STACK February 2016 Issue 136

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G reetings STACK music-
heads, and welcome to my
little update for February.
I’m back in my native urban
environment after the Tamworth
Country Music Festival, which
featured a stack of excellent
performances: Lee Kernaghan
showed us why he’s still on top,
Adam Brand and the Outlaws
played several tracks from the
group’s new self-titled album, and
Jasmine Rae, Beccy Cole, The
McClymonts and Troy Cassar-Daley
all impressed. Looking ahead,
February is all about St Jerome’s
Laneway festival and its sideshows.
I’m keen as mustard to catch our
February Album of the Month
recipients DMA’s (well deserved),
who are doing their label I OHYOU
proud with a string of sold-out
shows this year. Others I'm looking
forward to on the line-up are
Melbourne duo Big Scary, Zachary
Cole’s band DIIV, from Brooklyn,
who’ll be playing tracks from their
new album Is The Is Are, (review on
page 16) and our recent feature
artists CHVRCHES who have their
wonderful second release Every
Open Eye to spruik. Also gracing
the fest’s stages will be Grimes,
Hermitude, Royal Headache,
Methyl Ethel and Shamir – it’s
going to be enormous, whichever
city you’re in. Don’t forget to check
out the Grammys on February 15,
and until then, keep your head in
the music. The JB Listener
THIS MONTH at
1. ADELE
25
2. NIRVANA
MTV Unplugged In
New York
3. OST
Pulp Fiction
4. GRIMES
Art Angels
5. AMY WINEHOUSE
Back to Black
6. ED SHEERAN
X
7. DR DRE
2001
8. KENDRICK LAMAR
To Pimp A Butterfly
9. COURTNEY BARNETT
Sometimes I Sit And
Think, And Sometimes
I Just Sit
10. FLORENCE + THE
MACHINE
How Big, How Blue,
How Beautiful
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12 FEBRUARY 2016
MUSIC
The Platters That Matter
She might be an "old school
metalhead" at heart, but
KeriaWells – Music Co-
ordinator at Queensland's
Robina store – gets cute
when Leon Bridges comes
up. "[Coming Home] is my
favourite album of last year,"
she attests. "It's my pick for
2015. It should be played
on vinyl." Bridges' soulful
debut joins the list of titles
absolutely "flying out the door"
on the wax, as Keira reports.
"Lately N.W.A. [ Straight Outta
Compton] has been doing
really well, and Nirvana's
always up there - but that's
not surprising, they're always
getting new fans," she says.
"TheWeeknd is also really
popular; I actually really
like that album. I've been
branching off lately!" But back
to her roots: In addition to the
classics from Def Leppard
and Iron Maiden, Keira likes to
spin some of the newer metal
stuff too: "Killer Be Killed,
Parkway Drive, Killswitch
Engage... I'm a bit of an all-
rounder," she laughs. "I like it
all. The more music for me,
the better."
Don’t forget, you can always order hard-to-find vinyl via the JB Hi-Fi website.
KeiraWells, Robina store