STACK #128 Jun 2016

NEWS

MUSIC

A Quick Look at New Music,

All Different Kinds, All Different Places.

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THIS MONTH TOM SAYS! If you’re pursued by a crocodile, run in a zig-zag fashion. They have little ability to make sudden changes in direction. But they’re very fast. Probably more people killed by

crocodiles than anything. More than heart disease.

the band's new album, report on the return of disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder, and speak to Jamie xx about his remarkable new album In Colour (which is also our album of the month). Look out for a couple of new additions this issue too: if you're after some recommendations for must- own albums from the mists of time, check out our Cornerstones section in the music review pages. Similarly, if you're a fan of music on vinyl (and lots of people are), check out the new JB Hi-Fi vinyl chart on the JB Listener pages, where you can also find out about all the additions to the JB Hi-Fi NOW catalogue. Keep your head in the music, and catch you next month. Jonathan Alley, Music Editor

own position is undoubtedly different, Florence Welch (from Florence +the Machine, see above) did just stop being a rock star for a while. A star at 21, by 24 she was burnt out and took a major step back from her career. Her new album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is her first in four years – an eternity in contemporary pop terms – and looks back on the tumult of back then, the change of in-between and the relative calm of today. It's also an album that might surprise the cynics: if you're catching her at Splendour in the Grass, we admonish you in no uncertain terms to hear the album before you go. This issue we also speak to Justin Hawkins from The Darkness about

W elcome to another edition of STACK Music. Someone once said that the "only thing worse than being called a rock star is NOT being called a rock star." (They were paraphrasing literary great Oscar Wilde.) In the aftermath of Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994, it was often said he should have 'just stopped being a rock star for a while.' I doubt, in his frame of mind and situation, that the question was that simple. You can read the thoughts of Cobain: Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen in The Music Room, as well as our review of the documentary (there are extended versions of an interview at stack.net. au and on the STACK app). While her

On My Speakers...

Surf City Jekyll Island Eye-popping Kiwi psych-pop

Mr Ott Drop It Like It's Ott Sydney producer Matt Ottigon's Eithopian influenced take on jazz- funk is inspired to say the very least.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Loin Des Hommes The Bad Seed and his henchman turn out another captivating, moving and atmospheric score; just another string to their (ahem) bows.

Giorgio Moroder Déjà Vu Given this guy invented half of what we hear re-processed in modern music production, it's only fair he's back to claim his mantle. We feel love.

that manages to be nasty, melodic and uplifting all at the same time.

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