STACK #251 September 2025

MUSIC FEATURE

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OM…G! G Flip takes the listener on a Dream Ride with album number three.

G Flip’s previous album, Drummer , hit number one in 2023,

following the 2019 debut, About Us , which peaked at number six.

A sked to describe themselves, G Flip says, “I’ve always wanted to be authentically myself and just who I am. I’m queer. I’m non-binary. I love drums. And I’m pretty Aussie.” What you see is what you get. And what we get on their third album is a collection of bangers, including first single Disco Cowgirl , which G

Hammer , where they sang: “Like a Mustang, like an Alpha, in a tool belt with a big ol’ hammer.” “The song is about the feeling of putting on a tool belt with a big ol’ hammer,” G explained. “It’s camp, tongue-in-cheek, and not to be taken too seriously. When I wrote it, I immediately knew I wanted to release it during Pride.” The Hammer clip

G Flip

Photo credit: Anne-Sophie Bine

premiered on MTV wearing a T-shirt that declared “It’s Raining Them”. G says they’re channelling a new character called “Butch Springsteen”. G then unveiled the Pride anthem Big Ol’

ROCKING RAMSAY STREET G Flip popped up in an episode of Neighbours earlier this year, appearing alongside real-life wife, Chrishell Stause. Paul Robinson offered G Flip a residency at his Lassiter’s Hotel, though Chrishell’s character, Yasmine, said: “G Flip… am I supposed to know who that is?”

features a classic cameo by American comedian Fortune Feimster. G Flip is now looking forward to hitting the road. G’s wife, American actress Chrishell Stause, is the

MC…G G Flip is a passionate Collingwood fan in the AFL and has twice played at the AFL Women’s Grand Final, as well as at the 2022 AFL Grand Final.

Dream Ride by G Flip is out Sep 5 via Rocket

artist’s biggest fan. “When you see G perform on stage, it’s just truly what they were meant to do, and it’s so obvious and so sexy.” Jeff Jenkins

THE NAME GAME G Flip was born Georgia Flipo. The stage name comes from G’s dad’s nickname – Mr Flip.

SEASONS OF CHANGE John Butler’s seasons series continues with the powerful PRISM .

THE BUTLER DID IT John Butler has had four chart-topping albums with the John Butler Trio – 2004’s Sunrise Over Sea , 2007’s Grand National , 2010’s April Uprising and 2018’s Home .

C rowded House sang about four seasons in one day. John Butler is doing four seasons in four albums. He’s mapped the seasons: One – heal. Two – begin again. Three – go “solo”, no trio. And four – band album perhaps, who knows? After seasons one and two (last year’s Running River and Still Searching ) comes season three: PRISM . It was not an easy album to make. Butler’s father died (the album features the tributes Leave the Rest to Earth and Let Yourself Go ) and less than two days later, his father-in-law also died. The artist was also dealing with his technical limitations in the studio – he planned to make the album entirely by himself, but “I eventually found myself in way over my head”. Butler was forced to enlist the

something to be reborn there must be a death.” Amidst the turmoil is an anthem of love, King of California , which Butler wrote for his wife Danielle Caruana, who records under the name of Mama Kin. “I only want it with you, girl,” Butler declares. “My partner and I have been on a pretty big ride together,” Butler reflects, “constantly evolving and working out what it means to be life partners. With every new phase of living comes a new season of self reflection and reassessment. “We’re here to ground and uplift each other, never to minimise or restrict.” Butler, who turned 50 this year, sums up the album: “It’s the sound of every twist and turn on the road to PRISM . Every fail I accepted that became a revelation.” Jeff Jenkins Photo credit: Kane Hibberd

John Butler

services of producer James Ireland, from Perth band Pond. “The crumbling of the project reflected the crumbling taking place in my life. In order for

PRISM by John

Butler is out Sep 5 via MGM

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