After beginning as a solo project in 2007, Carlsbad/Irvine, CA based pop-punk trio Infinite Signal slowly gained momentum as the project took flight in Minneapolis, MN, following their eventual arrival here in Southern...

Jupiter Deluxe Tube is a dream pop project through the lens of Orange County’s Darwinn Sato. Debut album PRODUCT OF INSOMNIA out 2nd June. Darwinn Sato, the voice and vision behind Jupiter Deluxe Tube, cites several...

In retrospect, I may have been too honest in my first (of many) emails to The Bolts' Addam Farmer. Here's an exact copy/paste: "My inner music snob wants to hate it because it sounds SO very mainstream, but my inner child is rocking out."

IR’s SoCal Sessions return after close to a years absence, bringing quality tracks from San Diego, Temecula, Long Beach, and basically all over the LA and OC regions. Please listen and help support these artists’...

Huntington Beach, CA based group ELOGY  is set to release its independently financed debut album “One” on July 6th, 2010.   “One” showcases a band that has taken its time to perfect and hone its sound. With...

Since we last heard from Provo, Utah based artist DREW DANBURRY, he had married his true love, Lynette (aka Lady Danburry), and followed up  touring in 2009 with an assortment of talented artists – some you have...

This last week I was invited out to the Viper Room on Sunset to witness a live performance by the Fullerton, OC based independent rock six-piece, The Living Suns. The Living Suns combine a mixture of progressive 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. ...

Step right up folks and witness the degentrification of Southern California one sweet track at a time. Yes, in less than an hours time, you too can enter our musical blackhole and witness the fiery future of...

Welcome to a special edition of Insomnia SoCal. Today’s piece brings us a small sampling of performers auditioning at the Bodog Battle of the Bands coming here to the Southland over the next two weeks, with first...

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...

Today’s session is almost entirely electronic in theme and heralds in several new albums from locals, including a new full length effort by the LA based electronica duo, ‘Techno Squirrels’, called...

Starting us off on an eerie welcoming note, the ‘Mississippi Mudsharks’ rise again with a darkly polished new album of originals, and lead the charge from the Devil’s Road toward LA. This is where we find...

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...