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.
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The Jam - Funeral Pyre
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The relatively recent passing of Rick Buckler went unmentioned on the blog. It wasn’t as much an oversight on my…” 3 days ago →
Matthew Young - Reflexion
PolifoniaFollow “Nieco spóźniona playlista tygodnia wchodzi dziś, choć z wczorajszą datą. Miłego słuchania. AMAZON DEEZER SPOTIFY TIDAL Dead Channel Sky by…” last week →
The Specials - Ghost Town +5 remixes
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “First published, to much acclaim, in hardback in 2023, an updated paperback edition was printed and issued by White Rabbit…” on Feb 19th →
Cerrone - Hooked On You +2 remixes
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 →
APB - Shoot You Down
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Thanks to support from local station WLIR, APB broke through big time on L.I. in the ’80s. Read full story…” on Aug 13th, 2024 →
The Fall - Leave The Capitol
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Ajay Saggar of a million bands since time immemorial not only loves music, he lives it—and this edition of Big…” on Jul 24th, 2024 →
Fire Engines - Candyskin
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 →
The Jam - Tales From The Riverbank
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, 2024 →
Gun Club - Preaching The Blues
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Here are some major touchpoints from the cowpunk catalog to be found on Bandcamp. Read full story on the Bandcamp…” on Jan 17th, 2024 →
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Plain Or Pan?Follow “A film. Bleached out print, grainy in places with muted, filtered, Instagram-to-the-max colours; subtle mustards, pale yellows, murky beige, an…” on Dec 6th, 2023 →
Bush Tetras - Das Ah Riot
27 LeggiesFollow “It's time for another one of my irregular series of searingly insight-free gig reviews. A summary for those of you…” on Nov 9th, 2023 →
The Thompson Twins - Perfect Game
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A DEBUT GUEST POSTING by ADRIAN MAHON You reach that age… I’ve been meaning to do this for a while.…” on Jul 12th, 2023 →
Squeeze - Piccadilly
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 →
China Crisis - African And White
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by MARTIN ELLIOT (Our Swedish Correspondent) It’s Fun To Entertain About a month ago there was a…” on Jan 16th, 2023 →
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It was a text from Jacques the Kipper at just before 11pm last night. ‘Terry Hall’ JtK has been a…” on Dec 19th, 2022 →
China Crisis - African and White
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The above poster is the best illustration I could find that China Crisis are still on the go all these…” on Nov 9th, 2022 →
Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The above pictured man with the flag is, arguably, the most (in)famous Assistant Referee in world football. His name is…” on Oct 10th, 2022 →
Blondie - Rapture +13 remixes
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “At long last, we reach the knockout stages of the 2022 ICA World Cup, with just the 64 sides left…” on Sep 4th, 2022 →
Matthew Young - Running Up That Hill
UndertheradarFollow “Aotearoa singer and producer speaks about the journey to his record's release.” on Jul 14th, 2022 →