STACK #126 Apr 2016

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The JB Listener

On the JB Stereo

G reetings STACK music lovers! This month I've seen all musical creatures great and small from secret underground club shows to massive stadium extravaganzas. Back in February I caught The Wombats – if you're new to them, they're from

imagine sitting on the front steps as your best mate spins you a yarn. This pal just happens to have a guitar and make records. But don't get me wrong: she's no balladeer – live, she's plenty powerful. At the other end of the spectrum I saw Foo Fighters blitz Etihad Stadium (check out the Sonic Highways TV show if you haven't already, it's out on DVD/Blu-ray this month), checked out Imagine Dragons showcasing Night Visions (they're

1 British India

Nothing Touches Me

Liverpool, not Australia – and they're STACK 's cover stars this month. I saw them at a 'secret' Melbourne gig, showcasing new songs from the Glitterbug album. They were superb, and it was great to see a band one would usuallly see in a large-scale setting in an intimate one. Before she appeared on Ellen the same week as Michelle

2 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly

3 Madeon Adventure

back in September), saw the mighty Black Cab who are always excellent live, and caught up with clever young Brits Public Service Broadcasting playing songs from their

4 Best Coast

California Nights

Obama, but after she blitzed Golden Plains, I snuck into £1,000 Bend and saw Courtney Barnett launch her new album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit . If you don't 'get' her just yet,

latest Race for Space album. Quite a month

5 Love of Diagrams Blast

of music: it'll be Splendour time

before you know it! See you next month, and until then keep your head in the music.

6 The Prodigy

The Day is My Enemy

7 The Wombats Glitterbug

The JB Listener

Courtney Barnett

8 Passion Pit Kindred

The Platters That Matter

9 Gang of Youths Adventure

P ete Gauci (right) has worked at JB Hi-Fi’s flagship store in Bourke St, Melbourne since 2008. It’s one of the few JB Hi-Fi stores that stocked vinyl from day one, expanding the availability of sacred black plastic as demand has climbed steadily again in recent years. When we caught up with Gauci last month he was hard at work, unpacking a brand new shipment of records to get onto the shelves. Working an inner city store, Pete finds the demand both consistent and varied, with new releases by Pond, Alt-J and D’Angelo all selling well. But he says there’s plenty of room for old and new. “The Royal Blood album is almost our best seller weekly, and it was doing well even before they played Laneway. But we’re also re-ordering David Bowie’s recent greatest hits set Nothing has Changed every week; that’s done really well. And, the last two reissues by My Chemical Romance have done really well too.” However sometimes it’s the evergreens that just keep on giving, and Pete says this is the case with the recent re-release of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti. “The artwork means it’s the ultimate Led Zeppelin album to have on vinyl,” he says, referring to the famous cover depicting the New York tenement building with inter-changable cardboard window shutters. Don’t forget, you can always order hard-to-find vinyl via the JB Hi-Fi website. See right!

10 Alison Wonderland Run

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Finding Fela DVD

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Nigerian musician Fela Kuti was the great originator of Afro Beat, a strident protest music that flowed with

irresistable rhythms. Finding Fela presents a look at the legend's life and unseen live performances. Thanks to Madman, we have three copies to give away.

ORDERING VINYL ONLINE 1 Go to www.jbhfi.com.au/music 2 Click on the 'What's Hot' button at top left 3 Check out music on vinyl OR check out some goodies in 'Online Exclusives'

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