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.
Latest ambient pop tracks
Martyna Basta - Slowly Forgetting, Barely Remembering
WireFollow “To accompany his report on Warm Winters Ltd in The Wire 503/504, Antonio Poscic explores a playlist of releases from…” 3 days ago →
Oklou - obvious
UndertheradarFollow “UTR team and contributors' sonic high points of 2025.” on Dec 18th, 2025 →
Edgar Bajo El Agua - Inunda
DiggerFollow “Continuamos con los listados y ahora toca el turno a los Proyectos a Seguir para el 2026, una selección armada…” on Dec 18th, 2025 →
Maria Somerville - Stonefly
BrooklynVeganFollow “Maria Somerville‘s lovely, ethereal new album Luster has been showing up on lots of year-end lists, and if you’ve been…” on Dec 17th, 2025 →
sofii - iwtftlf
Record TurnoverFollow “I Want This Feeling to Last Forever is the title of the debut EP from Sofii. Sofii, or Sophie Koella,…” on Dec 16th, 2025 →
Bug Teeth - Crunch Went the Snow
LOUD WOMENFollow “Leeds DIY dream pop 5-piece, Bug Teeth, have released their atmospheric and poignant debut album Micrographia, distributed via State51. Harkening…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →
Big Thief - Incomprehensible
Berkeley PlaceFollow “Here’s the ones I missed… One of my favorite things about the end of the year is … Lists! I…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →
Penelope Trappes - Sleep
a closer listenFollow “Some of the year’s most unique releases appear here, including the sounds of Middle Eastern street protests, traditional Crimean song,…” on Dec 14th, 2025 →
Jens Kuross - Beggar's Nation
KLOF MagazineFollow “Glenn Kimpton looks back at the year and selects his Top Ten Albums of 2025. As he says, "This year…” on Dec 11th, 2025 →
Lyra Pramuk - Rewild
a closer listenFollow “As the holy season approaches, we begin to long for music that makes our souls sing, while avoiding any saccharine…” on Dec 6th, 2025 →
maryana klochko - improvisation for voice and piano
a closer listenFollow “For over three years, Gianmarco Del Re has been chronicling the creation of music under fire in two books and…” on Dec 5th, 2025 →
Neggy Gemmy - Mysterious Girl
said the gramophoneFollow “Voilà and please enjoy - for the 21st time - Said the Gramophone's favourite songs of the year. One hundred…” on Dec 2nd, 2025 →
Oklou - blade bird
Loud and QuietFollow “2025 has been the 20th year of Loud And Quiet and the first of us operating online, here on Substack,…” on Dec 1st, 2025 →
Kelly Lee Owens - ASCEND
Hum, Buzz, & HissFollow “Currently listening to: D.I.S. by Oneohtrix Point Never Hello, friend. I don’t know if you need to hear this, but…” on Nov 21st, 2025 →
Alto Aria - Body Knows (feat. Croatian Amor, Dimming)
Groove MagazineFollow “Im November-Motherboard trifft das Ambient-Album des Jahres auf Neoklassik, auÃerdem am Start: die Avantgarden aus Trip-Hop und Electro-Pop. Der Beitrag…” on Nov 21st, 2025 →
Insides - Skinned Clean
Ban Ban Ton TonFollow “I had nearly all the tracks on this compilation, even those mentioned the brilliant accompanying booklet, that, for one reason…” on Oct 9th, 2025 →
Night Tapes - television
Spectrum CultureFollow “Every album, in its own way, draws a map, but Night Tapes call their debut portals // polarities, as if…” on Oct 8th, 2025 →
Maria Somerville - Garden
music islandsFollow “ことしのエテリアルなドリームポップは、さきに紹介した、Vines とこちらの 4AD 所属アーティスト、Maria Somerville のおふたりでしょ、おそらく。Taking inspirations from everywhere, but mainly her home Ireland, Maria Somerville creates dream pop with…” on Aug 25th, 2025 →