Amy LaVere’s new studio album on Archer Records, “Stranger Me”, was released July 19th in the USA and July 4th in the UK. The highly anticipated album was produced by Craig Silvey whose work with Arcade Fire...
Mimas: Application
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lifejackets is the 2nd album from Aarhus, Denmark based band MIMAS. According to the group, the first one was about worries in life, and the newest is about Lifejackets; the lifejackets that keep over water, the...
Fifty Foot Spiders: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Copenhagen, Denmark based Fifty Foot Spiders, mix art rock with punk, indie and noise into a brutish and bumptious experience – with room for both thinking and dancing. The quintet released their debut EP in 2008 on...
Botany: Waterparker
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Botany‘s debut EP Feeling Today. Botany is Spencer Stephenson, from Weatherford, TX. His Feeling Today EP has just been released on Western Vinyl, and a full length album is expected later this...
Luke Temple: Someone...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Before New York’s Luke Temple gained attention with his new band Here We Go Magic (via Western Vinyl), he released his first solo CD in late 2005 ‘Hold A Match to a gasoline World’ on Mill Pond Records out...
New Navy: Zimbabwe
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sydney Australia’s New Navy have recently released their highly anticipated debut EP ‘Uluwatu’, with the first single re-released via new label Future Classic. Named after the location where the EP was conceived,...
Baby Teardrops: Smoo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn’s Baby Teardrops originally formed in 2007, and reunited in 2010 after a bit of a hiatus. All three members were previously involved in other projects that came to a halt once they reunited. “We decided it...
Jessica Jalbert: Par...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Edmonton songwriter Jessica Jalbert has finished mastering her debut album ‘Brother Loyola’, and has slated a September release for this very promising starting effort. She has two singles that have released a...
Kaleidophone: Goggle...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Kaleidophone formed in Aug 2007 in Maidstone in the UK, and have just completed their debut album What’s Your Tonic After signing with Tin Robot Records in 2009, Kaleidophone quickly began to gain popularity with...
Timmy Curran: Weary
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Retired professional surfer Timmy Curran just released his third album “Options” this past week on May 31st and we are pleased to announce its a very solid gift for his fans and all other newcomers to...
Sally Seltmann: You&...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
You may know Sydney Australia’s Sally Seltmann as the vocalist behind the moniker New Buffalo or perhaps from her brand new band gig, Seeker Lover Keeper with friends Sarah Blasko and Holly Throsby. After shedding the...
Mother Falcon: Firef...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Alhambra is the latest release from Texas based group Mother Falcon led by Austinite Nick Gregg, director of an ever-shifting flock of classical musicians in a soundscape of strings, brass, and drums with a modern...
Amanda Mair: House
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The fine folks over at Labrador Records recently sent over a new talent discovery out of Sweden, namely Amanda Mair. Only 15 years old (now 16) from an island outside Stockholm, Amanda didn’t have any official record...
Cut Off Your Hands: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hailing from New Zealand and formerly known as Shaky Hands, the pop-punk band CUT OFF YOUR HANDS decided to change their name due to a threat of legal action from a similarly-named American band (The Shaky Hands). As their...
New Animal: All I Wa...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Atlanta Georgia based new Animal are Kris Hermstad and Derek Burdette, and their self-titled album has 15 tracks and runs to 75 minutes of music in a wide variety of styles (described variously as ranging from bedroom pop to...
Hail! The Planes: Br...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hail! The Planes is a post-folk band from Cardiff that got their start in late 2007 when four friends got together and made a folky racket in a small room above an estate agents. Their influences run the gamut from...
Dust of Vraj: By the...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Taking their name from a spiritual village in India, Dust of Vraj is a cultural presentation of east meets west in a musical style that’s cutting edge, incorporating classical Indian instruments, ancient Sanskrit...
Singleton: If I̵...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Not to be mistaken for the band from Barcelona we’ve featured previously – Singleton are an indie rock band out of Kiev, Ukraine, a fixture of the local indie music since 2004. The group has extensive touring...
Mnemonic Sounds: Kee...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Portland’s Mnemonic Sounds released their debut album, Muscle Memories in July 2010. Since then, the band, founded by Peter Suk and Megan Ouchida, has achieved a significant degree of success in a short period of time....
Undesirable People: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we have something a little more harder edged for the Daily Dose, the 2nd infectious track ‘Resting as Ruins’ from Michigan group, Undesirable People’s debut EP. UP were formed in 2010 within a...
Maps & Atlases: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We were tipped off to this excellent free track by the Fat Cat Records SoundCloud site, a fresh blast of tropical beach pop posted from the newest album, ‘Perch Patchwork’ by Chicago’s Maps &...
The Black Watch: Emi...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their new album Led Zeppelin Five. Los Angeles based The Black Watch are long term favourites of Insomnia Radio. Their latest and boldly titled album is something like their seventeenth offering in their third decade of...
Tiny Victories: Lost...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tiny Victories debut recording, Mr Bones, has arrived. A Brooklyn via Athens/DC duo, Greg Walters and Cason Kelly combine experimental electronics with earthy vocals, lush orchestration, elements of noise rock and live...
Sunshine Factory: Lo...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Sunshine Factory are a band from Palmdale, taking their name from a preschool in the town, in California just outside of Los Angeles. They comprise Tony Hammons, Jordan Judge, John Karwoski and Corey Judge. “Sunshine...
The Madison Square G...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Their second album the Teeth of Champions EP was just released on First of Three Records/IODA. [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-themadisonsquaregardeners-innocent.mp3] Download “Innocent”...
Lord Huron: Mighty
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In the spring of 2010 Ben S. traveled easterly from Los Angeles to Northern Michigan. He spent a week at the site of his childhood retreats: the shores of Lake Huron. It was there he set to work developing a batch of songs...
Faith and Mark: Life...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Faith and Mark are Stephanie Faith Wiens and Mark Posillico, based in Brooklyn. Their album album Scientific Facts is available as individual free tracks from Bandcamp, or you can get the album in one go for $5. The duo...
Laura Stevenson &...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn’s Laura Stevenson was schooled in the traditional music of her grandfather and grandmother (composer of “The Little Drummer Boy” and vocalist for the Benny Goodman Orchestra respectively) from an early...
Bear Driver: Enemy
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Bear Driver’s twitter bio describes them as a six piece melodic, psych-pop band based between Leeds and London, UK. Their regular bio describes them as six people in a band that play instruments and take them up on...
The Seedy Seeds: Ver...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The concept for Cincinatti Ohio band The Seedy Seeds was born of a casual conversation in late 2005, in which the founding members hypothesized performing as a group with the instruments they owned but hadn’t yet learned...
Royal Forest: Civilw...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formerly known as Loxsly, Austin’s Royal Forest are slated to perform at this years musical edition of the South by Southwest Festival on Sat March 19th at the Marq – 11pm. You can pick up Royal Forest’s...
Smoosh: We Are Our O...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Withershins is the follow-up LP to Brooklyn/Seattle based band Smoosh’s 2006 release of Free To Stay, released on June 29, 2010. Last years new album was not released on any official record label, but independently...