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MUSIC NEWS
A Quick Look at
New Music,
All Different Kinds,
All Different Places.
W elcome to another issue of
STACK Music. This month we
speak to The Getaway Plan,
who are, obviously, a very
determined lot: they've weaved
around break-ups, scandals and
line-up changes to emerge with
their aptly titled new album Dark
Horses. They've also done
everything themselves: artwork,
merchandise design, a website, the
whole gamut. With no label, they've
become their own record company
by default. While plenty say – rightly
– that musicians are musicians, and
should keep to being musicians, I
am firmly of the view that if bands
can run a cottage industry of sorts,
then they should. Industry and
audience changes have buffeted The
Getaway Plan, just as they've
challenged the rest of the industry,
but whether you like the racket they
make or not, they've stepped up,
and stuck at it. Whether you stream
it or insist on buying everything on
vinyl (or both!), music ain't going
away anytime soon; audiences are
still in venues, music is being heard,
and is shaping culture. Things will
keep changing: the trick is to roll
with the punches, and to keep trying
to be good at what you do. It's no
guarantee of success, but not doing
so is absolutely a guarantee of
failure. The good stuff gets heard,
and while the issues regarding the
fair payment of artists for their music
remains far from settled, it's not
dimming the passion of artists to
create. Passion is valuable thing: it's
got me through the last eight years
of making in-store music content for
JB Hi-Fi, the last four here at STACK,
and this is my last issue as music
editor. Thanks to Scribal Publishing,
all the STACK freelance writers,
the JB Hi-Fi music department,
and chiefly, thanks to you for
reading! Keep your head in the
music, there's no better place to be.
I'll see you at a gig.
Jonathan Alley,
(ex) Music Editor
THIS MONTH
TOM SAYS!
Most people don't care if
you're telling them the truth
or if you're telling them
a lie, as long as they're
entertained by it.
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Melody Gardot
Currency of Man
One of the year's
most potent surprises,
Gardot's voice is the
star, the production
remarkable, and the
music smoky and
powerful.
Sophie Hunger
Supermoon
Stylish, darkly funny,
edgy Swiss chanteuse
who also likes reggae
and jazz, Eric Cantona guests and she
name checks Courtney Barnett.
What more do you need?
The Rolling
Stones
From the Vault Live a
the Marquee (DVD)
Unearthed gig from
The Sticky Fingers era
on DVD, coincides
perfectly with re-
release of that mighty album.
Manu Delago
Silver Kobalt
Former Björk
collaborator from
Austria releases
fascinating percussive beats/jazz flecked
album with different vocal collaborators,
including Australia's Katie Noonan.
A trip for the mind and the feet.
On My Speakers...
The Getaway Plan