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
Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It?
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This will be the 30th TVV post in which Buzzcocks have been specifically added to the index, while there have…” last week →
Gang Of Four - At Home He's A Tourist
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The NME commemorated the 10th anniversary in April 2004 of the death of Kurt Cobain by putting his image on…” on Dec 30th, 2025 →
Cabaret Voltaire - Silent Command
The QuietusFollow “Jeremy Allen talks to Stephen Mallinder about The Cabs' first decade, the eternal struggle to find the right drum machine…” on Nov 20th, 2025 →
The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest posting by Middle-Aged Man Lyrical genius of The Undertones ICA I had a recent visit from my younger…” on Sep 16th, 2025 →
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
27 LeggiesFollow “I had an action-packed Saturday with a tenuous library link running through the day. It included a visit to the…” on Sep 15th, 2025 →
Sex Pistols - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
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, 2025 →
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest posting by Fraser Pettigrew (aka our New Zealand correspondent) The Smirks were a short-lived band from Manchester whose…” on Apr 22nd, 2025 →
Johnny Osbourne - Can't Buy Love
Super Super SoundsFollow “Can’t Buy Love by Johnny OsbourneJohnny Osbourne - Truths And RightsKiller reggae album, from...” on Mar 24th, 2025 →
The Jam - When You're Young
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The relatively recent passing of Rick Buckler went unmentioned on the blog. It wasn’t as much an oversight on my…” on Mar 21st, 2025 →
Siouxsie & The Banshees - 20th Century Boy
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The original version of 20th Century Boy by T.Rex was released in March 1973. It lasted 3 mins and 39…” on Mar 5th, 2025 →
Barrington Levy - Look Youthman
Lend Me Your EarsFollow “Jammys From The Roots [1977-1985] by Barry Brown Englishman by Barrington Levy ” on Jan 17th, 2025 →
Cult Hero - I'm A Cult Hero
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “You know the script by now. I delve into my big bumper book of Indie Songs (The Great Indie Discography…” on Nov 18th, 2024 →
Cerrone - Rocket In The Pocket
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Hailed by everyone from Nile Rodgers to James Murphy, Cerrone is a dance music giant. Read full story on the…” on Nov 14th, 2024 →
Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A slight deviation from the norm in that this instalment also happens to cover a few days from October 1979,…” on Nov 4th, 2024 →