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 1985 tracks
Primal Scream - All Fall Down
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It wasn’t regarded as being all that cracking back in May 1985. Indeed, it was regarded as something of a…” 17 hrs ago →
Ruth - Polaroïd/Roman/Photo
BrooklynVeganFollow “This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Nilüfer Yanya, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Guided by Voices,…” on Mar 4th →
10,000 Maniacs - Can't Ignore The Train
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “10,000 Maniacs, from Jamestown in the state of New York, came to prominence in 1983 after the self-recording of a…” on Dec 9th, 2021 →
The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Another song that I only picked up on a few years after its release as a single in October 1985.…” on Oct 3rd, 2021 →
The Loft - Up The Hill And Down The Slope
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A word of praise for Optic Nerve Recordings, a reissue label based in Preston in north-west England (about 34 miles…” on Apr 9th, 2021 →
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I don’t do this every year, but I’m giving a birthday shout out to S.C. ,pictured above a few seconds…” on Feb 18th, 2021 →
The Colourfield - Thinking Of You
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I thought I’d illustrate my own effort with the sleeve of the debut album by The Fun Boy Three –…” on Feb 9th, 2021 →
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Album: Psychocandy – The Jesus and Mary Chain Review: Rolling Stone, 27 May 1986 Author: Tim Holmes The Jesus and…” on Jan 1st, 2021 →
The Cure - In Between Days
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by jimdoes There’s been so many great opening tracks that were singles – here’s my ten favourites,…” on Nov 12th, 2020 →
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses (Extended Mix)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “There’s something Pavlovian about Julian Cope posts that makes me immediately want to feature Echo & The Bunnymen. I recently…” on Oct 8th, 2020 →
The Sound - One Thousand Reasons
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by MARTIN ELLIOT (OUR SWEDISH CORRESPONDENT) I was surprised when I realised no one had done an…” on Sep 24th, 2020 →
Madonna - Dress You Up The 12" Formal Mix +2 more
The Lost TurntableFollow “Madonna Dress You Up (The 12″ Formal Mix) Dress You Up (The Casual Instrumental Mix) Papa Don’t Preach [Extended Version]…” on Sep 22nd, 2020 →
Microdisney - Birthday Girl
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Microdisney was an Irish band that was founded in Cork in 1980, with its two mainstays being Cathal Coughlan (keyboards,…” on Aug 28th, 2020 →
Yello - Let Me Cry
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The story of how Yello came to be is brilliantly bonkers. Formed, in Switzerland in 1976 by Boris Blank (keyboards,…” on Jul 24th, 2020 →
R.E.M. - Bandwagon
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This week’s words are courtesy of The Robster:- One thing that is noticeable when you study R.E.M.’s discography is how…” on Jul 12th, 2020 →
Madonna - Gambler
The Lost TurntableFollow “I’m not going to lie to you, being unable to go to any record stores for over a month has…” on Apr 27th, 2020 →
The Fall - Paintwork
Across The Kitchen TableFollow “I have been debating whether to complete this set of posts or not. it seems a bit, well even more…” on Mar 31st, 2020 →
Meat Whiplash - Don't Slip Up
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I previously wrote about today’s featured bandback in 2015. There’s little I can add to what was said before. There’s…” on Mar 21st, 2020 →
Shop Assistants - It's Up to You
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Shop Assistants are probably best known for Safety Net, the first single to be released, back in 1986, on the…” on Dec 10th, 2019 →