Today after randomly searching for Wisconsin bands on a hunch, I miraculously ran into the brilliant new album by Madison, Wisconsin punkabilly band, WOOD CHICKENS. Their debut thirteen track debut “Countrycide”...
Lorenzo’s Musi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Madison, Wisconsin based group LORENZO’S MUSIC are back with some new music and signed to one of our favorite netlabels, Blocsonic! They released a new five-track EP “Cool Ships and heat exchangers” a few...
Of the Fact: On My O...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Of The Fact is a four-piece pop punk band from La Crosse, Wisconsin. They have always made it a point to give their music a strong presence and with their “do it yourself” attitude, they have gained the respect...
Elmer And The Cerami...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Janesville, Wisconsin lo-fi post-punk act Elmer & The Ceramic Trees released its third album, entitled Maps of Outer Space. The album was released digitally via BandCamp on Thursday, December 15, 2016. Maps of Outer...
Lakewaves: Rundown
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lakewaves is an ambient/electronic duo featuring keyboardists/composers Devin Powers (Bost, MA) and Graham Marlowe (Madison, WI). Today’s feature on the Dose comes from the group’s collaborative effort on BFW...
Lorenzo’s Musi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
IR favorites via Madison Wisconsin – Lorenzo’s Music – are back with a brand new solid track, “I Never Wanted to Say”, recently released to the masses in the past couple of months. We are...
Nick Maas: It Just D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
La Crosse, Wisconsin singer-songwriter Nick Mass has a new single out influenced by the likes of The Beach Boys and The Beatles, which we are definitely picking up on the first few listens. Anyway to top of the B category,...
Astronaut Husband: L...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Alec Grefe is a musician from Stevens Point, Wisconsin who has just released a fourth album as a solo project entitled “Then & Now”. We’ve been told its a two-part album, wherein the first half is a...
Something To Do: Man...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
At least a decade ago, when the site was less voluminous, I used to peruse the artist lists at CDBaby religiously, looking for standout music in the haystack. It was around 2002 that I had a Eureka moment, coming across the...
Boom Forest: Clean C...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Nashville, TN based artist (via Baraboo, WI) John Paul Roney has recently released one of the best albums this year, a nine track self-titled debut that came out Nov. 22nd. We recently caught wind of one of his messages via...
Sugar Stems: 6 Feet ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Betsy and Jon Heibler started the Sugar Stems in the fall of 2007 in Wisconsin with bassist Steph Swinney Conard and soon added Drew Fredrichsen on guitar. The band apparently issued a single and LP before releasing...
Porcupine: Witness t...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
La Crosse, WI trio Porcupine organically forges its singular brand of rock ‘n’ rock reminiscent of late-90s alternative without compromise. “We are kind of in the middle of nowhere – Midwest, small...
Brittsommar: Tell Me
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sawyer L Gebauer has come a long way in the past year. From recording Brittsommar’s first album Day of Living Velvet solo in an abandoned synagogue to working with artists and musicians from all over Europe and the US...
The Glorious Veins: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Bluesy post-punk rock band The Glorious Veins over the last few years have toured across the US, playing at SXSW and The Vans Warped Tour, and hitting 25 states. Last year they used Kickstarter to raise funds for their...
The Heart Pills: Bus...
posted by Rodrigo
The Heart Pills will tell you stories about the end of the world, pregnant women lost in the woods, dressed like animals to save the world. All true stories, they say, but you may find some bears feeding the children that...
Icarus Himself: On Y...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Icarus Himself was started by Nick Whetro in 2008 as a solo project and has developed into a trio to include drummer Brad Kolberg and multi-instrumentalist Karl Christenson. Career Culture is the third in a series of...
IR: Bonus Tracks #2 ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After the tail end of October I figured you all could use a palette cleanser to help wash away all the monster laden paranormal music and get us all back into the normal swing of things. Eight more tracks follow today, from...
The Celebrated Worki...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Milwaukee indie/prog rock “supergroup” is comprised of members of numerous other Milwaukee acts, so says our super-collective of bio printing friends at Last.FM. ‘Content Content’ is the name of The...
Northern Room: We...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
I had recently promised you all more Wisconsin-based rock over on my Twitter account after realizing that we were sorely lacking in showcasing the home state in which our trademark java is sent out to the masses for...
Lorenzo’s Musi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A year or two back we featured a demo of the Lorenzo’s Music song “Downtown” on the Daily Dose. Fast forward to this last week and we received the great piece of news that Bazar, their next studio album...
Insomnia Radio #156:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
IR Chicago #16 ̵...
posted by irchicago
Getting a little hardcore in this episode! We get to hear 2 bands from Illinois and 1 from Wisconsin! LET’S ROCK! Set List When After Comes – Spiral Trance Maybe – A.D.D. The Path – A.D.D. Monster...
IR Florida #18: The ...
posted by irflorida
Listen Now: [audio:https://insomniaradio.net/audio/irflorida18.mp3] Download This Episode Michael Powell is back as your host and producer of Insomnia Radio Florida. This episode is a...