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.
Human Leather - Dark Depths And Surface Tension
The QuietusFollow “Kez Whelan picks out the 20 best records from 2025 in metal, year of heartening cross-pollination and pushed limits, as…” yesterday →
Cult Affections - Blood Drive DARK WAVE - CLAUDIA KANE REMIX
darkeninheartFollow “Rather than simply reshaping their own material, Houston band Cult Affections use Everything Blood to showcase how far their sound…” 3 days ago →
Gabriel Prokofiev feat. FAMES European Y… - Dark Lights
African PaperFollow “Ende Januar erscheint zum 20jährigen Jubiläum von Nonclassical Gabriel Prokofievs neues Album “Dark Lights”. Das Werk überblendet orchestrale Beiträge mit…” 3 days ago →
Little Axe - Dark As The Night Cold As The Ground
Ban Ban Ton TonFollow “Skip McDonald has been a core member of the On-U Sound creative crew since 1984 (1). His credits crop up…” 3 days ago →
DSTRTD SGNL + TALLA 2XLC - Dreams Dark Club Mix
I Die: You Die Follow “Second last Tracks post for 2025, and we’re getting pretty hype for Year End. As long time readers know, we…” 4 days ago →
Death Awareness Cafe - Beyond The Dark Forest
Digital in BerlinFollow “Bristol based Kelan lands in Berlin for a one-off live show! Kelan’s recent ‘self titled’ outing on his own Bellyache…” last week →
DARK THOUGHTS - SLEPT TIL TWO
Spectrum CultureFollow “Since its inception in the ‘70s, punk has gone through so many permutations and evolutions that one could spend hours…” last week →
Spirit In the Dark - Walking In The Air
Christmas a Go GoFollow “Walking in the air is a recurrent on this blog, the song from the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman' popped…” last week →
California X - Nights In The Dark
I Thought I Heard A SoundFollow “For a LONG minute there in the late '00s and early '10s, it seemed like every band wanted to be…” last week →
Tumbleweed Dealer - Dark Green
No Clean SingingFollow “(Our site has had a long and warm relationship with the Canadian musician Seb Painchaud, whose year-end lists have always…” on Nov 20th →
Swordwielder - Weapons of the Dark Ages
Destroy//ExistFollow “Destroy//Exist is spotlighting fresh releases and hidden gems from the punk underground; a blend of new statements and overlooked records…” on Nov 18th →
AVTT/PTTN (The Avett Brothers & Mike Pat… - Dark Night of My Soul
BrooklynVeganFollow “This week brought the first major album year-end lists of 2025 but the year isn’t over yet. A lot of…” on Nov 14th →
LONE WOLF - Dark Thoughts
Add To Wantlist Follow “Four albums in, Rotterdam’s finest indie punk quartet know exactly what they are and exactly where they want to be.…” on Nov 14th →
Minute Taker - Into the Dark
AnalogueTrashFollow “Into the Dark is the first single from The Oblivion, the upcoming 80s-inspired album from Manchester-based musician Minute Taker, aka…” on Nov 12th →
Glow in the Dark - Reward Circuit
Lazy-iFollow “Erie Choir, a North Carolina band with members of former Saddle Creek Records band Sorry About Dresden, has a new…” on Nov 12th →
Dark Chisme - Desire My Soul
I Die: You Die Follow “We’ll likely chat a bit about it on this week’s podcast, but one of our highlights of the last week…” on Nov 11th →
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Never Turn Away
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “4-10 November The highest new entry on the singles chart back in the first week in November 1986 belonged to…” on Nov 9th →
Ejecta - Afraid Of The Dark
music islandsFollow “Neon Indian の Leanne Macomber と Joel Ford によるエクスペリメンタルポップデュオ、Ejecta – Afraid Of The Dark (Feb 20, 2014) driftlessrecordings · Ejecta…” on Oct 30th →