You’ve heard this one before, haven’t you? Band X defies classification. It makes for good bio copy, but almost every time those words are uttered/typed/tweeted/etc., somebody’s full of shit. Minus The Bear, however...

From their album Our Own Devices released earlier this year. Stereo Sons are an original three-piece rock band based in Seattle, Wa. Their sound is driven by the strange musical chemistry between post-punk singer/guitarist...

On May 28, 2009, Seattle’s HARVEY DANGER announced that “After 15 years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and far more twists and turns than we ever imagined possible, we’ve decided to put Harvey Danger...

From their forthcoming EP “Strange Boy”, released in October. Graystar is a constantly evolving music project, a five piece band now based in Seattle, USA. At its core is Dominic James, singer songwriter from...

From the Album “im not as good at it as you” S is Jenn Ghetto, co-leader of sorely missed Carissa’s Wierd. The songs on her new album are shining with Ghetto’s singular ability to write lyrics...

From their 2009 release Good Luck Studio Jace Krause and Hannah Williams met in college during a music theory class. It was three years later when they connected again, a chance encounter during a show at Seattle’s...

Putting the days to bed, the third LP from Seattle’s The Long Winters, combines the lyrical intimacy and melodic complexity of the ultimatum EP with the guitar pop rave-ups of the bands previous full lengths. The two...

Kids and Animals is a five-piece experimental indie rock band from Seattle, WA, with sounds hinting at the likes of the intricate epic rock of Explosions In The Sky, the edgy guitars and group vocals of Cymbals Eat Guitars,...

Message To Garcia is a collection of Visqueen songs that represents a rock and roll epitaph to front woman Rachel Flotard’s father. After garnering countless fans, reviews, and playing shows with everyone from Guided...

From the album House To House on Spark And Shine...

Seattle, Washington’s Throw Me the Statue is currently working on their second album, Creaturesque, available August 4 (Worldwide) and August 17 (UK), via Secretly Canadian. Originally the one-man project of...

Today’s episode warms us up a bit with a healthy dose of rock from UK, Canada, New York, Mexico City (and beyond) before our founder, Jason Evangelho takes over the controls for IR #165. The name of this episode has...

Today is obviously Mother’s Day in most parts and as a reminder-tribute, we are cuing up an oligatory track by Seattle’s “Say Hi (To Your Mom)”, titled something along the lines of “Oh” x...

Written by: Jason Evangelho Bratty, spastic, melodic, indie-punk. These are all words I could use to describe Los Campesinos! (roughly translated: The Peasants) – upon a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th listen. The first time I...

Seattle, Washington’s Hey Marseilles plays simple folk songs, interweaving orchestral instrumentation with melodic musings on time and place. Having garnered favorable reviews since their formation in late 2006,...

Today’s episode starts off with a little CB chatter from a cat in New Jersey talking to his homeboy Juice in Northern California – then launches into a standout intro track by the funk and soul powerhouse, T Bird...

The Bran Flakes are back! Six years since their last full release, Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt return with the thrillingly fun I Have Hands on Illegal Art. Formed in 1992 amidst tape and zine trading scenes, The Bran Flakes...

From Seattle, Washington What can I say. Old School Punk. Noisy and Short (1:10). [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-thespits-spitmeout.mp3] Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes | Subscribe to...

There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, Head Like A Kite’s second full-length album, and first for Mush, is an expert blend of electronic rock production and pure pop-songcraft built on a bed of pillaged found-sound from cities...

Seattle’s Stuporhero is back with their third and latest album, Weightless, and they are pleased to announce that it’s available as a free download here on their website. In addition to high quality 320 kbps...

Today we bring you what they call in your country, ‘The Coffee Break’. Its a nice assortment of different sound selections starting off a heavier note and gradually ending at a light-hearted party somewhere in...

Happy Independent’s Day. Today we bring you a glowing nugget from the new, yet fire-tested Seattle, Washington group Search/Rescue. The song is entitled Fireflies from S/R’s debut 10 song CD, “The...

The Turn-ons have been performing in the Northwest, California and NY with bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, British Sea Power, and Ulrich Schnauss, and tirelessly writing and recording new material over the past 8 years....

Following up on the first all hip-hop episode here at Insomnia Radio back at the end of 2006 (#103 – He’s Playing WHAT???), we eagerly bring you sixteen high quality tracks from a wide selection of regional...

After Stuart’s 45 minute in-flight entertainment programming, our plane touches down in the Far East… well… far enough east – New Jersey. We begin our journey diving fist first into the action with...

From Seattle, we are pleased to bring you Katharine Hepburn’s Voice, two very close friends (D.W. Burnam & Shannon Perry) who came together to form their ‘band’ after being in a previous music project...

Seattle’s own Throw Me the Statue released their debut album “Moonbeams” earlier this year, which was crafted with the assistance of Casey Foubert (Sufjan Stevens, Pedro The Lion). TMtS was formed by Scott...

Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irseattletheend.mp3] I figured it would be appropriate for IR Seattle to eventually make it’s entrance into the new website where it left off. The show has...

DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irtscspb3.mp3] Last Sunday: Scenario at the Scene (*warning: show synopsis written after experiencing excessive high-end frequencies during performances) A tour...

Episode 100 brings the entire IR Family together, with each host recording a special segment for our first Triple Digit show! No frills, no segments, no hype, just the hosts and the music. Enjoy this, and if you like what...

Well, I bought some new recording equipment but it didn’t work the way I wanted to, so I ended up using the old rig for this show. No matter, it’s all about the music, and the music on this show Kicks. Major....