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 blitz playlist tracks
Cerrone - Supernature +4 remixes
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Hailed by everyone from Nile Rodgers to James Murphy, Cerrone is a dance music giant. Read full story on the…” on Nov 14th →
Japan - Life In Tokyo +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “So, what about those marvellous singles released in May 1979 that didn’t bother the charts. There’s a couple of personal…” on May 22nd →
Visage - Frequency 7
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A TWO-PART GUEST POSTING BY POST PUNK MONK It’s always incredibly satisfying when the comments section goes into overdrive, which…” on Aug 11th, 2022 →
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Once again Taking my inspiration from The Robster‘s great new series on the imaginary 7″ singles from R.E.M albums, I’m…” on Jun 28th, 2021 →
Soft Cell - Memorabilia
Crying All The Way To The Chip ShopFollow “Originally published May 2013 With all the hand-wringing about how the internet is destroying our attention spans, I also wonder……” on Feb 20th, 2019 →
Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The bloke who sat in the producer’s chair and helped propel Spandau Ballet to initial fame was Richard James Burgess.…” on Jul 6th, 2018 →
Ultravox - Dislocation
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “THE GUEST SERIES FROM JONNY THE FRIENDLY LAWYER Who’s up for a little old-fashion synth-pop, 80’s style? Fire up that…” on Jul 25th, 2017 →
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This was in the charts around the time of my 16th birthday in June 1979. It’s a record that reminds…” on Dec 6th, 2016 →
Rockets - Space Rock
20 jazz funk greatsFollow “At some point, all cult genres visit space. Sun Ra pioneered jazz’s first astral expedition, and George Clinton bundled funk…” on Jul 27th, 2016 →
Simple Minds - Changeling
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Resuurecting the piece for the 45 45s re-run just two days ago provied the inspiration. Suffice to say that this…” on May 1st, 2016 →
Fad Gadget - Back To Nature
Crying All The Way To The Chip ShopFollow “Download: Back To Nature – Fad Gadget (mp3) I had no idea Fad Gadget (aka Frank Tovey) had died in…” on Dec 6th, 2015 →
Ultavox - All Stood Still
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It really is strange how the human brain works. I was finishing off yesterday’s piece on Funeral Pyre by The…” on Oct 21st, 2015 →
Magazine - Permafrost
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This has been by far the most difficult undertaking up till now. I know I keep saying that but its…” on Sep 6th, 2015 →
Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amour
Killed By Death RecordsFollow “You’ve been searching all day long for the perfect punk rock song and all of a sudden you find it…” on Aug 3rd, 2014 →
Simple Minds - Life In A Day
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Another via e-mail:- Hello, I came across your blog a couple of years back whilst looking to download James King…” on May 21st, 2013 →
Simple Minds - Changeling
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Not everyone in Scotland was wedded to the notion of jingly-jangly guitar music back in 1979.” on Apr 8th, 2013 →
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask
AWmusicFollow “Editor’s note (Allan): This post was completed in 2010 but has remained private out of error. So originally I was…” on Oct 31st, 2012 →
Marianne Faithfull - Why D'ya Do It
Walk Between the LinesFollow “evilgirl333x2: Artist: Marianne Faithfull Track: Why D’ya Do It Album: Broken English Year: 1979 MP3” on Jul 28th, 2012 →