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 1981 tracks
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…” last week →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The Jam - Funeral Pyre
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 →
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 →
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 →
Starter - Minijupe
Record TurnoverFollow “RECORD TURNOVER 80s HITS #129 Starter formed in Switzerland in 1980 by Francis Foss who was also a fashion designer…” on Jun 29th, 2022 →
New Order - Truth
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I thought, for the fiftieth entry in this series in which a song is ripped direct from the vinyl and…” on Mar 6th, 2022 →
Fire Engines - Big Gold Dream
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “For the most basic of background info, here’s the opening para of the wiki entry:- David Alexander “Davy” Henderson (born…” on Feb 21st, 2022 →
Josef K - Sorry For Laughing +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Optic Nerve Recordings is the English-based reissue label specialising in releases from the 80’s and 90’s. I’ve picked up a…” on Feb 13th, 2022 →
Scars - All About You
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “From the archives of the Edinburgh Evening News, 27 October 2017:- Scars were a post-punk quartet who briefly kissed the…” on Oct 30th, 2021 →
The Fall - Middle Mass
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “And now to something which isn’t technically an album, and so qualifies for inclusion in this series. Slates was released…” on Jul 25th, 2021 →
Suburban Lawns - Green Eyes
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “"Let them see, let them hear..." Presenting an all-seeing six pack for your listening pleasure. Visionary illustration by our resident…” on Apr 30th, 2021 →