STACK Magazine December Issue 122

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G reetings STACK music
lovers! How can it be the
end of the year? It seems
mere weeks ago I was sweeping
Christmas gift wrapping off the floor
and heading to the beach for some
deserved r&r, before heading back
into the summer music fray. But, the
bearded guy in the red suit is back,
and with him comes summer. Well
for me, summer has already started.
I fulfilled a lifelong ambition and saw
The Rolling Stones in Melbourne
– luckily just before Mick Jagger’s
voice packed up (an event causing
no end of woe to STACK staff, who
were primed to see the band at
Hanging Rock – we all know what happened to
THAT). Recently I also caught The Hilltop Hoods
at new venue Margaret Court Arena – they really
are one of the country’s most dynamic live music
experiences. I hope you caught the review in
STACK a couple of issues ago for C.W
Stoneking’s Gon Boogaloo album: it’s an
excellent listen and one of my 2014 faves, but
live on stage he really is sensational – I caught
him at Melbourne’s majestic ForumTheatre in
November; the perfect room for him. At the other
end of the scale in terms of local music, I’ve been
hanging out for a new Black Cab album since Call
Signs. Their new album, Games of the XXI
Olympiad, is a deeply electronic excursion
Foo Fighters
Sonic Highways
TV on the Radio
Seeds
Paul Kelly
Presents: The Merri
Soul Sessions
Robert Wyatt
Different Every Time
Frank Turner
The Third Three Years
Wu-Tang Clan
A Better Tomorrow
Black Cab
Games of the
XXI Olympiad
Various Artists
The New Basement
Tapes
Various Artists
The Art of McCartney
Various Artists
So Frenchy So Chic
THIS MONTH AT
The JB Listener
STACK have a great CD pack of
Australian classic fromWarner
Music to give away, including
reissues of albums by The Sports,
Jo-Jo Zep and new compilation
When the Sun Sets Over Carlton.
Enter at stack.net.au
Aus Classics!
The Platters That Matter
The Rolling Stones’
Keith Richards at
Rod Laver Arena,
Melbourne.
(Shot by JB HI-Fi’s Kellie LaFranchi)
Onthe
JBstereo!
partially produced byTim Holmes (ex- Death in
Vegas), and if you like electronic music at all, it
should be on your list. Of course Christmas is not
only synonymous with seeing and hearing loads
of music (I do recommend a yearly JB Hi-Fi Now
Music subscription as a great Christmas gift), it’s
also awards season. By the time you read this,
the ARIAs will have been awarded for another
year: head over to JB Hi-FI Now and check out our
ARIA winners mix. Also,The Coopers AMP
longlist is out – with 43 artists, fromTotal Control
to Angus and Julia Stone and Briggs – stay
tuned for the final shortlist soon! See you next
year, and keep your head in the music!
The JB Listener
T his month we’re in Radelaide to talk
spinning black circles with the self
-described vinyl head Steve Cox.
“This started when we put some crates of
vinyl out on trestle tables.The reaction was out
of control! It sold really fast, so we were soon
able to set up a proper, dedicated vinyl section.“
Cox says the rebirth of the vinyl format in JB Hi
-Fi Adelaide’s centrally located store has been a
no brainer. “It sells itself. It’s great; kids just come
in looking for collectables and buy en masse. It’s
become fantastically popular again.”With a
dedicated, established punk and hardcore scene
in Adelaide, it’s unsurprising that releases from
Parkway Drive andThe Amity Affliction have done
well. “Chasing Ghosts has been a strong seller,
and so has the reissue of Youngblood,“ says Cox.
“And in the heavier vein, we’ve also done well
with all the Rage Against the Machine reissues.
And, the new Slipknot album sold out on vinyl!”
Classic rock seems to thrive on vinyl everywhere,
and the Adelaide store is no exception. The
recent Led Zeppelin reissues – with Houses of the
Holy and Led Zeppelin IV being the latest two –
have flown out the door, and the store’s top seller
on vinyl in the last year has been the reissue of
INXS’s 1987 classic Kick. New contemporary
releases do well too, with the new P!nk/Dallas
Green project You + Me easily disappearing out
the door, along with Lorde’s Pure Heroine and the
last couple of albums byThe National. “The other
thing that does well is the ‘back to black’ range of
180 gram vinyl for audiophiles,” says Cox .“Look
for the gold sticker!”
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DECEMBER 2014 JB HI-FI
Steve Cox from
JB Hi-Fi Adelaide
with records by
INXS,You+Me
andThe Amity
Affliction.
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