Just a quick update on what we’re planning for the Main Insomnia Radio Show

The Daily Dose has been going from strength to strength over the four and a half years since we decided to make it truly Daily in April 2008. Well over 2,000 free MP3 downloads since then. But the Dose doesn’t allow us to feature all the great independent music we are sent, which deserves to be heard.

So. We’ve decided to relaunch the Main Show, starting now. The format will be familiar, featuring great independent bands from around the world. But because of where we receive music from most, probably an emphasis on US and UK bands.

It is likely that we won’t be following a strict timetable, we’ll put out a show when we have about an hour of great music sent to us, rather than ‘every Wednesday’ for example.

Please join us for IR: 183, coming very soon.

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Welcome to episode 29 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. On this week’s episode, Erk gets a little punky. Reading around on Facebook, Erk decided to throw open this week’s episode for Australian punk bands on the Aussie Punk Facebook group. With a couple of bands known to me already, several other band members threw their hands up & decided to attract my attention.

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Song list (all times approximate):

• 01:50 – Induction – Kang (direct)
• 05:09 – DistRess – Kang (direct)
• 09:30 – I Heart Radio – Kang (direct)
• 16:20 – Solitaire – Handball Deathmatch (direct)
• 18:50 – Generic Acoustic Song – Handball Deathmatch (direct)
• 21:30 – Perfect Left – White Oak And Stuyvesant (direct)
• 25:45 – Hazard Slip – White Oak And Stuyvesant (direct)
• 32:09 – Tightrope Walker – Too Soon! (direct)
• 34:23 – I’m Not Complaining, You’re Complaining – Too Soon! (direct)
• 39:45 – One Man Wolfpack – No Further Questions (direct)
• 44:25 – Nice Shoes Brian – No Further Questions (direct)
• 50:09 – (a call to) Disorder – The De Niros (direct)
• 53:23 – Never Trust A Hipster – The De Niros (direct)
• 54:50 – Dead Again – Revellers (direct)
• 57:11 – Captain Nothing – Revellers (direct)

 Welcome to episode 28 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. On this episode, Erk previews album launches & national tours. There’s also a treat for people who love guitars but might not like (or understand) the vocals. There’s also a band who has been on the radar for some time but Erk first heard via listening to the most carefully pronounced podcast in the world.

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Song list (all times are approximate):

• 02:15 – Cachango – Bellusira (direct)
• 06:03 – Culprit – Bellusira (direct)
• 09:30 – Sex Tourettes – Abbe May (SGC Media)
• 12:31 – Karmargeddon – Abbe May (SGC Media)
• 15:38 – Design Desire – Abbe May (SGC Media)
• 20:16 – Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard (SGC Media)
• 24:01 – Maybelene – The Love Junkies (SGC Media) 
• 27:00 – Baby Come Home – The Love Junkies (SGC Media) 
• 30:34 – In My Secret Life – King Erisson (Musik & Film)
• 36:38 – Day After Day – King Erisson (Musik & Film)
• 45:29 – Black Saturday – Frankenbok (direct)
• 50:28 – Revolutions – Prescient (direct)
• 59:27 – You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man – The Beards (via Suffolk & Cool)

Welcome to episode 27 of Insomnia Radio: Australia.  It is another milestone episode (to Erk at least!!!) for his sister show Erk FM: Australia but in terms of Insomnia Radio: Australia, it is business as usual. Erk thought that he would feature bands that he has never played before. Part of this was digging deep into the Insomnia Radio vault. 

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Song list (all times are approximate):

• 02:41 – See You Next Tuesday – High Side Driver (direct)
• 06:05 – Voices (I Hear) – High Side Driver (direct)
• 11:17 – Murder 1 – Wazu (Insomnia Radio)
• 17:29 – House Of Love – House Of Light (Insomnia Radio)
• 21:48 – Holy Moly – Motocade (Insomnia Radio)
• 25:47 – Peace Signs – Sharon Van Etten (Insomnia Radio)
• 28:30 – Capsular – Moon Holiday (Insomnia Radio)
• 32:20 – Zimbabwe – New Navy (Insomnia Radio)
• 35:31 – You’re Always – Sally Seltman (Insomnia Radio)
• 48:55 – You Should Do Better – Cut Off Your Hands (Insomnia Radio)
• 53:11 – By The Heart – Dust Of Vraj (Insomnia Radio)
• 01:00:46 – Darkness – Cosmic King (direct)
• 01:04:54 – B33z – Cosmic King (direct)

Welcome to Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 26. It’s a busy time for Erk watching live music in Sydney! Erk has been at one EP launch last weekend (Hard As Nails) & has another one this weekend (Vanity Riots). There is a lot of great music out there & in Sydney this last Saturday night, there is great music that Erk has featured on Erk FM & Insomnia Radio: Australia before in at least 5 different venues on the one night. Somehow Erk wishes he could be in several places at once! This week, Erk also found that a band he has featured before are starting to gig again with a new lineup.

In an unusual move for an Australian indie/unsigned band, Melbourne female fronted hard rock band Bellusira are making an attack on the Australian music charts by encouraging people to pre-order their debut album Connection via JB Hi-fi. Online pre-orders will be signed by the band. In-store pre-orders are also available. 

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Song list (all times approximate):

• 01:06 – Always – Hard As Nails (direct)
• 05:47 – Henry – Hard As Nails (direct)
• 10:58 – Ambulance – Vanity Riots (direct)
• 14:10 – Revival  – Vanity Riots (direct)
• 21:50 – Closer To Me – Bellusira (direct)
• 25:40 – Culprit – Bellusira (direct)
• 30:40 – La Di Da (live) – Stellar Addiction (recorded by Erk)
• 34:27 –  Pistols & Heartbeats – Stellar Addiction (direct)
• 42:14 – Hold On – Sons Of The East (SGC Media)
• 45:55 – The Dan Kelly Song – Hey Geronimo (SGC Media)
• 49:27 – Sex Tourettes – Abbe May (SGC Media)
• 01:01:31 – Control – Monks Of Mellonwah (Insomnia Radio)
• 01:04:15 – If We Get Caught We Never Met – Skyways Are Highways (Insomnia Radio)
• 01:07:05 – Kaleidoscope – The Sunsleepers (Insomnia Radio)
• 01:14:35 – Beats & Breakfast – cLn (Insomnia Radio)

Welcome to Insomnia Radio: Australia episode 25. This episode features Australians based in Australia, Australians based overseas & overseas residents now calling Australia home – all of which is fine with Erk! A mellower episode this week with some jazz, pop, country and/or western & a lot more. 

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Song list (all times are approximate):

• 02:15 – Friend In England – The Bent Legs (AirPlay Direct)
• 06:18 – Protest Song – The Bent Legs (AirPlay Direct)
• 11:11 – Forest – Paisley Park (AirPlay Direct)
• 15:10 – Day Parade – Paisley Park (AirPlay Direct)
• 20:13 – The Island – Marianna Ensemble (AirPlay Direct)
• 23:45 – On A Long Road – Marianna Ensemble (AirPlay Direct)
• 27:40 – I’m In Love With A Girl Called Vinyl – Threshing Ground (AirPlay Direct)
• 32:07 – Saigon Honey – Threshing Ground (AirPlay Direct)
• 43:25 – Last Beer In Bondi – Threshing Ground (AirPlay Direct)
• 46:42 – The Choices We Make – The Willow Seed (AirPlay Direct)
• 50:42 – Another Place – Cass Mitchell (AirPlay Direct)
• 57:07 – Train – Acoustique Juice (AirPlay Direct)
• 01:00:40 – Never Going Back – Acoustique Juice (AirPlay Direct)
• 01:04:24 – Monday Morning Blues – Emma Sidney (AirPlay Direct)
• 01:07:27 – The Look Of Love – Emma Sidney (AirPlay Direct)
• 01:12:27 – This Just Gets Better – Emma Sidney (AirPlay Direct)
• 01:22:40 – Crazy – Kane Harrison (AirPlay Direct)
• 01:26:58 – Somebody Anybody – Kane Harrison (AirPlay Direct)

Welcome to episode 24 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. This episode provides a good mix of music that Erk has been seeing live recently & what Erk has coming up in future weeks.  There’s also an update from The Voice in relation to Suns Of Cascadia vocalist Oscar. Interestingly, a vocalist’s appearance on The Voice led me (once again) to The Newsagency in inner-western Sydney for a nice night of intimate live music. This also led to half the playlist for this week’s episode.

Last weekend, Erk was pleased to be able to see Hard As Nails live for their first gig since Erkstock last year. Also, Erk was able to get a sneak preview of Vanity Riots’ upcoming EP.

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Song list (all times approximate):

• 01:30 – You Can Close Your Eyes (live) – Miss Little & Abby Dobson (direct)
• 05:11 – A Place Without Time – Miss Little (direct)
• 08:58 – Where’s The Way Out – Miss Little (direct)
• 17:04 – Fire & Smoke – Sutton Althisar (direct)
• 21:00 – Let The Sun – Sutton Althisar (direct)
• 25:01 – I Just Want You – Molly Contogeorge (direct)
• 28:58 – Sometimes – Molly Contogeorge (direct)
• 32:40 – 7 Pounds – Helen Perris (direct)
• 37:58 – Palace In Suburbia – Helen Perris (direct)
• 42:52 – Will You Be Your Lover – Alison Avron (direct)
• 45:41 – By My Side – Alison Avron (direct)
• 57:40 – Frogs & Bloodocks – The Damned Humans (direct)
• 01:01:20 – Prestige – The Damned Humans (direct)
• 01:04:24 – Demonize – Hard As Nails (direct)
• 01:13:12 – Bloodsucker – Vanity Riots (direct)
• 01:16:54 – We’re No More – Suns Of Cascadia (Uptone Entertainment)
• 01:22:25 – Till I Die – Upside Down Miss Jane (direct)
• 01:28:54 – Thin Red Line – Red Bee (direct)

Welcome to episode 23 of Insomnia Radio: Australia.  On this episode, Erk wanders back through the Insomnia Radio archives to find Australian artists. Some of the artists are well known to Erk while others are new discoveries. The aim of Insomnia Radio: Australia (and Erk’s sister show Erk FM) is to find new Australian music and present it. An awesome aspect of podcasting is that it is usually noncompetitive and people are happy to share, Erk included. There are a lot more songs in the IR fault for Erk to explore which will feature in upcoming episodes!

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Song list (all times approximate)

• 02:52 – Endless Sun – The Money Go Round (via Insomnia Radio)
• 07:09 – Life & Death Of Postman Pat (Wake Up) – Crossing Red Lines (via Insomnia Radio)
• 10:38 – Al Pacino – Sea Legs (via Insomnia Radio)
• 13:28 – Unstoppable – Enerate (via Insomnia Radio)
• 17:19 – Bumper – The Cannanes (via Insomnia Radio)
• 20:41 – Don’t Leave – All India Radio (via Insomnia Radio)
• 31:26 – This Haunting – Alex Watts & The Foreign Tongue (via Insomnia Radio)
• 35:49 – Like This – The Night (via Insomnia Radio)
• 39:14 – Waiting Waiting – Jack Carty (via Insomnia Radio)
• 41:48 – History’s Door – Husky (via Insomnia Radio)
• 45:35 – Break The Spell – All Mankind (via Insomnia Radio)
• 48:44 – Do You Hear – Cub Scouts (via Insomnia Radio)
• 01:00:12 – Harm – The Dead Leaves (via Insomnia Radio)
• 01:03:45 – Awkward – San Cisco (via Insomnia Radio)
• 01:06:18 – Horizons – The Cadres (via Insomnia Radio)

Welcome to episode 22 of Insomnia Radio: Australia! Erk likes it when PR companies help to make creating a playlist really easily. On this episode, Erk features some artists who have been on Insomnia Radio: Australia before with new music to promote. It is also good when the PR company lets Erk know about a band in his home city that he had no idea existed! Now that Erk knows they exist,  you will also know they exist because you are listening.

During the week, Erk received a couple of song requests & did not want to say no! He also snuck some metal onto the show but it is very relevant to the song prior!

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Song list (all times approximate):

• 02:22 – Fill Yourself – Mia Dyson (SGC Media)
• 07:25 – Picking Up The Pieces – Jeremy Hunter (SGC Media)
• 13:13 – Maybelene – The Love Junkies (SGC Media)
• 20:44 – Australia Street – Sticky Fingers (SGC Media)
• 25:18 – Like A Kid – The Trouble With Templeton (SGC Media)
• 31:26 – Trouble – Abbe May (SGC Media)
• 36:26 – Pool – Cub Scouts (SGC Media)
• 40:39 – Come On. Stand Out – 7bit Hero (SGC Media)
• 44;00 – 8 Bit Superhero – Not Another Sequel Just Another Prequel (direct)
• 53:30 – Never Turn Your Back On The Sea – Rapskallion (direct)
• 01:00:25 – Ginger Bread Man – Rapskallion (direct)
• 01:06:31 – Jangle – Gemini Downs (direct)
• 01:10:05 – From Darwin – Gemini Downs (direct)

Welcome to episode 21 of Insomnia Radio: Australia. Continuing with the weekly format, Erk thought that he would revisit his debut gig as a promoter last year, Erkstock. Held to celebrate his birthday, Erk selected a range of bands to play at the Valve Bar in Sydney. With a range of female fronted rock & metal, everyone who attended the show & stayed longer than 5 minutes enjoyed themselves. So what have the bands who played Erkstock been doing since August last year? On this episode, we’ll find out. We’ll also find out for the very first time some of the other bands on Erk’s wishlist for the event (Erkstock 2? LOL).

It’s not often that someone who has been on an indie music podcast gets themselves on national TV but Suns of Cascadia vocalist Oscar has done exactly that. Appearing on the 2013 season of The Voice on Channel 9, Oscar had his blind audition shown during the week & has progressed to the next stage. Erk will be keen to see how he progresses. Good luck, Oscar! Follow his progress here.

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Song list (all times approximate):

• 01:55 – Have Your Scene – Suns Of Cascadia (Uptone Entertainment)
• 09:55 – Set To Ignite – Smokin Mirrors (direct)
• 13:16  – Make Your Bed – Vanity Riots (direct)
• 20:00 – Ice Cream – Hard As Nails (direct)
• 22:50 – Pistols & Heartbeats – Stellar Addiction (direct)
• 26:25 – Don’t Wanna Know – Aimee Francis (direct)
• 30:55 – Enemy – Heaven The Axe (direct)
• 34:53 –  Culprit – Bellusira (direct)
• 38:21 – Caravan – Domino (direct)
• 45:41 – Safety Dance – Foundry Road (direct)
• 48:35 – Roulette – Gutter Tactic (direct)
• 52:20 – Dark Messiah – Temtris (direct)
• 57:55 – Lash – Amodus (direct)
• 01:01:07 – Dine In Hell – Frankenbok (direct)