STACK NZ May #73

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Broods

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Orchestra Of Spheres Brothers and Sisters Of The Black Lagoon

The Kills Ash & Ice

Paul McCartney Pure McCartney

May is New Zealand Music Month – but don't forget about June. GROWING AWAY FROM HOME

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Tony Joe White Rain Crow

years saw her scrap an entire album – so there is an excellent chance it will live up to the high standards she has set with her first two records. Ladyhawke – AKA Pip Brown – has also indicated that WildThings will be more “poppy and synthy,” so it will be interesting to see how it matches up

A s we always like to say around this time of the year, it’s New Zealand Music Month every month at JB Hi-Fi, not just in May. Of course, it’s always good to see homegrown music getting a bit of extra profile, so if you are a little behind on local releases, we suggest you

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to another highly anticipated album of electro-pop: Broods’ sophomore set Conscious , which is due in-store on June 24. The award-winning duo – siblings Georgia and Caleb Nott – are promising a tougher, punchier sound this time around and the involvement once again of Lorde collaborator Joel Little means this could be their breakout album internationally. Speaking of which... we’re afraid we don’t have any new updates on whether New Zealand’s biggest pop star will

check out our great selection. A good place to start would be the Taite Music Prize nominees; Silicon’s debut Personal Computer was the deserved winner last month, but if you haven’t done so already, we recommend you also check out the other shortlisted albums – Princess Chelsea, SJD, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, MarlonWilliams, Phoenix Foundation and Nadia Reid – all of which testify to both the quality and diversity of our local scene.

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Tom Cunliffe Howl & Whisper

Ladyhawke

release her second album in 2016. Lorde has apparently been hard at work on the new record with the likes of Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift’s 1989 ), and even has a title – but is still yet to announce a release date for it. Fingers crossed…

However, this month we would like to look ahead to a couple of big homegrown albums due out next month. First up is Ladyhawke’s long awaited third release WildThings on June 3, the follow-up to her 2012 hit Anxiety . She explains the big gap between albums is because she never wants to release anything that she is not proud of – the intervening

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