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 rare tracks
Act - Bloodrush
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I was somewhat bemused that, until a few years after I got involved in this blogging malarkey, I had never…” on Mar 13th →
Il Y A Volkswagens - American Dream
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 →
China Crisis - No Ordinary Lover
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by MARTIN ELLIOT (Our Swedish Correspondent) It’s Fun To Entertain About a month ago there was a…” on Jan 16th, 2023 →
The Actor - Unreal Personality
Record TurnoverFollow “RECORD TURNOVER 80s HITS #141 The Actor was a Dutch synthesizer duo who superceded Kraftwerk and appeared around the same…” on Dec 8th, 2022 →
THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUS - Direct Lines
Record TurnoverFollow “RECORD TURNOVER 80s HITS #135 The Electronic Circus was originally formed by Gary Numan’s keyboard player Chris Payne, whose second…” on Oct 11th, 2022 →
Rhythm Of Life - Summertime
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “REPEAT POSTING FROM 7 OCTOBER 2018 I’ve decided that Paul Haig should be the next subject for the Sunday singles…” on Aug 14th, 2021 →
Bananarama - Push!
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Those of you who were paying attention last week will be aware this post is now running seven eight days…” on Jul 14th, 2021 →
Close Lobsters - Let's Make Some Plans
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I was recently on a Zoom call with Jonny The Friendly Lawyer – it’s my hope that, if the COVID…” on May 10th, 2021 →
Thomas Leer - International
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 →
Turquoise Days - Grey Skies
Record TurnoverFollow “Turquoise Days was a duo from Jersey but who saw some success in Luxembourg in the early 80s. A few…” on May 31st, 2020 →
jih - This Gift
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Scotland is not a large country by any stretch of the imagination. As such, it should always be relatively easy…” on Mar 24th, 2020 →
Spoons - Trade Winds
DOMINIONATEDFollow “A song-by-song deep dive into Spoons’ new wave classic. Arias & Symphonies (30th Anniversary) by Spoons I recently found myself…” on Jul 28th, 2019 →
Mimilocos - Amor Eterno
NNMFollow “La banda Mimilocos fue parte del sello independiente “Catálogo Incierto”, fundado por Christian Rosas y Daniel Melero en 1986, mismo…” on Jul 1st, 2019 →
Alone Again Or - Drum The Beat (In My Soul)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It was back in 1984 in the city of Aberdeen, on the north-east coast of Scotland, that a group of…” on Jun 28th, 2019 →
Thomas Leer - Saving Grace
Music Is My SanctuaryFollow “We Cast A Wide Net. This week we caught a bevy a new material covering Jazz-funk, Electro-funk, Afro-Latin Jazz, Hip-Hop,…” on Apr 23rd, 2019 →