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.
Fires of Cheektowaga - Slowburn - Single Version
Destroy//ExistFollow “Fires of Cheektowaga is a Toronto-based band crafting a distinctive fusion of shoegaze, psychedelic rock, and grunge. Their sound is…” 7 days ago →
LOLA - Moon Song (LIVE)
Destroy//ExistFollow “LOLA bring their distinct, stripped-down take on post punk, delivering a piece steeped in poetic lyricism and raw, unfiltered performance.…” 7 days ago →
wornoutjoy - crystal healer
Destroy//ExistFollow “Up and coming Eugene, Oregon shoegazers, wornoutjoy, have just unveiled their new album, sorrowisjust, on Pleasure Tapes. The record is…” last week →
VOWER - Stuck
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick Veilburner – Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy (weird death metal) This is some very weird (and very…” on Nov 14th →
Angrrsth - Kolejna Pętla
No Clean SingingFollow “(Daniel Barkasi is back with us today, presenting a collection of reviews for a variety of recommended albums released in…” on Nov 14th →
Friendship Commanders - DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS
Destroy//ExistFollow “DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS, the gripping final track on BEAR, the fourth album from Nashville duo Friendship Commanders, brings the…” on Nov 14th →
Rival Cults - Dripping With Divinity
darkeninheartFollow “Returning for the first time since their 2023 album Indoctrination, Rival Cults are back with a new single on Dune…” on Nov 16th →
Pitts, Twyford & Singh - The Affinity Gambit
No Clean SingingFollow “(written by Islander) Before I get to the music I’ve picked for this Saturday’s roundup I’d like to alert our…” on Nov 15th →
Nÿland - Noumenal Interface
AmbientblogFollow “NŸLAND - MODAL COLLAPSE / CONTINGENT OVERLAY Kringloop Kassettes is an ongoing series curated by Frans de Waard with an…” on Nov 14th →
Monograf - The Prophet
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Arriving a full six years after their gorgeous autumnal debut, Norwegians Monograf returns with another stunning release seamlessly mixing post-rock,…” on Nov 10th →
VOWER - Moth Becomes The Flame
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Besides setting the world on fire in a myriad of ways, literal and metaphorical, the first half of the whimpering…” on Nov 12th →
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy - Lyrics Are Hard
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “It’s HEAVY. Yep. That’s it, that’s the review. Insights like this are only available on the Heavy Blog. Nah, I…” on Nov 13th →
Clarice Jensen - In holiday clothing out of the great darkness Part 1
Ban Ban Ton TonFollow “Clarice Jensen’s latest long-player, her 4th solo work, takes its title from a poem by Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke,…” on Nov 11th →
PSYCHONAUT - Origins
The ObeliskFollow “It’s all over now, I’ve got momentum on my side. This is day four of the Quarterly Review. The first…” on Nov 20th →
ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴄʀᴏss ʜᴏᴛᴇʟ - The House God Doesn't Visit
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Another day, another band from Chicago. While patiently anticipating news of a new Atlas Moth album, I snatched up the…” on Oct 30th →
Supervulkan - Icaro incandescente
Destroy//ExistFollow “Supervulkan are a Milan-based duo whose sound erupts from a blend of raw power and violent precision. Their music draws…” on Oct 22nd →
Vandampire - Ultralow
Decibel MagazineFollow “While we’re definitely a fan of crunchy and smooth dynamics within a song, it’s also makes for a good sonic…” on Oct 27th →
Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Cian Moynagh Remix
i enjoy musicFollow “It's All In The Remix...I Enjoy Remixes, the ongoing I Enjoy Music music project in which two musical artists remix…” on Oct 2nd →
Der Weg einer Freiheit - Marter
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “It's that time of the year again - the end of it is on the horizon. But there is still…” on Oct 16th →
Lorna Shore - Prison of Flesh
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick Maruja – Pain to Power (progressive jazz-punk) I'm a bit out of my depth here, but I think…” on Sep 12th →
sixten - Living Comes With Dying
Phonograph MeFollow “O final da manhã deste Sábado chega intenso e intimista aqui ao blog, ao som de "Living Comes With Dying",…” on Jul 6th, 2024 →
AITIS BAND - He's Great
darkeninheartFollow “Renowned for slipping fluidly between styles and pushing boundaries, Aitis Band have revealed a new single and video, He’s Great,…” on Sep 6th →
Professor Emeritus - Hubris
No Clean SingingFollow “photo by Liz Gollner (In June of this year Chicago-based Professor Emeritus released a long-awaited second album, and our Comrade…” on Sep 4th →
Alexei Shishkin - Disco Elysium
KLOF MagazineFollow “Good Times is the latest offering from Alexei Shishkin. “...pop culture, poetics, psychology and philosophy are rolled into a surreal,…” on Sep 8th →
Zatokrev - Pearl Eyes
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Hexrot – Formless Ruin Of Oblivion (weird disso-death) Familiarity makes the heart grow complacent. So it has come…” on Aug 29th →
BLAK - La solitud és refugir
Łabandzi ŚpiewFollow “Post-rock so complex that you can't really keep up with everything that goes on and yet everything sounding coherent and…” on Aug 29th →
NIGHTSISTER - Chill Times in Hell
Destroy//ExistFollow “NIGHTSISTER’s new EP, Chill Times in Hell, doesn’t seek to redraw the post punk blueprint, but instead sinks deeper into…” on Aug 30th →
Scorched Mind - Rite Of Cleansing
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Aggression can take many—many—forms under the metal heading. With that, it’s such an easy move to just stack the extremes…” on Sep 1st →
The Sways - I Have Been the Moon
We All Want Someone To Shout ForFollow “The Sways are a band of three proud dads from past musical projects, who have joined forces in order to…” on Aug 6th →
The Crystal Tears - Vampiro
Post-Punk.comFollow “Juntos en el cementerio Aquí con mis abuelos Damos bienvenida a los espíritus queridos Rezamos, recordamos familia Direct from the…” on Jul 22nd →
Oak - Silences as heavy as your gaze
Łabandzi ŚpiewFollow “Oak is both a tree and a music band from France. As one could guess, the artists are very closely…” on Jul 23rd →
SLOWCUT - martyred
Destroy//ExistFollow “SLOWCUT, the post metal quintet hailing from Magandjin/Brisbane, return with their first new music since their 2023 debut. Their latest…” on Jul 20th →
HELL - Hevy
The QuietusFollow “Kez Whelan picks out the 20 best records from 2025 in metal, year of heartening cross-pollination and pushed limits, as…” 5 days ago →
Vøvk - Iskra
Destroy//ExistFollow “Iskra is a prime example of the layered, dynamic intensity which Ukrainian heavy rock outfit Vøvk delivers. Drawing inspiration from…” on Jul 3rd →
Rwake - The Return of Magik
Chicago ReaderFollow “Rwake Fri 11/14 at Sleeping Village The post Psychedelic metal greats Rwake reemerge with newfound magik appeared first on Chicago…” on Nov 7th →
Dormant Ordeal - Halo of Bones
Decibel MagazineFollow “Greetigs, Decibel readers! It’s a big day today, as we’ve got the new album from Ancient Death to celebrate, but…” on Apr 18th →
Coral Morphologic & Nick León - Deep Call
Futurism RestatedFollow “Nick León thought he’d reached the breaking point last year. He’d been gigging in Europe seemingly forever, just the latest…” on Jun 24th →
Rebreather - Drown
The ObeliskFollow “With more reportedly on the way, the Pittsburgh-based dark arts heavyfest Descendants of Crom has announced the first round of…” on Jun 25th →
Fragile Animals - Worldview
AnalogueTrashFollow “Ahead of the release of their Tourist EP on the 4th of July – and some UK and Ireland gig…” on Jun 25th →
Mourning (A) BLKstar - Stop Lion 2 (feat. Lee Bains)
Rimas e BatidasFollow “Flowers for the Living é o título do novo álbum dos incríveis Mourning (A) BLKstar, colectivo de Cleveland, Ohio, que…” on Jun 27th →
Slung - Laughter
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “There are many ways in which we could have structured this post and many goals we might have looked to…” on Jul 25th →
Las Nubes - Pesada
AnalogueTrashFollow “To see out Pride Month, we have a selection of queer-themed playlists from LGBTQI+ artists whose music we love. Emile…” on Jun 28th →
Dictaphone - Island 92
Digital in BerlinFollow “One evening, two concerts: Hebbel am Ufer presents special live performances by Italian drummer Andrea Belfi and experimental electronica from…” on Jun 29th →
Maruja - Look Down On Us
Dansende BerenFollow “Voor wie hunkert naar donkere, onheilspellende postpunk, blijft Engeland een betrouwbare bestemming. Ook Maruja, een band uit Manchester, bewijst dat…” on May 8th →
AVKRVST - The Trauma
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick Outergods – Dethroned & Devoured (crossoverish blackened-death/grind) Taking stick at this almost-halfway point, and I can say, with…” on Jun 13th →
Dormant Ordeal - Dust Crown
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “2024 was one of the most dynamic years for death metal in recent memory. Until I looked back on the…” on Jun 3rd →