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 j-pop tracks
SPEED - AIN'T MY GAME
+rcmndedlistenFollow “As of this week, SPEED are $80,000 richer thanks to a very nice cash prize won in their native Australia…” last week →
U - Black Vaughan
The QuietusFollow “In the second instalment of his guide to the best in new, forward-thinking folk music, Patrick Clarke explores the relationship…” on Nov 12th →
AFRICAN SUMMER TIME - あかつき
Make Believe MailerFollow “Sayonara Ponytail — agua Mysterious project Sayonara Ponytail arguably predicted the state of modern J-pop nearly 15 years ago. Every…” on Oct 27th →
Mayu - Basement Jam
StereofoxFollow “Mayu’s latest release “Basement Jam” is literally poetry in motion that is further brought to life by a soulful yet…” on Oct 23rd →
Diagram - Sunday Morning
The ObeliskFollow “If you’ve been keeping up, you already know this Quarterly Review goes through next Monday (because screw weekends anyhow) and…” on Oct 8th →
Breath - Sanliurfa
The ObeliskFollow “Day two. Normally this is time for hubristic gibberish about how easy the QR will be, the overconfidence of one…” on Oct 6th →
Pile - Bouncing in Blue
Post-TrashFollow “by Jess Makler (unslump.substack.com) Pile’s ninth studio album and first through their new label, Sooper, reminds me of WWE. Both…” on Sep 18th →
Kaela - Tender
cloud collectingFollow “Photo credits: Jonu Kaela is a genre-blurring singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer whose music transports listeners into vivid, otherworldly realms.…” on Sep 17th →
TOMO - Dawinush
Orb MagFollow “The post Orb Premieres: July 2025 appeared first on Orb Mag.” on Sep 8th →
Sphere - Tokudo
Spectrum CultureFollow “Sphere recorded their first album, 1982’s Four in One, on the day Thelonious Monk died. According to the history books,…” on Sep 3rd →
Breath - Observer
The ObeliskFollow “Portland’s meditative explorers Breath announced in March they’d signed with Argonauta Records for the release of their next album. Already…” on Sep 2nd →
杏里 - 悲しみがとまらない I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS (Live)
START-TRACKFollow “Thanks for stopping by. You are here because you are a curious individual. There is” on Aug 6th →
tofubeats - 心のターゲット
Make Believe MailerFollow “CRZKNY — BAYSIDE JOKE CITY The problem with “city pop” as a YouTube-born phenomenon is the way the aesthetics around…” on Aug 4th →
春ねむり - IGMF
Make Believe MailerFollow “HAKU — Seventh Heaven A generation of internet-reared Japanese artists are getting older and starting to take up more prominent…” on Jul 28th →
SAWA - Out of the Water into the Flames
RecorderFollow “Kertvárosi gengszterek, vállalhatatlan minőségű jegyek, fagylaltkurzus. Ítéletnapi okosóra, az élővilág morajlása, fekete tenger. Van egy ridegebb dolog annál, mint ha…” on Jul 24th →
The Caraway - Birthday Girl
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Birthday Girl / I Love Your Tears by The Caraway 7/23/25. Ah, Japanese indie pop. I don’t own a lot…” on Jul 23rd →
Kaela - Pool
AnalogueTrashFollow “Kaela is Kaela Sinclair, the Los Angeles based musician known for her work as a member of electronic icons M83.…” on Jul 20th →
19 - CANDI STATON - SURE AS SIN
The Listening Post BlogFollow “Though Candi Staton’s version of today’s song is a cover, I have to say that its a mighty fine cover…” on Jul 17th →
U - Is It A Kind Of Dream?
Various Small FlamesFollow “Editrix – Flesh Debt “The band’s first new release since 2022, new album The Big E promises to be every…” on Jul 8th →
Pile - Uneasy
Bandcamp DailyFollow “These are the upcoming albums that Bandcamp fans are excited about. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Jul 3rd →