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 rock in opposition tracks
Kavus Torabi - A Thousand Blazing Chariots
The QuietusFollow “Ahead of an appearance at Acid Horse 24, Kavus Torabi talks Jonathan Wright though how, against the odds, he created…” on Apr 5th →
CHEER-ACCIDENT - Range
Chicago ReaderFollow “If you aren’t still in thrall to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum from their first go-round, then I can only assume you…” on Mar 1st →
Lovely Little Girls - Polyester and Saltwater
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Effusive Supreme by Lovely Little Girls Lovely Little Girls - Effusive Supreme Lovely Little Girls is a theatrical art-rock band…” on Aug 21st, 2023 →
Lovely Little Girls - Breathing on the Back
XS NoizeFollow “Lovely Little Girls is a theatrical art-rock band from Chicago that features members of Cheer-Accident and The Flying Luttenbachers. They…” on Aug 17th, 2023 →
Aksak Maboul - Talking with the Birds
TwistedsoulFollow “This weekend, enjoy Torth, Adja, Sam Gendel, and more. The post Between The Cracks: Essential Music From Across The Board…” on Apr 8th, 2023 →
Miriodor - Boomerang
Can this even be called Music?Follow “Brian! – Cataclysmic Engine (Nefarious Industries) What if you replaced the bassist with a bassoonist? Well, Brian! answered this question…” on Nov 9th, 2022 →
Lovely Little Girls - Procreation (Of The Wicked)
JoyzineFollow “SKiN GRAFT Records started as a comic (SKiN GRAFT COMiX #1, came out in 1986), and the label grew out…” on Oct 30th, 2022 →
Present - New
The AlternativeFollow “The Alternative Weekly Roundup is a column where our staff plugs a variety of new releases in a concise, streamlined…” on Aug 1st, 2022 →
Cheer-Accident - Star Vehicle (4 Flats)
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Cheer-Accident - Here Comes The Sunset - uncategorizable Chicago band (though I went with “weird rock band” on the radio)…” on Apr 6th, 2022 →
Cheer-Accident - Maison de Velours Écureuil
Chicago ReaderFollow “When I moved to the Windy City in 1995, “psychedelic” and “progressive rock” were dirty words associated with patchouli-scented hippies.…” on Feb 15th, 2022 →
Henry Cow - Bittern Storm
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Suggested next steps for fans of the unclassifiable UK upstarts. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Feb 11th, 2022 →
Aksak Maboul - L'adieu a l'histoire Tolouse Low Trax Remix
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Aksak Maboul - Redrawn Figures 1 - remixes and covers of tracks from Figures. There’s a Redrawn Figures 2 as…” on Dec 22nd, 2021 →
CHEER-ACCIDENT - Hong Kong Night and Day
African PaperFollow “Das sechsköpfige Chicagoer Kollektiv Cheer-Accident bringt Mitte Dezember ein Album heraus, das auf Field Recordings und ergänzenden Instrumenten aus der…” on Nov 22nd, 2021 →
CHEER-ACCIDENT - Lifetime Guarantee
Chicago ReaderFollow ““I want to assemble things as if I'm storyboarding in my head. In a way, I feel like a casting…” on Jul 8th, 2021 →
Happy Accidents - Sprawling
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Plus Italian power metal, a groundbreaking Afrobeat-pop record from the '70s, and more in our monthly trip around the world…” on May 4th, 2021 →
HARPY - Oceans (Radio Edit)
She Makes MusicFollow “This piece features the best new bands and artists we’ve discovered this week in the rock/punk genre (inc, post-punk) via…” on Feb 10th, 2021 →
CHEER-ACCIDENT - Like Something To Resemble
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Cuneiform Records: The Albums of 2020 - a name-your-price sampler of 12 tracks from their 2020 releases This special “Name…” on Jan 19th, 2021 →
Aksak Maboul - Eyelids and Phosphenes Aksak Reconstruction
self-titled magazineFollow “Photo SAMUEL KIRSZENBAUM File this one under In Case You Missed It Last May: Figures, a double LP with ambitions…” on Dec 11th, 2020 →