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CONTENTS

ISSUE 237 JUL 2024

MUSIC 8 Empire of the Sun return with a new album 10 Glass Animals and Clairo 11 The Angels and Cigarettes After Sex 12 The Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey collab is here 14 Check out the latest new music coming to JB this month 16 More vital vinyl to add to your collection 18 Author Stuart Coupe recounts a classic Australian rock story MOVIES & TV 20 Take 5/Filmmaker's Signature/On the Radar/In Development/Bob J's Film Buff's Bafflers 21 Merch of the month/Charts/This month 60 years ago/Socials 24 True Detective: Night Country - Interview with Jodie Foster 26 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Interview with director Gil Kenan 28 Civil War - Interview with Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst & Wagner Moura 29 Monkey Man - Dev Patel on his directorial debut 30 Bob J - Remembering Rocky 32 New to 4K 33 New from Imprint Films 34 Out this month 35 The latest anime and board games GAMING 38 Take 5/Chart/Q5 42 ROG Ally X 44 Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition 46 Moza R3 Racing Bundle 48-49 New games: More, more, more in 2024 50 Out this month/Fast Forward/ Wham, bam, game exam! TECH FLIP MAG AND READ FROM BACK 4-6 Audio tech buying guide 8-10 Headphones for all budgets 12 Sonos Ace headphones review 14-15 Earbuds for all budgets 16 Sports earbuds for wireless workouts 18-20 Portable Bluetooth speakers 22 Party speakers and smart speakers 24 Bookshelf speakers and soundbars 26 Turntables for vinyl lovers 28-30 Meet Microsoft's new AI copilot 32 Make the Olympics a big screen experience 34-36 Warm up this winter with heating tech 38 Hot new smartphones out this month 40 New tech at JB

WELCOME

For music fans, our July issue is set to be a winner. This month, we’ve pulled together some of the best new music releases for the cover. Fresh albums from Empire of the Sun, Hiatus Kaiyote, Radical Son, Ghost, Glass Animals, and Lime Cordiale are amongst a slew of quality artists landing on the racks at JB throughout the month. And we have the perfect marriage in tech to complement – our annual ultimate guide to audio. If you’re upgrading or adding to your audio inventory, here you’ll find everything that you need to navigate the vast range of ear gear, speakers, soundbars, and turntables available at JB. With advanced features like noise cancelling and multipoint rapidly becoming standard in ear gear, and spatial audio changing the way we listen to music, we dig into the key features to look out for, along with all the new audio tech and devices to suit all lifestyles and budgets. So whether you’re looking for new music to play, new audio gear to play it on, or both of those combined, this issue of STACK has it all. Turn up the volume! Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief

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Social Media Manager Glenn Cochrane Production Manager Craig Patterson Correspondence STACK editor@stack.com.au

Founder Nic Short Editor-in-Chief Paul Jones Tech Editor Scott Hocking

Marketing Manager Fleur Parker Chief Contributors Gill Pringle, Bob Jones Contributors Jeff Jenkins, Simon Lukic, Billy Pinnell, Denise Hylands, Simon Winkler, Jake Cleland, Holly Pereira, Adam Colby, Bec Summer, Dan Nicholson, Michael Irving, Jacqui Picone, Stuart Coupe, Trista McConville, Chris Mobbs

Games & Online Editor Amy Flower Movie & TV Editor Glenn Cochrane Creative Director Gary Siewert Movies Consultant Kerrie Taylor Games Consultant Sachi Fernando Music Consultant Mike Glynn

RATINGS GUIDE

Parental guidance recommended

Recommended for mature audiences

Not suitable for people under 15. Under 15s must be accommpanied by a parent or adult guardian

Restricted to 18 and over

General

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