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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Ben Miller - Durer's Dream
Obscure SoundFollow “A fusing of classical elegance and avant-garde jazz intrigue, “Durer’s Dream” is a gorgeous new track from Ben Miller, a…” on Aug 18th →
Tim Barnes - At The Threshold (feat. Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche and Jim O'Rourke)
Beta’s SubstackFollow “I’m less than a year into living in New York City and somehow I’ve managed to squeeze my way into…” on Jul 8th →
Valentina Goncharova - Campanelli Pt. 1
The QuietusFollow “As we reach the halfway mark of 2025, we polled tQ staff and columnists to compile our top 100 albums…” on Jul 7th →
Manja Ristić - Wounded Sky
AmbientblogFollow “DAVID DONOHOE & KATE CARR - A STORM AND ITS AFTERMATH Field recordings can be an enjoyable listening experience, but…” on Jun 26th →
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton and Ben Vaughn - Fat City
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Here's what the Australian experimentalists have been listening to lately. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Jun 23rd →
Theresa Wong - Light in the Grotto
a closer listenFollow “Good questions are always more interesting than their answers. “What does the cello sound like?” seeks a factual, closed response,…” on May 30th →
Susan Alcorn - Soledad
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Celebrating the life of a true musical pioneer, who proved that the pedal steel could be adapted to suit any…” on May 27th →
MAUGER - The Building (feat. Sophia Ammann)
The Slow Music Movement BlogFollow “A couple of causes for concern this week, one music and one Substack related. This week the UK government kicked…” on May 18th →
Theresa Wong - Sea Eating Sun
PolifoniaFollow “Lepiej późno niż później. Weekend się kończy, ale playlista jest. Miłych wrażeń. SPOTIFY TIDAL DEEZER Tuff Times Never Last by…” on Apr 13th →
Lars Fiil - Epilogue (Lord Akton Remix) (feat. Nicolai Kaas Claesson, SloGlo & Jakob Sørensen)
The New LoFiFollow “Towards the end of last year, we featured Danish pianist and composter, Lars Fiil, for his beautiful album, New Ground.…” on Apr 1st →
Marshall Allen - New Dawn feat. Neneh Cherry
Snooping the BandcampFollow “New Dawn by Marshall Allen 3/13/25. I am not, repeat, not, a jazz-head. I can probably count on one hand…” on Mar 13th →
Cacao - Children
Memoria polaroid - un blog alla radioFollow “"Come ogni anno ti ricordiamo come meglio sappiamo fare... con La Musica!" Lo scrive il Circolo Mengaroni di Pesaro e…” on Feb 14th →
Marshall Allen - African Sunset
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I saw the Sun Ra Arkestra outside D.C. last summer just a few days ahead of Marshall Allen's 100th birthday.…” on Feb 12th →
MAUGER - There Goes Your Man
Austin Town HallFollow “Belgian artist Mauger has popped up on this site on several occasions, and the latest track feels like a great…” on Jan 27th →
MANJA RISTIĆ - the ant & the cricket (excerpt)
a closer listenFollow “A huge congratulations to Manja Ristić, who appears on this chart three times, twice with collaborators and once solo. We…” on Dec 16th, 2024 →
Bill Orcutt - Not Reconciled
PolifoniaFollow “Usłyszałem już po raz pierwszy w tym roku Last Christmas. I chociaż po przeczytaniu książki 1984. The Year Pop Went…” on Dec 12th, 2024 →
Peter Evans - In See
Monolith CocktailFollow “Welcome to part one of the Monolith Cocktail’s most loved and favourite albums of 2024 lists. Picked by Dominic Valvona…” on Dec 10th, 2024 →
Still House Plants - M M M
The QuietusFollow “As another year in the zone hurtles to a close, our Rum Music correspondent rounds up her favourite releases of…” on Dec 3rd, 2024 →