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 Sweeping The Nation
ROTIFER - Canvey Island
Sweeping The NationFollow “Produced by Wreckless Eric, released on Edwyn Collins' new label AED and featuring Darren Hayman in his band, Robert Rotifer…” on Oct 1st, 2011 →
Algiers - Four Priests
Sweeping The NationFollow “Algiers are one of Dartz! plus one of The Maple State and have newly signed to Big Scary Monsters for…” on Sep 26th, 2011 →
Jamie N Commons - The Preacher
Sweeping The NationFollow “Howling, Harvey'n'heroin-era Nick Cave via Mark Lanegan-recalling stormy weather blues from the pages of the Old Testament from a man…” on Sep 23rd, 2011 →
Half Man Half Biscuit - Tommy Walshs Eco House
Sweeping The NationFollow “Couldn't miss this opportunity. Long time readers will know Half Man Half Biscuit albums are left out of the STN…” on Sep 23rd, 2011 →
After Six - Cryptograms
Sweeping The NationFollow “A message was left about this track on our Facebook group in April and we only saw it tonight. There's…” on Sep 21st, 2011 →
Wild Beasts - Thankless Thing
Sweeping The NationFollow “Another glorious piece of luminescent, pulsing circularity much of a piece with the misleading languidity of Smother. Also you surely…” on Sep 20th, 2011 →
Daughter - Love +10 remixes
Sweeping The NationFollow “This closing track taster of The Wild Youth EP, released 21st November, develops Elena Tonra's writing voice away from the…” on Sep 19th, 2011 →
Other Lives - Tamer Animals
Sweeping The NationFollow “Having already given us Colourmusic's blitzkrieg album this year, Stillwater, Oklahoma ups its batting average for 2011 with Other Lives,…” on Aug 16th, 2011 →
alcopop - Brother
Sweeping The NationFollow “Eclectic AlcoPop!-signed mainstays of Oxford, Ute are a folk band but not in that way. The careful acoustic and plaintive…” on Aug 15th, 2011 →
Clock Opera - Lesson No. 7 Full Version
Sweeping The NationFollow “More of Guy Connolly's 'chop-pop', this time with a new found urgency. Where Belongings took its time to make full…” on Aug 14th, 2011 →
Artery - Civilisation
Sweeping The NationFollow “Artery appear somewhere back in the books when UK post-punk is analysed but they turn up regularly enough in turn…” on Aug 13th, 2011 →
Race Horses - Benidorm
Sweeping The NationFollow “Around last year's debut album there was some talk that Aberystwyth's Race Horses' psych-surf could fit them into the Welsh…” on Aug 12th, 2011 →
Dent May - Fun
Sweeping The NationFollow “First time we came across May he was demonstrating with no little zest His Magnificent Ukulele. No fun-size stringed instrument…” on Aug 11th, 2011 →
Loney Dear - My Heart +2 remixes
Sweeping The NationFollow “Over six albums Emil Svanängen's consistency in effortless folk-pop radar terms has picked up a few stray objects and been…” on Aug 10th, 2011 →
Remember Remember - John Candy
Sweeping The NationFollow “Glasgow's Remember Remember, signed to the label of and having been tour support for Mogwai, share DNA with Tall Ships…” on Aug 9th, 2011 →
I Break Horses - Winter Beats +1 remix
Sweeping The NationFollow “An optimum lesson to bloggers here - don't sleep on a track, eventually everyone will post and play it and…” on Aug 8th, 2011 →
Runaround Kids - Can't Lose Lover
Sweeping The NationFollow “Sorry, is there some reason why the acutely interlocking indie guitar set aren't all over Runaround Kids long before now?…” on Aug 7th, 2011 →
Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
Sweeping The NationFollow “Oh you're so perplexing, Jens. The title track from an EP out September 19th, four years on from Night Falls…” on Aug 6th, 2011 →
This Many Boyfriends - Young Lovers Go Pop!
Sweeping The NationFollow “An unlikely current resident of 6 Music's playlist, the latest from the self-referencing Leeds youths is one of those elegantly…” on Aug 5th, 2011 →