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Plus King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Ethel Cain, The Horrors, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 01, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humpries helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 25 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
Also Announce Three-Day Camping Residency in Colorado
Oct 29, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a new orchestral single, “Phantom Island,” and have announced a U.S. tour where they will be backed by a different 28-piece orchestra in each city. They have also announced a three-day camping residency in Colorado. More
Flight b741 Due Out This Friday via p(doom)
Aug 06, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Flight b741, this Friday via the band’s own p(doom) label. Now they have shared its third single, “Field of Vision.” More
Plus Peel Dream Magazine, Why Bonnie, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 26, 2024
By Mark Redfern (and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last week. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marina Mallin, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 20 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
Flight b741 Due Out August 8 via p(doom)
Jul 23, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Flight b741, on August 8 via the band’s own p(doom) label. Now they have shared its second single, “Hog Calling Contest,” as well as a making of the album video entitled Oink Oink Flight b741: The Making of…. More
Plus MEMORIALS, W.H. Lung, Laura Marling, Charly Bliss, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 12, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, owing to last week being the July 4th holiday weekend. More
Flight b741 Due Out August 8 via p(doom)
Jul 09, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Flight b741, on August 8 via the band’s own p(doom) label. Now they have shared its first single, “Le Risque.” More
Flight b741 Due Out August 8 via p(doom)
Jul 02, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a new album, Flight b741. It is the prolific band’s 26th album and is due out August 8 via the band’s own p(doom) label. More
The Silver Cord Out Now via KGLW
Nov 07, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a massive 2024 tour. The tour dates include shows in both North and South America, as well as in the UK and EU. The dates stretch from March to November. More
The Silver Cord Due Out October 27 via KGLW
Oct 03, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have officially announced a new album, The Silver Cord, and shared its first three songs—“Theia,” “The Silver Cord,” and “Set”—via one music video. The album will be available in two versions with one featuring extended versions of each song. More
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation Due Out June 16 via KGLW
May 16, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced an elaborately titled new album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation, and shared its first single, “Gila Monster,” via a music video. More
Changes Due Out October 28 via KGLW
Oct 17, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a video for their new single, “Hate Dancin’.” It will be featured on their forthcoming album, Changes, which will be out on October 28 via KGLW. More
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava Due Out This Friday; Laminated Denim Due Out October 12; Changes Due Out October 28 (All via KGLW)
Oct 04, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava, the first of three new albums, this Friday and now they have shared a new song from it, the nine-minute “Iron Lung.” More
Plus Phoenix and Ezra Koenig, girlpuppy, Beth Orton, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 09, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2022. Yesterday the world lost a historical icon. Regardless of your thoughts on the Royal Family, there’s no question that Queen Elizabeth II had a massive impact on the last 70 years of world history. More
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava Due Out October 7; Laminated Denim Due Out October 12; Changes Due Out October 28 (All via KGLW)
Sep 07, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have a reputation for being prolific and they are building on that by announcing three new albums, all due out next month. They have also shared a 10-minute long new song, “Ice V,” via a video. More
Plus Sorry, Hot Chip, Andrew Bird, Florence + the Machine, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 22, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the sixteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a nice week for new album releases, including the latest by Spiritualized, Hatchie, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Fontaines D.C., and others, some of which gave us fodder for Songs of the Week. We ended up with 12 new songs were really liked, with some strong honorable mentions as well. This week’s artists traverse the globe: Australia, England, South Korea, Sweden, and of course America. More
Omnium Gatherum Due Out This Friday via KGLW
Apr 19, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Omnium Gatherum, this Friday via KGLW. Now they have shared another song from the album, the jazzy “Kepler-22b,” via an animated video for it. More
Omnium Gatherum Due Out April 22 via KGLW
Mar 29, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a video for their new single, “Magenta Mountain.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming studio album, Omnium Gatherum, which will be out on April 22 via KGLW. More
Omnium Gatherum Due Out April 22 via KGLW
Mar 08, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced the release of a new studio album, Omnium Gatherum. It is the band’s first double album, and it will be out on April 22 via KGLW. They have also shared the album’s lead single, the 18-minute “The Dripping Tap.” More
Butterfly 3001 Due Out January 21 via KGLW
Jan 07, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a video for the newly released DJ Shadow remix of “Black Hot Soup” from the band’s previous studio album, Butterfly 3000. The remix, dubbed the “DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write,” is the latest release from King Gizzard’s upcoming remix album, Butterfly 3001. More
Live at Levitation Out Now via The Reverberation Appreciation Society
Dec 10, 2021
By Joey Arnone
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a new live album, Live at Levitation, out now via The Reverberation Appreciation Society. It is the fourth installment in the Reverberation Appreciation Society’s “Live at Levitation” series, and is available on vinyl in four different colorways, each limited to 2000 copies. More
Butterfly 3001 Due Out January 21, 2022 via KGLW
Dec 06, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced the release of a new remix album. The album, Butterfly 3001, will consist of dance remixes of songs from their most recent studio album, Butterfly 3000. The band has shared two songs from the upcoming album: a “Neu Butterfly” remix by Peaches and a “Shanghai” dub by The Scientist. More
Butterfly 3000 Out Now via KGLW
Nov 16, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a 2022 worldwide tour in support of their latest album, Butterfly 3000. The band will kick off the tour at Lollapalooza in Argentina, and will also be playing other festivals, such as Primavera Sound in Barcelona. Supporting acts for the tour will be Amyl and the Sniffers, SPELLLING, Leah Senior, DJ Crenshaw, and The Murlocs. More
Butterfly 3000 Out Now via KGLW
Jul 26, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released a new album, Butterfly 3000, in June via the band’s own KGLW label. Now they have shared a crazy video for the album’s “Catching Smoke,” in which they metamorphosize into insects who eventually line dance. More
Plus Jessie Ware, José González, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 11, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2021. Admittedly, there weren’t too many new songs that overly impressed us this week. We almost considered taking a week off. But there were enough tracks of note to keep us in the game. Still, we only came up with a Top 8, instead of our usual Top 10 (or sometimes we have an expanded Top 12). More
Butterfly 3000 Out Now via KGLW
Jun 11, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a new album, Butterfly 3000, today via the band’s own KGLW label. Now that it’s out, you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our new interview with the band’s Stu Mackenzie about the album. More
Butterfly 3000 Due Out June 11 via KGLW
May 11, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a new album, Butterfly 3000, which is their second album of 2021. More
L.W. Due Out Next Friday on Caroline/Flightless
Feb 18, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have just announced the release of their seventeenth album, entitled L.W. The band refers to it as a companion piece to their previous studio album, K.G., and it will be out next Friday (Feb. 26) on Caroline/Flightless. In addition to this announcement, they have shared a video for a song from the album, “Pleura.” More
K.G. and Live in S.F. ’16 Out Now via Flightless and ATO, Respectively
Jan 28, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have just shared a video for their new song “O.N.E.” via a video for it. More
K.G. and Live in S.F. ’16 Out Now via Flightless and ATO, Respectively
Dec 10, 2020
By Joey Arnone
Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have just shared a video for their new song “If Not Now, Then When?” The animated video was directed by Dr. D Foothead. More
K.G. and Live In S.F. ’16 Both Due Out November 20
Oct 21, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced two new album: K.G. (a new studio album) and Live In S.F. ’16 (a live album). More
Second New Single of 2020
Aug 13, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a new song, “Some of Us,” via a creepy video for it. More
Infest the Rats' Nest Out Now via ATO/Flightless (Plus Read Our Review)
Aug 16, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a new album, Infest the Rats’ Nest, which is actually a thrash metal record, today via ATO. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. More
Plus Stream New Albums from Ride, Friendly Fires, Shura, Amason, Blanck Mass, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and More
Aug 16, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Sleater-Kinney have released a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, today via Mom + Pop and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. Below that are streams of other notable albums released today: Amason, Blanck Mass, Friendly Fires, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Hold Steady, Oso Oso, Ride, and Shura. More
Infest the Rats’ Nest Due Out August 16 via ATO/Flightless
Jun 26, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Infest the Rats’ Nest, which is actually a thrash metal record, on August 16 via ATO. Now they have shared another song from it, “Organ Farmer,” via a video for the track. More
Infest the Rats’ Nest Due Out August 16 via ATO/Flightless
Jun 20, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a new album, Infest the Rats’ Nest, which is actually a thrash metal record. More
New Single Not Featured on Fishing for Fishies
May 28, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released a new album, Fishing for Fishies, last month via ATO/Flightless. Now the band has shared a brand new song that’s not on the album, “Self-Immolate,” via a disturbing video where they get burned alive. More
Plus FKA twigs, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Japanese Breakfast, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 26, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a plethora of strong tracks to choose from this week, thanks in part to both some new albums that were announced this week and some other albums that were released today. So much so that we have expanded it to a Top 12 this week (as we’ve done from time to time in the past). More
Fishing for Fishies Out Now via ATO/Flightless
Apr 26, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a new album, Fishing for Fishies, today via ATO/Flightless. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More
Fishing for Fishies Due Out This Friday via ATO/Flightless
Apr 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Fishing for Fishies, this Friday (April 27) via ATO/Flightless. Now they have shared another song from it, “The Bird Song.” Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More
Song Not Featured on New Album Fishing for Fishies (Due Out April 27 via ATO/Flightless)
Apr 08, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Fishing for Fishies, on April 27 via ATO/Flightless. Now they have shared a video for a brand new song, “Planet B,” that is not featured on the tracklist for the new album. More
Fishing for Fishies Due Out April 27 via ATO/Flightless
Mar 28, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Fishing for Fishies, on April 27 via ATO/Flightless. Now they have shared another song from it, “Boogieman Sam,” which has a bit of a blues-rock vibe. Listen to it below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More
Plus Anderson .Paak, Marble Arch, Kirin J Callinan, Jenny Lewis, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 15, 2019
By Mark Redfern
With most of the music industry at SXSW this week it was a slow week for new tracks. We considered just having a Top 5 for this week’s Songs of the Week, but dug deep enough to come up with a Top 10. More
Fishing for Fishies Due Out April 27 via ATO/Flightless
Mar 11, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a new album, Fishing for Fishies, and shared a Jason Galea-directed video for its title track. More
New Single “Cyboogie” Out Now via ATO
Feb 06, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard recently released a new single, “Cyboogie,” which was shared via a retro-looking video and was one of our Songs of the Week. Now they have announced some new U.S. tour dates. More
Plus King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Cass McCombs, Interpol, Stella Donnelly, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 01, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
After three strong weeks of Songs of the Week starting out 2019 right, this week we hit a bit of a lull. Whereas last week we had a supersized edition, with a Top 12 instead of our usual Top 10, this week we could only muster up enthusiasm for a Top 7. More
How Many Albums Will They Release This Year?
Jan 31, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released five albums in 2017, so who can blame them for taking 2018 off in terms of putting out new albums (although they did reissue some earlier records). More
Is Their Fifth Album of 2017 On the Way?
Dec 21, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have already stated their intentions to release five albums this year and they have already released four. Now they have shared another new song, “The Last Oasis.” More
Is Their Fifth Album of 2017 On the Way?
Dec 19, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have already stated their intentions to release five albums this year and they have already released four. Now another song has surfaced online, entitled “Greenhouse Heat Death.” More
Is Their Fifth Album of 2017 On the Way?
Dec 12, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have shared two new songs: “All Is Known” and “Beginner’s Luck.” Listen below. Perhaps album five of 2017 is on the way soon? More
Plus King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Jeff Tweedy
Jun 23, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Here we highlight six albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More
Murder of the Universe Due Out June 23 via ATO
May 30, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have already stated their intentions to release five albums this year and they already released one, Flying Microtonal Banana, back in February via ATO. More
Murder of the Universe Due Out June 23 via ATO
May 23, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have already stated their intentions to release five albums this year and they already released one, Flying Microtonal Banana, back in February via ATO. More
Murder of the Universe Due Out June 23 via ATO
Apr 18, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have already stated their intentions to release five albums this year and they already released one, Flying Microtonal Banana, back in February via ATO. More
Murder of the Universe Due Out June 23 via ATO
Apr 11, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have already stated their intentions to release five albums this year and they already released one, Flying Microtonal Banana, back in February via ATO. Now they have announced their second album of 2017, Murder of the Universe. The album is split into three chapters and the band have shared a 13-minute video containing the entire third chapter, “Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe.” More
Flying Microtonal Banana Due Out February 24 via ATO
Jan 18, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Flying Microtonal Banana, on February 24 via ATO. It’s the first of five albums they plan to release this year. More
Flying Microtonal Banana Due Out February 24, 2017 via ATO
Dec 22, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Prolific Melbourne psych-rock adventurers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Flying Microtonal Banana, on February 24, 2017 via ATO. It’s the first of five albums they plan to release next year. Now they have shared another track from the album, “Nuclear Fusion.” More
Interviews
Jun 11, 2021
By Jake Uitti
Often, when listening to the dense, lush, lively music of Australian band, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, the idea of people dancing mesmerized around a fire comes to mind. The group has a vast, at times cultish following that is borne from the band’s at times labyrinth-like songs. If a record was a menu, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s music would offer a cornucopia feast. More
Reviews
Aug 09, 2024
By Kyle Kersey
It’s become critic cliché to point out the prolific output of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The Aussie sextet is on their 26th studio album since self-releasing their debut record, 12 Bar Bruise, in 2012, and eighth since the start of 2022. More
May 29, 2024
By Anna Yorke
Wide Awake Festival returned to London’s Brockwell Park last weekend and Under the Radar photographer Anna Yorke was on hand to capture the highlights More
Apr 28, 2022
By Kyle Kersey
For two years, Australia’s most relentless rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard couldn’t record together. The pandemic essentially shutdown Melbourne, the band’s base of operations, not allowing the members to engage in the group recording sessions that spawned one of the most eclectic discographies in modern music, littered with genre hopping and fantastical silliness. Of course, that didn’t stop them from recording their parts remotely and releasing three albums during lockdown, followed by a vinyl only release earlier this year. Nice try god, but even pestilence can stop them. Maybe try famine next time? More
Aug 16, 2019
By Stephen Mayne
The ability to surprise is a valuable commodity, one too often in short supply. Enter King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, combining one of the best names in music with a prodigious work ethic and an unerring knack for leftfield diversions. More
Apr 30, 2019
By Ben Jardine
After a year-long “hiatus,” King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard are back and stronger than ever, with their fourteenth album in half as many years. Immediately different from their past material (known to genre-bend from metal to jazz, often within one song), Fishing for Fishies strikes a balance between garage-blues “boogie” and remarkably deep lyrical content. More
Jun 23, 2017
By Scott Dransfield
Here’s a quick recap: since 2012, Australian psych-punk gang King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have released nine albums. One was a spoken-word Western concept album. One featured four long tracks of deliberately equal length. More
Nov 13, 2015
By Hays Davis
One of the most interesting aspects of Melbourne, Australia’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is how a seven-piece ensemble manages to produce such winning sounds by effortlessly employing restraint rather than overkill. And with Paper Mâché Dream Balloon being their seventh album (along with a couple of EPs) in less than five years, they have things down to a psych-pop/rock science. More
