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G
reetings
STACK
music
lovers! It’s approaching
that time of year: the
gongs are getting lined up pre-
Christmas.Yes, it’s awards season
again!The ARIA Awards are coming
up on November 26, and I just
attended the AIR Awards in
Melbourne on October 8:
Congratulations to
Remi,
Violent Soho, Courtney Barnett
and
Sheppard
who were the big
winners on the night.
Chet Faker
has gathered a massive amount of
ARIA nominations and is surely set
to take home several gongs.
Let’s find out on November 26!
I remember him appearing at a
JB Hi-Fi conference a couple of years
back when
No Diggity
was
just starting to be heard: great to see he’s
come so far in a relatively short time.
Also brilliant to see some artists heavily featured
in
STACK t
his year getting up as well: from
Sheppard
and
Dan Sultan
to
Sia
and
Vance Joy
. Novermber is always a big month
in Melbourne for music: After heading up to
Brisbane for Big Sound in September, we have the
Face the Music conference happening this month,
along with the AWME (AustralasianWorldwide
Music Expo), and Melbourne MusicWeek
(everything from
Black Cab
to legendary DJs
Lanie Lane
Night Shade
Johnny Marr
Playland
The Drums
Encyclopedia
The Dø
Shake Shook Shaken
Jessie J
Sweet Talker
Ben Howard
I Forget Where We
Were
You+Me
Rose Ave
Bonnie ‘Prince’
Billy
Singer’s Grave a Sea
of Tongues
Scott Walker
and Sunn O)))
Soused
Bertie Blackman
The Dash
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The Platters That Matter
AIR Awards 2014:
Remi (centre) triumphs
Onthe
JBstereo!
Optimo
, and German legends
Tangerine Dream
).
Meanwhile, are
The Rolling Stones
still the
‘Greatest Rock’n’Roll Band in theWorld’? I guess
I’ll find out when I see them at Victoria’s legendary
Hanging Rock this month. I’m also going to check
out Sydneysider
Jack Ladder
and his bandThe
Dreamlanders at the Northcote Social Club on
November 7; his new album Playmates is produced
byThe Presets’ KimMoyes and looks to be a
cracker. Lastly, I’m also off to see recent
STACK
cover stars
Hilltop Hoods
on November 14 at
Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne. See you next
month and keep your head in the music until then!
The JB Listener
Mitch Eaton of JB Hi-Fi Newcastle digs
LucindaWilliams andThe Smith Street Band.
E
very month we take a look at the hot
vinyl trucking out the doors at selected
JB Hi-Fi stores.This month we head
up to Newcastle, and chat to music buyer
Mitch Eaton about what’s doing well on record in
the NSW industrial punk-rock town. “The newAlt-J
album,
This Is All Yours,
has been doing pretty well.
There are two versions, both with different coloured
vinyl, but it’s a lucky dip
–
you don’t know which
colour your record is until you open it up,” he says.
Another release that’s selling well on vinyl was
created with technology even older than records:
the recent NeilYoung album
A Letter Home
was
recorded at JackWhite’sThird Man Studios on a
voice-o-gram, a recording set-up that cuts the
performance direct to disc (it’s not even recorded
on tape, let alone digitally!). Other releases doing
great at JB Newcastle represent a strong local
interest in the Newcastle punk scene, with a great
number of releases from Jen Buxton of the band
Like Alaska moving off the shelves. Like Alaska are
signed to Melbourne label Poison City, whereThe
Smith Street Band, Harmony, and Luca Brasi have
also found homes. Eaton says vinyl for those acts
have also done brisk business. “It’s a pretty wide
variety of music that sells on vinyl at our store,”
he says. “We do well with some of the local punk
stuff, but also lots of blues and metal catalogue
releases. I’m expecting the older crowd to pick
up the new Pink Floyd album, and we’ve had
pre-orders from older Led Zeppelin fans for the
super deluxe packages of their reissues.
They say ‘Give me one of everything!’
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