Maybeshewill are an instrumental band from Leicester, UK formed by guitarists Robin Southby and John Helps while the pair were studying together at university in 2005. Apparently the band have a new album that just...

Vessels & Veins is the second EP from Scottish post-rock monsters Penguins Kill Polar Bears. Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut EP Dawn in June 2010, the band have been busy building their...

Today we take a look at a new acoustic release by Kilsyth, Scotland’s ‘The Twilight Sad’. The band actually got their start playing a few gigs in Glasgow, creating half hour pieces of music that...

Hot on the heels of Your Awful Kids, electro indie rockers What Would Jesus Drive are kicking off 2011 with another rip roaring EP – Fragile Mansions. Having played along side bands such as Dirty Pretty Things and...

Episode number 95 of Insomnia Radio: UK A slightly different format this time for the twelve tracks you’ll hear. Five artists from Nottingham, coincidentally. Probably. Recording Date: Sunday 8th May 2011 TRT:...

Hail! The Planes is a post-folk band from Cardiff that got their start in late 2007 when four friends got together and made a folky racket in a small room above an estate agents. Their influences run the gamut from...

Young Runaways are a six-piece from Wolverhampton in the UK who use violin, trumpet, trombone and keys blended with electric guitar, drums and bass to produce rock ‘n’ roll one moment and elegant chamber pop...

Episode Number 94 of Insomnia Radio: UK Eight tracks from UK artists, all of which were featured on our Daily Dose channel in the last few months. In January we passed to 1000 mark of consecutive daily tracks, since...

“Originally from Lancashire, currently living in Kilburn, Niteflights…named after a Scott Walker song…with indie influences and charismatic and crisp pop songs… which have gained them comparisons to...

Episode number 93 of Insomnia Radio UK. A special Episode featuring Slaves To Gravity, whose second album UNDERWATEROUTERSPACE is officially released Monday 18th April 2011 Recording Date: Saturday 16 April 2011 TRT:...

Manchester solo artist Michael Bear goes by the dream enduced name of Perendiz, an epiphany of sorts etched into his eyelids by morning’s wake, which he quickly typed into his iPhone and adopted as his moniker. ...

London UK post-dubstep trio Nedry has issued a new MP3 single and video for the song, “Dusk Till Dawn” in anticipation of the band’s U.S. live debut during SXSW in March. The “Dusk Till Dawn”...

Bournemouth, UK 5 piece band Rapids! formed in August 2009 and released their first 3 track, self titled EP a few months later in November. It was limited to just 200 copies and containing their earliest songs; Maps, Void...

Episode number 92 of Insomnia Radio: UK Eight great tracks from UK artists Recording Date: Sunday 13th February 2011 TRT: 45:20 Rating: Mostly Work Safe (a couple of Fs in the third...

From Ventriloquizzing, the eighth album released since they formed in 2000. Fujiya & Miyagi are a four piece band from Brighton on the South coast of England. They are self-described as being heavily influenced by...

Formed at the University of Manchester about five years back, The Answering Machine have their newest effort, LIFELINE coming out Feb. 21, released a few short years after their ’09 debut album Another City, Another...

London (Dalston) noise-pop trio Male Bonding plays fast. Nothing Hurts, the band’s first full-length, gets it done in half an hour, and most songs clock in at around two minutes. “I don’t like long songs,” says...

From the depths of North West London comes a stirring. For the past 6 months the bandits have been in hibernation; writing, recording, mostly sleeping, and are now ready to come back to the warm outdoors and hit the live...

Episode number 91 of Insomnia Radio: UK Not an End of Year or Christmas Special, just a bunch of great music from the UK Recording Date: Sunday 12 December 2010 TRT: 39:52 Rating: Work...

Wolf People are an English psychedelic rock band based in London, Bedford and North Yorkshire. They formed in 2006 around the release of a very limited CD EP on Sea Records as part of the Lifeboat Series.  They then...

Episode number 90 of Insomnia Radio: UK Nine UK Artists, one Guest, and IR & Podcrawl News. Recording Date: Sunday 31 October 2010 TRT: 47:24 Rating: Not Work Safe (the last two tracks have the...

Episode number 89 of Insomnia Radio: UK Broadcast Live on the IR 24/7 ShoutCast feed, this episode features eight tracks by UK artists. Recording Date: Sunday 10 October 2010 (10 10 10 – 42 in binary) TRT:...

Episode number 88 of Insomnia Radio: UK After a bit of a break, Insomnia Radio: UK is back with a varied episode. Five UK artists, one ex-pat band, and one Guest. Also, there is a Made In The UK Show special to celebrate...

London’s SWIMFASTER GODWHISPERS is back deep into Season 2 (aka Kolossus) of their singles release schedule. A Man From the Ivory Coast is the 11th single in their seasonal episodic release of 15th singles, each one...

Taking their name from a Roy Haynes album, Out of the Afternoon came together in August 2007, and began playing concerts a few months later. Core members Anna Sales, Nicholas Millard, Steven Eagles and Alex Szrok soon...

This is the new name for the Glasgow, UK based band Union of Knives, changed up in early 2010. We discovered this Glasgow, UK based group through Admiral Fallow’s Facebook page.  They were posting about a...

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...

Episode number 87 of Insomnia Radio: UK Seven tracks from UK artists, and one mystery guest artist. A very wide range of Styles and Genres. Recording Date: Sunday 08 August 2010 TRT: 41:43 Rating: Work...

Two Door Cinema Club are an Electropop/Indie Rock band from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland formed in 2007. They are signed to French record label Kitsuné Music, through which they released their debut album...

Episode number 86 of Insomnia Radio: UK. Eight tracks by UK artists. Quite an uplifting episode, despite having two bands with ‘death’ in their name. Recording Date: Saturday 24 July 2010 TRT: 42:24 Rating:...

Red Drapes are a four-piece band currently situated in London, England. Their melancholic sound and strong lyrical emphasis takes influence from post punk and new wave bands of the 80’s, The Smiths, Joy Division, Echo...

Episode number 85 of Insomnia Radio: UK, which returns after a bit of a gap, with twelve tracks by ten UK bands. Also news, from Made In The UK Show, AMP and Insomnia Radio regional news. Recording Date: Monday 31 May...