IR Orlando #24: Florida Music Festival
May 11, 2008
After a fairly long absence, IR Orlando is back! This episode will give you a taste of some great bands who will be playing in the upcoming Florida Music Festival next weekend (May 15, 16, and 17). Please check the festival website for dates, times, and location information for the many music showcases, and get out and support your local scene!
1. Dish | Cold Is | BUY (debut EP)
2. The Queues | And I Never Knew Her
3. Trés Bien | Easy to Love Me | STORE
4. Pop Suicide | I’m So Indie
5. Ambertone | My Disaster
6. Empyrean | Gods & Idols
7. Clock Hands Strangle | The Soul of the Universe | BUY (new album)
9. Lonely Heroes | Perfect Day
10. Mike Dunn & the Kings of New England | The Queen | MySpace | BUY | iTunes
11. Derek Stroker | Lose Control | MySpace | iTunes
12. Fairweather Friend | See This Through | BUY
13. Strangers | Hey Hey Spacemen
Popularity: 30% [?]
IR Orlando #23
December 20, 2007
Hey gang, we’re back for the final episode of 2007. I hope you’ve enjoyed the great music coming out of Florida in the past year, and I hope you’re as excited as I am about more great music in 2008. Happy holidays!
1. Timothy Simpson | Oceans (Lakeland, FL)
2. Timothy Simpson | The New Year
This is a new song from IR Orlando favorite Timothy Simpson. He has a bunch of new Snocap tracks on his MySpace page, available for purchase! Some exciting developments in the works for Timothy: he’s been told by his management company that 3 labels are negotiating to sign him. He also recently mentioned in a MySpace bulletin that he will be “playing a music festival in Austin, Texas in a few months” so keep an eye out for more details on that!
For more info about Timothy Simpson, check out this recent article.
3. Signo Nata | Levantate (Orlando, FL)
Signo Nata on MySpace
Their band name was derived from Latin and means “Birth Sign.” Their sound is a melting pot of musical characteristics from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s mixed with a dash of alternative rock in Spanish. Although they are bilingual (English/Spanish), most of their songs are in Spanish as a tribute to their cultural upbringing.
4. Rocket 88 | Supersonic Satellite (Orlando, FL)
Rocket 88 on MySpace
Catch Rocket 88 in Orlando at the Peacock Room on December 21 or at the Downtown Arts Center on December 28. If you can stand still at a Rocket 88 show, you can’t possibly have a pulse!
5. Christian Summer | Take Me Home (Deland, FL)
Christian has a solid following in the Central Florida area and recently played at the Anti-Pop Music Festival here in Orlando. You can download a bunch of his songs from his website. This one, “Take Me Home” is from his debut 2007 release “this is my music”
You can also buy his songs here for a mere 27¢ or the whole album for $3.
6. The OaKs | Masood (Orlando, FL)
The OaKs, another IR Orlando favorite, have spent the last few months in the studio, recording their 2nd album. This is the first single to emerge from those sessions. You can download it now at their MySpace page. The new album, “Songs For Waiting” will be released on March 4, 2008, but in the meantime, you can see them play on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at the Social (with S.K.I.P. and Kingsbury). They’ve also said that if you bring 3 friends to the show and introduce your friends to the band, you’ll receive a free copy of “Our Fathers and the Things They Left Behind” as a thank you from the band.
The band has also recently announced that they’ll be playing SXSW 2008, so look for them to play some tour dates on their way from Orlando to Austin.
Popularity: 30% [?]
IR Orlando #22: Horrorlando
October 24, 2007
INSOMNIA RADIO: ORLANDO 22
Release date:10/24/2007
It’s that time of year again… time for Insomnia Radio HORRORLANDO 2! This time we have an enormous crop of scary music – from Orlando to as far away as New Zealand. We’ll also revisit a couple of favorites from last year. So sit back, turn down the lights and for God’s sake, LOCK THE DOOR!
01) The Threshold People (Massachusetts) | Radio Zombi | FREE DOWNLOAD
02) Lugosi’s Morphine (Scranton, PA) | Graves | MySpace
03) Lugosi’s Morphine | The Year Without a Halloween
04) NoCtUrNaL fReAkShOw (Auckland, NZ) | Tentacles
05) When the Dead Walk (Ft. Pierce, FL) | Blade’s Theme | FREE DOWNLOAD
06) When the Dead Walk | Blues for a Dead Age | FREE DOWNLOAD
07) HCA (Florida) | Halloween Comes Again | BUY
08) Graveyard Tramps movie trailer
09) Bloc Party (UK) | Hunting for Witches (Fury 666 remix) |
Podsafe Music Network
10) Scum of the Earth (Los Angeles, CA) | Get Your Dead On | eMusic
11) Digi Hartatak featuring J-Me (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) | Queen of the Cemetery | FREE DOWNLOAD
12) Vampire Playgirls movie trailer
13) Rocket 88 (Orlando, FL) | Mission Control | BUY
14) Mississippi Mudsharks (San Diego, CA) | Hangin’ Tree | iTunes | eMusic
15) Get Three Coffins Ready (Colorado) | The Cemetary | Podsafe Music Network
16) Koma Katz (Brighton, South, UK) | Beastman Boogie | FREE DOWNLOAD
17) The Deformities (Omaha, Nebraska) | Creature Feature Show | MySpace
18) The Deformities | Zombie Twist | Podsafe Music Network
19) The Last Call Brawlers (Arizona) | Los Muertos Rock | BUY
20) Dr. Jeckyl and Sister Hyde movie trailer
21) Jonathan Coulton (NY, NY) | Re: Your Brains | BUY
22) Stephen Lynch(NY, NY) | Halloween | eMusic | Download Punk
23) The Threshold People | KROK calling
Things to dig up:
Interview with The Threshold People
What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse?
Calling All Fiends | FREE DOWNLOAD
Music Bed: Ephyu Ayhole | Earth
Popularity: 23% [?]
IR Orlando #21
September 30, 2007
The forecast for episode 21 is slightly mellow for the most part with a touchy of twanginess…
1. Food Will Win The War | Amassed Complications
Their CD, “Dark Mono 3,” is available for purchase at their MySpace page.
Food Will Win the War is based in New York City but is fronted by ex-Central Floridian Rob Ward.
2. The Sugar Oaks | Los Rebeldes
MySpace
As deeply rooted in the Florida soil as their namesake, The Sugar Oaks’ 5-song EP, “Red Grapes in the City,” is available now on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Sony Connect, and Digstation.
3. Terri Binion | Gayleanne (from the 2002 album “Fool” on Richter Records)
Terri has been writing and performing music for many years. You can often catch Terri Binion and the Bible Belt Orphans performing in the Orlando area. She also composed the score for the recent documentary “When Pigs Fly,” which has been making a big splash on the film festival circuit. High demand for the film here in Orlando resulted in a special encore screening and it was the buzz of The Florida Film Festival last spring. More on the film here.
From her MySpace page:
“‘Gayleanne’: Featuring Lucinda Williams, this is the song about a woman I met in Nashville married to an overbearing soul and so very tied to her dream of reaching stardom in a city brimming over with everyone else’s songs.”
BUY: Amazon, iTunes.
4. Go Van Gogh | The Clay We Mold Is New
This Panama City-based solo artist states on his MySpace bio that The Smashing Pumpkins, one of my all-time favorites, made him want to play music.
5. Cinwaves | Sophia
Deerfield Beach duo Cinwaves has released their debut CD. You can purchase Snocap tracks directly from their MySpace page for only 65 cents per song.
6. Shocking Edison | Paranormal Zoo
MySpace
“Scientific Curiosity,” the debut 16 song CD from ProFound Records
Shocking Edison hails from Fort Myers, Florida, the same town that the Thomas Edison had his winter home and laboratory.
7. mini-IR Baltimore: The Thrives | Fall Right Down
Harrisburg, PA
Thanks to Tim and Don for providing this mini-episode of IR Baltimore, featuring The Thrives.
8. Mumpsy | 64 Colors
(from “3 People” on Post*Records)
Long-standing IR Orlando favorite Mumpsy was recently voted 3rd place in the “Best Rock/ Pop Act” category and voted 2nd place in the “Best Indie Rock Act” category of the Orlando Weekly!
9. Recliner NZ | Ugly
Not to be confused with the San Francisco-based band of the same name, this Recliner hails from Auckland, New Zealand. They formed in 2004 and their debut album “Rest Room” was released in New Zealand in 2006 to glowing reviews.
As a result of some very enthusiastic reviews from GarageBand.com members, “Ugly” was Track of the Day at GarageBand.com. For 24 hours on Saturday, the 1st of September, 2007 “Ugly” it was featured on GarageBand.com’s Alternative Pop front page.
SHOUTS:
IR: So Cal Sessions
IR: Chicago
IODA Promonet
Popularity: 22% [?]
IR Orlando Point Blank: Semisoul brings the FUNK
August 18, 2007
This Point Blank episode of Insomnia Radio Orlando focuses on Lakeland’s SemiSoul.
SemiSoul takes a healthy dose of funk and hip hop, mixes in a dash of reggae and blues, and seasons it with jazz and rock to produce a unique blend of organic hip hop with a funk core.
They are in the studio, working on their first full-length release, due later this year. In the meantime, they have a 3-track CD available and will soon be releasing a DVD of a couple of music videos.
SemiSoul plays The Social in Orlando this Thursday, August 23, so if you are in the Central Florida area, please go check them out and let ‘em know you heard them here!
Songs:
‘Anthem’
‘Charlie’s Untitled’
Band members:
Phillip Cannoy-Drums
Shayne Campbell-Bass
Neil Wicker-Guitar
Charlie Wells-Guitar
Walt Cannoy-Trumpet
T.J. Alcock-Baritone
Marley-Vocals
Erica Ayala-Vocals
Eneix Frankenburger-Percussion
SemiSoul online:
www.semisoul.com
www.myspace.com/semisoul
Popularity: 22% [?]
IR Orlando #20
July 22, 2007
Hello and welcome to an episode which finds us spanning many genres. This also marks the one-year anniversary of the Insomnia Radio Orlando podcast, and hopefully there will be many more to come!
1. The Dark Romantics | She’s A Fire | MySpace
From their newest album “Some Midnight Kissin’” on Lujo Records. They are currently on tour with The Mooney Suzuki, and list dates in July and August in Texas, North & South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and all over Florida. Courtesy of the band and IODA Promonet.
2. 20WT | Out My Window
These guys grew up in the deep south listening to Pantera and Bob Marley and have combined groove metal and roots reggae to form a genre they call “rocksteady metal.” They originated in Key Largo and later moved to Jacksonville. You can purchase their new CD “Out My Window” directly from their MySpace page.
3. mini TLP show featuring Tailgunner Joe & The Earls of Slander | The Street
This is a short feature from Insomnia Radio’s TLP show focusing on Tampa’s Tailgunner Joe & The Earls of Slander. If you live in Florida, mark your calendar for Thursday, August 9!!! There will be a live TLP/Insomnia Radio showcase at the Crowbar in Ybor City, featuring Tailgunner Joe and the Earls of Slander, The Embassy, Vox Palma, The Love Affair, and Brer.
4. Holidaysburg | (You’ve Got) A Friend in Pennsylvania
This is Orlando-based Holidaysburg’s 2nd appearance on IR Orlando. This song is from their 2005 release “A Better November.” According to their MySpace page, they are currently for a bassist, so if you fit the bill, check their blog entry for details.
5. Chase Coleman | Fade to Grey
Chase spent some time touring in Europe, where his band had a top 20 radio hit, and he returned home to the U.S. in 2004 to work on his solo career. This is the title track from his debut album, which will be available soon.
6. Rayko KRB | Charp | MySpace
This artist from Miami has been quite a bit of play on podcasts and Sirius satellite radio in the past year. His first full-length CD, “The Rockstar Poor LP” came out July 4. You can order it from his website.
7. Derek Stroker | Lose Control | MySpace
Altho he started out as a drummer, Derek quickly became proficient at guitar, bass and piano. He has a 6 song “Acoustic EP” is available now at iTunes and CD Baby, and a brand new album called “Take a Picture, Make a Promise…”. Derek recently relocated to Nashville.
8. Fairweather Friend | What a Realist Would Say
Fairweather Friend has been heard on my show before, and this song is a sneak preview of their new album. They are nearly finished with their debut LP and expect to release it later this year. They recently played at the Florida Music Festival too.
9. Matt Mackey | One Last Cigarette
Matt should be settled in Orlando by the time this show is released, having just relocated from Lynchburg, VA. This song is from “Live at the Mezzanine” and you download some tracks from him at www.virb.com/mattmackey and you can also purchase the CD via his MySpace page.
Popularity: 22% [?]