The New Year has arrived and what better inspiration moving forward then to hear four brand new releases by three old local friends to the network: Chance, Nico Stai, and The Black Watch; as well as one new courtesy of...

After a notable period over which he issued three EP sized collections of singles, Los Angeles based musician Chance has just released his newest long awaited pièce de résistance, “”Famous Words &...

The New Year was formed in the summer of 1999, has released three albums on Touch and Go Records – Newness Ends, in February 2001, The End is Near, in May 2004, and the just-released self-titled album The New Year in...

From their 2007 Album Funny Day Bird Mancini’s third and newest CD features 13 all new songs with lush vocal arrangements–performed entirely by Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini–along with a plethora...

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Sarah Hethcoat has released her new EP “Nobody Likes a Bully” on October 27, 2008, produced by famed producer Dave Cobb (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Chris Cornell). The...

Here at The Socal Sessions, we have several containers full of musical goodness passed down from the Daily Dose feed that we will be slowly releasing into this stream over the next few months. Once new tracks are released...

XO Publicity, a small PR firm established in 2003, recently put out a free Holiday Sampler entitled “XO for the Holidays”, featuring a wealth of holiday themed songs from artists such as The Service Group,...

After the unexpected deaths of his sister and father, Geographer founder Michael Deni left his hometown in New Jersey for San Francisco. He spent the next several months with his guitar and a synthesizer he found on the...

Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, this is from their 2008 album Blood Red Tape There’s an old adage that says that good things come in threes, and that number has certainly found significance for independent...

Based in Chicago, Illinois. From the album Red Right Return – Nov 2008. Drawing power from the world’s grid of hurt, desperation, and conflict, Janus now resides in the dark corners of loss, a future of...

Named after a Konami cheat code used on retro gaming platforms, New Jersey’s Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start recently called it quits. Luckily before they disbanded, they left us with the fantastic 2007...

Ben Franklin once said, “Energy & persistence conquer all things” and Greensville, South Carolina group Noxious is the living embodiment of that statement. The band managed to sell over 2000 copies of...

New Zealand group Surf City first came in to existence when bored friends Davin Stoddard and Josh Kennedy met at a party in Mt Roskill in 2004. Tired of the heavy avant-garde music that was prolific at the time Stoddard...

Los Angeles based musician Nico Stai recently played to a packed house at Ghettogloss, an art gallery in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles and the venue for the recent CD release of his sophomore EP, The Victory of...

From Regina Saskatchewan, this is the second appearance on the Insomnia Radio Network for Canadian group, Geronimo. Geronimo formed from the ashes of Despistado who were on the Jade Tree label, and later released a six...

From Scottish band The Twilight Sad, Cold Days From the Birdhouse opens with a reoccurring piano ping, steadfastly continuing throughout a majority of the song up until it ultimately tapers off in the end. We know its...

Sunday Eyes is from Portland Oregon band, The Standard‘s fifth album, Swimmer, released in September on Partisan Records. Swimmer represents the collaborative song writing of Jay Clarke (keys), Rob Oberdorfer (bass),...

Earlier this afternoon I took on the task to look up past members of an incredible band called Stick Figures that existed once upon a time at my alma matter, Cal State Northridge in the early 90s. I knew two of the...

This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That. New York shredder Marnie Stern has just released a new album on Kill Rock Stars as of Oct 7th and the album...

Sirens in the Deep Sea is the first track on Longwave’s new album Secrets Are Sinister, officially releasing on Nov. 11th via Original Signal Recordings. From New York, Longwave got their start in 1999. After the...

AMPED: Show #147 This week’s host: Rowland from The DarkCompass Podcast Show: Indie Music Sampler Song: Brazillian Nights (Jack Jezzro ) Show: PC Podcast with Pete Cogle Song: Just Say Who (Almamegretta) Show: The...

The long awaited sophomore album by LA based Secret Dakota Ring will thankfully be here in late October. It apparently has a title, Cantarell, with artwork designed by Jacob Berendes, who also designed the cover of the...

BIG BOLD LETTERS, Cruiserweight‘s new album arrives October 7th on Doghouse Records and we couldn’t be happier!   One of their new tracks, Balboa, was released recently on Cruiserweight Rocks the Moon along...

AMPED: Show #146 This week’s host: Colin from the Ourobouros Podcast Show: PC Podcast with Pete Cogle Song: Rich (Say) Show: Eclectic Mix Song: Twelve Oceans (Twilight Dementia) Show: The DarkCompass Podcast Song:...

The year is obviously 2008, not 2005 as the evil announcer at the show header describes. Yes, as you will quickly notice, there is some sort of robotic, computer, and videogame nerdery meshed together unseamlessly in this...

From Selkirk Scotland, we are happy to dish out another track by Frightened Rabbit off The Midnight Organ Fight – the first single from the April release, called Head Rolls Off. The Rabbit have a live album coming...

Elizabeth Powell of Montreal Quebec’s Land of Talk, met bandmates Chris McCarron and Mark Wheaton in the Jazz program at Concordia University after some attempts as a solo artist and efforts in other bands. After...

The international special of the day is indie power-pop from Brazil, heavy on the moog and sweet audio butter, primarily influenced by such bands such as The Rentals, Cardigans, and Weezer. Wonkavision sings half their...

Three years have passed since seminal UK group The Wedding Present released their last full length masterpiece Take Fountain, after an eight year lull. They are back with the Steve Albini produced El Rey, written by lead...

We recently received a message from one of our favorite bands here at Insomnia. Patrick Keenan of The Winter Sounds wanted to proudly share one of the new tracks they just recorded over at Cacophony Recorders in Austin,...

From Vancouver British Columbia, we are happy to present a brand new band for you today called The Truegoods, formed in 2007 and currently working on recording and completing their debut release, Lollipops and Hand...

Level 12 sums up their sound nicely in their bio: What if you took rock, soul, metal, tribal, funk, and jazz and put them in a big pot? Then what if you wrapped your head in tin foil and stuck your head in the microwave?*...