STACK #260 June 2026

FEATURE MUSIC

THIS MONTH?

AUSSIE RELEASES HUXTON CREEPERS 12 Days to Paris TWEAK

MYLES SMITH My Mess, My Heart, My Life SONY

England’s Myles Smith has packed it all into

KITA ALEXANDER Rage INERTIA

the title of his debut album: My Mess, My Heart, My Life . It includes the previous singles Stargazing (which hit number 11 in Australia), Nice to Meet You, and

Huxton Creepers are a pop ’n’ roll band that should have been much bigger. Emerging at the same time as the Hoodoo Gurus, singer Rob Craw,

Rage is the second album for Kita Alexander, who is based in Byron Bay. Despite the title, she points out it’s a positive record. “Rage has been

BIL Y’S PICK

Gold , as well as Drive Safe , a collaboration with Niall Horan.

PINK FLOYD 8-Tracks SONY

guitarist Paul Thomas, bass player Matthew Eddy, and drummer Archie Law all went to high school together in Melbourne and named their band after a villain in the Sherlock Holmes film The Pearl of Death . Their debut album, 12 Days to Paris , was co-produced by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin (and featured Procol Harum’s Chris Copping on organ). It hit number 63 on the Australian charts and featured a batch of great songs, including My Cherie Amour, I Will Persuade You, and Autumn Leaves . The 40th anniversary edition is a terrific trip.

the catalyst of positive change in my life over the last couple of years,” Kita says. “The album is about an emotion I’ve always had but never understood. It’s me looking at it and embracing it as a new friend and realising that I don’t have to shut it down or avoid looking at it. An emotion that is usually seen as ugly or wrong has helped me have the confidence to create necessary change in my life that I was otherwise scared of doing. Rage has helped me find what truly matters to me and to change my life in ways that work for me.” Matt Corby co-wrote and appears on two tracks.

A fter the overwhelming success of Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon (more than 50 million copies sold), the question most often asked was: Could the band possibly maintain a standard of songwriting and recording to match the timeless music of their masterpiece? The answer turned out to be a resounding YES! This new official Pink Floyd compilation features eight essential classics selected from the band’s 1971-1979 era, released on vinyl and CD. Pink Floyd were never a singles band – releasing a ‘Best Of’, we’re thinking, was never an option – so what we have in this collection are tracks often referred to as the golden era of the band, with songs that include One of These Days, Money, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Wish You Were Here, Time, and Comfortably Numb . Also included is a full version of Pigs on the Wing from their Animals album, which features a guitar section from new recruit Snowy White; the only other place it became available was Snowy’s 1995 compilation Goldtop .

RODNEY CROWELL Then Again MGM

Rodney Crowell is a legend of American roots music, having won two Grammys,

played with Emmylou Harris, been married to Johnny Cash’s daughter Rosanne, and had five number one singles on the US country charts. Then Again is the 75-year-old artist’s new album, though most of it was recorded two decades ago. It features Are You One Of Us? , a duet with the late Guy Clark, as well as collaborations with Lyle Lovett, Benmont Tench, Emmylou Harris, and Lera Lynn. STING The Night Watch: Live at The Rijksmuseum UNIVERSAL Recorded at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, this is Sting’s eighth official live album. Playing a features songs from Sting’s musical The Last Ship plus classics from his catalogue, including live versions of The Police’s Message in a Bottle, Roxanne, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, and Every Breath You Take . SUBLIME Until the Sun Explodes INERTIA 17th-century guitar made for Louis XIV, the album

KEITH URBAN Flow State UNIVERSAL

POND Terrestrials ROCKET

Sail away! Yacht rock is having a moment right now, and country king Keith Urban is getting on board. This covers collection

The prolific Perth band Pond have released 11 studio albums since 2009. The psychedelic rockers have changed things up a bit for

Coming in JULY MADONNA Confessions II (Jul 3) THE ROLLING STONES Foreign Tongues (Jul 10) features a smooth-sailing set of ’70s and ’80s gems, including Player’s Baby Come Back , Seals & Crofts’ Summer Breeze , Stephen Bishop’s On and On , and Bread’s Guitar Man (featuring John Mayer). Keith has also come up with a cool new original, We Go Back – featuring the sublime voice of the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. And Keith hasn’t forgotten his home country, covering Little River Band’s Aussie chart-topper Help Is on Its Way .

Terrestrials , apparently setting some rules for the record: no fuzz pedals, no ballads and “no Pink Floyd sh-t”. They wanted a “goths at the pub” vibe, citing The Sisters of Mercy and Magazine as the main influences. Check out the rocking Two Hands , which the band wrote when mining company Rio Tinto blew up Juukan Gorge, destroying sacred rock shelters. “You’ve got every right to be very f-cking angry about this injustice,” singer Nick Allbrook says.

American ska punk band Sublime sadly split in 1996 when singer Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose. But the band reunited in 2023, with Nowell’s son Jakob

joining the band. Until the Sun Explodes is Sublime’s fourth studio album, their first in 30 years. But Jakob is clear about what this record represents. “The last true Sublime record will be [1996’s] self-titled,” he told Rolling Stone . “You can’t compete with mythology. This is the epilogue.” The record includes a bunch of special guests, including Australia’s own Skegss.

AMY SHARK soft pop (Jul 31)

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

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