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H i there STACK music lovers!
It’s Oz Music Month, and
that means Australian
awards season; we’ve already seen
Courtney Barnett sweep the Carlton
Dry AIR Awards, held at the amazing,
heritage-listed Meat Market in
Melbourne and hosted by Dylan
Lewis. Barnett sadly wasn’t in
attendance due to her current touring
schedule, but we were treated to
several typically softly-spoken video
clips she’d recorded in thanks for
each award. Live performances
included Brisbane’s sweetheart
Airling, up-and-coming rockers
Bad//Dreems, and a surprise
rendition of Better Than from old
mate John Butler. Flight Facilities
triumphed in the Dance/Electronica
category, #1 Dads were awarded
Breakthrough Independent Artist,
and Melbourne’s psychedelic King
Gizzard &The LizardWizard won
the Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk statue.
Speaking of King Gizz, they have an
ARIA nomination up their sleeve – for
Best Jazz Album. That might sound
strange, but Quarters! is just the
latest in the plethora of genre-
bending releases the group has
dropped since they began in 2012,
and it’s brilliant stuff. Other nominees
include Barnett (eight nominations),
Hermitude and Vance Joy with
seven nominations each, and Tame
Impala with six. The winners are to
be announced at the Sydney
ceremony on November 26.
Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to
seeing Hermitude live at the end of
this month, and shortly thereafter I’ll
be finding out whether AC/DC have
still got it when they play Etihad
Stadium in Melbourne in early
December. After that it’s the
inimitable Father John Misty at
Melbourne's ForumTheatre, and
then it’s festival time – stay safe
everyone, and until next time, keep
your head in the music.
The JB Listener
THE PLATTERS THAT MATTER
If you happen by JB Erina (NSW) on your travels,
look out for the rotating feature of ridiculous
LP covers, curated by KenYates. “I collect really
bad old covers, so every few weeks I just bring
another one in from home,” he says. “My current
feature album is Adventures with Skippy the Bush
Kangaroo , with a photo of the helicopter and the
cast of theTV show. Amazingly, people do ask
if they can buy them sometimes.You can’t find
decent records in op shops any more, so I just look
for the silliest covers I can find.”You can, however,
find the good stuff at JB; Ken counts Parkway
Drive, Bring Me the Horizon andTame Impala
amongst the store’s best sellers. “Actually, the big
one for us in the last couple of weeks is the seven-
inch single fromViolent Soho, Tinderbox,” he adds.
Ken concedes he’s biased, but there’s also been a
lot of love for Courtney Barnett’s Sometimes I Sit
andThink, and Sometimes I Just Sit. “I saw her
at the Metro a couple of months ago; her band is
amazing,” he says. “She can really play. It was one
of the best shows I’ve seen in a long, long time.”
visit THIS MONTH at MUSIC
1. Parkway Drive
Ire
2. Tame Impala
Currents
3. The Jungle Giants
Speakerzoid
4. CHVRCHES
Every Open Eye
5. Lana Del Rey
Honeymoon
6. Dr Dre
2001
7. N.W.A.
Straight Outta
Compton
8. Florence + The
Machine
How Big, How Blue,
How Beautiful
9. Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
10. David Gilmour
Rattle That Lock
CHART Vinyl
KenYates
THE JB LISTENER
Don’t forget, you can always order hard-to-find vinyl via the JB Hi-Fi website.
Stay tuned to STACK's Facebook page
for regular vinyl chart updates!
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