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 wistful tracks
XTC - This World Over
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “November 1984. As we have previously seen, a decent enough month for the ‘proper’ singles chart, albeit there was still…” last week →
Caz Mechanic - Move Over
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Move Over by Caz Mechanic 5/12/25. When I stumbled across Caz Mechanic’s “Move Over” 7" EP, I was pretty proud.…” on May 12th →
The Weakerthans - (Hospital Vespers)
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A writer connects with other Weakerthans fans, as well as collaborators and anyone associated with the band, in a unique…” on Aug 29th, 2023 →
Eugene Kelly - Older Faster
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Older Faster by Eugene Kelly 4/3/23. Wow. I’d heard of Eugenius and The Vaselines but never Eugene Kelly’s solo work.…” on Apr 3rd, 2023 →
Lush - Cat's Chorus
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “hypocrite : noun 1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or…” on Nov 2nd, 2022 →
They Might Be Giants - See the Constellation
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by STEVE McLEAN JC writes….. Steve McLean has been a long time friend of the blog, having…” on Aug 3rd, 2022 →
Chris Isaak - Somebody's Crying
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by HSF My family just (re)watched Good Will Hunting… You know that line: “I gotta go see…” on Jun 24th, 2020 →
Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Notwithstanding that some of the production has dated somewhat there surely can be no counter-arguments to the motion that ‘The…” on Jul 23rd, 2019 →
The Knitters - Cryin' But My Tears Are Far Away
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Here come those tears again... Presenting one more weepy six pack for your listening pleasure. Watery artwork by the mighty Tinca.…” on Feb 25th, 2019 →
Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry Blonde
27 LeggiesFollow “I'm heading off on my travels in a couple of days, back towards the end of the month. I'm looking…” on Jul 5th, 2017 →
Gram Parsons - A Song for You
Still in RockFollow “Gram Parsons est un artiste sur lequel j'ai déjà eu l'occasion d'écrire tout le bien qui mérite d'être dit. Leader…” on May 1st, 2017 →
A Girl Called Eddy - Somebody Hurt You
The 'SpillFollow “First off, a big “Welcome back!” to toffeeboy and tfd, nice to see you both, and please drop in again!…” on Mar 27th, 2017 →
The Homophones - Holiday In Your Head
The Deli MagazineFollow “The Homophones emerge from their slumber to make a somewhat rare appearance at The Fire this evening. The Jason Ferraro-led…” on Jul 9th, 2015 →
The Wake - Everybody Works So Hard
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “From wiki:- The Wake were founded in Glasgow in 1981 by Gerard “Caesar” McInulty (formerly of Altered Images), Steven Allen…” on Dec 19th, 2014 →
Chris Bell - I Got Kinda Lost
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “"I got kinda lost in giving, I'm trying to get it across to you..." Presenting the six pack that got…” on Oct 17th, 2014 →
Richard Youngs - Soon It Will Be Fire
Swan FungusFollow “This past one, it was an interesting weekend. After work on Friday I walked over to Dodger Stadium for the…” on Aug 25th, 2014 →
Sky Ferreira - 24 Hours
The RipeFollow “For an act that has toured with Miley Cyrus, is in a relationship with an Yves-Saint-Laurent model, admits to close…” on Jul 28th, 2014 →
Alice Russell - Tired LIttle One (Acoustic Version)
Beaver on the BeatsFollow “I bought Look Around The Corner without ever having heard one note from the album. Quantic + Alice Russell +…” on Jul 21st, 2014 →
Rainbow Ffolly - Goodbye
Still in RockFollow “Rainbow Ffolly est un formidable groupe anglais de la fin des années '60. Ce nom ne vous dit surement pas…” on Jun 30th, 2014 →
Rod Stewart - I Was Only Joking
Shelter From the NormFollow “"I Was Only Joking" by Rod Stewart 6:05 for 6/05 Ever since I was a kid at school I messed…” on Jun 5th, 2014 →