IR: UK #51 [Insomnia Radio: UK]

Insomnia Radio: UK #51

No particular theme, just a mix of eight songs by UK artists, with minimal interruptions from me. Hope you enjoy this slightly shorter, terser, format, it is an attempt to simplify things for me, to be able to get more great new UK music to you …

Sundial Project: Someday [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Sundial Project are hard at work planning promotion and mini-tours to build momentum for their September 2008 full length album release. With recent appearances on San Bernardino's X103.9 FM and UCLA Radio, as well as features in The Press Enterprise and Inland …

Lowry: One Thing [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Brooklyn, NY based group Lowry just released their debut album Love is Dead on Engine Room Recordings, and its a devastatingly romantic glimpse inside the world of this indie folk quintet.

Today's feature, One Thing, starts off with a very Nick Drakesque acoustic strum …

Airstrip One: Crashing Cars [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Takka Takka: We Feel Safer at Night [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Takka Takka has a new album out called Migration on Ernest Jenning Record Co. Instead of firing up songs from that release, we are going to first introduce you to these New York based musicians by heading back to their 2007 release, where you will find one of my …

Cruiserweight: Balboa [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

BIG BOLD LETTERS, Cruiserweight's new album arrives October 7th on Doghouse Records and we couldn't be happier!

CSS: Rat is dead (rage) [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

 

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Shrewd Lucy: Stuck [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Shrewd Lucy is Collyn Pankratz who plays Vocals / Guitars / Harmonica / Percussion / Bass and everything else. Born and raised in Alaska, now resident in Oceanside, San Diego, California. Stuck is from Shrewd Lucy's 2007 release Mirror, head over to

Insomnia Radio #159: FU Robot [Insomnia Radio: Kill Your FM]

The year is obviously 2008, not 2005 as the evil announcer at the show header describes. Yes, as you will quickly notice, there is some sort of robotic, computer, and videogame nerdery meshed together unseamlessly in this episode, gladly supplied by this …

IR: Detroit #20 - The Shram Band! [Insomnia Radio: Detroit]

This episode features an incredible interview and music from The Shram Band! I had the chance to interview Brian Schram (Lead vocals and Guitar) and Jason Heartless (Drums) in Ann Arbor earlier this year when they were opening up for The Dreaming.

This band has a …

Frightened Rabbit: Head Rolls Off [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

From Selkirk Scotland, we are happy to dish out another track by Frightened Rabbit off The Midnight Organ Fight - the first single from the April release, called Head Rolls Off. The Rabbit have a live album coming out late next month called Liver! Lung! FR! that you …

the Transisters: Under Control [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Land of Talk: Some Are Lakes [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Elizabeth Powell of Montreal Quebec's Land of Talk, met bandmates Chris McCarron and Mark Wheaton in the Jazz program at Concordia University after some attempts as a solo artist and efforts in other bands. After releasing their first EP in April of 2006, they are …

Wonkavision: O

The international special of the day is indie power-pop from Brazil, heavy on the moog and sweet audio butter, primarily influenced by such bands such as The Rentals, Cardigans, and Weezer. Wonkavision sings half their songs in Brazilian Portuguese and the other half …

65daysofstatic: I Swallowed Hard Like I Understood [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Originally formed to try and write music to fit the unreleased and little known John Carpenter flick 'Stealth Bomber' starring Kurt Russell.

Waves: Can You Say [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

By IR's new music reviewer Sarah

Italian band Waves apparently only took 10 days to record their album 'On Air', which is astonishing as it comes across as a polished and very well produced work. Their sound is epic and ethereal in equal measures, and the album skips …

The Wedding Present: Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

Three years have passed since seminal UK group The Wedding Present released their last full length masterpiece Take Fountain, after an eight year lull. They are back with the Steve Albini produced El Rey, written by lead singer David Gedge while living in Los Angeles. …

My Fiction: Go [Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose MP3 Blog]

From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

'My Fiction have melded genres to create their sound, which is giving them the opportunity to become another band from our parts to achieve widespread recognition.... With the fun of indie pop and the passion of alt-rock, My …