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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 uber-geek. Seriously, we ve got some great tracks and a few appearances by DJ s from last month s New Media Expo in Las Vegas, not to mention two artists have blood and sun in their names; what are the chances, and could that be an ominous sign? Enjoy and as usual, please help support all the hard-working artists below. TRT - 50:38 Not work safe! Countdown *Ugress: Decepticons (intro clip) 10) Sun Like Blood: The Fury 9) The Truegoods: Revel the Rebel 8 ) Hot Bitch Arsenal: Fade In, Fade Out 7) Still Time: Stream of Consciousness 6) Lowry: Roads 5) Dawn Chorus: I m Cured! 4) Deastro: Michael, The Lone Archer of the North Shore 3) Lejeune: Replaced by Robots 2) Sentinel: Skylark 1) Blood Red Sun: So It Goes 0) Pro Audio: FU Robot DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE | SUBSCRIBE TO ALL Mentions Gamesareevil.com Dave s Lounge Most People Are DJ s Association of Music Podcasting Soundbed: Wyatt Gurp, 8 bit bEtty Robot Attack! image by Dan Coulter (adapted under CC license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic) Spread It Around: Hide Sites

We recently received a message from one of our favorite bands here at Insomnia. Patrick Keenan of The Winter Sounds wanted to proudly share one of the new tracks they just recorded over at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, and rightly so. Pinebox is the name of this beautiful new track and is now being released on a 3 song EP before the band makes it way to Athens in October and November to start afresh on their next full length album. The band would really appreciate any donations or EP purchases to help them make this goal, so they can rightly sink their heart and soul into the creation of the next full length we are all eagerly anticipating. Purchase links and donation information is location at their website:  thewintersounds.com Tracks Sound Forged Like Spine Pinebox Trophy Wife (demo) Poetry (Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns) DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Enjoy the fifth volume of Scott Tinetti s The Best Music You’ve Never Heard. As always, if you like what you hear, buy a song, buy an album, send the musicians some love. Download Download Spread It Around: Hide Sites

So you are done with Side A, no? If not, you ve stumbled across the second side of our mixtape set tipping a hat toward the Siren Music Festival presented annually at Coney Island, NY by the Village Voice. The image here was provided by NY photographer Josh Kuckens and is of the successful Toronto band on the Arts t Say No 19) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Cold Son 20) Lo-Fi Encore: Times New Viking - Drop-Out Spread It Around: Hide Sites

On July 19, 2008 an incredible selection of musical talent assembled under the shadow of the famed eighty-one year old Cyclone rollercoaster at the storied community of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. This mixtape is a salute to the Siren Music Festival put on by the Village Voice, a free all day/all ages music celebration that got its start in 2001 as a way to help revitalize this historic community and celebrate the Voice s coverage of local ve graciously had one of the photographers at the event, Josh Kuckens, offer up a few images to be posted here, this specific image being Film School , an artist from both San Francisco d Boy 11) Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine Spread It Around: Hide Sites

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 Spain, straight out of something that belongs on the 80 s Something Wild Soundtrack. As usual we are all over the regional board although mostly in the US this time around. We take you from Texas (Austin, Dallas), California (Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, Long Beach, Irvine), Washington (Seattle), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Minnesota (Minneapolis), and of course Spain (Valencia). Enjoy, and don t forget to grab an extra cup on your way through! DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE ARTISTS Basic: Favorite Movie Moving Atlas: Travel On | itunes | mp3 The Dust: Pretty and Confused | snocap Joshua Lanes: Theft on the Floor | itunes | cdbaby Stuporhero: Superball | emusic | free album Zolof the Rock | itunes | emusic | cdbaby Faded Paper Figures: B Film | cdbaby | mp3 Cof Cof: Carribean Boy | mp3 SPECIAL THANKS MLC PR IODA Promonet Flickr Image Credit: chispita_666 It Came From the Liquor Cabinet Soundbed: Isles (Great Electronica/Trip-Hop out of Iowa!) Daily Dose Extras: Joshua Lanes, Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, Sick of Sarah, Bag of Toys Spread It Around: Hide Sites

“’Raise the Sun’ is an album of love, hope, and reaching for something bigger than oneself,” says lead singer and songwriter Trent Yaconelli. “I grew up believing the best kind of music was more than something to dance to. It was something that could change someone’s perspective, change someone’s life, bring people together or change the world. That’s what this collection of songs is about, and that’s what this band is about.” Incredibly, “Raise the Sun” marks the third time Five A.M. fans have helped the band realize their music. In 2003, Five A.M. fans raised $21,000 to fund the groups’ debut album, “Degrees of Falling.” For their second outing “This Morphine Life,” they were literally pushed into the studio by the president of a recording college, who happened to hear them playing live for a campus webcast. Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes Links fiveam.com Myspace Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Formed in early 2006 in San Francisco, California, One Becomes One Hundred is an independent, alternative pop/rock band. The name implies exponential growth stemming from simplicity, a phrase that aptly describes a style of crescendo from soft lulls to choruses with sweeping energy and volume. A gestalt combination of layered guitars, melodic baselines, commanding vocals, and smart songwriting reclaims a sound once thought to be forever lost in the pop underground. Inspired by Interpol, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Low, Editors and others, One Becomes One Hundred pulls from many influences while maintaining originality. One Becomes One Hundred consists of John McCoy (vocals/guitar), Brett Arnott (bass), J. Miladin (guitar), and Aaron Hazen (drums). Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes Links onebecomesonehundred.com Myspace Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Finding its home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, what began as a folk duo consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Gaudet and bassist Richard MacLeod eventually grew into Boxer The Horse with the addition of drummer Andrew Woods and Isaac Neily on guitar and keys. Together for two years, the four almost 20-somethings have been performing around Charlottetown with a few stops in Halifax and a showcase at the 2008 East Coast Music Awards in Fredericton along the way. After recording a short five song demo, the limited pressing of only 50 copies were quickly nabbed at a Battle of the Bands for 16-year old French exchange students in 2007. They followed it up with their debut EP The Late Show, which they recorded with Adam Gallant at his studio in PEI and released in April 2008. From the Beatles-y opener “Boneyard,” which was featured on PEI’s annual compilation album Well Oiled II, to the upbeat sing-a-long closer “Ohio,” The Late Show is six solid tracks emphasizing the group’s versatility and rich musical influences. Boxer The Horse’s signature mix of classic rock n’ roll and jangly-pop draws on some of music’s biggest names including The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Strokes and Tom Waits. Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes Links Myspace Boxer the Horse Boneyard (mp3) from The Late Show (Sandbar Music) More On This Album . Spread It Around: Hide Sites

From their debut full-length Play Pretend, from Disneyland-adjacent power pop band under the influence of the Archies, Raspberries, Flamin Groovies, and Chris Bell. Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes Links theemakeoutparty.com Myspace Spread It Around: Hide Sites

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. These 12 new tracks explore the contrasts between dark and light, love and lust, space and time, sacrifice and indulgence. Lead boxer, Paul Waclawsky, flexes his song writing muscles and his space echoes like never before on the timeless recording inspired by the Austin indie music scene and radio emissions from outer space. Paul’s voice shows maturity and his epic sonic guitar textures are psychedelic and lush, like Cassiopeia A, the Birthplace of Stars. Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes Links Youtube Myspace Sonicbids Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Following up on the first all hip-hop episode here at Insomnia Radio back at the end of 2006 (#103 - He s Playing WHAT???), we eagerly bring you sixteen high quality tracks from a wide selection of regional artists, including repeat performances from NYC s Metermaids s Psyche Origami. We are also honored by a special guest appearance at the head of the show by The Iceberg himself, straight out of Inglewood, CA. (Definitely NOT work/kid safe) Original Photo by Mikey G Ottawa DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE 1) Black Ice - Chevy 64 (feat. Feddie DeMarco Old | e-music 11) Giant Panda - Speakers Pop | e-music 12) Junk Science - Do It Easy | e-music 13) Blueprint - Boombox | e-music 14) Shane Hunter - Stack of Bibles | itunes 15) The Saturday Knights - Dog Park | itunes 16) Mr. J. Medeiros - Constance | itunes SHOUT-OUTS Griffen @ Unlabeled Records Radio BSOTS MC Jason E. Spita (IR: Baltimore Theme Song) Win Ice-T s iPod Touch! Soundbed: Kou Chou Ching, Hostyll, Hip-Hop for Kids [Vol 1/2] Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Since I had such a great time researching specific tracks of groups performing at Warped, I thought we d throw an extra tape together highlighting another eighteen artists performing at the festival this year. Enjoy the overkill, and most importantly, crank it up!! (Original Image by KanepsPhoto) DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE INSOMNIA IS WARPED 08 MIXTAPE [BONUS CUP] 35) The Pinker Tones - Love Tape (Mash Up) 36) Every Avenue - Days of the Old 37) Mayday Parade - Jamie All Over 38) The Secret Handshake - Too Young 39) Greeley Estates - Through Waiting 40) Street Dogs - Two Angry Kids 41) The Vandals - Pizza Tran 42) Chaser - Sickness 43) Protest the Hero - Heretics t Last a Minute on the Creek 49) Farewell - Stay Pretty 50) Brave Citizens - The Same Way 51) The Gaslight Anthem - 1930 52) Reel Big Fish - Party Down Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Please enjoy the second part of our Insomnia is Warped Mixtape 08 series, released a day after the Warped Tour opener. Apparently the festival debuted in oppressive triple digit temperatures in Pomona, CA - but the heat couldn t do much to keep the swarming ravenous crowds at bay. INSOMNIA IS WARPED 08 MIXTAPE [SIDE B] 18) Pennywise - Living for Today 19) All That Remains - This Calling 20) Blase Debris - Jersey Devil 21) Sick City Daggers - Zombies 22) Revolution Mother - Come On 23) Gym Class Heroes - Taxi Driver 24) Set Your Goals - Echoes (acoustic) 25) The Randies - Boys in Stereo 26) The Maine - The Way We Talk 27) A Day to Remember - A Second Glance 28) The A.K.A.s - Every Great Western 29) The Color Fred - If I Surrender 30) Dodger - Dog Soldiers 31) Mo Bigsley - Randalls Candle 32) The Lordz - Outlaw (feat. Tim Armstrong) 33) The Aggrolites - Free Time 34) Phathom - Culling Song DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Spread It Around: Hide Sites

The 2008 Warped Tour engine fires up today in Pomona, California (US) and the musicians invited will spend the majority of the summer nomadically performing across the country, storming toward the East Coast and then making their way back to Carson, CA for a grand finale in mid-August. I ve done my best to filter out the most breathy angst, gutteral Middle Earth vocals drowning out stellar instrumentation, excessive voice modulation, and tearful weeping hearts. What s left are around fifty of the stronger tracks from a more well balanced range of music that I could locate, spread across three mixtapes - the first of which you can listen to here. You ll find that some artists in this compilation are playing the entire tour, while a few have been chosen to play select dates. Please enjoy and keep your eyes out for the rest of the series, right on the heels of this hourlong driverless ride. Muahaha! DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE WARPED MIXTAPE - SIDE A 1) Four Year Strong - Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die 2) Horrorpops - Where They Wander 3) The Academy Is - Checkmarks 4) Saint Alvia - Don t Wanna Wait Forever 5) A Cursive Memory - Everything 6) The Human Abstract - Crossing the Rubicon 7) Edreys - No Joke 8 ) The Dollyrots - Kick Me to the Curb 9) Patent Pending - Cheer Up Emo Kid 10) GBH - Sickboy 11) Evergreen Terrace - New Friend Request 12) Love Equals Death - Pray for Me 13) Your Highness Electric - Handing Out Hairlips 14) Alamance - Waiting on You 15) Letters Burning - Kings and Queens 16) Anarbor - Beat of the Drum 17) Bouncing Souls - Lean on Sheena Spread It Around: Hide Sites

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 Union City multi-instrumentalist, Thirst for Hunger. You ll find that today s episode has quite a bit of an obvious martial arts flair, and it takes us to Ireland, Canada, and throughout the States. We ultimately end up on the West Coast in Santa Barbara, CA, where we close out on a mellow meditative note with up-and-comer singer/songwriter Crosby Loggins. We hope you enjoy the exclusives, classic Kung Fu dialogue, and a full hour long ride through a theatrically charged show featuring some of the best music being released worldwide, as well as the corniest cinematic dialogue we could get our hands on. Enjoy, and as always, please support the artists within. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE 1) Thirst for Hunger - Friction | itunes 2) Wookiefoot - Activate | store 3) Cloud Cult - When Waters Come to Life | store 4) Angel Pier - Sacrifice | e-music store 5) Madside - Enemy | itunes 6) Lemuria - In a World of Ghosts | itunes 7) Ninja Academy - Neckface | e-music 8 ) Throw Me the Statue - Lolita | e-music 9) Papercranes - Treasure | itunes 10) The Blood Lines - Modern Science | e-music 11) Paper Thin Walls - Milky Way 12) Lorenzo s Music - Indian Summer | itunes store 13) Nico Stai - Dead Pony | itunes 14) Crosby Loggins 08) Nico Stai (IR Photos @ Roxy 6/7/08) Paper Thin Walls (News) Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Following on from Charles successful marine adventure last Episode 154 of Insomnia Radio, this time we take to the air for a short flight, the duration of which will be around 45 minutes, and during which the In Flight Entertainment will be some of The Best Music You ve Never heard. So please make sure that your seat back is in the upright position, and your seatbelt is fastened. Download | Subscribe What s in this episode The Handcuffs - Jet Baby Oranger - A View of the City From an Airplane Nine Inch Nails - Lights in the Sky Ghosts of California - Airplane Window Shawn Harris - Don t You Know VIR - I Get It Low of the Low - Stone Survivor The Camaro Brothers - Black Camaro Corey TuT - Everything   Music Bed: Inspired Funk - A Brand New Dub Be sure to click on Read the story » for detailed show notes and links Download | Subscribe Song List and Links: Chicago, IL The Handcuffs Jet Baby Album: Model for a Revolution (2008) Buy: thehandcuffs.com Links: Myspace | thehandcuffs.com San Francisco, CA Oranger A View of the City From an Airplane Album: The Quiet Vibrationland (2000) Buy: MySpace/PayPal Links: Myspace | oranger.net Los Angeles, CA Nine Inch Nails Lights in the Sky Album: The Slip (2008) Buy: No! Links: Myspace | nin.com | Download Album Free San Francisco Sacramento, CA Ghosts of California Airplane Window Album: Are You Alive (2006) Buy: MySpace/Google Checkout Links: Myspace Apopka, Fl Shawn Harris Don t You Know Album: Temptation (2007) Buy: temptationcd.com Links: Myspace | temptationcd.com San Francisco, CA VIR I Get It Album: Shadow of a Mountain (2008) Buy: Album out 12 June Links: Myspace | thevir.com Chicago, IL Low of the Low Stone Survivor Album: Land of Lincoln (2008) Buy: Album out 5 September Links: Myspace | lowofthelow.com - coming soon Detroit, Mi The Camaro Brothers Black Camaro Album: Freedomland (2007) Buy: CD Baby Links: Myspace | camarobrothers.com - coming soon New York, NY Corey TuT Everything Album: Everything (2008) Buy: iTunes Links: Myspace | coreytut.com Woking, UK Inspired Funk A Brand New Dub Album: Living in Awe (2008) Buy: Links: Myspace | toonznstuff.com - coming soon Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Chicago based Low of the Low isn t interested in being just any average, ordinary American rock band like most out today - that s obvious at first listen. Their gritty, groove driven guitar work and attitude scream through the speakers as you listen to any song off of the band s debut album Land of Lincoln. (Coming in the SUMMER!) Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes Links lowofthelow.com - coming soon Myspace Spread It Around: Hide Sites

From A Whisper To A Scream: Alt Rock for Urban Intellectuals With the successful 2007 debut EP, Shadows Fill Your Eyes under their belts, Washington DC s Plastic Sky is back with the first of 4 new songs for 2008, Season Under Glass. Susane Asher s lush vocals have drawn comparisons to Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and Martha Davis (The Motels). Joining Susane in the 2008 line-up are Martijn Jansma on guitar, Kevin Hall on bass, and Paul Garisto on drums. The band boasts a lush sound that pays homage to Radiohead, Beck, and K s Choice to name a few, while remaining unique. This new single was Produced by Marco Delmar at Recording Arts in Virginia, with Jamal Jones on bass and Nik Hughes on drums. Hear more from Plastic Sky on their MySpace page. Purchase their first EP on I-Tunes. Download | Subscribe Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Here is my first promo for my LIVE show on bounceradio.net! BOUNCE/IR Chicago Promo #1 Spread It Around: Hide Sites

After a two month turbulent voyage, we believe we ve located a safespot to service the battle-scarred Insomnia Submariner, and have surfaced to bring you some chanteys from the musicians we ve collected along our voyage while we conduct repairs. This new episode continues somewhat where Jason left off in his final all instrumental offering; at least the first track by Saskatchewan outfit, Geronimo whom lead us into the rest of the quality mixed tracks we ve discovered in our recent travels. Shows will resume on a 1-2 week schedule with a few rotating regional hosts bringing you new content. Also, the Daily Dose feed is now live again with featured content pumping through the engines seven days a week, keeping us all motoring along. You can subscribe at Feedburner and on iTunes as well. We are about a week in at this point. Also, keep eye out for our regional shows as well! If you are looking for Jason, he will be returning to podcasting, but as part of a new mixed media project he s developing at the link farther below. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE From out of the depths, its: 1) Geronimo - A Post 9/11 Instrumental 2) The Royal Heist - Lips Tool 3) Firewater - This is My Life 4) The Secret 6 - Familiar 5) The Brother Kite - Get on Me 6) Doug Burr - In the Garden 7) Meiko - How Lucky We Are 8 ) Fanfarlo - Fire Escape 9) Born in the Flood - Anthem 10) Agents of the Sun - Therapy 11) Adele - Hometown Glory (Purchase links to be added shortly) LINKS MENTIONED IN SHOW Postcards from the Other Side of the World Cadence Revolution Music Remyx Muzik Muze (Nyrhee s Blog) Jason Evangelho (New Project Info Here!!) Spread It Around: Hide Sites

Regional Roundup 5 A special Episode of Insomnia Radio - News, and a trip around the Regions Download | Subscribe News Jason and Scott: MIA Mikey Dread: RIP Insomnia Radio Regional Shows Around the Regions Insomnia Radio: UK 9Lies - Touch the Sky  From: Belfast Album: Halfway from Nowhere (2008) Links: Myspace | 9lies.net Insomnia Radio: San Diego bill - Foot In Mouth Disease From: San Diego Album: End Of The Hits (2008) Buy: thebandbill.com Links: Myspace | thebandbill.com Insomnia Radio: The SoCal Sessions Fono - On The Line From: San Diego Album: Too Broken To Break (2008) Free Download: fono.net/free Buy: fono.net Links: Myspace | fono.net Insomnia Radio: Baltimore Splitsville - Yearbook From: Baltimore Album: Let`s Go (The Best Of Splitsville) (2007) Buy: Not Lame Links: Myspace | splitsville.com Insomnia Radio: Turkey Divan - Sofra From: Turkey / Germany Album: Single (2007) Links: Myspace | divanmusic.de Insomnia Radio: Chicago The Good Luck Joes - Frozen From: Milwaukee Album: What Do You Think Of That Noise (2006) Buy: iTunes Links: Myspace | thegoodluckjoes.com Insomnia Radio: Orlando The OaKs - For Hugh Thompson From: Orlando Album: Our fathers and the Things They Left Behind (2006) Links: Myspace | theoaksband.com Insomnia Radio: New Zealand Donald Reid - All The Advice From: Auckland Album:  In A Taxi Home (2006) Buy: iTunes Links: Myspace | donaldreid.co.nz Insomnia Radio: Detroit OttO Vector - Dr Wiley From: Dearborn Album: 5 Bits To Byte (2007) Buy: iTunes Links: Myspace | ottovector.com Insomnia Radio: Florida The Picture Show - Bleem From: Jacksonville Album: Shatters Into Discontent (2008) Buy: Newbury Links: Myspace | thepictureshowband.com Spread It Around: Hide Sites

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