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 black watch - new brooms sweep clean
if it be your willFollow ““an immaculate run of late-period brilliance that began with 2020’s Brilliant Failures ) is perpetuated on Morning Papers. With aspects…” on Sep 9th →
the black watch - Myrmidon
Austin Town HallFollow “It’s Bandcamp Friday, so you should ideally put your money where your mouth is, or where your support is…like going…” on Jun 7th →
the black watch - There & Here
janglepophubFollow “This is John Andrew Frederick’s 911th (not really, but I have lost count of the actual number) album since the…” on Apr 24th →
the black watch - we know nothing
Buzzbands.LAFollow “The Black Watch haven’t had many protest songs over their long career — and by long, we mean 35 years…” on May 17th, 2023 →
the black watch - more lies from the government
Austin Town HallFollow “When looking at the credits on this new Black Watch single, I was definitely intrigued by the fact that’s it…” on May 10th, 2023 →
the black watch - the neverland of spoken things
janglepophubFollow “Thanks for giving a damn about our top 15 EPs !…I love an EP. By far the most popular format…” on Dec 30th, 2022 →
the black watch - living backwards
janglepophubFollow “The interweb is filled with angsty artistes. When not moaning about the plethora of curators that fail to approve their…” on Sep 7th, 2022 →
the black watch - A Day In Pompeii
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “This whole year was a rough one for me, even before my mother died in September. In the midst of…” on Dec 10th, 2021 →
the black watch - Now & Then
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The gifts of John Andrew Frederick show no sign of diminishing anytime soon. And Here & There is now out…” on Nov 19th, 2021 →
the black watch - Days When The Rain
janglepophubFollow “Thanks for joining us one more for Beat The Delete #0136...it is only a small bakers dozen of a list…” on Nov 16th, 2021 →
the black watch - Oscillating
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “If he wasn't prolific enough, John Andrew Frederick of The Black Watch is here with a reissue of one of…” on Jul 14th, 2021 →
the black watch - Off You Go Redux!
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I'm almost positive that as I write this John Andrew Frederick is readying yet another album from his band, The…” on May 30th, 2021 →
the black watch - Off You Go!
janglepophubFollow “After revelling in the wall of sound fuzz-pop of October 2020’s Fromething Somethat album and enjoying the melodic, C86 ramshackle…” on May 24th, 2021 →
the black watch - green stars, clouds departing
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “This whole year really went by fast. I don't understand the weird way time seems to be working during the…” on Dec 14th, 2020 →
the black watch - the nothing that is
janglepophubFollow “As the various levels of COVID lockdowns / restrictions were being used by a vast number of acts to finely…” on Nov 11th, 2020 →
the black watch - the nothing that is (album mix)
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “John Andrew Frederick and The Black Watch, fresh from the triumphs of the group's newest record, Fromthing Somethat, reviewed by…” on Nov 5th, 2020 →
the black watch - saint fair isle sweater
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “John Andrew Frederick is on the sort of roll that rivals one of Robert Pollard's. That he's hit a home…” on Oct 1st, 2020 →
the black watch - mind you now
a little bit of solFollow “I hope that everyone is making the best of the current situation. I know I've been able to listen to…” on Apr 19th, 2020 →