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 Ryan's Smashing Life
Kishi Bashi - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “This week's Sunday Song is a cover of a Talking Heads favorite. Anthens multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi is pretty new to…” on Nov 3rd, 2020 →
Blondfire - Climb
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “This week Erica Driscoll of Blondfire unveiled her first new song in about two years and it's a beautiful banger!…” on Nov 3rd, 2020 →
Chadley Kolb - 1822 (unreleased) on The Outlaw Roadshow
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “rslblog.com · Chadley Kolb - 1822 (unreleased) premiere on The Outlaw Roadshow I'm deep in mid-pandemic cleaning up in here!…” on May 4th, 2020 →
John Prine - Sweet Revenge
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “John Prine was as charming as he was gifted. He was shamelessly effective at reaching audiences and holding them in…” on Apr 20th, 2020 →
Ivy - Edge Of The Ocean
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “The Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreck havoc on our way of life, claiming the lives of some of our great…” on Apr 8th, 2020 →
Eldridge Rodriguez - 01 Country And Western
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “Why You Should Care: For a bunch of n'aer do wells, this is bang-up collection of songs about desperation and…” on Mar 12th, 2020 →
Jen Cintrón - Pardon Me
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “SXSW Called Off Ultra Music Festival has been canceled. France’s Tomorrowland has been canceled. Winter Music Conference 2020 is canceled…” on Mar 11th, 2020 →
ERA - The Edge
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “THE MAILBAG - Everyone has a chance to shine. A couple of times a month, I spin fate's wheel and…” on Jan 29th, 2020 →
Seiun - Hikari No Sono
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “Music as you know is both a flourish and an escape. And it's with that I begin today with the…” on Jan 4th, 2020 →
King Pine - Today Is Today
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “Listen to this soft, beautiful song opener. Excited to share the first song from King Pine. It's the lead single…” on Oct 9th, 2019 →
Brad Byrd - American Life feat. Kay Hanley
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “I started this music blog thirteen years ago this fall and have had to provide mea culpas for disappearing acts…” on Oct 5th, 2019 →
Beth Bombara - Upside Down
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “It's hard for me to imagine a musician on the road with a bigger heart than Beth Bombara and that…” on Jul 28th, 2019 →
RIBS - Too Long
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “FIRST LISTEN - Chris Oquist and Keith Freund - the dark rock duo RIBS unexpectedly dropped another new song today.…” on Jul 26th, 2019 →
Jesse Malin - Sorrow
Ryan's Smashing LifeFollow “FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT - Long one of my favorite singers and songwriters, Jesse Malin just announced dates with Justin Townes Earle.…” on Jul 26th, 2019 →