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 1988 tracks
The Field Mice - Fabulous Friend
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 3rd →
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
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 - Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A good indication of the standing the band had, even at such an early stage, can be seen from them…” on Nov 25th, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
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 →
Another Sunny Day - Anorak City
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This one is sourced from Scared To Get Happy : A Story Of Indie-Pop 1986-1989, a 5 x CD set…” on Jul 25th, 2023 →
Pet Shop Boys - Don Juan +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “And now we reach what I think is my favourite phase of the Pet Shop Boys between September 1988 and…” on Feb 18th, 2023 →
Pet Shop Boys - Heart +4 remixes
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “On the 14th August 1987, the ITV network across the UK broadcast Love Me Tender: A Tribute to the Music…” on Feb 11th, 2023 →
For Against - Sabres
TrebleFollow “Next steps for fans of a post-punk revival essential The post 10 Albums to Hear if You Like Interpol’s Turn…” on Aug 21st, 2022 →
The Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
HI54Follow “Sometimes, the easiest way to go back in time is to just put a time capsule collection of musical vibes…” on Aug 12th, 2022 →
Close Lobsters - What Is There To Smile About?
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I very rarely plug things through the blog, but this is a deserving exception. And besides, if you get to…” on Jul 25th, 2022 →
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah 12' version +5 more
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A 1991 Manchester Musical Special : H is for Happy Mondays and J is for James Happy Mondays – Kinky…” on Jul 7th, 2021 →
Happy Mondays - Performance
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Album: Bummed – Happy Mondays Review: Guardian, 14 December 2007 Author: Alex Petrides Earlier this year, what’s left of Happy…” on Jan 4th, 2021 →
R.E.M. - See No Evil
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It was back in 1988 that R.E.M. hit upon the idea of doing what The Beatles had done back in…” on Dec 26th, 2020 →
Act - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “As mentioned a few weeks back, I’m not long finished reading Long Shadows and High Hopes, a highly enjoyable and…” on Jun 8th, 2020 →
Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Another scroll down through the list of bands who have featured previously on T(n)VV reveals that this will be a…” on Jun 13th, 2019 →
1988 - A002
Faeton Music BlogFollow “Hello! Friday is a day for total relaxation (at least in the evening). And I am here to help you…” on May 3rd, 2019 →