3 Years for 3 Hours: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Melt Minds at the Greek Theatre Lily Ramus October 5, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews *DISCLAIMER: While I break down much of the setlist I am aware that I do not touch on every song they played. This is a conscious choice.* It had been three years since I bought the tickets in 2019. King G...
Explorations into microtonal tunings volume three: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s L.W. Lily Ramus March 22, 2021 Album Review With a band as prolific and experimental as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (KGATLW), it is hard to imagine what a self-titled album, an artist’s definition of their sound, might be like. Still, it is surp...
The Dichotomy of Fame: The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ fourth studio album celebrates hedonism while tackling fears Lily Ramus March 5, 2021 Album Review 1 Comment On their fourth studio album, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound (2021), The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets combine poppy hooks, layered psychedelic textures, and hard riff-based alternative rock, comfortably leaning into a ...
“Fishing for Fishies”, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s latest album marks a boring and disappointing return Jack Austin April 29, 2019 Album Review, Reviews Fishing for Fishies (2019), King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s new album, contains enough good tracks to make it worth a listen, but is the band’s most boring album to date (no theatrics, drama, murders o...
In a sunburned country: The Aussie rock comeback is upon us Clementine Zimmer November 29, 2018 Blog, Columns and Opinions Ah, Australia. Land of kangaroos and sausage rolls and Foster’s beer (at least according to the advertisements). Most of what I know about the country comes from Jim Jefferies stand-up and Bill Bryson’s tra...
Ways to trip sober: isolation tanks, white noise, and attending a King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard concert Veronica Irwin October 17, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews If you’re a young person in the Bay Area, especially in Berkeley, it’s very possible you might be surrounded by people who never outgrew their teenage fascination with psychedelia. A random (and undeniably ...