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...

From Austin, Texas, and from their self titled (apart from the initial capitalization) 11 track 2008 album . major Major are: Jason- Keyboard, vocals Dave- Guitars, bk vocals Craig- Guitars, bk vocals Jordan-...

Austin’s ‘The Lovely Sparrows’ blend lush, complex arrangements with sing-along choruses that bring to mind glorious folk-inflected pop and well-written novellas. They self-released a 7inch single in 2005...

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead New Album The Century Of Self, extensive tour, check myspace.com/trailofdead for...

Balmorhea, pronounced Bal-moor-ay, has always been Rob Lowe and Michael Muller from Austin, Texas, but have recently added four more players to the lineup, on violin, upright bass, cello, and drums respectively. Drifting...

If you happen to be in Austin this March for SXSW, I’d highly recommend you check out the firing soul, funk, and r&b combo – T Bird & The Breaks. High School for the lead singer Tim Crane, A.K.A. T Bird,...

An overdue Insomnia-laden journey has left us saddle-sore as we have traveled long and far these last few months in order to document a motley assortment of musicians.  We uncovered them amongst the wild trappers of...

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...

Zykos, an upbeat indie five-piece from Austin Texas, put forth this new EP in the last year, a follow up to two full length LPs released since their inception in 2003. The Keep it Light EP was produced by Mike McCarthy...

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...

From Dallas Texas, comes a well crafted folk-rock styled pop song from Ezra Thomas which I first heard a little over a year ago. I was reminded of the track when Ike’s swirling eye changed trajectory this evening...

Experimental Aircraft was formed in October 1997 in Austin, Texas. Two years after formation, the band produced and released their self-titled debut in 1999 on sleepy bunny records (a fictitious local label). In March of...

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...

From their album Wild Streaks & Windy Days (2008) The third release from The Boxing Lesson, Wild Streaks & Windy Days is a simultaneously modern and classic journey through the dark side of the conscious mind....

https://insomniaradio.net/audio/dailydose/irdd-theblackangels-bloodhounds.mp3 The Black Angels “Bloodhounds On My Trail” (mp3) from “Passover” (Light In The Attic) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at...

Download | Subscribe [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/iruk45.mp3] Song List and Links: Our Lunar Activities – It Comes in Waves From: Stornaway Links: Myspace British Sea Power – Down on the Ground From:...

If any of you haven’t noticed all my excessive posts on Twitter yammering on about all the bands playing this year at the South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin, TX… well… this posting is to confirm it...

This session has a French title although it was probably butchered by the Babel Fish free translator to mean something completely offensive. In a perfect world it should roughly translate to ‘Female Musicians of...

Mini-Novela Catorce: Episode fourteen receives a Bitter:Sweet slap and enters the world on an electronic wave of bossa nova followed by a live Jazz Bakery performance by sweltering vocalist, Sara Gazarek. Leo from the TLP...

Presenting a somewhat wide cross-section of the LA music scene, ‘This is the City’ brings us several tracks from a cadre of talented artists with new undiscovered music to share with the world. Fishbone returns...

Welcome back gang! Day 2 of the IR 2006 recap kicks off with one of my all time favorites by the Negatones and continues with 7 more tracks that get lodged in your cranium. FEBRUARY 2006 RETROSPECTIVE 1) The Negatones...