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 soft communication
Otis Redding - Hard To Handle
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends,What I love about Otis Redding is his certainty. He's not ambivalent in any way. He announces his intentions…” on Apr 3rd, 2009 →
Fever Ray - Concrete Walls
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends,The room is dry and dark and his eyes are shining like tiny, wet pebbles. They are about the…” on Apr 2nd, 2009 →
Notorious B.I.G. - Dead Wrong (feat. Eminem)
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends,When it comes to music I think I, like Brad Pitt via Jennifer Aniston via Vanity Fair, am missing…” on Mar 23rd, 2009 →
John Martyn - Glory Box
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends,No, I am not at SXSW. And yes, I've been busy. Have you missed me?Portishead's Glory Box is a…” on Mar 19th, 2009 →
The Dirtbombs - Sherlock Holmes
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, As far as songs that fall under the category of "I'm not your dreamboat but I can pretend…” on Dec 10th, 2008 →
El Jezel - Do You Love Me Now
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, Do You Love Me Now? by The Breeders is one of those curdled little numbers where the question…” on Dec 10th, 2008 →
Grizzly Bear - Knife (Live on KEXP)
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, A dream: I'm standing outside a thrift shop storefront. It's past closing hours but the window is lit,…” on Dec 10th, 2008 →
George Michael - Freedom 90
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, I always resented having to think of George Michael as a sex symbol. My older cousins thought he…” on Dec 10th, 2008 →
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain +5 remixes
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, If you're prone to feverish, fan-fictionesque flights of fancy about the rock bands in your life, then you…” on Dec 10th, 2008 →
Lupe Fiasco - Superstar (featuring Matthew Santos)
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, I heard this from the other end of the office. I was sure someone else had poached Chris…” on Jan 29th, 2008 →
Sweeney Todd - Pretty Women
soft communicationFollow “It took me two viewings of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd to realize an essential truth: blood makes musicals awesome. It…” on Jan 17th, 2008 →
Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers +2 remixes
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, Imagine The Ghost of You Lingers by Spoon as a student art installation documenting a love affair. Layers…” on Jan 10th, 2008 →
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Moonlight In Vermont
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, I am a passenger. I ride and I ride. Well, when I can. I hold maps, I point…” on Jan 3rd, 2008 →
Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, 1. The first time I heard Bob Dylan I thought it was a joke. I was 15 and…” on Dec 28th, 2007 →
Gillian Welch - Annabelle
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, Maybe it's my BX/Yonkers upbringing but I tend to get hung up on "realness" in music. I get…” on Dec 21st, 2007 →
Palace Music - New Partner
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, I touched upon this song already in this old post, so today I'll just say listen and enjoy…” on Dec 14th, 2007 →
Townes van Zandt - Lungs [Live]
soft communicationFollow “Dear friends, I have a chronic disease. I've lived with it for a long time. Usually, it just hangs out,…” on Dec 5th, 2007 →