STACK #122 Dec 2015

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Another Year of Change... S o another year of changes, and another year is over.This year we’ve seen streaming increasingly begin to

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pg 10 The Music Our verdict on the Foo Fighters Sonic Highways , plus we sit down with Jack Ladder. pg 12 Cover Story Nickelback return with a new album, No Fixed Address. pg 14 Artist of Note Paul Kelly gathers his friends, from Vika and Linda Bull, Dan Sultan and Kira Pura and others, for a soulful session to capture his new songs. pg 18 STACK Music Reviews New releases from TV on the Radio, Trust Punks, Christine Anu, Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, Smashing Pumpkins, The Bennies, Black Cab, The Wu-Tang Clan, Dels, RL Grime, Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, Duke Robillard, Shane Nicholson. pg 24 Reissues Michael Dwyer on Dylan’s fabled Basement Tapes, KISS and Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons. STACK MUSIC DECEMBER 2014

dominate the music landscape, although the dear old physical CD is holding its own. What’s been far more surprising in the last two years has been a resurgence in vinyl – on page 14 of this issue we speak to Paul Kelly (who I was amazed to learn has never owned a turntable). He’s released his new album Merri Soul Sessions as a series of vinyl singles and as a full length vinyl album. Speaking to Kelly, he alluded more to the tactile nature of the format than the sound quality. In this oh-so-virtual world, it seems the physically tangible remains an increasing novelty. Meanwhile, JB Hi-Fi keeps all the bases covered: the streaming service available at JB Hi-Fi NOW has gone from strength to strength this year with an

ever-deepening catalogue representing very strong value for music lovers. Similarly, the demand for vinyl has been met with stores, with key locations creating specific vinyl sections with really diverse ranges (see our profile of JB Hi-Fi Adelaide on page 14).Thanks for reading STACK in 2014: we’ve grown out of the limitations of physical space as never before this year. I hope you’ve checked out our re-jigged website at www.stack.net.au, liked us on Facebook and downloaded the STACK app where you can listen to music via JB Hi-FI NOW as you read. We’ve busted very delicate parts of our bodies making STACK this year, so we hope you dug it. See you in 2015! Jonathan Alley, Music Editor

THIS MONTH TOM SAYS! You know what I love? The CD players in a car. When you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like it’s hungry. You feel like it wants more silver discs.”

On My Speakers...

Contributors

Smith St Band Throw Me In the River More great stories put to more incisive and fiery accompaniment – listen and you’ll be a part of it.

Red Hot and Arthur Russell A tribute to one of the most original and innovative musicians of the

The Rolling Stones Live at Hampton Coliseum 1981 (DVD) A DVD gem from their early ’80s purple patch: great post-tour viewing.

Jeff Jenkins, Emily Kelly, Simon Lukic, Chris Murray, Denise Hylands, Michael Dwyer, Billy Pinnell, Dan Rule, Doug Wallen, Simon Winkler, and Melbourne’s public transport system for creating enough delays that pages could be proofed and laid out at all hours of the morning and evening. The cover of STACK Music is a promotion for Nickelback’s new album No Fixed Address by Universal Music.

last 50 years from Red Hot: everyone from Jose Gonzalez to Hot Chip, Phosphorescent to Sufjan Stephens.

DECEMBER 2014 JB Hi-Fi www.jbhifionline.com.au

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