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.
The Sportswriters - Until You Remember
MeFi MusicFollow “It's the summer of 1990, we're in a flat at the bottom of Muswell Hill, and my friend Graham and…” on May 23rd, 2013 →
The Sportswriters - Such Great Heights
MeFi MusicFollow “I've always had a soft spot for this Postal Service song, so here's an acoustic cover featuring resonator guitar, pump…” on Mar 25th, 2012 →
The Sportswriters - On Valentine's Day
MeFi MusicFollow “On February 11th, 1963, the poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide. This is the song the elderly painter, Mr Thomas, who…” on Nov 10th, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Occupy My Heart
MeFi MusicFollow “Entry for this week's Songfight. Set the time signature to 15/8 and janglepop to maximum! Kind of ran out of…” on Nov 2nd, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Has Been For Years, The Cavalryman's Lament
MeFi MusicFollow “Orgiastically melodromatic Jacques Brel-inspired version of the strange little ballad I posted a couple of days ago. This is basically…” on Oct 21st, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Girl on a Swing
MeFi MusicFollow “This is a super-rough demo of a song I wrote yesterday for the 'Has Been for Years' song fight. It's…” on Oct 18th, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Gonna Have to let you Down
MeFi MusicFollow “Pantless snarky powerpop for the October challenge. Video proof. I had a skeletal backing track for this knocking around so…” on Oct 5th, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - A Town With No PIty
MeFi MusicFollow “Epic 60s janglepop meets Northern Soul, final version of the tune I've been evolving here and on The Music Incubator.…” on Jul 31st, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - I Go Blind
MeFi MusicFollow “I got to really hate this mofo over the last couple of weeks. So I had no choice but to…” on May 16th, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Rock, Paper, Scissors
MeFi MusicFollow “Shorter, sweeter mix of this responding to some of the suggestions on the last one. Lost the first intro, cleaned…” on May 3rd, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Hallelujah
MeFi MusicFollow “Yet another cover of the Cohen standard, but at least I've got an excuse this time. I've been roped in…” on Apr 30th, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Rock, Paper, Scissors
MeFi MusicFollow “Balls out late 70s powerpop version of the song I posted an acoustic demo of yesterday. This is a bit…” on Apr 8th, 2011 →
The Sportswriters - Ten Years in a Hundred Dollar Suit, (Waiting for the World)
MeFi MusicFollow “I pushed the vocal track a couple of dB on this track I posted yesterday as several people suggested. See…” on Dec 6th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - Simple Town Full Version
MeFi MusicFollow “Feisty powerpop version of the a capella song I posted for the challenge. Man, this was another freakin' difficult song…” on Nov 24th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - Shotgun (Rough Mix)
MeFi MusicFollow “The only good thing about having a sore throat is that for a brief window of time I can hit…” on Nov 9th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - YouV-Lighters-Master
MeFi MusicFollow “The (hopefully) final mix of Y&SF with all the problems fixed and Major Dundee's epic solo finally loud and proud…” on Nov 7th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - Don't Fool Me
MeFi MusicFollow “Today's espresso-driven shot of melodrama power-pop. Originally written around 1995, I think I finally nailed how it was supposed to…” on Oct 28th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - The Pink Raincoat
MeFi MusicFollow “Sometimes songs come easy and sometimes they come hard. Everything about this one was hard. The final, sweated over, version…” on Oct 26th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - The Pink Raincoat
MeFi MusicFollow “It's really freakin' hard to write a song about someone you weren't in love with. A really rough sketch of…” on Sep 7th, 2010 →
The Sportswriters - You and San Francisco
MeFi MusicFollow “Full blown (not to say epic) production of this acoustic demo. I liked the demo and thought about just doing…” on Sep 2nd, 2010 →