STACK #123 Jan 2015

MUSIC

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Jb staff faves on JB hi-FI now: 2014!

You don’t have to be a total music tragic to work at JB Hi-Fi NOW, but it helps! With over 20 million individual tracks available on the service, and new albums, compilations and mixes added to JB Hi-Fi NOW every day, it’s been a shower of riches for us music die-hards all year! It’s hard to keep abreast of it all, but hey, that’s a nice problem to have. So, to some of our 2014 favourites. On the local front, Big Scary offshoot #1 Dads impressed us with About Face , as did Damon Albarn’s new best friend (and AIR award winner) REMI with Raw X Infinity . Electronic music’s biggest oddball, AphexTwin , was back after 13 years with Syro , while newcomer (and Laneway act) FKATwigs brought us a world of beats and flavours. SIA made a pop record, but because she’s SIA, it was a brilliant, funny and clever pop record, and we couldn’t get enough of TheWar on Drugs’ Lost In the Dream , somewhere between Springsteen and Arcade Fire. JB Hi-Fi Now is a world of music to discover: see you there in 2015!

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Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2

Niiki Minaj The Pink Print

She & Him (Zoe Deschanel She&Him Classics

Hear this here FIRST! These three London siblings are really something. Their third album (yes, entitled Third ) sees them under the wing of one Mr Mick Jones, he of The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite and lately, Gorillaz. Recorded completely live to analogue tape (this band are so old school one of them collects 78 rpm vinyl), Third is imbued with rhythm and blues, ska, jazz, and soul. It’s a bit of a love letter to their hometown: this album is one for the music lovers. Kitty Daisy & Lewis Third: ADVANCE STREAM!

Hip hop duo Run the Jewels (KIller Mike and EL-P) return to Australia for headline shows in January, as well as appearances at Falls Festival in Lorne, Marion Bay and Byron Bay, and Southbound Festival in WA. The pair released their self-titled debut album in 2013 to incredible critical acclaim, and the immensely anticipated second album includes guests ranging from Zack de la Rocha to Travis Barker.

Nicki Minaj drops her latest album The Pinkprint. Album three includes the platinum-selling hit singles Pills’N’Potions and Anaconda, as well as the brand new single Bed of Lies. Anaconda was one of the most talked about hits of 2014. The Pinkprint features collaborations with Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Lil Wayne, Drake, Jeremih, Skylar Grey and Jessie Ware, to name a few.

and M.Ward) have interpreted thirteen quintessential gems on Classics , featuring timeless standards by singers such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Aretha Franklin, and Van Morrison. In honour of the full-bodied sound of the originals, it’s all recorded live.

Homegrown

Most streamed 2014!

Albums: new & old

Some of 2014’s most streamed included.... Pharrell Williams Happy... Vance Joy Riptide, SIA Chandelier, Sheppard, Geronimo. Flume/Chet Faker Drop the Game.

At Victoria’s Meredith Music Festival, Courtney Barnett – who wasn’t even on the bill – guested with ’90s icon Evan Dando and drew as many cheers as The Lemonheads

TOP ALBUM STREAMS Five Seconds of Summer LIVE S.O.S

Classics nowavailable Yes The Studio Albums Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique The Velvet Underground S/T Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet Muddy Waters More Real Folk Blues

Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint She and Him Classics

singer. It spoke volumes on how her star had risen in 2014: an acclaimed EP, a Glastonbury appearance, and a rush of critical acclaim the world over. Stream her EP A Sea of Split Pea s to hear why: good things are afoot... watch this space!

New albums Willie Nelson and Sister Bobby December Day Imagene Peise Atlas Eets Christmas Wilco What’s Your 20?

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