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 1980s tracks
Fishbone - Ugly
Bandcamp DailyFollow “When I listened to Fishbone's EP on vinyl, I wondered about the kind of teenager my father had been. Read…” on Mar 19th →
APB - Shoot You Down
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Something To Believe In by APB 3/18/24. APB are an Aberdeen, Scotland band that formed back in 1979. “Something To…” on Mar 18th →
The Colorblind James Experience - Considering A Move To Memphis
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’m thinking there will more than a few ‘regulars’ who weren’t familiar with this blog back in the old days,…” on Mar 18th →
The Colourfield - Thinking Of You
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Here comes an ICA from a short-lived band, with just two albums and seven UK singles to select from. Despite…” on Mar 11th →
Care - Sad Day For England
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This one has been inspired by Revolutionary Spirit : A Post-Punk Exorcism, a book published in late 2023 by Jawbone…” on Jan 30th →
The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait +3 remixes
Plain Or Pan?Follow “That politely twanging guitar that heralds the start of the track is, by the angle of its jangle, pure early…” on Jan 16th →
Ciccone Youth - Into the Groove(y)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It’s time to partially close down the blog for the period over Christmas and New Year. This time around I’m…” on Jan 4th →
The Wedding Present - Gone
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A month after Kennedy had grabbed the indie-world by its lapels and given it the most almighty of shakes, the…” on Dec 16th, 2023 →
Loop - Collision
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest posting by flimflamfan This is a rather random post. I was sat on a train heading West to…” on Dec 13th, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - Don't Laugh
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Debut album George Best, released in October 1987, had been a hit. The end of year polls in most of…” on Nov 18th, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - Getting Nowhere Fast
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “April and May 1987 saw The Wedding Present out on tour across the UK, mostly at student union venues, while…” on Nov 11th, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - This Boy Can Wait
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It’s still 1986, and we’ve reached the release of the third single, one which came out on 7″ and 12″…” on Oct 22nd, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - Once More
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It took around nine months after the debut before the second 45 from The Wedding Present was available to buy.…” on Oct 15th, 2023 →
Rich Kids on LSD - Scab On My Brain
BrooklynVeganFollow “For over a decade, Horrendous have been known for making increasingly boundary-pushing death metal, including on this year’s excellent Ontological…” on Oct 9th, 2023 →
A Certain Ratio - Crystal
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “burlveneer-music: Parasite Jazz - s/t LP French non-jazz trio overflowed by Simple Music Experience’s funders Tamara Goukassova, Théo Delaunay &…” on Oct 6th, 2023 →
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Girls Talk
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I reckon the late 20th Century fad for CDs as opposed to vinyl was really responsible for the demise of…” on Sep 7th, 2023 →
Fire Engines - Candyskin
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Hungry Beat by Fire Engines 8/15/23. This is surprising. My love for the music of Davey Henderson led me to…” on Aug 15th, 2023 →