisters: Sky
posted by Stuart Morrison
In September last year, Brooklyn based Aaron Pfannebecker and Matt Conboy released Ghost Fits, their debut as Sisters on Narnack Records. As part of the legendary Death By Audio warehouse in Williamsburg (Conboy is one of...
Foxx Bandits: Youth
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From the depths of North West London comes a stirring. For the past 6 months the bandits have been in hibernation; writing, recording, mostly sleeping, and are now ready to come back to the warm outdoors and hit the live...
Woozy Viper: Dirty
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their just-released second album Rock & Roll We first featured Woozy Viper back in December 2009 with the track Dirty Rat off their first album. We’re pleased to be able to bring you a track from their second...
Red Pens: Hung Out
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the album Reasons on Grainbelt Records Ah, cacophony – the blissfully unhinged sound of garage-y, lo-fi fun, the sonic equivalent of Minneapolis’ PBR-sticky club floors, and Red Pens’ best friend!...