King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man Posts: 345
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Any fans of these guys? Been hooked on them for the last few months.
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  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,928
    been playing sketches of brunswick for the last week or so.  also have nonagon infinity.  need to check out their other albums from this year.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,094
    edited November 2017
    Yes, for many years now
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    King Lizard and the Lizard Lizard
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    My buddy loves these guys. They have a few cool tunes but it all runs together after an album side.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,175
    Castle Face Records puts out some good stuff and these guys are one of them!
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/howlinwolf/king-gizzard-andthe-lizard-wizard-polygondwanaland/posts/2057275

    Guy over on the Steve Hoffman forums is outing this together. Thought there may be some interested parties here.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,175
    DewieCox said:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/howlinwolf/king-gizzard-andthe-lizard-wizard-polygondwanaland/posts/2057275

    Guy over on the Steve Hoffman forums is outing this together. Thought there may be some interested parties here.
    THANK YOU for posting this!

    Test pressing pledged here!
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,875
    Never heard of them b4 your post. Just listened to a few songs. I’m really liking it. Where do I start? 
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    They’re giving Polygondwanaland and it’s my favorite thing I’ve heard from them. Quarters and Flying Microtonal Banana are both solid too. 
  • mans_a
    mans_a Posts: 16
    Love them. Saw them on the Nanogon Infinity tour and they were great. They have restored my faith in rock music.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I find it interesting how much Americans love Aussie acts. Seems like you guys love some acts more than we do i.e. Courtney Barnett.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,175
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I find it interesting how much Americans love Aussie acts. Seems like you guys love some acts more than we do i.e. Courtney Barnett.
    LOVE HER TOO, LOL.

    I'm a big fan of anything that Castleface records puts out and this is one of those bands.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I'm really sad i missed them when they were in atlanta a few months ago. I got into them right after the show. So much music... so much good music. 
    Charlotte 00 | Charlotte 03 | Asheville 04 | Atlanta 12 | Greenville 16 | Columbia 16 |Seattle 18  | Nashville 22 | Ohana Festival 24 x2 | Atlanta 25 x2
  • cottagesteeze
    cottagesteeze St. Paul, MN Posts: 218
    Surprised i had to dive so deep to find this thread. Been jamming to these guys for a couple years straight now and they're constantly dropping new music. 

    For anyone who hasn't checked them out and is confused where to start: https://i.redd.it/k7dy0fnnb9x81.jpg
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,796

    I picked up Nonagon Infinity on the advice of my cousin... man, that album is something else.. those guys are talented AF.

    The vocals kill me though... some songs would be better w/ no vocals at all, IMO. Is that unique to that album, or reflective of their whole discography? 
  • cottagesteeze
    cottagesteeze St. Paul, MN Posts: 218
    Merkin Baller said:

    I picked up Nonagon Infinity on the advice of my cousin... man, that album is something else.. those guys are talented AF.

    The vocals kill me though... some songs would be better w/ no vocals at all, IMO. Is that unique to that album, or reflective of their whole discography? 
    That's also the album that I was introduced to first. It's definitely rough around the edges compared to some of their others. Each album has a completely different music style, so the vocals change a lot. I don't think they're necessarily known for their vocals but I'd recommend checking out another album or two to see what you think. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,796
    cottagesteeze said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    I picked up Nonagon Infinity on the advice of my cousin... man, that album is something else.. those guys are talented AF.

    The vocals kill me though... some songs would be better w/ no vocals at all, IMO. Is that unique to that album, or reflective of their whole discography? 
    That's also the album that I was introduced to first. It's definitely rough around the edges compared to some of their others. Each album has a completely different music style, so the vocals change a lot. I don't think they're necessarily known for their vocals but I'd recommend checking out another album or two to see what you think. 
    I think what kills me is that pretty much all the vocals on NI have an instrument shadowing their melody... it's fine for one or two songs, but gets old after a bit. 

    Still in all, Robot Stop, Big Fig Wasp, Evil Death Roll, Road Train... all f'ing awesome songs. The discography is overwhelming, it's so expansive, but I definitely want to check out more,. 
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,608
    This band is crazy! My son and I have started going through their catalog and they are pretty cool. Read the reviews on Allmusic.com to see how they force themselves into musical challenges for each album.

    Haven’t seen them live yet, but I see they are doing 4 days at The Caverns in Tennessee. That is a really cool place to see a show. It’s underground!
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    this band is fantastic. I got into them thanks to a couple of friends & I'm glad they introduced me to them.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,175
    A few years ago I was part of that kickstarter group that funded Polygonwanaland.  Interesting there is no mention of this on their wiki page.

    Anywho I have like 4 different versions of this album and a test press being one of them.

    Fun band, go see them.

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