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
Lamp - 夕星のペーソス / Dusk
BrooklynVeganFollow “Japanese trio Lamp have been making light, jazzy/folky/tropical indiepop since 2000 and have released 10 albums so far, the most…” 6 days ago →
Exilee - Migraine Music
Record TurnoverFollow “Easter is over and we’re kicking off April with a few mentions of releases by friends and acquaintances. Exilee is…” on Apr 2nd →
Monet - Pitfall
God Is In The TV Follow ““It can just go from ‘ah, let’s do something really dancey and discoey’, but then that can be really noisy.…” on Mar 1st →
JuJu - Dead At 25
Post-Punk.comFollow “The concept of “bread and circuses” as a means of social control has been around since the term was coined…” on Feb 28th →
Ai - Aruki Ikura Electric Indigo Remix
Orb MagFollow “Full stream of Electric Indigo’s remix of “Aruki Ikura,” taken from Mischpoke #2 compilation on Hauch Records, out February 23.…” on Feb 21st →
MARBLE - oblivion
Obscure SoundFollow “A moody alt-rocker with escalating satiation, “oblivion” is a recent single from Marble, a band based in Portland and Seattle.…” on Feb 20th →
Miki Hirayama - 電子レンジ (Denshi Lenzi)
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A new compilation details how Jamaican music influenced Japanese artists in the ’70s and ’80s. Read full story on the…” on Feb 12th →
The Caraway - Fall in love again
Add To Wantlist Follow “The Caraway is a solo project by Japanese singer-songwriter Osamu Shimada, known from indie pop band Swinging Popsicle. Eighteen years…” on Feb 8th →
divr - Echo's Answer
TwistedsoulFollow “Listen to the glittering new album from guitarist and composer, Roger Lin. The post Albem: ‘Exploitation Suite’ by Roger Lin…” on Feb 6th →
The Caraway - Birthday girl
janglepophubFollow “Nearly seventeen years after their impeccable eponymous debut album tickled every twee-button imaginable, Osamu Shimada’s (Swinging Popsicle) The Caraway project…” on Feb 1st →
IVVY - It Only Takes One Brick (Bergsonist's No Future Bricks Remix) (Sheik N Beik)
Inverted AudioFollow “Now on the cusp of their seventeenth release, New York-based imprint Sheik N Beik prepare to release the nine-track ‘IVVI‘…” on Feb 1st →
divr - Tea High
The QuietusFollow “Arriving at post-rock by way of post-bop, the Swiss trio make jazz standards of classics by Radiohead and Broadcast” on Feb 1st →
Aji - Everyday
Niche MusicFollow “オーストラリア/ブリスベン拠点のベッドルームポップアーティスト Ajiが、1/25にリリースしたニューシングル 'Everyday'を公開！ Ajiはソングライター・プロデューサー Tom Brieseによ […] The post Aji、'Everyday'を公開 first appeared on Niche Music.” on Jan 24th →
Aili - Babychan
Record TurnoverFollow “Aili is a Japanese-Belgian duo consisting of Aili Maruyama and Orson Wouters. They make danceable post-punk that owes as much…” on Jan 23rd →
Flower - HEEL OF THE NEXT
stereogumFollow “An underrated thing about hardcore: You can sometimes identify a venue just by YouTube thumbnail — not even the video…” on Jan 18th →