Stack №449: Apr 19, 2024

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Apr 19, 2024

Reyna Tropical - Lo Siento

Posted by 3 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Bandcamp Daily Follow “Metal, video game music, latin pop, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” 9 hrs ago →

Los Angeles musician and She Shreds founder Fabi Reyna releases the full-length debut for her Reyna Tropical project. BrooklynVegan says the album incorporates styles from all over the Southern hemisphere, blending "loop-based grooves with Fabi's textural guitarwork and lush, breathy harmonies."

Cavalier - Custard Spoon

Posted by 2 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

FILTER México Follow “Este fin de semana está lleno de música por todos lados, especialmente en la Ciudad de México con el concierto…” nearly 2 hrs ago →

Brooklyn-born, New Orleans-based rapper and songwriter Cavalier joins billy woods' (Stack №281) Backwoodz label for Different Type Time, a smooth, hypnotic new album co-produced by Quelle Chris (Stack №270) and out today.

Rachael Lavelle - Travel Size

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Clash Magazine Follow “This coming Thursday (March 7th) will see the Irish music industry gather to celebrate the best of the past 12…” on Mar 4th →

Dublin singer-songwriter Rachael Lavelle has seen a swell of support throughout the year for her late 2023 LP, Big Dreams. Tagging Lavelle as One to Watch, The Guardian says the album is "disarming and layered...slow-burning art-pop that is at once inventive and soothing."

Ekko Astral - devorah

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Rosy Overdrive Follow “Today, Rosy Overdrive is closing out the biggest week on the blog in a while with the fourth blog post…” yesterday →

Out this week via Topshelf Records, the debut LP from Washington, D.C.'s Ekko Astral finds the band expanding on their "scrappy glam-tinged punk rock," says Rosy Overdrive, calling it "a full-on assault of heavy fuzz-punk."

Mk.gee - New Low

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

stereogum Follow “Mk.gee, the LA-based musical artist and producer born Mike Gordon, has been blowing a lot of minds this year with…” on Feb 26th →

Last heard here working on Dijon's (Stack №353) 2021 breakthrough, LA-based artist and producer Mike Gordon, aka Mk.gee, is gaining steam with his solo debut LP out now. Stereogum says the sound "exists in a similar space [to Dijon], refracting faded memories of the '80s in a fractured, sun-bleached style that weaves together forward-thinking work from the likes of Jai Paul and Bon Iver."

FEATURED ALBUM

hoyah - 5109 The Warp (feat Isaiah Hull)

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Groove Magazine Follow “Unsere zweite Albenauswahl im April bringt Neues von Nia Archives, Mike Parker, Wolfgang Tillmans, hoyah und Naum Gabo. Der Beitrag…” yesterday →

To record Set + Setting, Shmuel Hatchwell's new album under the alias hoyah, the Berlin-based producer embraced limitations—no beats, saxophone samples as voice—for a "cohesive yet experimental sound," per KALTBLUT Magazine. It's out on BRUKE Records.

GOOD MIX

Dance or Dream: James Holden

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Here's a 3-hour ambient mix from UK producer James Holden recorded live at a silent party hosted by Speckle in London.

GOOD READ

For The Creative Independent, Brandon Stosuy talks to The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano about finding your format:

"I’m always looking for something new, something different, something surprising, something that’s going to challenge me, something that’s going to make me think of sound and music in a different way."

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