Still Corners is the songwriting duo of Austin’s Greg Hughes and Londoner Tessa Murray, both having initially met when Hughes got off a train at the wrong station in London and met Murray. Much later on they signed to...
Someday I Will Miss ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Not too long ago a Croatian native informed us there’s not much you can do in their town of Karlovac except for taking long walks by its rivers and apparently “recording songs about ordinary love.” This...
Mano’s Daughte...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Mano’s Daughter is an electronic three-piece synth band based in London UK with the lineup of Sarah Carter (Vocals), Matthias Garrick (Synths, programming) and Dan See (Drums). They are stated to be a mixture of Polica,...
FLASH/LIGHTS: Scarve...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Here’s one last quality single to celebrate the end of 2013, coming from Colorado’s FLASH/LIGHTS, a group featuring a rotating cast of Denver musicians and fronted by vocalist/producer Ethan Converse. This new...
Violens: Totally Tru...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Violens’ forthcoming album, True, finds the Brooklyn three-piece blasting us with a wash of 90s sonic pop drawn from artists like Pale Saints, Cocteau Twins and McCarthy. The album’s first single, “Totally...
Wild Party: Take My ...
posted by Jason Evangelho
Imagine The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Flock of Seagulls got locked into a studio for a week with nothing but their instruments, a disco ball and a healthy supply of grain alcohol. What do you get when you take five...
Tiddabadés: Colours
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tiddabadés is a Wellington based dancecore four piece in New Zealand, apparently self-proclaimed as “The Most Mispronounced Band In The Southern Hemisphere ™ “. Formerly Batman Tiddabadés, they weld the...
Pallers: The Kiss
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Labrador released the single “The Kiss” by Sweden’s most blissed-out duo, Pallers, on May 26. A track said to be influenced by a DJ-set by Tobi Neumann in Ibiza which offers an unrivaled blend of hypnotic...
Zola Jesus: Night
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Zola Jesus is the endeavor of a solitary girl named Nika Roza Danilova to simultaneously combat and invoke the approaching apocalypse using the only weapon/offering she has; her voice. After a decade of opera study and a...
Sleepless Nights: Ra...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
I think in many ways our staff here at Insomnia Radio can relate to the name of our featured band as well as track name today. I basically had stumbled across this new track by Canada’s SLEEPLESS NIGHTS when I was...
The Bloodsugars: Pur...
posted by Jason Evangelho
We last featured The Bloodsugars on Insomnia Radio #112, waaayyy back in a time known as January 2006. We were floored by the organic, infectious hooks of “Bloody Mary” and the gang definitely have not abandoned...
Hippocampus: Razor B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hippocampus is the moniker of Sioux Falls, SD native Tom Weismantel. The hippocampus is also part of the forebrain, and plays major roles in short term memory and spatial navigation. Interesting, no? The former version...
The Pragmatic: Circl...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From St. Louis but with some Portuguese roots, The Pragmatic fuse their love of analog synthesizers into a electro-blitz of new wave that really needs to be seen in their live show to be fully appreciated (see attached...
Sentinel: Avalanche
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sentinel, a dream-pop four piece from Oakland has returned with another very solid effort on their May 2008 release, “Kites Without Strings”. Avalanche is the second track off their new CD, a beautiful and...
Bell Hollow: Copper ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New York four-piece Bell Hollow has crafted a dark, lush, and somewhat wistful ten song masterpiece in their newest release ‘Foxgloves’. The song we are featuring today, ‘Copper Crayon’, immediately...
Pic Vicious: L.A. Dr...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lurking in our latest Southern California musical carousel comes Pic Vicious, a sinister local duo backed by the synth beats of Devcon Industries, and whom have roots in the local hip-hop scene. We definitely have a few...