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.
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Alex Chilton - Jesus Christ (Take 2)
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Jesus Christ EP by Alex Chilton 5/19/22. Big Star’s “Third” or “Sister Lovers” is just an amazing album. I forgot…” on May 19th, 2022 →
The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This weekly series has been running for almost six months. When it started, I had no idea that Halloween 2021…” on Oct 31st, 2021 →
The Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST ICA by JOHNNY THE FRIENDLY LAWYER Jim facetimed today to offer congratulations. He knew I’ve been out of…” on Nov 7th, 2020 →
Alex Chilton - Alcoholiday
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Dubiety surrounds the release of Big Star‘s third album, ‘Third’. Was it a true Big Star album in the way…” on Dec 23rd, 2019 →
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’ve been inspired to write this as a belated (by one day) birthday gift to my friend JJ, and on…” on Sep 11th, 2019 →
The Go-Betweens - Head Full Of Steam
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The visit earlier this year to the cinema to enjoy Right Here led to me going on a bit of…” on Dec 17th, 2018 →
The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
27 LeggiesFollow “Ann Cole was a raucous soul singer from Newark, New Jersey who had a few medium-sized hits in the R&B…” on Jan 25th, 2018 →
XTC - Instant Tunes
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “For a band that had suffered a series of hard-to-justify flops, the title and cover of the fourth XTC single…” on Mar 25th, 2017 →
The Bats - Made Up In Blue
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “So here we are again, looking to bring a few singers or bands who haven’t featured before on this particular…” on Aug 10th, 2016 →
The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “"You can say anything you want, and you can do anything you want... If you have ghosts, then you have…” on Apr 25th, 2016 →
Alex Chilton - Big Black Car (Demo #3)
Still in RockFollow “Big Star est, à mon sens, le plus grand groupe de Power Pop de l'histoire (bien qu'il ait également abordé…” on Dec 15th, 2015 →
Alex Chilton - Girl Like You
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Eddie Floyd was the big haired, big voiced vocalist of such soul nuggets as Knock On Wood, I’ve Got To…” on Aug 18th, 2014 →
Violent Femmes - Special
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A few weeks back I featured Violent Femmes take on Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? while many moons…” on Jun 23rd, 2014 →
Alex Chilton - Death Cab for Cutie
Cover MeFollow “A celebration of the birthday of musical oddball and parodist Neil Innes.” on Dec 9th, 2013 →
The Replacements - I'm In Trouble
captain's deadFollow “ok… here’s the remainder of the mats show i just posted. actually there are another 8 songs, a couple of…” on Nov 22nd, 2013 →
The Replacements - Dose Of Thunder
captain's deadFollow “top of the evening! i have had a lot of mats reposts requests as of late, but i figured i…” on Nov 22nd, 2013 →
Danielle Dax - Here Come The Harvest Buns
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Danielle Dax “Here Come the Harvest Buns” from Pop Eyes (1983) - this kind of vocal inventiveness has resurfaced in…” on Oct 1st, 2013 →
Alex Chilton - I Walk The Line
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “In 2009 I went to see Charlie Louvin play a small club in L.A. on a rainy night in February.…” on Aug 20th, 2013 →
The Real Kids - Common At Noon
Still in RockFollow “The Real Kids. Nous sommes à Boston, en 1977. Les rues fêtent la victoire de Jimmy Carter, Elvis prépare son…” on Apr 29th, 2013 →
The Monochrome Set - He's Frank
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I know there's loads of bands out there who, despite releasing stunning single after stunning single, never got the recognition…” on Feb 25th, 2013 →