STACK #222 April 2023

MUSIC FEATURE

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE RENEGADE (2000) JB HI-FI EXCLUSIVE TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL

THE CLASH THE CLASH (1977) JB HI-FI EXCLUSIVE SUGAR CANDY PINK VINYL

Few bands in history have arrived with the ferocity and impact that RATM did in 1992. A sonic slam of protest and activism, the band drew

Supporting the Sex Pistols on the 1976 Anarchy Tour, The Clash were thrust to the forefront of the UK mid ’70s punk scene that

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from a long line of influences to create a distinctive, unparalleled sound over three global best-selling long players. The fourth and final album, Renegade , is a curation of those influences in the form of a tribute album of reimagined covers. Pulling together and tweaking a diverse collection of songs, RATM make each track their own including the Stones’ Street Fighting Man and Devo’s Beautiful World . However, it’s the versions of Eric B. & Rakim’s Microphone Fiend and Minor Threat’s In My Eyes that don’t just lift the roof off, they send it into the next suburb. TOP TRACK: Microphone Fiend FAST FACT: The artwork is inspired by Robert Indiana’s LOVE artwork. The band replaced the word LOVE with RAGE.

violently upended the status quo by producing music that reflected the political unrest and disenfranchisement sweeping Britain. Signing with CBS Records after just 30 gigs, the band forged Joe Strummer's social criticism with Mick Jones’s untempered guitar licks to create a powerful and raw debut crafted in a high rise flat in west London. These are 13 brutally honest right hooks (and reggae cover, Police & Thieves ) offering an authentic snapshot of being young on the squalid streets of 1970s London. This is the real deal; an iconic high energy punk lynchpin. TOP TRACK: White Riot FAST FACT: The band’s gig soundman Mickey Foote was recruited to produce the album.

On The Record Radar

1. HARRY STYLES Harry's House

2. MILEY CYRUS

ED SHEERAN - (SUBTRACT) ON JB AU-EXCLUSIVE WHITE VINYL, YELLOW VINYL, BLACK VINYL VIA WARNER Old mate Ed completes his mathematics quintet with the final album in the themed series, - (”subtract”). It was co-written and produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, who gave Taylor Swift’s Folklore and Evermore (both from 2020) their ethereal qualities; expect a new and stalwart vinyl chart leader come the first week of May! OUT 5/5

BEN FOLDS WHAT MATTERS MOST EAGLASS BLUE VINYL, BLACK VINYL VIA NEW WEST RECORDS

RVG BRAIN WORMS BLUE VINYL VIA IVY LEAGUE Romy Vager and her band of post-punk connoisseurs are ready to drop Brain Worms , their third album (following debut A Quality of Mercy in 2017 and 2020’s Feral , both critically frothed-over) – and hot dang if we aren’t ready for the game-changing four-piece to snake their way into our hearts with laugh-’n’-cry-out-loud belters once again. OUT 2/6

OUT 2/6

Endless Summer Vacation

Tragic absurdity and secret hope abound in the new album from piano-pants Ben Folds. It’s his first album in eight years, and comes with this mission explanation from the artist himself: ”More than anything, I wanted to make an album that was generous, that was useful. I want you to finish this record with something you didn’t have when you started.”

3. P!NK Trustfall

4. RUEL 4th Wall

5. TAYLOR SWIFT Midnights 6. HARRY STYLES Harry Styles

7. GORILLAZ

Cracker Island

8. PINK FLOYD The Dark Side of the Moon

OUT APRIL

BRITNEY SPEARS VARIOUS TITLES AND COLOURS OUT ACROSS APRIL VIA SONY Britney fans, it’s time to celebrate: by the end of this month, the OG Mouseketeer-turned-popstar will have released her first six albums on varying juicy shades of coloured vinyl (with more to come). Starting with her instant-classic beginnings and title track queendom of 1999’s ... Baby One More Time (on baby pink) and its massive follow-up in 2000, Oops!... I Did it Again (on neon violet), we move onto her I’m a Slave 4 U era in 2001 on third LP Britney (bright yellow), and 2003’s Toxic -terrific In the Zone (moody blue). Last two in the April batch will be 2007’s Blackout (lush orange) and of course, insanely popular comeback record Circus (ruby red).

9. ARCTIC MONKEYS AM 10. HARRY STYLES Fine Line

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