STACK #235 May 2024

FEATURE MUSIC THIS MONTH?

(including Gary Clark Jr, Chris Stapleton, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, and Beth Hart), everything was played live with a focus on improvisation. ZAYN Room Under the Stairs Universal

Lenny Kravitz is his name, and sexy, soulful rock ’n’ roll is his game. The musician, writer, producer, actor, author, and designer

overwhelmingly banal collapse of society under end-stage capitalism, the brutal realities we’ve maybe come to accept as normal,” they’ve said. ”That’s the boiling water and we are the frogs.” WILLIE NELSON The Border Sony Can you believe that month?! Believe it, folk fans, ‘cos The Border comprises four brand new tracks by Nelson and longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, along with a half dozen tunes from some of their favourite songwriters, including Shawn Camp, Mike Reid, and Bobby Tomberlin, all backed by Nelson’s Nashville band. legendary country artist Willie Nelson is releasing his 75th solo studio album of new material this

JOE BONAMASSA Live at the Hollywood Bowl J&R Adventures An exceptional blend of blues, rock, and orchestral brilliance, Live at the spectacular form.”The orchestra and the sheer scale of the event and venue is something I will never forget,” he’s said. “I am so grateful that we filmed this special event in my life.” SLASH Orgy of the Damned Sony It’s time for Mr Guitar Hollywood Bowl presents Joe Bonamassa in searing,

is releasing his 12th studio album this month, and it’s a truly full-hearted collection which broadens the four-time Grammy-winner’s status as a man of global influence. DIIV Frog in Boiling Water Fantasy Records/Virgin Perhaps you have heard of the ’frog in a pot’ fable

Tucked away at his rural Pennsylvanian home over the last six years, Zayn Malik has been exploring all the complexities of

healing, stillness, and growth, through song - and now he’s ready to deliver his undoubtedly stirring results. Room Under the Stairs is a genre-porous effort of live instrumentation, poetic lyricism, and Zayn’s soulful vocals. LENNY KRAVITZ Blue Electric Light BMG

which underpins Brooklyn four- piece DIIV’s fourth album? If not, the guys are

Maestro - that would be Slash - to release his sixth solo album, a collection of 12 reimagined and

ready to explain: ”We understand the metaphor to be one about a slow, sick, and

dynamic blues classics. Teaming up with multiple guest musicians and singers

AUSSIE RELEASES

UNOFFICIAL AUSSIES

TROY CASSAR-DALEY Between the Fires Sony Proud Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung man and Oz icon Troy Cassar Daley is releasing his most personal tome of sonic stories yet, in 12th album Between the Fires . It sifts through the previous few years - during which Troy found himself at a crossroads both professionally and personally, following the loss of both of his parents - and sees the singer-songwriter deliver emotive tales with only his guitar, and a campfire.

SIA Reasonable Woman Warner She who doth not show her face is all tizzied up to release her tenth studio album, and first single Gimme More (featuring Our Kylie) proves Sia has knuckled down to what she does best: writing off-the-chain pop songs. Get a load of the star power on Reasonable Woman , which includes Chaka Khan, Paris Hilton, Tierra Whack, Labrinth, Kaliii, and Jimmy Jolliff.

MICK HARVEY Five Ways to Say Goodbye Mute/PIAS On his first solo album in over ten years, former Bad Seed Mick Harvey presents a mingling of originals and interpretations of pre-existing songs across 12 tracks. “I don’t think ‘cover’ is appropriate terminology,” Harvey says of the reimagined songs. “It’s not a copy. To my mind, it’s more in the traditional of how songs used to be, where they would mutate and you’d end up with lots of different versions. One is really just passing the music on and sharing the songs further.”

CROWDED HOUSE Gravity Stairs BMG Crowded House - comprising visionaries Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn’s sons Elroy and Liam - have crafted a sharp and musically adventurous ruby in Gravity Stairs . The album’s title derives from a stone staircase near where Neil vacations, which he compares to his approach as a creator. “Things are getting a little harder, and there’s more determination needed to get to the top, but there’s still the same compulsion to climb them,” he says.

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