London, UK baroque pop band Gold Spectacles released their stunning debut single “Steal You Away” this past January 25th. Formed in 2012, Gold Spectacles is the collaborative venture of two British...
IR: UK #117
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode Number 117 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the Controls. Another six great tracks from UK artists. TRT: 29:57 Rating: Work Safe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk117.mp3] Download IR: UK 117 Song Listing and...
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...
Jungle Doctors: The ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We lucked out on a recent dive into the vast musical mash of Soundcloud, running into a handful of excellent tracks from London indie pop-rock group JUNGLE DOCTORS. Apparently in a little less than a month’s time the...
Thalassocracy: Shime...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We recently had the pleasure of running into today’s featured track over at soundcloud after diving through multiple releases, getting stopped in our tracks with Shimensoka. The name of the song looks to translate to...
IR: UK #114
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode Number 114 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the Controls. Another eight great tracks from UK artists. TRT: 35:39 Rating: Work Safe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk114.mp3] Download IR: UK 114 Song Listing and...
IR: UK #113
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 113 of Insomnia Radio: UK Stuart back at the controls. Seven tracks from UK Artists. Recording Date: Sunday 14 September 2014 TRT: 37:40 Rating: Work...
The Healing: Tonopah
posted by Charles Stepczyk
I recently had the pleasure of listening to a few new songs from the London based band, The Healing. The third track off their brand new EP especially caught my attention as it progressed, describing the passionate young...
IR UK #112 (repost)
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode Number 112 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the Controls. Another six great tracks from UK artists. TRT: 30:24 Rating: Work Safe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk112.mp3] Download IR: UK 112 Song...
IR: UK #111 – ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 111 of Insomnia Radio: UK Stuart back at the controls again. A mixture this time: A normal episode, of six new tracks from UK Artists Followed by the six tracks from IR: UK #11, because that was my first, in...
IR: UK #110
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 110 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the controls again. Five tracks from UK artists. And one guest band from NYC (because, why not, they’re great). Recording Date: Wednesday 30 July 2014 TRT: 35:26 Rating:...
IR: UK #109
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 109 of Insomnia Radio: UK Six tracks from UK Artists, previously heard on the Daily Dose, or Made In The UK Show Recording Date: Sunday 20 July 2014 TRT: 35:14 Rating: Work...
Duologue: Forest
posted by Stuart Morrison
London band Duologue are releasing their second album Never Get Lost on September 9th, 2014. It arrives alongside a new single, Drag & Drop, released on the same date. To coincide with the album’s announcement,...
Lux Lisbon: Demons Y...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We recently saw an announcement that a favorite artist out of London, LUX LISBON, had released some new material. Life quickly swept us away in its crazy e-mail deluge and we thankfully ran into a stray Twitter post a few...
IR: UK #108
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 108 of Insomnia Radio: UK Ro at the controls for a second time Recording Date: Sunday 29 June 2014 TRT: 35:57 Rating: Work Safe (probably) [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk108.mp3] Download IR: UK...
Mano’s Daughte...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Mano’s Daughter is an electronic three-piece synth band based in London UK with the lineup of Sarah Carter (Vocals), Matthias Garrick (Synths, programming) and Dan See (Drums). They are stated to be a mixture of Polica,...
IR: UK #106 – ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 106 of Insomnia Radio: UK You wait a year for a new episode on Insomnia Radio: UK, and then two arrive within a week! Following on from IR UK 105, which was basically a repost of The Made In The UK Show 153...
Horror House: WVES (...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We took another deep dive this week into the horrors of the tweet-swill (aka Twitter Search), looking for quality independent music, which we are happy to announce we found – albeit in very short supply. Horror House...
The Penelopes: Time ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“London based Parisian duo The Penelopes (Axel Basquiat and Vincent T.) release their new single ‘Time To Shine‘ on June 9th on Pour Le Monde. Produced by The Penelopes and mixed by Dan Grech-Marguerat...
Cajita: Broken Glass
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“I met a Mexican girl when I lived in France and she started calling me Cajita. It’s Spanish for ‘little box.’ She said that she called me that because every time she met me she found out something new...
Gentle Friendly: Rid...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s featured track is a refreshing two minute blast of experimental rock from London, UK’s Gentle Friendly – specifically from their free seven-song EP titled ‘Rrides’. The group has a new...
Eighteen Nightmares ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The London based group ENATL [Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux] describe themselves as Dirty Garage, Psychobilly and Heavy Blues in an agitated fuzz-fueled cabaret mêlée. We dig that description and urge you to check out...
Terminal Gods: The W...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From London, UK, Terminal Gods present their first EP, Machine Beat Messiah, released on 25th November. Today’s Dose is the single. Check out the video for King Hell below too. Robert Maisey, Robert Cowlin, Josh...
The Correspondents: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature is a mid-2012 single from London, UK’s THE CORRESPONDENTS, following the excellent 2011 debut EP, “What’s Happened to Soho?”. You may be familiar with this track if you’ve...
Deep Sea Arcade: Bla...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Australia’s Deep Sea Arcade have spent the best part of the last year living in the UK, soaking up the culture and imparting some of their own as they lay down their sophomore record, quickly creating the same buzz in...
IR: Canada #21 ̵...
posted by Chris
As promised a lack of submissions had me reviewing shows 11 through 20. So a few old review tunes, 4 new artists and 8 new tracks. Download IR: Canada #21 Subscribe Subscribe in...
Yuck: Rebirth
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London, England band YUCK are back with a new shoegazing single released earlier this past week, Rebirth. Its from their second LP due out this Fall with Fat Possum/Pharmacy Recordings. The album is being produced by Chris...
Tom Slatter: Three R...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Tom Slatter is a singer-songwriter from London who writes steampunk and sci-fi inspired prog-rock songs. Described by the Steampunk Chronicle as ‘an experiment too far’, his music lies somewhere between Radiohead,...
DNSQ3: Last Man Stan...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“DNSQ3 is songwriting duo David Creces and Steven Q Dawe III (SQ3). DNSQ3 combines love for great songs & songwriters with love for experimental arrangements of instruments. The result is a big ol’ mess of...
IR: Canada #9
posted by Chris
Welcome to show 9. Five months in and we’re on the 9th show and about to hit our first double digit. I’ve got some excellent tracks this week including one in french. Download IR: Canada...
Shout Timber: Rich M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Rich Man is the December 10th single release from London, UK band Shout Timber. Playing on two sides of an ever-existent and more than ever culturally relevant conundrum: rich and poor, happiness and unhappiness –...