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.
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SGO - Bookcase
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The music of Brisbane band SGO is going to earn a lot of comparisons to early Slowdive. Like England's Deary,…” 6 hrs ago →
Doll Apartments - Subaru Girl
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I'm always a little worried that younger people are not interesting in starting rock bands anymore and sometimes pleasantly suprised…” yesterday →
Meat Whiplash - Don't Slip Up
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I think most folks like me know Meat Whiplash because of "Don't Slip Up", an early Creation Records single that…” 2 days ago →
The Gentle Spring - Severed Hearts
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The new band The Gentle Spring are making music that builds upon the traditions of the C86 generation and the…” 3 days ago →
David Lance Callahan - The Spirit World
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The grinding guitar tones of "Refugee Blues" roar through a record billed as a pastoral one. It shouldn't be a…” 4 days ago →
Magic User - Nothing
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The music of Oakland's Magic User covers familiar ground. If you listened to stuff like The Grifters in the Nineties,…” last week →
Saint Etienne - Half Light
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “For an amazingly long time, Saint Etienne have deftly blended and updated the cool bits of past forms with the…” last week →
Sorrow - Soldier
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Markedly different than her music in Strawberry Switchblade, Rose McDowall's efforts in Sorrow in the Nineties yielded albums with a…” last week →
FATHER JOHN MISTY - Summer’s Gone
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Let's get to it! In hindsight, 2024 ended up being a better year for music that I thought it was…” on Dec 5th →
White Denim - Second Dimension
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The lopsided hooks of White Denim's particular blend of Seventies lite rock and indie are back in full force. The…” on Dec 4th →
Swansea Sound - (I Wanna Wear A) MIrrored Hat Like Slade
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I am not a festive person, despite the fact that I played Santa Claus in a school play in third…” on Dec 2nd →
The Moment of Nightfall and Tony Jay - kori no mori (Ice Forest)
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “During that recent tour of Japan, Tony Jay managed to team up with Tokyo-based band The Moment of Nightfall. The…” on Nov 27th →
The Chills - If This World Was Made For Me
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “This is bittersweet news. Back in 2023, when a remastered version of Brave Words was being prepped for release, I…” on Nov 26th →
Azure Blue - Three Times The Drama
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “This is music that comes from one of the most resilient sub-genres of alt-rock. For those operating now who are…” on Nov 25th →
anocean - happier without
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “More than a decade ago I raved about a single from Mittenfields. That cut, and the band's 2015 album were…” on Nov 24th →
Human Potential - Cut Worm Forgets The Plow
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “If you're coming to this record because Andrew Becker was in Dischord band Medications, then you're not alone. That fact…” on Nov 23rd →
FATHER JOHN MISTY - Screamland
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “It was only a couple of months ago that I was raving about his greatest hits record and here we…” on Nov 20th →
Kim Deal - Crystal Breath
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “A presence in our lives for 40 years now, Kim Deal is finally putting out a solo record. Folks coming…” on Nov 20th →
Mekons - You're Not Singing Anymore
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The Mekons have been cranking out vital post-punk for nearly 50 years. Even to label them with that description is…” on Nov 19th →
Robin Guthrie - Smoulder
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Robin Guthrie hasn't released a ton of music on his own since 2021. But what he has released has been…” on Nov 18th →