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king gizzard put out a single recently and the last thread is archive vaulted, so let's make a new thread. king gizzard and the lizard wizard is a wild and crazy band. they've put out 16 (soon to be 17?) albums in 8 years of almost every guitar-oriented genre imaginable (and some non-guitar-oriented genres) and were probably the best touring band of the current century back when people were allowed to do that. who are they? ![]() left to right: ambrose kenny-smith, joey walker, michael "cavs" cavanagh, cook craig, stu mackenzie, eric moore (2010-2020 ![]() stu is the main songwriter and frontman of the group. ambrose, joey, and cook have all helped with writing and sung on tracks in the past as well. they mostly play the instruments you see in this image. what are they like as a live band? i never saw them live, unfortunately, but here are some good sets: Ancienne Belgique 2016 KEXP 2 (Flying Microtonal Banana era) KEXP 4 (Polygondwanaland/Gumboot Soup era) KEXP 5 (Infest The Rat's Nest era) Cabaret Vert 2016 (Nonagon Infinity in its entirety) they also put out three live albums to raise money for wildlife funds after the brushfires last summer. they also recently put out a soundtrack album to their live documentary film chunky shrapnel (not available for viewing at this time) and put up a live show in san francisco from back in 2016 on streaming platforms. let me know if there are other great live set videos so I can update this section. what have they recorded? they are very prolific recorders, so before i list out their entire discography i would suggest starting with the album gumboot soup as it's a nice sampler of the various different styles of music the band is capable of. if you don't have time to listen to an album, please take some time to skim the discography because i make some song recs there. 2 EPs:
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videos? they have a lot of interesting videos. here are notable music videos: planet b the river robot stop rattlesnake there is also a 2 hour documentary called BOOTLEG HOLIDAY FROM HELL as well as "making of"-type documentaries Peeling the Flying Microtonal Banana, How to gut a Fishie, and Ratty. here's the new single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADj2jDqT4uY seems like they're making a second microtonal album, which is pretty exciting. Hustle Hound fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Dec 15, 2020 |
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# ? Mar 7, 2021 17:15 |
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My cool idea for a band in highschool was to have 2 drummers. Turns out I was a genius.
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Is the name of the band a joke??
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These guys are something else. They’ve got something for everybody with their relentless genre exploration. Polygondwanaland is hands-down my favorite record of 2017.
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I tried listening to their 'thrash' record and it sounded like they'd maybe heard an 80s thrash album once at some point and had no good riffs. More evidence that genre eclecticism is fail!
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I saw them in a small theater a couple days before they released Murder the Universe and they played a track or two from it along with a lot of Microtonal Banana. The droning aspect of their music along with the repetitive CG visuals made me feel like I was going in and out of a trance. I think they brainwashed us. But it was a cool show. All the young 20 somethings were up front dancing, the 30's-40's crowd was in the middle absorbing and the older hippie folks sitting in the back.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_muDsndyU Eric's left the band to focus on their record label. ![]()
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Eric's left the band to focus on their record label. that's pretty sad, but it makes sense as he's hardly been on any of the records in years. sucks that he won't be going on tour anymore either
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A human heart posted:I tried listening to their 'thrash' record and it sounded like they'd maybe heard an 80s thrash album once at some point and had no good riffs. More evidence that genre eclecticism is fail! Extremely wrong-pinion. Infest the rats nest was the best metal album released that year without question.
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new albums yesterday: K.G. (the second microtonal album) and Live in San Francisco '16 (from 8 albums ago). K.G. was pretty good, i wasn't expecting this music to be groovy, especially with "intrasport" which is basically dance music down to the drum machines and the fuckin EQ sweep lmao
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Laserface posted:Extremely wrong-pinion. There's barely any thrash in it, it's a joke.
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New album KG part 2 out next week lmao
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The new album might be my favorite of their releases. It's really good. This says the next album is just a live show from 2016: https://pitchfork.com/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-announce-2-albums-share-new-song-automation-listen/ Where did you see something about part two of KG?
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On their Twitter. https://twitter.com/kinggizzard/status/1333291058839441408 and then https://twitter.com/kinggizzard/status/1333603320993173504 although this one might be referencing a second pressing for KG idk I'm a little confused. Ratios and Tendency fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Dec 2, 2020 |
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A human heart posted:There's barely any thrash in it, it's a joke. i refuse to believe anyone can hold this opinion that has listened to the album.
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Laserface posted:i refuse to believe anyone can hold this opinion that has listened to the album. I have listened to the album. Most of the songs are closer to stoner rock with proto metal leanings than anything else, it's like offbrand High On Fire with totally forgettable riffs, and when they did remember to put in a thrash section in it's totally unremarkable. Calling it the best metal album of 2019 is laughable and I suspect indicates more a lack of familiarity with the albums that came out that year than anything else. It's a 35 minute album(similar length to a lot of absolute classic thrash records) and yet it just drags along, it should be illegal to release a metal album with riffs this boring.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-cJvIZiRo
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came to see what the Zard is about and a FRIGHTENING metal take jumped out from under the living room rug. live album was getting pretty fun, but I had to check out the metal thing and woo boy it aint any thrashola I've ever laid ear on
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oh yeah, new single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntbNRUycbD4 good news metal fans, looks like they're doing a third microtonal album with what appears to be chiller vibes (e: following the first 50 seconds or so which i think starts exactly where the last album leaves off) also i have tickets to see them at the kings theatre in brooklyn barring any major cataclysm in the next 10 months. i'm hype as gently caress Hustle Hound fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Dec 15, 2020 |
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New album of older tracks, free with a cool twist https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/bootlegger
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPJm7lYMjJs
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LW is out on Bandcamp now: https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/l-w Static Electricity and Supreme Ascendency are early favorites, the intro on static is just too good.
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LW is super good. KGLW taken as a double album might actually be in the running to dethrone Nonagon for me.
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