STACK #126 Apr 2016

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Gallipoli Blu-ray debut

D irector Peter Weir’s WWI battle will be available at last on Blu-ray this month. The release of Gallipoli remastered for Blu-ray and DVD will also mark the 100 year anniversary of the Allied campaign on the shores of Turkey, and will boast a Limited Collector’s Edition especially moving account of young men in the crucible of the

for the occasion. This wonderfully packaged 3-disc set contains the remastered film as well as extensive featurettes and interactive features. There will also be a

M umford and Sons (above) have confirmed they will release a new album entitled Wilder Mind on May 1. ‘Yim Yames’ and his southern rockers My Morning Jacket return with The Waterfall in May. Roisin Murphy ’s first new album in eight years, Hairless Toys, will be a tribute to the darker side of ‘70s disco culture. After dropping a new track online, Tame Impala appear to have a new album in the works for release later this year. Florence and the Machine are back after an extended break and will release the intriguingly titled How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful on May 29. Of Monsters and Men will release their long-awaited second album in June, called Beneath the Skin. British pomp-rockers Muse have announced a June release for their seventh studio LP Drones . They’ve spent the past year working on the new record with Rich Costey (Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Foster the People, Interpol) in studios in Los Angeles and Iceland. After making a big purple splash with their Australian appearances and last album in 2013, Scottish trio Chvrches return with a new album later in the year. Electronic overlords The Chemical Brothers are also hard at work on a new album, with neither title nor release date finalised. The Darkness return with a new album in June. After hugely acclaimed Australian appearances in recent years (and his Daft Punk smash), funk maestro and super producer Nile Rodgers will release a Chic album this year. Although they’re still trading barbs with original bassist Peter Hook, New Order (who first broke up in 2007) are at work on a new album. UK rockers The Vaccines will release a new album this year. “Make sure you’re getting enough iodine! Don’t forget the brain is a fatty organ!” Father John Misty dispenses health advice.

“There’s some work to be done in #Vanuatu, @NataliaKills and @willymoon, if you’ve got a spare minute.” World Vision NZ lend Joe Irvine/ The X Factor judges’ controversy some perspective. “As a token of respect and gratitude I have not brought any washing home and will leave a clean plate at tea.” Drenge’s mum must be happy to have her boys home from tour. “Didn’t we say LOVE yourself? They don’t LOVE u. The world don’t LOVE u. Worldly things don’t LOVE u. The master will serve justice.” OK, Kendrick Lamar. the producers for this classic Australian film. First released in 1981, Gallipoli stars Mark Lee and Mel Gibson as mates whose experiences in the trenches of WWI have come to symbolise the character and sacrifices of Australians in this most turbulent and tragic conflict. Selected cinemas will also be screening this remastered version of Gallipoli nationwide, from April 25. The Limited Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray and DVD will be available in JB Hi-Fi stores from April 15 .

Gallipoli journal and two-up set including a wooden kip and two coins. An interesting

perspective will be provided through the letters of Keith Murdoch, who was an Australian journalist during WWI. It’s an experience that has resonated within his family, with Keith’s son and media mogul Rupert Murdoch becoming one of

Music history April 1, 1984 Years before anyone had heard of Pharrell Williams or a song called Blurred Lines, soul superstar Marvin Gaye is shot and killed intervening in an argument between his parents, one day short of his 45th birthday.

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