STACK NZ Aug #65

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Also Spinning Lamb of God VII: Sturm Und Drang

VII: Sturm Und Drang is everything you’d expect from Lamb of God. Fuelled by vocalist Randy Blythe’s 2010 legal battles in the Czech Republic – where he was accused (and then acquitted) of causing

intentional bodily harm to a fan at one of the band's shows – it showcases Lamb of God’s consistency. They have always been able to lock down some impressive technical riffs and deliver them with devastating panache, and musically the band is in top form here. Simon Lukic AhoriBuzz Into The Sunshine

Yo La Tengo Stuff Like That There

Not quite the weather for it, but Aaron Tokona's Kiwi-funked rhythms will certainly bring a little warmth to a winter gathering. Fans of Fat Freddy’s Drop will feel right at home with epic old school grooves like Turnaround and Glitter In The Gutter , but the real gems

I f they ever wanted to give up their day job, Yo La Tengo would make an ace covers band. From contributing to tribute albums for artists as diverse as Bob Dylan and our own Chris Knox, to their annual pilgrimage to a local radio station to gleefully trash pop classics, the New Jersey trio have shown they

on this double EP are the remixes, in particular the title track and Sugar , which are given the acoustic treatment: Anika Moa and Anna Coddington with the former, and Ben King (Goldenhorse) and Jason Peters on the latter, and offer chilled out, insightful takes on the originals. Ian Marriott Ezra Furman Perpetual Motion People To listen to this Chicago artist is to enter a wonderful musical world of divergent personalities. Although his default setting remains the wide-eyed pop of Jonathan Richman, Perpetual Motion Machine takes in everything from garage rock to glam, doo-wop to novelty tunes, and much, much more in between. Highlights include the Violent Femmes-flavoured heartache of Hour Of The Deepest Need , the soaring Spector-ish pop of Lousy Connection , and Pot Holes , which sort of sounds like Sha Na Na tackling the theme from the Benny Hill Show . Utterly bonkers and utterly marvellous – prepare to be amazed. John Ferguson

can cover just about anything. In celebration of their 30th anniversary this month, Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew (plus former member Dave Schramm) have revisited the concept of their 1990 Fakebook album with another glorious and largely unplugged collection of covers and reworked versions of their own material. Although it includes a wonderful take on The Cure's classic Friday I’m In Love – imagine Nico and The Velvet Underground at their sweetest – the emphasis is mainly on less familiar material. Among the other many standouts are countrified versions of R’n'B rarities from Darlene McCrea ( My Heart’s Not In It ) and George Clinton’s pre-Funkadelic outfit The Parliaments ( I Can Feel The Ice Melt ), while snug new takes on old band favourites like The Ballad Of Red Buckets and Deeper IntoThe Movies will help appease their more traditional indie fans worried that it is all a little too country for comfort. John Ferguson

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