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.
Archived Posts from Don't Need No Melody
Consilience - Home Soon
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “I can hear a little Saint Etienne in this sweet thing – that familiar, breathy,candy-coated sound that’s good company to…” on Nov 12th, 2015 →
FINISH FLAG - Goths In Summer
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “We love us some Finish Flag around here, and this new one just cements our passion. This glides slowly, and…” on Nov 10th, 2015 →
sun gland - Ochre
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Hey Ochre, we’ll keep this real simple: I think you are very pretty. – Hope” on Nov 9th, 2015 →
Casino Hearts - Submit
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “We wrote about Jacob Rubeck of Casino Hearts last year, and this, a fuzzy-wall-of-sound-looking-through-a-dirty-window pop song, is off his new…” on Nov 4th, 2015 →
FIFTEEN DAYS - At The Lake
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Some sweet acoustic balladry, and forgive my laziness here, in the Nick Drake/John Martyn vein (.e. timeless, and kind). –…” on Nov 3rd, 2015 →
A Thousand Sighs to Save - paine, hunger, cold, that makes the hart to quake
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Okay, the title is a bit over-the-top, but the song itself is a quiet one, with a circular guitar line,…” on Nov 2nd, 2015 →
soft idiot - senseless senseless
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “This song feels like it’s going in circles, as well as ascending/descending at the same time. Winsome and sad, with…” on Oct 30th, 2015 →
Yo Yellie - October
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Yo Yellie, aka Danielle Townsend, doesn’t fit into a particular genre, in that she doesn’t adhere to a specific sound.…” on Oct 29th, 2015 →
PART TIME - It's Alright with Me
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “This has sort of a ’70s easy listening vibe going on, and conveys the same sentiment as Todd Rundgren’s classic…” on Oct 26th, 2015 →
Curly Cassettes - Dirty Bird - Run On Sentence
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Twangy, slow, and dizzy, the embodiment of a lonely tumbleweed, yup…and the chorus is just sticky as hell. – Hope” on Oct 23rd, 2015 →
Sam Giambalvo - Zip
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “This is full of air, light, and falsetto, and feels like it’s moving in slow motion, which all adds up…” on Oct 23rd, 2015 →
SOUND IS LOVV - 3. Take Me With You
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Some romantic, grand, and sweeping shoegaze here, of the just lie back and enjoy variety. – Hope” on Oct 21st, 2015 →
las olas - sleep number
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “This is blurry and distant, and sounds like it came from some netherworld where it’s always 1988, and 4AD is…” on Oct 19th, 2015 →
Lift - Blinds
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Okay, have to say something ridiculous, forgive me in advance: Lift is the perfect name for this band, since it’s…” on Oct 2nd, 2015 →
The Dorian Sea - Lion Zebra
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “This is kind of slick, but really taken with the sweeping tune, sweet piano, and yearning vocal. It all makes…” on Oct 1st, 2015 →
Love Games - Drag
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Really like the languorous, fat guitar here, and how the vocal escalates as things move along. All makes for a…” on Sep 28th, 2015 →
LOVE SPORT - Song For Merries
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Here’s a sweet, and sticky bit of power pop, all hooks, and all the way fine. And check out “Song…” on Sep 28th, 2015 →
IYESAYA - BLEED FOR ME
Don't Need No MelodyFollow “Langorous, woozy, full of twang and death, this almost sounds like it’s playing at the wrong speed on the old…” on Sep 24th, 2015 →