Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
Archived Posts from For The Sake Of The Song
Prentice Moreland - Holy Mack'rel
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “As it happens to be Semana Santa around these parts, a holy six pack seems just the ticket. Come feel…” on Mar 31st, 2021 →
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Albuquerque
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “During lockdown, Nick and Warren didn't sit still for long. Instead of lamenting their twice-cancelled world tour, the duo (no…” on Mar 29th, 2021 →
James Booker - Junco Partner
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Down the road down the road... What's your fave version of the immortal Junco/Junko Partner? From the '51 original by…” on Mar 26th, 2021 →
Harry Taussig - Dark Town Strutter's Ball
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “You've got yourselves an invitation to the famous Dark Town Strutters Ball. American Primitive guitar avant-la-lettre, courtesy of the great…” on Mar 24th, 2021 →
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Astral Traveling
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Lonnie Liston Smith: quite the resumé. Played with Art Blakey, Miles, Roland Kirk and Pharoah Sanders. Here he travels the…” on Mar 22nd, 2021 →
Noel Ellis - To Hail Selassie
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Noel Ellis, son of 'godfather of rocksteady' Alton, carried on the reggae family tradition overseas. From 1983, his self-titled debut…” on Mar 19th, 2021 →
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Danger Bird
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Finally officially available: Neil & the Horse's 1990 tour warm-up gig at the intimate Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz. Which…” on Mar 17th, 2021 →
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Smitten
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “The demos part is what makes Richard Hell's Destiny Street Complete really interesting. Here's the best of the batch, a…” on Mar 15th, 2021 →
Painted Shrines - Heaven and Holy
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Spotlighting some recent side projects today. First up: Bardo Pond offshoot Vapour Theories takes an instrumental trip and lives to…” on Mar 13th, 2021 →
Modern Nature - Mayday
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Exactly one year ago on this day, I attended my last live rock gig: Modern Nature on stage in the…” on Mar 11th, 2021 →
Bobby Lee - Impregnated By Drops of Rainbow
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Concerto for guitar and drum machine. Bobby Lee hails from Sheffield and may be as British as they come, but…” on Mar 10th, 2021 →
Bill Stone - Purple
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “A welcome reissue of a lofi rarity by the guys of the Drag City label. It's the year of 1969…” on Mar 8th, 2021 →
Pere Ubu - Heaven
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Along with Television, Pere Ubu has long been my fave seventies artpunk combo. Unique sounding band to say the least.…” on Mar 5th, 2021 →