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 c-86 tracks
The Wedding Present - Crawl
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “1990 was a year that The Wedding Present spent mostly on the road. There was a substantial tour of North…” on Jan 13th →
Age of Chance - Motor City
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A cover version came up on random play recently. Cue a desire to write about it. The thing is, two…” on Nov 10th, 2022 →
Razorcuts - Summer In Your Heart
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The above photo is of Razorcuts, as found within an insert of their second single, Sorry To Embarrass You, released…” on Oct 19th, 2022 →
The Pastels - Breaking Lines
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’ve written about The Pastels a few times before, always owning up to the fact that not everything they have…” on Jul 8th, 2022 →
Shop Assistants - I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “As Saturday’s postings are meant to offer me the chance to be lazy, here’s wiki:- Shop Assistants were a Scottish…” on Feb 18th, 2022 →
Shrubs - Tiny Plonks
a little bit of solFollow “Howdy. Time to dig through my inbox again and post the coolest tunes I can find. I hope you lot…” on Dec 5th, 2021 →
Talulah Gosh - Don't Go Away
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Our recommendations for those in search of cozy music with a bittersweet bite, from genre touchstones to lesser-known listens. Read…” on Oct 20th, 2021 →
The Servants - It's My Turn
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Back in 2015 I offered up a series, in 48 instalments, that looked at the tracks on the CD86 boxset…” on May 12th, 2021 →
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This week, I’ll let you, dear readers, fill in the gaps. “Glasgow. Early 80s. Bobby Gillespie. Jim Beattie. Robert ‘Throb’…” on May 1st, 2021 →
Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “53rd & 3rd Records, named after a Ramones song, was founded by David Keegan of the Shop Assistants and Stephen…” on Mar 30th, 2021 →
Mackenzies - New Breed
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Today’s featured band have nothing to do with Billy or with Goodbye Mister…….but they were one of the 22 acts…” on Feb 7th, 2020 →
Shop Assistants - All That Ever Mattered
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Shop Assistants are probably best known for Safety Net, the first single to be released, back in 1986, on the…” on Dec 10th, 2019 →