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.
Quarterly - Catherine Wheel
Everything Is NoiseFollow “Whatever you do, don’t call Quarterly pretty. It may be tempting to use that word when exposed to the mellifluous…” on Oct 28th, 2024 →
Quarterly - Illuminati
Various Small FlamesFollow “Anna McClellan – Endlessly This autumn sees the release of Electric Bouquet, a new full-length from Anna McClellan on Father/Daughter…” on Sep 16th, 2024 →
Quarterly - Tongue
Record Crates UnitedFollow “On their soon-to-be third LP, Brooklyn guitar and cello duo Quarterly weave together lyrical instrumentals that float serenely somewhere between…” on Aug 23rd, 2024 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Ghosted
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “Longtime Ball of Wax friend Holly Small returns with “Ghosted,” a spare track that does a lot with a few…” on Jun 7th, 2019 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Everything in the World Is Returning to a State of Nature
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “This collection of songs about the environment closes with this strange, sad, beautiful, fatalistic yet oddly hopeful(?) piece from Tom…” on Aug 3rd, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Been to the Future
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “There are many obstacles the environmental movement needs to overcome in order to achieve any part of its mission, but…” on Aug 2nd, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - I Have a Friend
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “The lyrics of Colin Ernst’s “I Have a Friend” aren’t as literally connected to environmental catastrophe as some of the…” on Aug 2nd, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - To Be or Not to Be
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “It is time in our track sequence to pivot from the subtle and gauzy to the strident and righteous, in…” on Aug 1st, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Answers
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “I think, in the songs of James Kelly Pitts and Poor Neighbors, I have discovered a new genre: soothing songs…” on Jul 31st, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Tolle
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “It isn’t often that I come across new music with such an overwhelming pull of nostalgia that I am compelled…” on Jul 30th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Global Warming fuckfuckfuck
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “I have listened to Ketamine Cat’s “Love Songs” several times this week. At the close of each listen, I am…” on Jul 27th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Arctic Sea Ice
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “Judy Twedt‘s “Arctic Sea Ice” is our third instrumental contribution to this environmentally-themed Ball of Wax, and definitely the most…” on Jul 26th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Cluster (Atmosphere)
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space. “Cluster” is the name the European Space Agency has coined for a…” on Jul 25th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - The Earth Won't Die, We Will
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “Sometime around the release of Ball of Wax 38: Songs of Protest, I began referring to the genre Virgin of…” on Jul 24th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Fracking
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow ““Fracking,” by the Seattle punk band Matriarch, begins with a guitar screaming like a buzzsaw and crashing drums and cymbals…” on Jul 23rd, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Scott Pruitt Must Die
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “In Scott Pruitt’s home state of Oklahoma, the concept of “castle doctrine” – the idea that you can protect your…” on Jul 20th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Supplies
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “If you’re like me, and pride yourself on being able to accurately judge a song within the first ten seconds,…” on Jul 19th, 2018 →
Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly - Never a Sure Thing
Ball of Wax Audio QuarterlyFollow “Longtime Ball of Wax listeners may remember Meade Krosby’s voice and spellbinding guitar playing from way back on Volume 16,…” on Jul 18th, 2018 →