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 2 tone tracks
The Special A.K.A. - Gangsters
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Gangsters by The Specials… (or Special A.K.A., to give them their full original name). It’s just about the most perfect…” on Sep 29th →
Special AKA - Nelson Mandela
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The 1979 series was planned with the knowledge of just how great that calendar year had been in terms of…” on Mar 10th →
The Ammonites - Jennifer
janglepophubFollow “The Ammonites were one of the earlier bands that John Waddington (Maximum Joy, The Pop Group, Playgroup, Perfume) played in,…” on Feb 21st →
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 →
The Specials - Nite Klub
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The first of the singles charts to be looked back at this time around covers 30 September–6 October. The Top…” on Oct 8th, 2024 →
Madness - The Prince
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The summer job lasted six weeks and all too soon I was back at school, entering 5th Year, but with…” on Aug 7th, 2024 →
The Specials - Gangsters
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “My summer of ’79 saw me enter the big bad world of paid employment. I actually told a few lies…” on Jul 11th, 2024 →
The Apollinaires - Envy the Love
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest posting by Leon MacDuff We all know what style of music 2 Tone Records specialised in. Heck, we…” on Mar 12th, 2024 →
The Bodysnatchers - Ruder Than You
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “aka The Vinyl Villain incorporating Sexy Loser #009 – The Bodysnatchers – ‚Ruder Than You’ (Chrysalis Records, ’80) Hello friends,…” on Mar 8th, 2023 →
Special AKA - Racist Friend
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “dilemma : noun a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially…” on Jan 12th, 2023 →
The Special A.K.A - Gangsters
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 →
The Bodysnatchers - Too Experienced
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I can’t put it any better than what you can find over at 2-tone info. This is slightly edited down…” on Mar 3rd, 2022 →