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.
Shmu - 2.2 Stoned City ⛰🚬🎤😭
The QuietusFollow “Sam Chown’s gamified new album for Orange Milk Records captures the low-res appeal of home consoles gone by. Skye Butchard…” on Jun 2nd, 2023 →
Shmu - ❄Snow Arp Under the Viole(n)t Ocean🌊
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Our guide to the outer limits of Bandcamp. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Mar 3rd, 2021 →
Shmu - Melting Down the Glass
XLR8RFollow “Kaleidoscopic pop from Texas. Sam Chown is best known as one half of glitchy neo-psychedelic rock duo Zorch, who left…” on Jun 20th, 2019 →
shmu - Hololeaps
Weirdest band in the worldFollow “To say Shmu‘s Sam Chown likes to make densely layered music is akin to saying that Jackson Pollack liked to…” on Oct 4th, 2018 →
shmu - Burn Baby Burn
Austin Town HallFollow “Sam Chown is one of the busier Austin musicians, but in the case of the single below, lets focus on…” on Mar 5th, 2018 →
Shmu - Come Into My Arms
OvrldFollow “by Bram Howard Shmu is more or less the one-man-band project of Sam Chown. With a healthy dose of Shoegaze,…” on Nov 30th, 2015 →
shmu - Warrior
surviving the golden ageFollow “Samuel Chown of Zorch fame is preparing to release his debut album as Shmu. In very Zorch-y fashion, the album…” on Oct 21st, 2015 →
Shmu - Mollasacre
The Deli MagazineFollow “Shmu’s Bandcamp page (that you should go to, what for the good music listening) uses the following words to describe…” on Jan 4th, 2015 →
Shmu - She's Leaving
Austin Town HallFollow “Honestly, I don’t entirely know what to say in order to get you into Austin’s SHMU. There are these weird…” on Feb 7th, 2014 →
Shmu - House of Stares
Indie Rock CafeFollow “In Wednesday’s posting of Volume One of the Best New Releases for the week of June 5-11, top choices went…” on Jun 11th, 2012 →