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Yesterday, we published part one of the Best New Releases of the Week; it was necessary to make two installments because there is a lot of great new music out this week. In the first installment, we...

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The Morning Benders widely anticipated new album, Big Echo, officially drops today, March 9th. We have two terrific singles, the album opener, "Excuses" (via Stereogum) and "Promises," from the folks...

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Welcome to an hour of all new music on Insomnia Radio #171. From genre bleeders to bleeding hearts, this episode is jam packed.

You’ll also notice a healthy dose of FaceBook links in the shownotes because EVERY SINGLE ARTIST is on there, woot! I’ve been fairly active there as well, so be sure to add me . Enjoy the show!

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10 (+1) Reasons Insomnia Radio Exists:

1. The Wrecking: Fire | MySpace | Facebook
2. Sentinel: Finale | Site | Facebook
3. Madras: Go On | Site | Facebook
4. Still Time: 27 | Site | Facebook
5. Maydrim: Cry Out | Site | Facebook
6. Reni Lane: Place for Us | Site | Facebook
7. Chad Hollister: Grow (thanks Rodrigo!) | Site | Facebook
8. Each Passing Day: Scrape ‘Em Off | Site | Facebook
9. Courtesy Blush: Sun Divider | MySpace | Facebook
10. The Canon Logic: Nights at Armor Mansion | Site |Facebook
11. (Musicbed: I Am Not Left Handed)

Links & Shouts:

• Just Coffee | Insomnia Blend!
• For the video gamers: Jason’s Examiner Page
• The Justin Wayne Show
• Insomnia Radio: Twitter | Facebook | Not Myspace!
• Insomnia Radio: Genetics (our hosts on Twitter)

A while back, the nice fellows at Dinosaurs and Robots sent us a selection of old MRR Radio tapes from the ’80s. Here’s one from April 10, 1984, and another from from August 24, 1982.

And here is another one, in two parts, which I determined was probably from July of 1981. More will be posted here in the near future. Any help with the missing info on the playlists would be appreciated. Thanks to Mr. Jalopy and Mark Frauenfelder of Dinos and Robots for the tapes!

Part 1:

Intro Song:
MINOR THREAT – Screaming at a Wall

Tim – San Francisco
B-TEAM – My Eyes Are Bleeding
SOCIETY DOG – Metropolitan Rush
COSMETICS – Twinkie Madness

Ruth – “Esoteric” England
RED ZEBRA – I’m Falling Apart
KILLING JOKE – Follow the Leaders
ART OBJECTS – Batpoem

Ray – Around the World
ABWARTS – Komputerstadt
MARIE ET LES GARÇONS – About de Souffle
AU PAIRS – Armagh
FANG – Enjoy the View (on the wrong speed)

Tim – Mod set
THE START – Invisible Man
THE CHORDS – Millions Like Us
THE JOLT – I Can’t Wait

[Tim - Mabuhay ticket giveaway, reference to "new" move to Tues. 9 to 11pm time slot]

Johnny Meyers
999 – Obsessed
[tape ends]

Part 2 of an old MRR Radio tape which is probably from July of 1981. Any help with the missing info on the playlists would be appreciated. Thanks to Mr. Jalopy and Mark Frauenfelder of Dinosaurs and Robots for the tape!

Part 2:

[unknown – new wavey song[
[unknown – german techno-y song]

Jello – DC
GOVERNMENT ISSUE – ?
BLACK MARKET BABIES – Youth Crimes
VOID – unknown track(s) from demo

Tim – DOA
DOA – M.C.T.F.D.
DOA – The Enemy
[back announce cut off — maybe there was an interview here?]

Jeff – Cowboy fascism
BET LYNCH’S LEGS – Ghost Riders in the Sky
MINUTEMEN – Joe McCarty’s Ghost
THE DARK – John Wayne
THE STAINS (later MDC) – John Wayne Was a Nazi

Jello – Ohio
TOXIC REASONS – Somebody Help Me
? – “No Fun”?
SHEER SMEGMA – I Owe It to the Girls (actually from West Palm Beach, FL — later TEDDY AND THE FRAT GIRLS)
CUSTOMS – Long Gone
[no back announce - cut off]

Ruth – England
THE FALL – Fit and Working Again
ZOUNDS – Subvert
TREATMENT – Doncha Know

Tim – LA
45 GRAVE – Party Time
?
? – “Are You Blind?” (?)

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Last month, Louisville, Kentucky's electro pop quintet The Pass dropped their DIY debut EP, Colors. The four-piece outfit, with their admiration for 80's synth and pop music, recently signed to...

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Frog brings the noise and Rob brings the mistakes. Another rocking show from Maximumrocknroll Radio!!

Intro song:
SYDNEY DUCKS – Brannan’s Fall

Rob – Cazumbi: African Garage Rock from the 60s
A-CADS – Down the Road (South Africa)
TELL EMMA & HIS SKIPPER – Hammatan (Ghana)
CONJUNTO NIGHT STARS – She Only Wants a Friend (Mozambique)
LES SAFARI – Les Jeunes Tigres (Madagascar)
JOHN E SHARPE – Monkey Shine (South Africa)
THE INVADERS – Painter Man (South Africa)

Frog – Rock Monster Part 1
LOS PRISONEROS – Who Killed Marilyn
101ers – Rabies From The Dogs of Love
THEE HEADCOATEES – Where Are The Children That Hitler Kissed
DUTRONC – Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi
MUMMIES – Uncontrollable Urge (DEVO cover)

Frog – Rock Monster Part 2
SONIC YOUTH – Death to Our Friends
WIRE – Drill
FANG – They Sent Me to Hell C.O.D.
BUTTHOLE SURFERS – 100 Million People Dead
NEGATIVELAND – The Way of It

Rob- One of One
THE OH SEES – Block of Ice

Outro song:
FY FAN – Oforenliga Tendenser