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.
Chumps - Darlings Of The Avant Garde
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Three cassette-focused labels from the 1980s that continue bringing underground music to the masses on Bandcamp. Read full story on…” on Jun 26th →
The Wendy Darlings - Ridicule
Remember The LightningFollow “Hard to believe this series is turning sweet 16. If you’re new around here, I started compiling Guitar Pop For…” on May 30th →
The Wendy Darlings - Go Away
Rosy OverdriveFollow “Hey there! Welcome to the second Pressing Concerns of the week! This is a good one; we’ve got new albums…” on May 21st →
The Chickpea Darlings - Talulah Sends You Poppies
Records I LikeFollow “Shamelessly nicking Darrin from Janglepop’s idea of referring to other sites as part of his updated Beat The Delete future…” on Aug 19th, 2023 →
The Chickpea Darlings - Merry Christmas, Elizabeth
Records I LikeFollow “Here is a list of 2022 indiepop/janglepop/dreampop Christmas singles I have started to compile. Have you found any more worth…” on Dec 6th, 2022 →
Chumps - Darlings Of The Avant Garde
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The 40-year-old institution, which is set to close later this year, is responsible for key albums by Minor Threat, Fugazi,…” on Sep 9th, 2021 →
The Nova Darlings - Knife to the Heart
HI54Follow “If you have to drive any further than a few KMs (or miles for y’all south of the border, eh),…” on May 25th, 2021 →
The Nova Darlings - I Like Crashing My Car (Into Yours)
HI54Follow “There are certain songs that sound especially perfect when paired with an afternoon winding down, a cold beverage and having…” on Jan 22nd, 2021 →
The Chickpea Darlings - Nora
Records I LikeFollow “Letchworth Garden City is home to some fine things including Dave’s and the Garden Brewery. Now I can add The…” on Oct 7th, 2020 →
The Nova Darlings - I'm A Good Person (I Swear!)
For The RabbitsFollow “12th Hailing from Los Angeles, The Nova Darlings are a quartet of best friends who in their own words are,…” on Nov 12th, 2019 →
The Wendy Darlings - Honk If You're Lonely Tonight
polaroidFollow “Sono passati appena un paio di mesi da quando David Berman purtroppo ci ha lasciato, ma sono bastati per mettere…” on Oct 7th, 2019 →
The Wendy Darlings - Always Late
Echoes and DustFollow “Walking a fine line between competence and under rehearsed spontaneity they shimmy and rumble with bright eyed, scrub cheeked enthusiasm.…” on May 7th, 2019 →
The Nova Darlings - Laundry Room/Caesura
Xune MagFollow “The Nova Darlings scrub up well on their new single, ‘Laundry Room/Caesura’. Remember those kids at school; the swats who…” on May 18th, 2018 →
The Rifle - Kill Your Darlings
YabYum WestFollow “by Mark Anderson – Tucson’s The Rifle has set their sights on the bar of the Arizona music scene and…” on Sep 26th, 2017 →
The Maggie Darlings - Modern Love
Timber and SteelFollow “Image Courtesy of The Maggie Darlings Melbourne’s The Maggie Darlings is the folk-noir super-group made up of Mandy Connell (Stray…” on Aug 6th, 2017 →
The Don Darlings - SpeedOfLight_160217_MASTER
The Mad MackerelFollow “After a week away, we’re back with eight tracks selected from the past week and covering everything from hardcore to…” on Apr 30th, 2016 →
The Nova Darlings - Styrofoam
Buzzbands.LAFollow “The Nova Darlings are a self-professed “band of sweaty white boys from Los Angeles.” They are also music students at…” on Jan 7th, 2016 →
Darlings - Mein the Sky
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Favorites from the Darlings’ album that came out earlier this year!” on Jul 16th, 2015 →
The Don Darlings - If You Can't Be Good
The Mad MackerelFollow “The new single from Gothenburg based The Don Darlings is a masterpiece of southern gothic Americana. If You Can’t Be…” on Oct 15th, 2014 →