Taking their name from a Roy Haynes album, Out of the Afternoon came together in August 2007, and began playing concerts a few months later. Core members Anna Sales, Nicholas Millard, Steven Eagles and Alex Szrok soon...
The Soundcarriers: L...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From London, Manchester and Nottingham, in the UK, Last Broadcast is from their second album Celeste Here we have another blast of summer flecked sound. Last year’s album Harmonium found a lush and spiked musical...
IR: UK #86 – D...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Episode number 86 of Insomnia Radio: UK. Eight tracks by UK artists. Quite an uplifting episode, despite having two bands with ‘death’ in their name. Recording Date: Saturday 24 July 2010 TRT: 42:24 Rating:...
The Joy Formidable: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The beginnings of TJF began several years ago, when school friends Ritzy and Rhydian chatted on a night out in their hometown of Mold, North Wales. Both opinionated and madly into music, an instant respect was formed and...
London Podcrawl 2010...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Hopefully, this will be a Live Blog from the London Podcrawl on 10 July 2010 You can find details on Facebook or The Official Podcrawl Blog Follow the proceedings on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/search?q=podcrawl The...
Filthy Kicks: Crave
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their free album Dirty Little Secret available for download from Jamendo A mountaintop laboratory on a stormy night. A mad scientist of rhythm completes his last experiment. Six creatures emerge from the darkness,...
Red Drapes: Reflecti...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Red Drapes are a four-piece band currently situated in London, England. Their melancholic sound and strong lyrical emphasis takes influence from post punk and new wave bands of the 80’s, The Smiths, Joy Division, Echo...
Deadstring Brothers:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Deadstring Brothers are an alt-country/rock band from Detroit, Michigan and London, England who play in a style somewhat reminiscent of the Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street. Not unlike Exile-era Stones,...
The StandStills: Let...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From London, Ontario, this is from their recent EP The StandStills are: Jonny Fox – Vocals/ Guitar Renee Couture – Drums/ Percussion Check their upcoming shows and request plays on radio in the London...
IR SoCal Welcomes: B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Betty and the Werewolves are three girls and one boy from London who whoop and howl through the night as sweetly sung melodies collide with glitter-struck punk guitars. Taking inspiration from luminary lycanthropes Virginia...
Insomnia Radio #164:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s episode warms us up a bit with a healthy dose of rock from UK, Canada, New York, Mexico City (and beyond) before our founder, Jason Evangelho takes over the controls for IR #165. The name of this episode has...
Insomnia Radio #163:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s episode starts off with a little CB chatter from a cat in New Jersey talking to his homeboy Juice in Northern California – then launches into a standout intro track by the funk and soul powerhouse, T Bird...
Swimfaster Godwhispe...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today marks the first anniversary of the restructuring of the Daily Dose music blog here at IR, helmed by Stuart Morrison (UK) and Charles Stepczyk (US) – 365 tracks in a row hand picked from submissions and from...
Muddy Suzuki: D-Punk...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From his second Album Meetoo, from London in the UK, Muddy Suzuki Artist Bio Damo Waters is a person who likes to make sounds. Muddy Suzuki is the name he uses for his personal endeavours, but he also plays with many...
AMPed New Music Week...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
AMPED: Show #163 This week’s host: Graham Holland from the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast Show: Indie Music Sampler Song: She Ain’t Me (Carrrie Rodriguez) Show: Eclectic Mix Song: Meander...
The Rainpals: Heat o...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Home: London, UK Kev & The Rainpals record and produce fantastic music, perfect for film, tv, radio, etc, soundscape and emotional impact productions, with various styles of vocal songs and instrumental tracks, here...
Zombie Met Girl: Hot...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From London, UK – ZMG – from their 2007 album It Came From The Moon Found on The Podsafe Music Network, I was surprised from their Garage/Punk/Surf sound that this band is from London, UK. And any band that...
Jessie Grace: L.O.V....
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Oxford/London songwriter Jessie Grace fell out of a universe made by a freak accident, a collision of atoms and fusion of stardust, fell into England, eagerly enjoyed a dysfunctional childhood in deepest dark...
Peggy Sue: Superman
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formerly named Peggy Sue & The Pirates up until very recently, the self-annointed untraditional folk duo of Rosa ‘REX’ Slade and KatyBeth ‘KLAW’ Young from Brighton, UK, released a live version of this song in...
Insomnia Radio #154:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After a two month turbulent voyage, we believe we’ve located a safespot to service the battle-scarred Insomnia Submariner, and have surfaced to bring you some chanteys from the musicians we’ve collected along our...
Insomnia Radio: UK #...
posted by Stuart Morrison
After our visits to SXSW, now we’re back in the UK for this episode. Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk47.mp3] Song List and Links: Slaves To Gravity – Mr Regulator, Pluto From:...
Insomnia Radio: UK #...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk46.mp3] Song List and Links: Scanners – Raw From: London Links: Myspace | scannersmusic.com Robots in disguise – We’re in the Music Biz From:...
Insomnia Radio: UK #...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk45.mp3] Song List and Links: Our Lunar Activities – It Comes in Waves From: Stornaway Links: Myspace British Sea Power – Down on the Ground From:...
IR: SoCal – La...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
If any of you haven’t noticed all my excessive posts on Twitter yammering on about all the bands playing this year at the South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin, TX… well… this posting is to confirm it...
The Duke Spirit: Las...
posted by Jason Evangelho
[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/thedailydose_thedukespirit_lassoo.mp3] Heading to SXSW? Damn, I wish I was! If I was going, I’d be sure to check out The Duke Spirit. This London 5 piece fronted by the OH-SO-HOT...
Insomnia Radio: UK &...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Song List and Band Links: Download Play[audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk43.mp3] Remodel – Formula From: London Album: The Animal Farm Session (2007) Label: Sad Gnome Records Buy: Record Label/iTunes Links:...
Anti-Hero: Wake Me U...
posted by dailydose
Every decade seems to have its own interpretation of what is considered cool in female fronted rock ‘n roll! The 60’s gave us the blue-eyed soul of Janis Joplin. The 70’s saw the Zeppelin-tinged Wilson...
Reactor: Electric Lo...
posted by dailydose
Electric Love is taken from London based band Reactor’s debut album ‘Emotional Pornography’, recorded with producer Kit Woolven, widely known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Cradle Of Filth and Dave...