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 80s alternative tracks
Alex Chilton - Johnny Too Bad
27 LeggiesFollow “Normally in this series we finish off with a Mandatory Reggae Version (MRV) of whichever song it is we are…” last week →
The Bats - Made Up In Blue
Remember The LightningFollow “We are hard at work on Remember The Lightning: A Guitar Pop Journal, Volume 4, which should be available in…” on Aug 13th →
Alex Chilton - Jesus Christ (Take 2)
Snooping the BandcampFollow “Jesus Christ EP by Alex Chilton 5/19/22. Big Star’s “Third” or “Sister Lovers” is just an amazing album. I forgot…” on May 19th, 2022 →
The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This weekly series has been running for almost six months. When it started, I had no idea that Halloween 2021…” on Oct 31st, 2021 →
The Proclaimers - Throw the 'R' Away
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “From wiki:- The Proclaimers are a Scottish rock duo formed in 1983 by twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid, who…” on May 22nd, 2021 →
The Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST ICA by JOHNNY THE FRIENDLY LAWYER Jim facetimed today to offer congratulations. He knew I’ve been out of…” on Nov 7th, 2020 →
Lemon Kittens - P.V.S
DoklandsFollow “Lemon Kittens were one of the few bands other than Nurse With Wound to ever be released on the United…” on Apr 12th, 2020 →
Alex Chilton - Alcoholiday
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Dubiety surrounds the release of Big Star‘s third album, ‘Third’. Was it a true Big Star album in the way…” on Dec 23rd, 2019 →
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’ve been inspired to write this as a belated (by one day) birthday gift to my friend JJ, and on…” on Sep 11th, 2019 →
The Dream Syndicate - The Medicine Show
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by HYBRID SOC PROF, our Michigan Correspondent In the Spring of 1981, I completed my time playing…” on Jan 28th, 2019 →
The Go-Betweens - Head Full Of Steam
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The visit earlier this year to the cinema to enjoy Right Here led to me going on a bit of…” on Dec 17th, 2018 →
The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
27 LeggiesFollow “Ann Cole was a raucous soul singer from Newark, New Jersey who had a few medium-sized hits in the R&B…” on Jan 25th, 2018 →
XTC - Instant Tunes
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “For a band that had suffered a series of hard-to-justify flops, the title and cover of the fourth XTC single…” on Mar 25th, 2017 →
Husker Du - Celebrated Summer
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING FROM SWISS ADAM Husker Du ‘You Gotta Keep Hanging On’ (An Imaginary Compilation Album) Husker Du are…” on Aug 25th, 2016 →
The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “"You can say anything you want, and you can do anything you want... If you have ghosts, then you have…” on Apr 25th, 2016 →
The Police - Invisible Sun
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This is one that I’ve been giving some thought to for a few months as I know that putting the…” on Feb 8th, 2016 →
Alex Chilton - Big Black Car (Demo #3)
Still in RockFollow “Big Star est, à mon sens, le plus grand groupe de Power Pop de l'histoire (bien qu'il ait également abordé…” on Dec 15th, 2015 →
Alex Chilton - Girl Like You
Plain Or Pan?Follow “Eddie Floyd was the big haired, big voiced vocalist of such soul nuggets as Knock On Wood, I’ve Got To…” on Aug 18th, 2014 →
Violent Femmes - Special
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A few weeks back I featured Violent Femmes take on Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? while many moons…” on Jun 23rd, 2014 →
Alex Chilton - Death Cab for Cutie
Cover MeFollow “A celebration of the birthday of musical oddball and parodist Neil Innes.” on Dec 9th, 2013 →