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 1978 tracks
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “a guest series, courtesy of a very friendly lawyer Trivial Pursuit 1. King’s Lead Hat. Brian Eno The song title…” last week →
The Stranglers - Walk On By
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest ICA by Fraser Pettigrew (aka our New Zealand correspondent) If there was a dominating manifesto principle for British…” on Jun 4th →
The Mekons - Where Were You?
27 LeggiesFollow “I went to see the Mekons last week at London's fashionable 100 Club. Although I have seen various members in…” on May 20th →
Silicon Teens - Memphis Tennessee
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “aka The Vinyl Villain incorporating Sexy Loser #091: Silicon Teens – ‘Memphis Tennessee’ (Mute Records ’79) Dear friends, back to…” on Apr 30th →
Roberta Flack - When It's Over
27 LeggiesFollow “There are just far too many good artists dying at the moment. In the last five days alone we've lost…” on Feb 25th →
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The final edition of Constellations explores the connection between artist, public, and marketplace. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Dec 18th, 2024 →
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again +1 remix
The Vinyl FactoryFollow “Essential dancefloor cuts from November, as selected by Phonica Records. Our friends at Soho record institution Phonica Records pick their…” on Nov 1st, 2024 →
Kate Bush - Them Heavy People
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A very quick follow-up to some of the comments offered up in respect of yesterday’s edition of Shakedown, 1979. Flimflamfan.…” on Sep 10th, 2024 →
The Runaways - Right Now
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Time for another dip into my well-thumbed big book of Indie music to check what memorable singles were released in…” on Aug 22nd, 2024 →
The Undertones - True Confessions
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “One of the finest ever b-sides? Discuss……… mp3: The Undertones – True Confessions As found on the debut EP Teenage…” on Aug 21st, 2024 →
The Cramps - Human Fly
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The chart hit single in June had some quality, but not much in the way of quantity. What about the…” on Jun 25th, 2024 →
Clout - Substitute
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Where popular music leads, others quickly follow. After Oasis came galloping into existence like the twin-headed horse of the apocalypse,…” on Jun 18th, 2024 →
Subway Sect - Ambition
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This one has been inspired by an event that took place back in June 2015, one that I wrote about…” on May 28th, 2024 →
Van Morrison - Wavelength
27 LeggiesFollow “The other day The George and I were corresponding about an excellent bargain price compilation on the Bongo Joe label…” on May 20th, 2024 →
X-Ray Spex - Highly Inflammable
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, 2024 →
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
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, 2024 →
The Ramones - She's The One
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “While lying on a beach in Barbados last month, it hit me that quite a few tremendous, or at the…” on Jan 29th, 2024 →
Buzzcocks - Promises
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Last month, in the final part of the year-long series on the singles charts of 1983, I promised that the…” on Jan 11th, 2024 →