STACK #249 July 2025

FEATURE MUSIC

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AUSSIE RELEASES

PAUL WELLER Find El Dorado INERTIA

DEAN LEWIS The Epilogue (Deluxe) UNIVERSAL Dean Lewis’ third album was big, hitting number two on the Epilogue gets an epilogue, with the deluxe version of the album featuring five new tracks, including a cover of the Goo Goo Dolls classic Iris, which has been a long-time live fave at Lewis’ shows. The book The Seasons of Life by Jim Rohn was an inspiration for the record. As Lewis notes, “No matter how great things are, the winter will always come. But spring and summer will also come, and you can plant seeds for the future.” Australian charts. And it just got bigger. The

THE TESKEY BROTHERS Live At The Hammersmith Apollo MUSHROOM

He started out as the Modfather, finding fame in the Jam before

exploring soul sounds in the Style Council. Now he releases Find El Dorado , his 18th solo album, a collection of covers, including Weller’s take on the Bee Gees’ I Started A Joke , The Kinks’ Nobody’s Fool and Richie Havens’ Handouts In The Rain . Guests on the album include Noel Gallagher and Robert Plant. TAMI NEILSON Neon Cowgirl MGM Tami Neilson grew up in Canada, where she 2007, where she has had five Top 10 albums, including 2022’s chart-topping Kingmaker . Neilson made her new album – named after the neon cowgirl sign in downtown Nashville – at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios in Auckland, and Neil pops up on the title track. TRISHA YEARWOOD The Mirror INERTIA performed with her family band The Neilsons, before moving to New Zealand in

The Teskey Brothers’ first live album, 2020’s Live At The Forum , became their first chart-topper. They followed that with 2021’s

T his greatest hits album, originally released in June 2009, is the first to span George Harrison’s entire solo career after The Beatles era. While The Beatles’ music was initially inspired by Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Buddy Holly, Harrison’s guitar playing included elements of American country and rock guitarists Chet Atkins and Carl Perkins, whose songs Honey Don’t, Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby, and Matchbox (featuring a George Harrison lead vocal) were included on various Beatles albums. Soon after, he added slide guitar to his repertoire and introduced the sitar, a multi stringed Indian instrument used in classical ensembles, to rock and pop music. In some ways, George was unlucky that he’d joined a band whose main songwriters were Paul McCartney and John Lennon. However, George’s Something, Here Comes The Sun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps – all number one Beatles hits – are included on this collection as in-concert performances, along with his biggest solo hits My Sweet Lord, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) and Got My Mind Set On You. This attractively packaged 20-track collection, released in digitally remastered form, also includes a 28-page booklet featuring rare and previously unseen photos. GEORGE HARRISON Let It Roll BMG BIL Y’S PICK

Live At Hamer Hall , a collaboration with Orchestra Victoria. Their third live set finds the Melbourne brothers at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. It captures the band in all their soulful glory. “There’s something about historical venues like the Apollo where so much good energy somehow gets captured in the walls,” Sam Teskey says. “That’s why we went back there for three nights, hit record and tried to capture that feeling.” WINSTON SURFSHIRT Winston INERTIA Sydney’s Winston album. His hip hop, soul and funk outfit remains delightfully diverse. “You’ve always got a go-to sound, a genre or era that you listen to and sort of defines you,” Winston says. “For me, it sits between 1998 to 2002, through my older sister’s music taste – noughties R&B, Aaliyah, Usher, Craig David, etc.” You can hear all of that on this record, though Winston also gives it his own cruisy spin. Surfshirt celebrates 10 years of making music with the release of his fourth

MICHAEL CLIFFORD Sidequest ROCKET

We now have a complete set of solo albums by members of 5 Seconds of Summer. Hot on the

heels of Calum Hood’s ORDER chaos ORDER , comes Sidequest , the solo debut for 5SOS guitarist Michael Clifford. American band Waterparks guest on the second single, Give Me A Break! , which sees Clifford addressing burnout, meltdowns and sell-outs. And the album also features collaborations with two other American acts: Porter Robinson (album opener Kill Me For Always ) and Ryan Hall ( If I Had A Choice ).

Trisha Yearwood took some time out from her music career to release three cookbooks and host a cooking show

called Trisha’s Southern Kitchen . Now comes her 16th studio album, her first in six years. And it’s a personal milestone for the country star – it’s the first time she has co-written and co-produced every track on one of her albums.

Coming in AUGUST HILLTOP HOODS Fall From The Light (Aug 1) GORDI Like Plasticine (Aug 8) CHARLIE COLLINS Nightwriter (Aug 29)

Radio legend Billy Pinnell presents Billy Pinnell’s Musical Moments on YouTube.

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