Today’s feature “Absolution” is the beautiful opening track from the newest six track EP “Heroes” via Portugal indie three-piece rock band KOALA. The new EP was released October of 2017 and...

Budapest is the second track off the latest 2016 4 track EP “The Difference Between a House and a Home” by Lisbon Portugual based shoegaze band, TREEHOUSES 2290. We initially ran into some very solid efforts on...

Portuguese experimental indie-folk band MAHOGANY issued their eight track debut release ‘a house in iceland‘ back in 2015 through ZigurArtists. This is a collective netlabel from Lamego, Portugal, home to various...

Flembaz are Pedro Artur and João Bandarra from Lisbon, Portugal, the founders and owners of Blind Arc. Their main focus is to release quality techno and psychedelic music, and have been doing so since 2011. With 3 full...

Daily Misconceptions is João Santos, namely his electronic musical project based out of Lisboa, Portugal focusing on homemade electronic beats, glitchy pop like melodies, lo-fi singing and expanded cinema as a live...

The New Geometry is a post-rock and shoegaze band plying their musical craft out of Porto, Portugal. They released their excellent self titled debut 3-track EP on March 19th through the Netlabel, Enough Records with great...

In September the finest independent music by Portuguese artists is made by rock, two songs in Portuguese, one instrumental and the opening track that have been making people in the Azores islands real crazy. Rodrigo is...

Insomnia Radio: Portugal Metal gets its hands on the second show dedicated to hard music by Portuguse artists. Instrumental music, hardcore, real hard hardcore and heavy rock. It’s here in a five track playlist showing...

The 21st show of Insomnia Radio: Portugal brings you another eclectic mix of the finest independent music by Portuguese artists. Folk, electronic, pop and rock. Also notice releases under Creative Commons Licence and a band...

Hi everyone, I’m proud to present my first solo album “Wings”. Although this is a totally “do it yourself” project, i would never make it without the help of some very special friends and artists. Yellow says...

In the weekend I’m celebrating 7 years of podcasting, I couldn’t let this date pass without putting up another show with the finest independent music from Portugal. Have a great 2013. 1: Carl Mendes – Cheer...

Goodbye, Labrador, with roots in Brooklyn, Barcelona and Prague, blend stateside harmonies with distinctly European nostalgia. A Thousand Times Before, their second record, is a dreamy, guitar-driven collection of skilfully...

Welcome to the official first show of Insomnia Radio: Portugal Metal. Wonderful hard-rock and metal from Portugal is coming your way. 1: Phazer – I’ve Been Shot (Buy and download for free at Bandcamp) 2: HU...

After another long break, we’re back to the finest independent music from Portugal. Hosted from the Azores islands, by Rodrigo, the 19th show features some recent releases, as also releases from previous...

What’s this unexpected package you may ask? Today brings the 181st full length episode of Insomnia Radio, with a tribute to the promotional wonders of Boston’s MJ Epstein Memorial Library as our representative...

With origins in Luxembourg, The Mystery Artist is in fact a Portuguese band. Unquietness, their second album is available as a free download through Enough Records, an excellent Portuguese netlabel. And though the album was...

Rodrigo de Sá hosts from the Azores islands, Portugal, the 180th edition of our main show. This show includes only artists that submitted their music to us. We must say thank you to all of them, as the quality of their...

Bernardo Sassetti (Lisbon, 24-June-1970 – Cascais, 10-May-2012), Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer. [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-bernardosassetti-sonhodosoutros.mp3] Download Sonho dos...

The 18th edition of the show that brings you the finest independent music by Portuguese artists has a special feature on band that work with our friend Raquel Lains and Let’s Start a Fire. 1: a Jigsaw – The...

It’s hard to choose a track from Time Travelling Is Heavy, the free album by Marty Was Right. Actually, this is not a band, it’s a one man project from Lisbon, Portugal. Guitars play a major part on...

We are back, and again with a special playlist. This time you will listen to dance and electronic music. Some emerging artists and some established, still independent artists. 1: Sun Glitters – Beside Me 2: Dj Guax...

Today’s cover art won’t fool you. We are posting a very appropriate song for your most haunted thoughts, yet inspiring. Jessica Letho is the woman that owns the main voice of Factory of Dreams, while Hugo Flores...

Surrounded by the blue sea on the right, green mountains on the left, a tree with birds singing on my back a dog and some cows in front of me, this show was recorded outside my house, in the balcony. And if you think this...

On this month’s show we bring you very much anticipaded releases in Portugal. Including, and very much proud of it, you will listen to a release by one of the most apriciated bands from the Azores islands. As always I...

Too dangerous to be available as a free download, Smal Town Gossip will change the way you listen to rock music. The fabulous young The Doups have released this month their full length much anticipaded first album. They...

Today’s dose is by the Portuguese band Evols. They are based in the north city of Oporto. They have released a selftitled album, wich you can download or get it on vinyl. Evols are not guitars or fuzzwahs or...

Welcome back to Insomia Radio: Portugal. The best portuguese independent music is back with the monthly show, right from the Azores Islands. After a long unexpected delay, I am back. Sorry for that. Well, not for being back....

When asked if we could use their songs at Insomnia Radio, they said we could and we should. No wonder why we should. Suprah, the Portuguese band from Lisbon, don’t disapoint those who are looking for a powerful rock...

  We are used to listen to 30 seconds of a song, as a preview. Some of us live in countries that allow us to listen to 1 minute and 30 seconds of each song as a preview. But in this case, I just needed 1 second to know that...

Sun Glitters sound is an ocean of lush melodies, pitch-shifted vocal samples, ghostly digi-diva choirs, warm bass melodies driven by alternately dense and relaxing beatwork combinations between downtempo and wonky...

Recently Utter were in São Miguel island, here in the Azores, and I was with them the whole weekend, including in the backstage. When I left, wich happened 10 minutes before they started the concert, they told me to get...

Layers of Love United, the new album by the portuguese band Norton, is the face of a new era for the band. Their goal was to create an album with songs. Not just tracks. Songs you can sing, connect and remember. This new...