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 1980 tracks
Cabaret Voltaire - Kneel To The Boss
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 →
Orange Juice - Moscow Olympics
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “#1: Falling and Laughing : Orange Juice (Postcard 80-1, 1980) Earlier this week, Edwyn Collins embarked on The Testimonial Tour,…” on Sep 28th →
The Clash - Broadway
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A quick reminder that this occasional series doesn’t involve any new writing and instead delves back into the TVV vaults…” on Sep 11th →
Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune
27 LeggiesFollow “I don't know whether it is the delayed effect of all the many long haul overnight flights I have taken…” on Apr 15th →
The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This one is a bit crackly, but hopefully it won’t distract too much from your enjoyment. Sister Europe dates back…” on May 27th, 2024 →
Alex Fergusson - Stay With Me Tonight
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “From the booklet accompanying the Big Gold Dream box set (Cherry Red Records 2019) “If Glasgow auteur Alex Fergusson‘s snappy…” on May 25th, 2024 →
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Friday 10 May 2024. The date when this blog’s chief steward dug deep into the 7″ singles and more than…” on May 10th, 2024 →
Magazine - Sweetheart Contract
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Magazine released nine singles between 1978 and 1981. Only two of them cracked the Top 75. The first was the…” on Apr 12th, 2024 →
35mm Dreams - More Than This
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’ve this one courtesy of it being included in the many-times mentioned Big Gold Dreams box set. mp3: 35mm Dreams…” on Mar 23rd, 2024 →
Warren Zevon - A Certain Girl
27 LeggiesFollow “I am pausing for breath between two gigs this morning. Last night we went to The Waiting Room in Stoke…” on Jan 24th, 2024 →
Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Magazine – After The Fact (1982) That’s the problem with setting hard and fast rules – they inevitably come back…” on Jun 17th, 2023 →
The Ramones - High Risk Insurance
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I felt sorry that The Ramones departed the ICA World Cup on penalties in Round 1, losing out to Stevie…” on Oct 14th, 2022 →
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - High Fidelity
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Continuing the week of full ICA postings from the vaults, as offered up by various guests. This was ICA 136…” on Sep 20th, 2022 →
The Human League - Marianne
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A TWO-PART GUEST POSTING BY POST PUNK MONK The backstory was written last week, but in summary it’s the chance…” on Aug 19th, 2022 →
Manicured Noise - Metronome +4 remixes
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I mentioned a while back that I’d so thoroughly enjoyed my visit last year to the Use Hearing Protection exhibition,…” on Mar 24th, 2022 →
The Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rock Steady
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I can’t put it any better than what you can find over at 2-tone info. This is slightly edited down…” on Mar 3rd, 2022 →
Grace Jones - Private Life
Plain Or Pan?Follow “If you’re a regular reader of this parish, chances are you’ll own some music that features the basslines of Robbie…” on Dec 9th, 2021 →
Admas - Anchi Bale Game
House of LordsFollow “Wicked Ethiopian groove on this one from Admas ada_ada · Admas – Anchi Bale Game The post Admas – Anchi…” on Sep 28th, 2021 →
Madness - Embarrassment
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It was back in 2014 that I wrote these words about this particular song:- “…a truly astonishing single that remains…” on Sep 10th, 2021 →