Stack №455: Jun 14, 2024

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Jun 14, 2024

Luna Li - Confusion Song

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Indie Shuffle Follow “Sounds like: Soccer Mommy, MICHELLE, Jay Som Song: Luna Li - Confusion Song What's so good? When people describe a…” on May 25th →

Los Angeles-based musician Hannah Bussiere Kim, aka Luna Li (Stack №339), returns with a new LP in August. BrooklynVegan calls the lead single a "glistening alt-pop track." Li adds, "It's the stream of consciousness that my mind went through following a break-up."

Snooper - Company Car

Posted by 8 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Still in Rock Follow “Every Monday morning, Still in Rock kicks off the week with an article featuring a bunch of new releases. At…” yesterday →

Nashville's Snõõper (Stack №417) have a new split EP with Barcelona band Prison Affair out now via Under The Gun/Sorry State/Big Love. Stereogum says the connection makes sense: "They both play super-fast, come up with playful new-wave hooks, mess around with keyboards, and love to record themselves at ultra-grimy levels of fidelity, with tape hiss threatening to drown everything out."

Nicoba - Encuentros en el Fin del Mundo

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Resident Advisor Follow “Irish label Lacuna's objective is in the name: it aims to explore the spaces between genres, styles and diasporic traditions…” on Jun 2nd →

Here's another great split release: for Irish label Lacuna, Chilean producer Nicoba and Peruvian producer Latinchat offer contrasting takes on reggaeton. "Latinchat's dense latticework is prime for the restless energy of today's clubs, while Nicoba's use of space nudges guaracha into deeper, trancier territory," says Resident Advisor.

raveena - Junebug (feat. JPEGMAFIA)

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Dansende Beren Follow “Wanneer de zomermaanden aanbreken, kunnen we de fleurige melodieën van Raveena zeker en vast gebruiken. De Amerikaanse popzangeres onthult op…” last week →

"There's something enchanting when two oppositional forces become entwined," notes Clash Magazine, pointing to this high profile collab that "matches the overt beauty of Raveena's opaque R&B constructions with a feature from rap extrovert JPEGMAFIA (Stack №242)."

Midwife - Killdozer

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darkeninheart Follow “No Depression In Heaven is the fourth studio album by Madeline Johnston's Midwife project, coming out on September 6th, 2024…” 7 days ago →

Over the years, Colorado's Madeline Johnston, aka Midwife (Stack №274), has refined her drone pop craft, self-dubbed "heaven metal." Destroy//Exist says the lead to her new album "entices feelings of gloom and existentialist melancholy with its melodic and wistful expression."

FEATURED ALBUM

Marina Allen - Swinging Doors

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Pitchfork Follow “Behind the elegant sounds of Laurel Canyon, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s vivid and knotty lyrics evoke half-imagined landscapes with startling…” 5 days ago →

Eight Pointed Star, the latest LP from Marina Allen (Stack №446), is out now on Fire Records. Per Pitchfork,"The Los Angeles singer-songwriter's vivid and knotty lyrics evoke half-imagined landscapes with startling clarity."

GOOD MIX

RA.924 Bitter Babe

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Bogotá-born, Berlin-via-Miami artist Bitter Babe delivers a mix for Resident Advisor highlighting under-the-radar acts from Peru, Brazil, and beyond: "Starting with subby downtempo before moving onto swampy baile funk, technoid mutations of dembow and cheeky UKG, it showcases her expertise for trippy yet deeply kinetic grooves."

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