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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The Secret Sisters - All The Ways (Feat. Ray LaMontagne)
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “When The Secret Sisters got their start over a decade ago, Ray LaMontange was the first artist to invite them…” on Mar 15th →
Madi Diaz - Everything Almost
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “On Weird Faith, the latest album from Nashville-based Madi Diaz, you’ll hear “Everything Almost,” on which the artist openly shares…” on Mar 14th →
Optometry - Wrong Thing
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Vienna-born electronic composer and producer John Tejada has had his hand in many projects — most notably with Reggie Watts…” on Mar 13th →
MGMT - Dancing In Babylon (feat. Christine and the Queens)
BrooklynVeganFollow “The first quarter of 2024 wrapped up a couple weeks ago, but better late than never, here are 30 albums…” on Apr 16th →
Odetta Hartman - Dr. No
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Somewhere between Beth Gibbons, Billie Holiday, and Hope Sandoval lies the voice of NYC-based School Night alum Odetta Hartman —…” on Mar 11th →
Aili - Takoyaki
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Belgium-Japanese electro-pop duo Aili recently dropped their debut LP Nandakke? to the delight of KCRW DJ Travis Holcombe, who has…” on Mar 8th →
The Undercover Dream Lovers - Run Away
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Exactly one week ago, MBE was awarded the distinction of world premiering of The Undercover Dream Lovers’ latest track, “Run…” on Mar 7th →
Justice - Generator
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Electronic, heavy metal, hip-hop, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Apr 26th →
Balming Tiger - Buriburi!
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Taking their name from the Asian ointment Tiger Balm, Balming Tiger are an alternative K-pop collective made up of rappers,…” on Mar 5th →
Loren Kramar - Hollywood Blvd
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Here’s an anthem that is so personal, it pulls the curtain on a desire or a premonition of making it…” on Mar 4th →
Leyla McCalla - Tree
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Leyla McCalla is a woman of many talents, especially when it comes to mastering the cello, tenor banjo, and guitar…” on Mar 1st →
Paddan - Bug
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “In honor of leap year today, let’s turn to a new project from old friends who believe that the best…” on Feb 29th →
Reyna Tropical - Ya Va Pasar
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Birthed in Mexico in 2017, Reyna Tropical explores “intuition, transition, connection, and continuation — a celebration of spiritual survival pulsing…” on Dec 8th, 2023 →
Optometry - Chameleon
KCRW Today's Top TuneFollow “Optometry is a brand spanking new LA-based duo composed of electro genius John Tejada and stunning singer March Adstrum. Adstrum’s…” on Jan 6th, 2023 →
Wicked City - Circulating Fire
Zone NightsFollow “Buenas noticias para nuestros lectores, aquellos fanáticos del harcore tendrán nuevos sonidos para sumar a su lista de favoritos. Wicked…” on Aug 23rd, 2018 →
KCRW - Tom Schnabel's Rhythm Planet: Poor Man's Taj Mahal
KCRW Music BlogFollow “My longtime friend Bob Ramirez is one of the best custom home builders in Los Angeles. I was fortunate enough…” on Jun 7th, 2017 →
Wicked City - So Good (Vocal Mix)
FunkFelicityFollow “#stpatricksday | Strong party tunes with bass, electro, and fresh grooves. Hope you like the playlist! → Thanks for tuning…” on Mar 17th, 2017 →
KCRW - Onyeabor
KCRW Music BlogFollow “The pioneering electro/synth/soul artist William Onyeabor passed away in his sleep on Monday at the age of 70. Onyeabor was…” on Jan 19th, 2017 →
KCRW - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: 8 Days of Hannukah
Let's Not Get Carried AwayFollow “Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings “8 Days Of Hanukkah” Chanukkah is in full swing, so let’s swing with two…” on Dec 27th, 2016 →
KCRW - Remembering Leonard Cohen
KCRW Music BlogFollow “Songwriter, poet and author, Leonard Cohen, has died at the age of 82. A post on his Facebook reads, “It…” on Nov 10th, 2016 →