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.
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Robert Fripp/Andy Summers - I Advance Masked
Star Maker MachineFollow “Andy Summers/Robert Fripp: I Advance Masked [purchase through Discogs because Amazon’s prices are not reasonable ] You’re probably sick of…” on Jul 20th, 2020 →
Nanci Griffith - Desperadoes Waiting For A Train
Star Maker MachineFollow “Nanci Griffith: Desperados Waiting For A Train [purchase] No personal story, no long history lesson, no political discussion today. Just…” on Jul 8th, 2020 →
Renaissance - Opening Out
Star Maker MachineFollow “Renaissance: Opening Out [purchase] It’s been a while since I’ve reached into my prog-rock bag, so let’s talk about Renaissance.…” on Jun 12th, 2020 →
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code
Star Maker MachineFollow “Dropkick Murphys: The Warrior’s Code [purchase] I suspect that many of you who read this blog also attend live music…” on Jun 3rd, 2020 →
Alexander 'Skip' Spence - War In Peace
Star Maker MachineFollow “Alexander “Skip” Spence: War In Peace [purchase] I know that many people—and not only people in the 50+ demographic—think that…” on May 28th, 2020 →
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
Star Maker MachineFollow “Joni Mitchell: Help Me [purchase] If you believe Wikipedia, the use of the word “Mayday” as a distress signal began…” on May 14th, 2020 →
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? +1 remix
Star Maker MachineFollow “R.E.M.: What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? [purchase] I know that my chosen song for this piece asks a question, but the…” on May 5th, 2020 →
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Star Maker MachineFollow “Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town [purchase] Like many of the themes that we use on Star Maker…” on Apr 30th, 2020 →
Magnolia Electric Co. - Track 01
Star Maker MachineFollow “Magnolia Electric Co.: The Dark Don’t Hide It [purchase] Back in 2013, a few months after Jason Molina died at…” on Apr 24th, 2020 →
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
Star Maker MachineFollow “Gary Numan/Tubeway Army: Are ‘Friends’ Electric? [purchase] I suggested this theme a while ago, and when it was finally chosen,…” on Apr 17th, 2020 →
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Star Maker MachineFollow “Al Green: Tired of Being Alone [purchase] I’ve already lost count of how long I’ve been stuck at home—the few…” on Apr 6th, 2020 →
Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit
Star Maker MachineFollow “The Blues Brothers: Rubber Biscuit [purchase] If you knew that the original version of this song was released in 1956…” on Mar 26th, 2020 →
The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Star Maker MachineFollow “The Police: De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da [purchase] Would it surprise you to find out that Sting…” on Mar 17th, 2020 →
U2 - An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
Star Maker MachineFollow “U2: An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart [purchase] When you think about U2’s great debut album, Boy, “An Cat Dubh/Into The…” on Mar 4th, 2020 →
Billy Preston - Outa-Space
Star Maker MachineFollow “Billy Preston: Outa-Space [purchase] When I was 10, in the summer of 1971, my parents sent me to sleep away…” on Feb 4th, 2020 →
- Twenty Years Ago
Star Maker MachineFollow “Magazine: Twenty Years Ago [purchase] I’m pretty sure that I first started paying attention to the band Magazine in 1981,…” on Jan 28th, 2020 →
Neville Brothers - Fire On The Bayou
Star Maker MachineFollow “Fats Domino: The Fat Man [purchase] Despite Nashville’s self-proclaimed title as Music City, I think that New Orleans might have…” on Jan 9th, 2020 →
Hüsker Dü - Ice Cold Ice
Star Maker MachineFollow “Hüsker Dü: Ice Cold Ice [purchase] There are many truisms in the world of music fandom, and one of them…” on Dec 23rd, 2019 →