Machine Shop: Hype Machine Team Blog

This is our 15th year on the web! Wow.

Hype Machine is a lot like the three of us when we were 15—completely obsessed with music, and always online. We listen to different stuff now, but that drive to keep searching for new music, through different genres, across decades, recommended by people we’ve never met who share our tastes, that hasn’t changed. If this is where you find your music, chances are, you feel the same.

Hype Machine is here today thanks to the support of our listeners, who kept the service going when we were sure we’d have to shut it down. The community came together and said, there’s still more music to discover. And if that’s important to you too, become a supporter and help us celebrate our next birthday.

Thanks for listening,
Dave, Zoya, and Anthony

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.   

Welcome to our yearly State of Hype Machine’s Crowdfunding update. We’ve been doing this for over two years now, and would like to share with you…

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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.