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On the
JB Stereo
Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
The Avener
The Wanderings of the
Avener
Wire
WIRE
James Bay
Chaos And The Calm
Pops Staples
Don't Lose This
Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Just Sit and
Think, and Sometimes I
Just Sit
Noel Gallagher's High
Flying Birds
Chasing Yesterday
Modest Mouse
Strangers to Ourselves
Nick Cave & the Bad
Seeds
Murder Ballads
The Stones
Three Blind Mice
50 MARCH 2015 JB Hi-Fi
visit THIS MONTH at MUSIC
N ew Zealand Music Month is still some
time away – although as we always say,
every month is about NZ music at JB
– but there is already a bumper line-up of
homegrown albums heading to our shelves.
After a reasonably quiet start to the year,
things kicked off at the end of last month
with the much-anticipated release of Six60’s
sophomore album and from then on the
records are going to keep on coming.
It’s shaping up to be a particularly strong few
months for singer-songwriters, with a number
of our fave female artists exploring new sounds
on their latest LPs. Although still acoustic-based,
there is a sleeker pop feel to Ask Me Anything,
Jamie McDell’s follow-up to her Tui Award-
winning debut Six Strings and Sailboat. And Anika
Moa has been joking that she “is trying to be
Lorde” on her new
synth-heavy album
Queen at the Table,
which is out in April.
Then there's the
much anticipated
debut album from
Ginny Blackmore,
songwriter to the
stars who burst onto
the scene in her own right with the number one
single Bones. It’s included on her first long player
Over the Moon, along with another chart-topper
Holding You, a duet with Stan Walker.
Like Blackmore, Unknown Mortal Orchestra
are US-based and the third album from former
Mint Chick, Ruban Nielson, reflects his newfound
love of old school synths. Multi-Lov e is due out
in May and marries Nielson's love of pysch with
cosmic disco grooves; we can’t wait.
Another expat, Marlon Williams, has been
receiving glowing reviews on the other side of
the Tasman, and his album is due next month.
As well as an impressive collection of original
material, it also boasts some ace covers,
including a lovely take on Bob Carpenter’s
Silent Passenger.
Closer to home, we also recommend you
check out former Tono and The Finance Company
man Anthonie Tonnon’s new album Successor,
which is out on March 6 and, like UMO’s new
album, is rich in quirky analogue delights. In
addition there are welcome returns for two of
our finest songwriters: Sean Donnelly – AKA SJD
– this month releases his seventh album Saint
John Divine, the follow up to the Taite Music
Prize-winning Electric Wasterland, while Don
McGlashan’s third solo album Lucky Stars is due
in store in April.
Other upcoming local albums to look out for
include the long overdue third studio album from
Trinity Roots entitled Citizen, folkie Nadia Reid's
impressive debut Listen to Formation, Look for
the Signs, the return of metal monsters 8 Foot
Sativa on Hate Remade Me and singer-songwriter
Mel Parson’s latest Drylands.
Happy shopping...
There’s a stack of excellent new albums on their way from some
of our favourite New Zealand artists over the next few months.
Anthonie Tonnon
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
NEW CHAPTERS IN THE
GREAT NZ SONGBOOK
Ginny Blackmore
James Bay