Stack №16: Oct 21, 2014

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Oct 21, 2014

bonobo - Flashlight

Posted by 47 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

Noonday Tune Follow “Flashlight - Bonobo. If you’re unlucky enough to find yourself at work today (it is a…” on Dec 15th, 2014 →

Simon Green (aka Bonobo) follows up last year's expansive album The North Borders with a new 3-song EP. Title track "Flashlight" has the UK producer currently sitting at #1 as Hype Machine's most-blogged artist this week.

Viet Cong - Continental Shelf

Posted by 86 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

ROCK-N-BLOG Follow “PREOCCUPATIONS (fka Viet Cong) / Anxiety Die vier kanadischen PostPunk-Noise-Terroristen von Viet Cong, die uns 2015…” on Jun 20th, 2016 →

Blogs are loving the first song from Viet Cong's debut LP, because a) the 4-piece includes former members of beloved Calgary band Women, and b) it's "exhilarating... brimming with gloomy post-punk melodies and menacing, dark undertones," says Silver Soundz.

Wayward - Hurricane feat. Michele Chiavarini

Posted by 11 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

Silence Nogood Follow “The first time I ran into Madelyn Grant’s name was on Odesza’s Sun Models. I had…” on Jul 29th, 2015 →

The latest signing to Black Butter Records (home to Rudimental and Gorgon City), this London-via-Leeds duo just released their new EP with all six tracks getting blogged—"Hurricane" is our favorite.

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

Posted by 65 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

art felicis Follow “There’s a reason Splendour in the Grass is such a glowing beacon in the musical calendar…” on Jul 30th, 2016 →

Old soul Leon Bridges has fellow Texan Gorilla Vs. Bear (among others) "blown away" by these two "Sam Cooke-channelling" uploads to his 10 day-old SoundCloud.

Parkay Quarts - Uncast Shadow Of A Southern Myth

Posted by 38 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify • Apple Music

Reviler Follow “Parquet Courts will perform at the Triple Rock Social Club this Thur The post Parkay Quarts…” on Feb 17th, 2016 →

Parquet Courts form their own tribute band, under the name Parkay Quarts, and slow their roll on this first hint of what the NY band's forthcoming LP Content Nausea might sound like.

FEATURED ALBUM

This week's album premiere is the self-titled debut from Ultimate Painting.

As for interesting reads, try this one which is a good take on that much-debated NY Times piece about streaming music.

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