STACK #122 Dec 2015

MUSIC

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The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. (Shot by JB HI-Fi’s Kellie LaFranchi)

lovers! How can it be the end of the year? It seems

Foo Fighters Sonic Highways

mere weeks ago I was sweeping Christmas gift wrapping off the floor and heading to the beach for some deserved r&r, before heading back into the summer music fray. But, the bearded guy in the red suit is back, and with him comes summer. Well for me, summer has already started. I fulfilled a lifelong ambition and saw The Rolling Stones in Melbourne – luckily just before Mick Jagger’s voice packed up (an event causing no end of woe to STACK staff, who were primed to see the band at

TV on the Radio Seeds

Paul Kelly Presents: The Merri Soul Sessions

Robert Wyatt Different Every Time

partially produced byTim Holmes (ex- Death in Vegas), and if you like electronic music at all, it should be on your list. Of course Christmas is not only synonymous with seeing and hearing loads of music (I do recommend a yearly JB Hi-Fi Now Music subscription as a great Christmas gift), it’s also awards season. By the time you read this, the ARIAs will have been awarded for another year: head over to JB Hi-FI Now and check out our ARIA winners mix. Also,The Coopers AMP longlist is out – with 43 artists, from Total Control to Angus and Julia Stone and Briggs – stay tuned for the final shortlist soon! See you next year, and keep your head in the music!

Hanging Rock – we all know what happened to THAT). Recently I also caught The Hilltop Hoods at new venue Margaret Court Arena – they really are one of the country’s most dynamic live music experiences. I hope you caught the review in excellent listen and one of my 2014 faves, but live on stage he really is sensational – I caught him at Melbourne’s majestic ForumTheatre in November; the perfect room for him. At the other end of the scale in terms of local music, I’ve been hanging out for a new Black Cab album since Call Signs. Their new album, Games of the XXI Olympiad, is a deeply electronic excursion STACK a couple of issues ago for C.W Stoneking’s Gon Boogaloo album: it’s an T his month we’re in Radelaide to talk spinning black circles with the self -described vinyl head Steve Cox. “This started when we put some crates of vinyl out on trestle tables.The reaction was out of control! It sold really fast, so we were soon able to set up a proper, dedicated vinyl section.“ Cox says the rebirth of the vinyl format in JB Hi -Fi Adelaide’s centrally located store has been a no brainer. “It sells itself. It’s great; kids just come in looking for collectables and buy en masse. It’s become fantastically popular again.”With a dedicated, established punk and hardcore scene in Adelaide, it’s unsurprising that releases from Parkway Drive andThe Amity Affliction have done well. “ Chasing Ghosts has been a strong seller, and so has the reissue of Youngblood ,“ says Cox. “And in the heavier vein, we’ve also done well with all the Rage Against the Machine reissues. And, the new Slipknot album sold out on vinyl!” Classic rock seems to thrive on vinyl everywhere, and the Adelaide store is no exception. The recent Led Zeppelin reissues – with Houses of the

Frank Turner The Third Three Years

Wu-Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow

Black Cab Games of the XXI Olympiad

Various Artists The New Basement Tapes

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Various Artists The Art of McCartney

The Platters That Matter

Various Artists So Frenchy So Chic

Holy and Led Zeppelin IV being the latest two – have flown out the door, and the store’s top seller on vinyl in the last year has been the reissue of INXS’s 1987 classic Kick . New contemporary releases do well too, with the new P!nk/Dallas Green project You + Me easily disappearing out the door, along with Lorde’s Pure Heroine and the last couple of albums byThe National. “The other thing that does well is the ‘back to black’ range of 180 gram vinyl for audiophiles,” says Cox .“Look for the gold sticker!”

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STACK have a great CD pack of Australian classic fromWarner Music to give away, including reissues of albums by The Sports, Jo-Jo Zep and new compilation When the Sun Sets Over Carlton . Enter at stack.net.au Aus Classics!

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Steve Cox from JB Hi-Fi Adelaide with records by INXS,You+Me andThe Amity Affliction.

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