STACK #259 May 2026

MUSIC FEATURE

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WHAT’S OUT

Whether it’s a voyage of musical discovery or a sonic reacquaintance with a favourite band or artist, check out these fresh releases heading to JB this month.

KACEY MUSGRAVES Middle of Nowhere UNIVERSAL Middle of Nowhere is the seventh studio album for America’s Kacey period of reflection and post-breakup clarity”. She says, “It actually felt incredible being alone, existing in a space not defined by anyone else.” That said, the record features a stack of special guests, including Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings, and country legend Willie Nelson. THE LEMON TWIGS Look for Your Mind! SONY Musgraves. She says it was written “during a

EDITOR’S PICK

ALDOUS HARDING Train on the Island ROCKET

THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy INERTIA

The D’Addario brothers, Brian and Michael, dig The Beatles and The Beach Boys and they have jokingly called their

After supporting Nick Cave, Aldous Harding releases her fifth album, with the New Zealand indie folk artist again

The Claypool Lennon Delirium is a supergroup featuring Les Claypool from Primus, John and Yoko’s son Sean Ono Lennon, plus Stone Giant’s João Nogueira, and Cake’s

AMBER LAWRENCE Suburban Cowgirl ROCKET

pop sound “Mersey Beach”. The American band’s sixth studio album is a sweet treat from start to finish. As for the title, Brian explains, “I do think that now is a time of insanity. You really have to hold onto your own mind if you don’t wanna lose it.”

working with English producer John Parish at the Rockfield Studios in Wales. Train on the Island follows Harding’s 2022 album, Warm Chris , which was her Top 40 debut in Australia, reaching number 31.

Paulo Baldi. Their sound is a potent mix of prog rock and psychedelia; Sean calls it “progadelic”. Their third album comes with one of the year’s great titles: The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy . The lead single, The Golden Egg of Empathy , features Willow, the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA Night Blooms UNIVERSAL Richard Wilkins once solemnly announced that as well as movies, he’s making some marvellous jazz music with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. Night Blooms adds six new tracks to last year’s Still Blooming , with Goldblum joined by a stack of special guests, including Ariana Grande, Charlie Puth, Melody Gardot, and Cynthia Erivo. Jeff Goldblum had died. But 17 years later, the American actor is very much alive. And

No doubt about it, country music is cool. And Amber Lawrence’s eighth studio album includes a song called You Can Admit You Like Country Music . “Yeah, we’re finally part of the cool kids,” Amber sings, noting that she’s been doing this for “21 years now; guess I’ve earned my stripes”. Indeed, she has. Amber has been the recipient of six Golden Guitar awards, including twice being crowned ‘Female Artist of the Year’. She’s also had five Top 50 albums, including 2022’s Top 5 smash Living for the Highlights . Suburban Cowgirl should be just as big.

THE BLACK KEYS Peaches! INERTIA

LINDA PERRY Let It Die Here MGM

For their 14th studio album, American rock duo The Black Keys have again dug deep to cover some of their favourite songs,

Linda Perry was the lead singer of 4 Non Blondes when we got to know her in the early ’90s. Remember that classic hit What’s Up?

including Neil Young’s It’s a Dream , Frank Zappa’s Tell Me You Love Me, and R.L. Burnside’s Fireman Ring the Bell , as well as You Got to Lose , which was originally recorded by George Thorogood and The Destroyers in 1977. The result sounds like classic Black Keys. Live and rocking. BLEACHERS Everyone for Ten Minutes INERTIA

She then wrote and produced a stack of hits for other artists, including Pink’s Get the Party Started and Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful . This new solo album features Perry’s version of Beautiful . There is also a companion documentary called Let It Die Here , which covers Perry’s remarkable life, and a new 4 Non Blondes is scheduled for later this year.

JOSH GROBAN Cinematic INERTIA

NEIL DIAMOND Wild at Heart UNIVERSAL

Jack Antonoff is a 13-time Grammy winner, best known for writing and producing hits for Taylor Swift, Lorde, and Sabrina Carpenter. But

For his tenth studio album – his first in six years - America’s Josh Groban is off to the movies, capturing “the nostalgia, the drama, and

The legendary Neil Diamond can no longer tour as he battles Parkinson’s disease, but Wild at Heart completes

he also has his own band, Bleachers. Everyone for Ten Minutes is their fifth studio album. They cite the classic John Hughes teen flicks as an influence and, approproriately, the new record has “moments where it briefly peers into darkness, but it’s essentially an optimistic record that feels lovestruck and hopeful”.

the romance” as he covers a set of soundtrack smashes, including Casablanca ’s As Time Goes By , James Bond’s Skyfall , Ghost ’s Unchained Melody (a duet with Jennifer Hudson), Against All Odds , and Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King . And his dad, Jack Groban, provides the trumpet solo in Moon River .

his recording trilogy with producer Rick Rubin, following 2005’s 12 Songs and 2008’s Home Before Dark . It’s Diamond’s first album of original material in 12 years. He recorded the songs with stellar group of players, including Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

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