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.
Shmu - 2.2 Stoned City ⛰🚬🎤😭
The QuietusFollow “Sam Chown’s gamified new album for Orange Milk Records captures the low-res appeal of home consoles gone by. Skye Butchard…” on Jun 2nd, 2023 →
Shmu - ❄Snow Arp Under the Viole(n)t Ocean🌊
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Our guide to the outer limits of Bandcamp. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Mar 3rd, 2021 →
Shmu - Melting Down the Glass
XLR8RFollow “Kaleidoscopic pop from Texas. Sam Chown is best known as one half of glitchy neo-psychedelic rock duo Zorch, who left…” on Jun 20th, 2019 →
shmu - Hololeaps
Weirdest band in the worldFollow “To say Shmu‘s Sam Chown likes to make densely layered music is akin to saying that Jackson Pollack liked to…” on Oct 4th, 2018 →
shmu - Burn Baby Burn
Austin Town HallFollow “Sam Chown is one of the busier Austin musicians, but in the case of the single below, lets focus on…” on Mar 5th, 2018 →
GTZ Records - Molassacre (feat. Shmu)
OvrldFollow “by Nick Hanover Sometimes I wonder what Walt Whitman would think of the modern uses of his “I am large,…” on Dec 3rd, 2015 →
Shmu - Come Into My Arms
OvrldFollow “by Bram Howard Shmu is more or less the one-man-band project of Sam Chown. With a healthy dose of Shoegaze,…” on Nov 30th, 2015 →
shmu - Warrior
surviving the golden ageFollow “Samuel Chown of Zorch fame is preparing to release his debut album as Shmu. In very Zorch-y fashion, the album…” on Oct 21st, 2015 →
Shmu - Mollasacre
The Deli MagazineFollow “Shmu’s Bandcamp page (that you should go to, what for the good music listening) uses the following words to describe…” on Jan 4th, 2015 →
The Big Fist - Molassacre (feat. Shmu)
Austin Town HallFollow “Yesterday our friends over at RoA tossed up this great track from The Big Fist, which is the new project…” on Jun 6th, 2014 →
Shmu - She's Leaving
Austin Town HallFollow “Honestly, I don’t entirely know what to say in order to get you into Austin’s SHMU. There are these weird…” on Feb 7th, 2014 →
Shmu - House of Stares
Indie Rock CafeFollow “In Wednesday’s posting of Volume One of the Best New Releases for the week of June 5-11, top choices went…” on Jun 11th, 2012 →
Fresh Millions - Control Freak (Feat. Shmu from Zorch)
Electric Panda MusicFollow “The last people you want your daughter to meet CMJ 2011 has officially kicked off with over 1,200 artists set…” on Oct 19th, 2011 →
Fresh Millions feat. Shmu (from Zorch) - Control Freak
Covert CuriosityFollow “Fresh Millions is a live electronic band from right here in the ATX. After much time spent at the drawing…” on Jun 23rd, 2010 →
Shmu L - Fuzzy
Local VerticalFollow “This is Portland's Becca; just 20 years old, her music is mature beyond her years and the ferocity of her…” on Feb 28th, 2010 →