It’s time: play back the music of 2021 in our 15th annual Zeitgeist!
Each week, we send out our Stack newsletter—a compilation of emerging new music we’re hearing great things about. We’ve selected some standouts, grouped by sound, for a summary of the year. You can play them all in Stack Selects.
As always, we’ve calculated the most-posted Artists in Hype Machine’s index, and the top tracks of 2021 in our community of supporters.
Thank you for listening with us this year.
It’s been a strange year. But the music never disappoints, and Zeitgeist is here with our annual look back at the best sounds of 2020.
Come by our virtual home and check out what’s playing in each room, stacked with selects from our weekly newsletter. We’ve also listed artists that writers in our index were most excited about, and tracks getting the most love from our supporters, for a thorough recap of the year.
In 2020, community support mattered more than ever. If you can, become a supporter to keep Hype Machine running.
Thanks for listening with us.
Revisit the best music of 2019 in our 13th annual Zeitgeist!
We analyzed our data for artists who made an impression with writers in our index. You can listen in two ways: the 25 Most Posted artists of 2019, and Breakthroughs—the artists making their Zeitgeist debut this year.
Hype Machine is sustained by our community of supporters. And because our supporters are some of the most passionate listeners here, they’re also the best at spotting great new music. You can listen to their top finds in the Tracks playlist. (Supporters always have access to an exclusive Supporter Selects playlist—become a supporter to join in.)
As we reflected on the music that made our year, we wanted to find a way to thank the artists who made it. So we built Merch Table to find and buy your favorite releases on Bandcamp (it works with your favorites, and Spotify playlists as well). We know just how much direct support matters.
Thanks for listening with us this year.
Your friends may not always share your taste in music. Luckily, plenty of folks on Hype Machine do. Our new “Loved by” feature on your Favorites page (desktop only, for now) shows people who also favorited these tracks. Chances are, you’ll like some of the other stuff they’ve been into, and discover a few new gems.
Try it out!
In each Stack newsletter, we share a long mix we’re enjoying that week. We’ve collected them all on our new Mixes page, for times when you just want to sit back and listen. There are artist guest mixes, radio show archives, DJ sets, and more; categorized very roughly by energy (Up, Down, Weird, like our playlists). That’s over 100 hours of uninterrupted music. Perfect for your next cross-continent drive.