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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Green Gardens - Buried In Snow
Balloon MachineFollow “Previously we described Leeds’ Green Gardens as a group with impeccable harmonies and charmingly restrained rhythms. The desert rock riff…” on Apr 24th, 2020 →
BUGS - Nick Gowland
Balloon MachineFollow “Screenshots of middle-aged men proffering advice to wxmen musicians are tragically commonplace on social media feeds. “Love the song but…” on Apr 21st, 2020 →
Talitha Ferri - Porcelain
Balloon MachineFollow “Few artists enter the arena with a trio of singles as impressive as those of Talitha Ferri’s. The ever-reliable Gold…” on Apr 16th, 2020 →
Uma Bloo - Coming Home
Balloon MachineFollow “By Sage Shemroske In this spring of constant change Chicago outfit Uma Bloo has finally released ‘Coming Home’, a single…” on Apr 14th, 2020 →
Alf Whitby - Mountain (For Change)
Balloon MachineFollow “It’s funny that Manchester songwriter Alf Whitby’s artwork always features nature. His songs suspend you in a silence similar to…” on Mar 9th, 2020 →
Ratboys - Alien With a Sleep Mask On
Balloon MachineFollow “By Sarah Ross If you read any music blogs or follow any indie music Twitter accounts, chances are you’ve heard…” on Mar 2nd, 2020 →
Chase Weinacht - Leap Day
Balloon MachineFollow “‘Leap Day‘ is the debut solo single from Marmalakes singer & guitarist Chase Weinacht and his first release with Balloon…” on Feb 28th, 2020 →
Uma Bloo - Marguerite's Novels
Balloon MachineFollow “By Sage Shemroske In my friend’s white tiled kitchen we are discussing friends-of-friends and what is good and local, and…” on Feb 24th, 2020 →
Merce Lemon - Moon Shots
Balloon MachineFollow “If you search Merce Lemon on Twitter, you’ll see a ream of great artists who have asked the Pittsburgh singer-songwriter…” on Feb 20th, 2020 →
Fair Mothers - Rainfall, Canada
Balloon MachineFollow “By Maria Sledmere This particular Sunday, I’m writing in the rage of Storm Ciara, writing from bed in my tartan…” on Feb 13th, 2020 →
Stolen Violin - Romance At The Petrol Station
Balloon MachineFollow “Husband-and-wife duo The Innocence Mission released their 11th album, ‘See You Tomorrow’, on 17 January. In our ‘Album of the…” on Feb 6th, 2020 →
moonsoup - I Don't Like Rocket Unless It's In Small Portions
Balloon MachineFollow “We finalised our showcase programme for the first half of 2020 with the news that Icelandic visionary JFDR will be…” on Feb 4th, 2020 →
LindsayMunroe - Mirror (Single)
Balloon MachineFollow “By Philip Moss On debut single, Mirror, Manchester songwriter, Lindsay Munroe, casts a reflective and critical eye over her formative…” on Jan 31st, 2020 →
Squirrel Flower - Red Shoulder
Balloon MachineFollow “By Craig Howieson It’s hard to look at our lives and measure how far we have come, the people we…” on Jan 30th, 2020 →
Frances Quinlan - Rare Thing
Balloon MachineFollow “by Sarah Ross I first heard of Frances Quinlan in her own right on my way to work. On a…” on Jan 30th, 2020 →
Hey Elbow - Back To Reality
Balloon MachineFollow “Alice Boman’s quietly stirring ‘Dream On’, released earlier this month, confirmed the Swedish songwriter as a talent well worth watching.…” on Jan 27th, 2020 →
Alex Chilltown - Drown
Balloon MachineFollow “Since starting Alex Chilltown back in 2014, London’s Josh Esaw has spent the best part of six years perfecting their…” on Jan 24th, 2020 →