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.
Prince Buster - Al Capone
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Gangsters by The Specials… (or Special A.K.A., to give them their full original name). It’s just about the most perfect…” on Sep 29th →
Bill Fever - Raw Deals
Glide MagazineFollow “Bill Fever is an independent solo artist from the UK, based in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Fever has independently released 3 EPs…” on Sep 2nd →
ECHO-LABS - Hi-Jakarta
MonkeyboxingFollow “An already prolific release schedule notwithstanding, Echo Chamber Recordings has found time to launch new sub-label Echo Labs. Enter the…” on May 20th →
Black Ends - Monday Mourning
The Tape DeckFollow “Black Ends’ stellar followup to their debut 2019 EP finds the band’s chunky, gunky pop-rock improved in almost every way.…” on Jul 14th, 2020 →
Tune-Yards - How Big Is The Rainbow
Under the RadarFollow “At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums…” on May 30th →
Band of Muses - Cinnamon
AnalogueTrashFollow “Cinnamon is the entrancing debut from Band of Muses, comprising Los Angeles musicians Penny-Scarlett and Daisy Rose. Cinnamon by Band…” on Aug 10th →
Why Bother? - Listen
Rosy OverdriveFollow “Welcome to the fourth annual Rosy Overdrive Label Watch! It’s time to check in on what a dozen (give or…” last week →
Bestfriend - HEADSTART
buffaBLOGFollow “Holy shit, that synth! I seriously listened to the intro of “HEADSTART” like eight times – this is a new…” on Feb 20th →
Naked Roommate - Fight Flight
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Post-punk is enjoying yet another revival on the sunny side of the Bay. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on May 15th →
Frog - Maybelline
START-TRACKFollow “At Start-Track we like to invite our favourite artists to create guest playlists for us” on Nov 25th, 2024 →
The Smiths - This Charming Man +3 remixes
Music Broke My BonesFollow “Words by Henry Burrell I cannot bring myself to make the awful song title joke you were expecting when you…” on Nov 19th, 2013 →
The Bug - Buried (Your Life is Short)
Krach und so ...Follow “Wahrscheinlich die vorletzte Reviewrampe '24, aber mit Sicherheit die letzte so umfangreiche. Durch den Oktober und raus wurd's jedenfalls irgendwie…” on Nov 8th, 2024 →
A Place To Bury Strangers - Bad Idea +1 remix
Post-TrashFollow “by Joseph Mastel Who is the loudest and most intense live band in the world? Depending on who you ask,…” on Oct 29th, 2024 →
Otoboke Beaver - Dirty old fart is waiting for my reaction
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A look back at highlights from our livestreaming platform. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Aug 12th, 2021 →
Otoboke Beaver - Nabe party with pocket brothers
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’m never really been one for pulling together any ‘best of year’ lists, mainly for the fact that I’ve long…” on Dec 20th, 2022 →
Christy Essien - You Can't Change A Man (Original)
Delicieuse MusiqueFollow “Travelling through several places in the world, here is the 225th playlist. Artwork by Sébastien PLASSARD” on Sep 13th, 2016 →
The O'Jays - Now That We Found Love Soul Flip Edit
MonkeyboxingFollow “With no releases since March last year, you might have wondered what had happened to the mighty Soul Flip Edits…” on Oct 12th, 2024 →
Jalen Ngonda - Illusions
Silence NogoodFollow “Jalen Ngonda played a sold-out show at The Swedish American Hall in San Francisco this September. You can tell his…” on Oct 12th, 2024 →
The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The first of the singles charts to be looked back at this time around covers 30 September–6 October. The Top…” on Oct 8th, 2024 →
Objekt - Ganzfeld +1 remix
UndertheradarFollow “Berlin-based producer has headline dates locked in for Auckland and Christchurch.” on Mar 24th →
A Place To Bury Strangers - Disgust +1 remix
UndertheradarFollow “NYC noise-rockers are playing headline dates in Auckland and Wellington, with support from Grecco Romank.” last week →
Beach for Tiger - A Little Relief
Secret EclecticFollow “Straight out of London, UK, Beach for Tiger blends psych and soul into a smooth, spacey production, offering a little…” on Oct 16th, 2024 →
Jalen Ngonda - Anyone In Love
Silence NogoodFollow “My two favorite live sets of 2024 were Mon Laferte at Festival La Onda (BottleRock’s sister festival) and Jalen Ngonda…” on May 18th →
Blankenberge - New Rules
WhiteLight//WhiteHeatFollow “WL//WH New Music BLANKENBERGE Started in 2015, Saint Petersburg-based shoegaze/dream pop band Blankenberge consists of Yana Guselnikova (vocals), Daniil Levshin…” on Oct 2nd, 2024 →
Spiritbox - Soft Spine
Dansende BerenFollow “In tijden waarin de metalwereld nood heeft aan vers bloed komt een band als Spiritbox als geroepen. De Canadese band…” on Sep 8th, 2024 →
Channeler - Pearly Everlasting
I Thought I Heard A SoundFollow “Folks need to cool, chill, relax, vibe out, halt, desist, stop, and get down on all fours and whiff some…” on Sep 8th, 2024 →
Billiam - My Metronome
Post-TrashFollow “by John Glab (@glabglabglab_) Every day is manic, blazing past in an indecipherable whirl, leaving you flailing in its confluence…” on Oct 8th, 2024 →
SOUL GLO - Driponomics (feat. Mother Maryrose)
MownoFollow “Turnstile, l'arbre qui cache la forêt ? Mowno a sélectionné 10 groupes qui contribuent actuellement à la vivacité du hardcore…” on Sep 6th, 2024 →
TOVI - More for Me
UpToHearFollow “Photo by Alyson McNamara Alberta-born, Toronto-based indie artist Rebecca Emms, aka TOVI, has just released the brooding trip-hop-infused dark pop…” on Aug 29th, 2024 →
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andre… - tre
Bandcamp DailyFollow “He can make a guitar sound like anything but a guitar. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Aug 20th, 2024 →
The Knocks - Slow Song (with Dragonette)
umstrum||musicFollow “American electronic music act The Knocks (Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson) have released 3 full length albums (55,…” on Feb 22nd, 2023 →
Sea Shapes - REAPER
ElectrozombiesFollow “"Reaper" by Sea Shapes: dark melodies that get to the core "Reaper" by Sea Shapes is a modern dark wave…” on Jul 29th, 2024 →
Autobahns - Tellin' Ya
Still in RockFollow “For the 14th consecutive year, here is Still in Rock’s list of the best albums of the year. Rankings are…” on Dec 26th, 2024 →
Poolside and Panama - Back To Life
umstrum||musicFollow “California-based Poolside, the recording project of LA-based producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeffrey Paradise, teamed up with Australian artist and long…” on Jul 28th, 2024 →
Altin Gün - Rakıya Su Katamam
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A steadfast commitment to artistic integrity guides the label's output. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Jul 29th, 2024 →
julia-sophie - numb
START-TRACKFollow “At Start-Track we like to invite our favourite artists to create guest playlists for us” on Oct 24th, 2024 →
Robber Robber - Sea or War
SLUG MagazineFollow “Grimy and distorted to a thick TV-static fuzz, Robber Robber's Wild Guess is a big leap from Caldera and delivers…” on Jul 29th, 2024 →
Emergency Group - Mind Screen
Dusted MagazineFollow “Photo by Christopher BrunoMind Screen by Emergency GroupWhat if we did a song, asks the...” on Jul 10th, 2024 →
The Go! Team - Ladyflash +2 remixes
The QuietusFollow “Simon Price visits his happy place via the reissue of a unique mash up culture & sampledelia adjacent debut album…” on Sep 13th, 2024 →
The Undertones - You've Got My Number
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The first of the singles charts to be looked back at this time around covers 30 September–6 October. The Top…” on Oct 8th, 2024 →
Kim Gordon - I’m A Man
I Die: You Die Follow “And so, another year ends here at I Die: You Die, but not before we go through our now well-established…” on Dec 16th, 2024 →
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Rosy OverdriveFollow “The second annual Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll has now been summed, tallied, and assembled! We asked you about your favorite…” on Jan 2nd →
The Wedding Present - It's Not Unusual
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The next 45 from The Wedding Present has proved to be the most popular of them all among the fan…” on Dec 9th, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress (Evening Session)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Before 1988 came to an end, The Wedding Present once again hooked up with Strange Fruit, the commercial arm, musically,…” on Dec 2nd, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - Gazebo (Electric Version) (Peel Session)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It’s not that 1993 was a quiet year for The Wedding Present. The gig history over at the official website…” on Mar 24th, 2024 →
Medicine - Long As The Sun
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The Medicine frontman takes us through his personal musical archive on Bandcamp, from the 1980s to the present day. Read…” on Mar 21st, 2024 →