STACK #128 Jun 2016

MUSIC

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The JB Listener

On the JB Stereo

G reetings STACK music lovers! It always seems that come the sunny months I am running off at the mouth about how Australia is a music lover's paradise, but on reflection, the winter months aren't too bad either! Splendour in the Grass sold out in record time (again), so if you got tickets to that dream live music bill, well done you! But Sydney's Vivid Festival looks equally remarkable: not only is Morrissey making a relatively rare live appearance (I'll even tolerate his habit of always taking his shirt off), Daniel Johns is showcasing his long-awaited new album , Flume is presenting his always spectacular live show, Squarepusher and Herbert make anticipated appearances, and The Drones are presenting the 10th anniversary of the album Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By. Speaking of Morrissey (kind of), his ex-Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr is also returning to Australia to make up some shows cancelled earlier in the year, and tours July 18-22. I also caught the Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck which I thought was a very unique and also faithful look at the man and his art (and made me dig out my old Nirvana albums). After seeing Courtney Barnett at Laneway, I had to see her again this time at The Forum Theatre on May 14 (still a great room to see music). Lastly, I caught The PeepTemple at Howler in Brunswick: absolutely a band to see. The JB Listener

Chart Vinyl

Florence+the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Major Lazer Peace Is the Mission Melody Gardot Currency of Man Ryan Adams Live at Carnegie Hall Muse Drones Leftfield Alternative Light Source Alpine Yuck Wolf Alice My Love is Cool Oh Mercy When We Talk About Love Of Monsters and Men Beneath the Skin

Xxxxxxxxx 1. Faith No More Sol Invictus 2. Silverchair Frogstomp (20th Anniversary yellow vinyl) 3. Courtney Barnett 4. Alabama Shakes Sound and Color 5. The Wombats Gitterbug 6. Chet Faker Built on Glass 7. Blur The Magic Whip 8. Ed Sheeran X 9. Flight Facilities Down to Earth 10. Fleetwood Mac Rumours 11. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Sometimes I Sit and Think , and Sometimes I Just Sit

Nirvana

The Platters That Matter

S teve Harris, inventory manager at JB Hi-Fi, is a music nut who's been with the company 21 years. "Our

philosophy hasn’t changed," he says, "it's about the broadest range across all genres; we offer the music purist a great place to

shop." The ongoing resurgence of vinyl isn't lost on JB HI-Fi customers: Harris says that while new releases do well, classic rock is "the bread and butter" of the format's resurgence. "It’s down to music lovers and collectors. And from a personal point of view, the quality of the music." Harris loves The Rolling Stones (obviously, see left) but Pink Floyd are his favourite act. "I just love collecting: I couldn’t tell you how many versions of Dark Side of the Moon I’ve got. I enjoyed The Endless River: it might not go down as a classic but it was good to hear new music from them, good to hear David Gilmour’s playing and his

tone." To Harris, the resurgence of vinyl is very much about giving fans something new to hear. "It’s a great vehicle to dig into the archives. If there’s previously unheard stuff, you just soak it up. The gatefold sleeves and the booklets are great to have; sit there and flick through them as you listen." After the excellent Exile on Main St and now Sticky Fingers reissues from The Stones, Harris knows what he wants next. " I’d love to see a reissue of Goat’s Head Soup, but as a music lover you take what you can get!"

JB Hi-FI's Steve Harris displays another use forThe Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers.

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