Stack №488: Apr 1, 2025

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Apr 1, 2025

TORIBIO - Daylight (feat. Sharin) (Original Mix)

Posted by 2 sites • On Bandcamp

Ban Ban Ton Ton Follow “There’s spaced out jazzfunkboogie from Kibbi Gibbon on Star Creature; JKriv pulls together a varied set for his own Razor…” on Mar 5th →

Brooklyn's TORIBIO (Stack №430) debuts on Chromeo and A-Trak's Juliet imprint with a house cut featuring his sister Sharin. "I'm struggling to think of the last time (if ever) I've ever heard such pristine, crisp vocals over such rough and tough, almost lo-fi beats," says 5 Magazine. "And the mad thing is, it really works."

Sea Lemon - Stay

Posted by 6 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

buffaBLOG Follow ““Stay” is the latest track from Natalie Lew, the brains behind Sea Lemon. Coming in like a promise of a…” 16 hrs ago →

Seattle's Sea Lemon (Stack №386) announces her debut LP on Luminelle Recordings. Grotesqualizer calls the lead single "a gentle flight on Madchester-touched shoegaze airlines...viscous and rhythmic at the same time."

Confucius MC, Bastien Keb - Gutters

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Twistedsoul Follow “Back with a fresh Between The Cracks roundup. The post Between The Cracks: Discover Six Essential Releases appeared first on…” on Feb 21st →

In their first collaborative album, Confucius MC and producer Bastien Keb cross heady rap with spoken word experimentation. Bandcamp says, "the jazz-adjacent instrumentation is beautifully unhurried, and the vocals are similarly measured—the whole thing has the feel of chatting with two old friends late at night by a crackling fire, leaning in close so you don’t miss a single word."

VOV VOV! - Night Ride

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Records I Like Follow “What do you get if you cross Komische with Dreampop? No it’s not my attempt at a funny joke honest.…” 23 hrs ago →

Florence, Italy's VOV VOV make their debut with "Night Ride," a psychedelic organ romp. From their forthcoming EP on Factory Flaws, the band says it reflects "a nighttime journey portrayed through the dream of a little girl conversing with a two-headed monster."

Lotame - heartbeat

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The Letter Follow “keep the joy inside by Lotame Deep like DJ Healer Read The Review” 5 days ago →

The Letter reports on this self-released and scarcely detailed UK electronica project: "There's absolutely no information available about this artist going by the name Lotame but what I can tell you is this: their debut EP keep the joy inside is a simple delight; a downtempo excursion that respectfully picks up the trail of artists like DJ Healer and DJ Python (Stack №378)."

FEATURED ALBUM

Sharp Pins - With a Girl Like Mine

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Bandcamp Daily Follow “Looking back at the first quarter of 2025. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” last week →

Lifeguard's Kai Slater gives a wider release to Radio DDR, his second album as Sharp Pins (first shared in 2024 on tape). A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed sums it up: "Elements of American jangle-rock—think Shoes, Yellow Pills, etc.—blend with snatches of sounds we can trace back to Brit pioneers, but all that being said, the new album from Sharp Pins stands entirely on its own strengths. Clever, smart, and concise."

GOOD MIX

United in Flames w/ Two Heavens & Malibu 191224

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As a primer for the Good Read below, here's a recent episode of Malibu’s (Stack №385) United in Flames NTS show.

GOOD READ

For Pitchfork, Meaghan Garvey spotlights Malibu's show on NTS Radio:

"And if it’s true, as I’ve been told, that heaven is a place on earth, then I believe it can be accessed through her monthly radio show, the sublime 'United In Flames'."

Thanks for listening!

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