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 1979 tracks
The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I trust that the first three months of this series has helped to convince any of you who happened to…” on Apr 8th →
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Once again, this is the part of the series where I consult one of my reference books and find some…” on Mar 21st →
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “March 1979. Four weeks of chart rundowns to look back over and determine whether any of the new entries are…” on Mar 5th →
Zones - Mourning Star
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The story of Zones is a tad complicated. You need to go back to the early 70s, and the emergence…” on Mar 1st →
The Only Ones - You've Got to Pay
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This is the part of the series where I consult one of my reference books and find some 45s which…” on Feb 22nd →
The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Welcome to the second post of today. All you need to do is read over the January 1979 posts for…” on Feb 12th →
The Jam - When You're Young
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Another one that was picked up in Canada. Absolute Beginners was only ever issued on 7″ in the UK. It…” on Jan 28th →
The Members - The Sound of the Suburbs
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “If you need to know what this is all about, here’s a link back to part one of the post.…” on Jan 17th →
Don Armandos Second Avenue Rumba Band - Goin To A Showdown
Bandcamp DailyFollow “These artists were exploring the odd intersection between punk and disco at the turn of the ‘80s. Read full story…” on Aug 16th, 2023 →
Bileo - You Can Win +1 remix
Le VisiteurFollow “Edinburgh’s Athens of the North is easily of one of the best and most consistent labels out there right now…” on Jul 28th, 2023 →
PiL - Albatross
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest posting by Fraser Pettigrew [“An Elvis Costello fan struggling to re-fold his copy of Armed Forces.”] Aside from…” on Jun 5th, 2023 →
LIPS - Never Have I
Super Super SoundsFollow “Never Have I by LIPS LIPS - Never Have I Killer new single from LIPS, maybe her best yet! Honest,…” on Mar 30th, 2023 →
The Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket
Pequenos Classicos PerdidosFollow “Tenho poucas certezas nesta minha vida besta, e duas delas são: 1) se este homônimo disco de estreia das Raincoats…” on Mar 15th, 2023 →
The Tourists - So Good To Be Back Home Again
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “OK. Not strictly a Scottish band. But very much fronted by a singer from Scotland. Here’s wiki. The Tourists were…” on Mar 10th, 2023 →
Squeeze - Up The Junction
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Squeeze have been around since time began. OK, not exactly, but it’s fast approaching 50 years. The two principal songwriting…” on Mar 6th, 2023 →
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades (remastered)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The first post on the contents of the Hearing Protection : Factory Records 1978-79 box set, was on 24 March…” on Jan 17th, 2023 →