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 iloveshortsongs
Crash and the Boys - I'm So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad
iloveshortsongsFollow “I Am Sad, So Very Very Sad - Crash & The Boys (2010) Another hit song by Broken Social Scene…” on Mar 23rd, 2012 →
Elvis Presley - Hot Dog
iloveshortsongsFollow “Hot Dog - Elvis Presley (1957) Most of the King’s early tunes clock in at around two minutes, but a…” on Mar 22nd, 2012 →
Nick Drake - Horn
iloveshortsongsFollow “Horn - Nick Drake (1971) A short, sweet instrumental from Drake for your evening. Also from Pink Moon, his shortest…” on Mar 11th, 2012 →
Henry Mancini - What's Happening!!
iloveshortsongsFollow “What’s Happening!! - Henry Mancini (1976) Television music is often a great outlet for the miniature musical maestro. Here’s Mr.…” on Mar 2nd, 2012 →
Erika Eigen - I Want to Marry A Lighthouse Keeper
iloveshortsongsFollow “I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper - Erika Eigen (1971) To be awarded the title ‘oddest song’ on a…” on Mar 1st, 2012 →
Violent Femmes - Dahmer Is Dead
iloveshortsongsFollow “Dahmer is Dead - Violent Femmes (1995) A great addition to the Femmes’ latter-period work. Here, Gano, Ritchie et al…” on Feb 28th, 2012 →
Wings - Backwards Traveller
iloveshortsongsFollow “Backwards Traveller - Paul McCartney & Wings (1978) 45andsingle: I dedicate this song to Tumblr. The Brits spell Traveler with…” on Jan 23rd, 2012 →
Andy Partridge - No One Here Available
iloveshortsongsFollow “No One Here Available - Andy Partridge (1985) the-theme-is: XTC frontman A.P. recorded this reggae-tinged novelty outgoing answering machine tune…” on Jan 19th, 2012 →
Simon Jeffes - Arthur's Treat
iloveshortsongsFollow “Arthur’s Treat - Simon Jeffes (1980) Another track from 1980’s Miniatures album compiled by erstwhile Mott The Hoople member Morgan…” on Jan 11th, 2012 →
Pink Floyd - One of the Few
iloveshortsongsFollow “One Of The Few - Pink Floyd (1983) From the routinely as-celebrated-as-it-is-hated release The Final Cut. Not really a prime…” on Jan 5th, 2012 →
John Fahey - Silent Night, Holy Night
iloveshortsongsFollow “Silent Night, Holy Night - John Fahey (1968) Sleep in heavn’ly peace, dear follow’rs. MP3” on Dec 24th, 2011 →
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - Good King Wenceslas
iloveshortsongsFollow “Good King Wenceslas -The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble (1967) singinginthewire: I’ve always liked King Wenceslas. He seems good. Shortsongs wishes all…” on Dec 22nd, 2011 →
The Residents - Amber
iloveshortsongsFollow “Amber - The Residents (1980) A lil’ autumnal flavor from our patron saints. If you happen to be in the…” on Nov 9th, 2011 →
They Might Be Giants - Minimum Wage
iloveshortsongsFollow “Minimum Wage — They Might Be Giants (1990) TMBG blew through Minneapolis’ First Avenue again not too long ago, and…” on Nov 7th, 2011 →
Frank Zappa - Sleeping In A Jar
iloveshortsongsFollow “Sleeping In A Jar - Frank Zappa (1969) the jar is under the bed MP3” on Oct 31st, 2011 →
Dagmar Andrtova - Little Orchestra of Disaster and Hope
iloveshortsongsFollow “Little Orchestra of Disaster and Hope - Dagmar Andrtova (2000) I don’t know much about this song or Ms. Andrtova…” on Sep 11th, 2011 →
The Beach Boys - Ding Dang
iloveshortsongsFollow “Ding Dang - The Beach Boys (Recorded 1973, Released 1977) As we fly ever closer to flipping the record of…” on Sep 1st, 2011 →
Blur - We've Got a File on You
iloveshortsongsFollow “We’ve Got a File on You - Blur (2003) You’d better listen to them, they sound serious. From Blur’s most…” on Aug 10th, 2011 →
Mark Oliver Everett - Lonesome Subway
iloveshortsongsFollow “Lonesome Subway - Mark Oliver Everett (2002) In honor of Mr. E’s band EELS’ show tonight at First Avenue, here’s…” on Aug 6th, 2011 →
Bomb The Music Industry! - Sponge Board/Baby Waves
iloveshortsongsFollow “Sponge Board/Baby Waves - Bomb the Music Industry! (2011) We’ve posted a (much “harder”) BTMI! song before, but what better…” on Aug 3rd, 2011 →