Formed in San Francisco in the spring of 2006, The Union Trade consists of Don Joslin (guitar), Nate Munger (bass/vocals), Eric Salk (guitar /vocals), and Dan Rodkewich (drums). The Union Trade’s sound is the product of a...

Losing ourselves in the San Francisco night, today’s Daily Dose takes a look inside Return To Mono‘s hybrid sound experimentations, specifically the sultronica musings of their track ‘Losing Faith’. ...

So you are done with Side A, no? If not, you’ve stumbled across the second side of our mixtape set tipping a hat toward the Siren Music Festival presented annually at Coney Island, NY by the Village Voice. The image...

On July 19, 2008 an incredible selection of musical talent assembled under the shadow of the famed eighty-one year old Cyclone rollercoaster at the storied community of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. This mixtape is a...

Starting out with a few appearances at a local open-mic showcase, Bag of Toys has quickly risen up the San Francisco venue circuit by entertaining the masses at venues such as The Independent and Slim’s while sharing...

  Formed in early 2006 in San Francisco, California, One Becomes One Hundred is an independent, alternative pop/rock band. The name implies exponential growth stemming from simplicity, a phrase that aptly describes...

UPCOMING ALBUM, “City Lights Are Blinding You” IN THE STREETS THIS JUNE 2008 Song of the Siren’s upcoming debut, City Lights Are Blinding You, is a no-frills showcase of the band’s ever-growing...

From Oakland, CA comes a three piece indie rock group aptly titled Songs for Mom, comprised of Molly / Allana (guitar / bass / vox), and Carey (drums). This last year they finished up a nationwide tour, having the chance to...

Artist: Chuck Prophet | Homepage | Myspace | Track: Freckle Song Album: Soap and Water [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/chuckprophet_frecklesong.mp3] San Fran’s own Chuck Prophet is rockin’ the house at...

Enjoy the second volume of The Best Music You’ve Never Heard. As with Volume 1, this mix contains a little bit of everything: guitar-driven rock, nouveau 80’s new wave, power punk, roots… whatever I felt like throwing...

It’s time once again to celebrate the modern psychedelic. Some say the psychedelic aesthetic was born here in the SF Bay Area. Others will argue it started in Orange County with the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds,...

It’s time once again to celebrate the modern psychedelic. Some say the psychedelic aesthetic was born here in the SF Bay Area. Others will argue it started in Orange County with the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, while...

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...

The forecast for episode 21 is slightly mellow for the most part with a touchy of twanginess… 1. Food Will Win The War | Amassed Complications Their CD, “Dark Mono 3,” is available for purchase at their...

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...

Welcome to Episode 50 of the show! I’m switching up the format slightly here, as I don’t do any real talking until the very end. Instead, I’ll let other show hosts and artists do the talking for me! Enjoy...

Feelin’ in a mellow mood this week, y’all. Enjoy these eight great tracks from San Francisco and beyond. Andy Scisco: Only Laughing The Cloves: A Million Reasons Jonah Matranga: So Long You Said Saturday:...

Why such a weird title? 1. Three of the bands featured on this week’s show hail from the Great White North. 2. All the music has a distinctly 80’s new wave/post-punk type of feel. To me, at least. 3. NOTHING...

Last week I had the incredible fortune to sit down for a couple of hours and innumerable pints with John Sellers , the author of the hilarious, frank, and amazing book Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life . In...

On this week’s show, I feature alternate takes of four tracks. The bands may have originally recorded these as demos and then later fleshed them out for full-lengths, or they just wanted to take the songs in a...

Sorry for the long absence, guys. I hope to regain my once-frequent schedule of releasing a show about every week. But hopefully the wait will have been worth it. In this show, we start off in San Francisco, fly across the...

In anticipation of the Warped Tour launching through Southern California this weekend, we figured it was time to compile a straight-forward hour-long collection of tracks, with artists from Michigan, Florida, Philly,...

OK, so maybe I did crib the title of this episode from a certain 90’s post-grunge album, and as ironic as its namesake, it is anything but Sugary-sweet or “easy listening”. Featured in this week’s...

Well, I was never really in exile–just extremely busy at work and in my personal life. I’m back though with a fresh batch of killer music that you’ll want to run out and buy. Or at least listen to again...

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...

Energy level: Up. Enthusiasm level: Up. Talking quotient: Down. Music quotient: Kick. Ass. And be sure to hit me up at Virb! [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/IRSF-42.mp3] DOWNLOAD HERE Eight Reasons to Drain Your...

The episode is named not only after one of the tracks in the setlist, but by the sheer fact that all of these songs are cranium-lodgers (i.e. catchy as hell). So they have that in common, for sure. There’s one more...

Forty episodes in, and I feel like I’m just gettin’ warmed up. (Though I couldn’t think of a clever title to save my life.) Enjoy music from 10 bands brand spankin’-new to this show, and all from SF...

The title of this episode refers to the predominance of slide guitar in the music. Introducing an IRSF first: an all-Americana episode. I also blather on incessantly about the 1 year anniversary of this show, which began...

Would have been eight songs but for that $*&#@! DRM that is part and parcel of the lovely iTunes Music Store. (For more on that, read this.) No ranting and raving in the show, just a scratchy throat and miscellaneous...

This week the spotlight is on the Jackpine Social Club label, who keeps its home in San Francisco. I’ve featured many of these artists on previous shows, which only goes to show that these guys have been on my radar...

This is Part 2 of the Psychedelic Psycelebration, first started back on Episode 28. Most of the bands and artists are from the SF Bay Area, and some have been previously featured on this show. So get out yer lava lamps and...