STACK #121 Nov 2015

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BIG MATT WITH CHEESE This Matthew McConaughey box set is one from the good ‘ol days, back when he was a carefree leading man, before he got serious and stuff.

Interstellar . In short, Matthew McConaughey has ditched that clean cut, shirtless, rom-com image. But frankly, that’s not all good. Retro McConaughey was not without his own distinctive, dreamboat charms. At least we can look back fondly with this JB Hi-Fi exclusive Matthew McConaughey Collection . It features the Texas-born superstar in Failure to Launch , Sahara, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days , alongside leading ladies Sarah Jessica Parker, Penélope Cruz and Kate Hudson, respectively. If you’re a newcomer to the charms of McConaughey, this tidy little box set will transport you back to a time when he was the leading man of choice, and

Lanie Lane

Q1/ How did moving to the country affect the songwriting on Night Shade ? It was after a build up over my life, after never having had a time without lots of people around. I’d never known what it was like to live on my own, in an isolated place. I’d never made a conscious decision to actually have a rest, see what it’s like to be me. That environment was conducive to all the internal lessons and awareness-growing I went through, and that’s come out in these songs. Q2/ The cowgirl/spaghetti western feel is gone; this is more complex. Are you getting the ‘why?’ question a lot? It’s a good question: it’s the elephant in the room. It’s an obvious change, and people want to know how that came about. It gives me an opportunity to talk about my journey of the last two years: moving from the city to the country, and being a bit more internal rather than external. The music comes from a deeper place now, a place I’d never contacted before. The music has come from more of an internal compass, feeling instead of thinking. Masculine energy is outward, it’s ‘doing’, it’s the sun. Feminine energy is more receptive, internal and dark, it’s the moon; that’s the yin and yang. Your instinctual nature and what lessons there are to be learned, is all through this album. It’s not ‘ok’ to express a raw emotion in our society now. When you squash it, what comes up is a false projection of happiness, you’re not ‘living’. Q4/ Tell us about the song Mother . It’s six minutes, but there’s a secret track at the end of the track. It was inspired by The Flinders Ranges; I went up there with five women on a five-hour bush walk, up this creek bed. It was so beautiful, I’d never been on an all day bush walk with five women before! Q3/ How the does the album explore notions of femininity?

We know, we know, he’s not all just washboard abs and cheekbones. He’s won the Best Actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club , and almost clinched an unprecedented double the same year with an Emmy nomination for HBO’s True Detective . He

the romantic romp was all

the better for it. For a complete MM career

also played a fugitive on the run in Mud and a hitman in Killer Joe . And now he’s about to save humanity in Christopher Nolan’s

retrospective, make sure you check out our Actors Series on pages 28–30.

Dallas Buyers Club

ROGUE GOES TEMPLAR A ccording to Ubisoft, fans of its Assassin’s Creed franchise have petitioned long and hard for the opportunity to play as aTemplar. Well, this month they will finally get a chance. “Our fans have been expecting to experience the “other side” for quite a long time -- as early as AC1 and AC2,” reveals producer on Assassin’s Creed: Rogue , Ivan Balabanov. “During our early discussions on the concept of Rogue, we decided that we have the perfect opportunity to close off the North American Trilogy. Rogue takes place after Black Flag and before ACIII. In Black Flag , we see the star of the Assassin brotherhood in the NewWorld on the rise. In ACIII, the Brotherhood is completely broken, and Connor needs to rebuild it. With Rogue , and its Templar protagonist, we’ll explain what happened between these two periods.”You can read all about Assassin’s Creed: Rogue in this issue on page 46, and play it on November 13.

Q5/ How would you characterise Night Shade all up?

The first record was live, much more spontaneous. This is more planned, we spent more time working on the subtleties. It’s freer though, there’s more scope, the band have more room to express themselves.

Night Shade by Lanie Lane is out now via Liberation/Universal Music.

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