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Live In Adelaide '19
''Live in Adelaide '19'' is the second in a trio of benefit live albums by Australian psychedelic rock band, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, which was released digitally to Bandcamp on 10 January 2020. It was released simultaneously with one other live album, ''Live in Paris '19''. The third album ''Live in Brussels '19'' was then released five days later. The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart. Background The album features a set by the band performed at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on 12 July 2019. Most of the tracks come from the band's later releases at the time; ''Infest the Rats' Nest'' (which as of this performance had yet to be released), ''Fishing for Fishies'', ''Flying Microtonal Banana'', and ''Polygondwanaland''. Two other tracks come from earlier releases, namely "Hot Water" from ''I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'', and the album closer, a nearly half-hour long rendition of "Head On/Pill" from ''Float Along – Fill Your Lungs'' which integrated ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are known for exploring multiple genres, staging energetic live shows and building a prolific discography, having released 23 studio albums, 14 live albums, three compilations and three EPs. Their second EP, ''Willoughby's Beach'', and debut album, '' 12 Bar Bruise'', primarily blended surf music and garage rock, and were released on Flightless, the band's own label. Their second album, a "psychedelic spaghetti western" titled ''Eyes Like the Sky'', features spoken-word narration by Broderick Smith. ''Float Along – Fill Your Lungs'', released later in the year, and the 2014 albums ''Oddments'' and ''I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'', saw the band expand on their psychedelic sound. In 2015, they drew on elements of jazz fusion and progressive rock wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Microtonal Banana
''Flying Microtonal Banana'' (subtitled ''Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 1'') is the ninth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 24 February 2017 on Flightless Records in Australia, ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in the United Kingdom. It is the first of five albums released by the band in 2017 and their first exploration of microtonal music, utilising custom built instruments. The album earned the band a nomination for Best Group at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, losing to Gang of Youths for ''Go Farther in Lightness''. The album peaked at number two on the ARIA charts (their first top 10), and it is also the first album by the band to chart on the US ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at 170. Music Subtitled ''Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 1'', the album is recorded in quarter tone tuning, where an octave is divided into 24 (logarithmically) equal-distanced quarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stu Mackenzie
Stuart Douglas Mackenzie is an Australian musician best known as the frontman of psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Early life Mackenzie grew up and went to school in Geelong. His father played guitar to him and his brother growing up, which influenced young Mackenzie. Due to his father being a left-handed guitar player, Mackenzie originally learned to play guitar upside down. His early influences were AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Paul Kelly. He began playing guitar and other instruments at age 15. He was later influenced by heavy metal artists like Rammstein, Kreator, Sodom, Slayer and Metallica, but found the style too difficult to play on guitar, so played garage rock and rock and roll. Mackenzie was part of the local music scene in Geelong and performed at various open mics. Mackenzie would join and form several bands within the local Melbourne music scene, some of which included future King Gizzard members such as Michael Cavanagh, Lucas Skinner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Craig
Nicholas Roderick "Cook" Craig is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter and is a part of groups King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the Murlocs. Craig releases music under the name Pipe-Eye. Pipe-Eye's debut EP ''Cosmic Blip'' was released in 2015 and debut studio album ''Laugh About Life'' in April 2017, ''Inside/Outside'' in 2019 and ''Dream Themes'' in November 2021. Solo history Pipe-Eye's debut EP ''Cosmic Blip'' was released in 2015. The EP was recorded in his bedroom in Fairfield, Victoria. Nicholas Johnson from Brag Magazine gave the EP 4 out of 5 saying "Pipe-Eye know how to spit some serious cosmic wisdom. Then they leave you to ponder it over the course of the 30 to 60 second segue tracks that pepper the record. It adds a nice buffer to what is otherwise essentially a four-track EP by giving it a theatrical feel… It may not resonate with everyone, I'm sure some will feel cheated by the 50 per cent split between songs and noisy interludes. But it gives the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Australian Bushfire Season
The 201920 Australian bushfire season (Black Summer), was a period of bushfires in many parts of Australia, which, due to its unusual intensity, size, duration, and uncontrollable dimension, is considered a megafire. The Australian National University reported that the area burned in 2019/2020 was "well below average" due to low fuel levels and fire activity in unpopulated parts of Northern Australia, but that "Despite low fire activity overall, vast forest fires occurred in southeast Australia from southeast Queensland to Kangaroo Island." In June 2019 the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service acting director warned of the potential for an early start to the bushfire season which normally starts in August. The warning was based on the Northern Australia bushfire seasonal outlook noting exceptional dry conditions and a lack of soil moisture, combined with early fires in central Queensland. Throughout the summer, hundreds of fires burnt, mainly in the southeast of the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animals Australia
Animals Australia is an Australian animal protection organisation. Its aim is to investigate and expose animal cruelty, inspire kindness to animals through public awareness campaigns—particularly focused on farmed animals—and provide funding and support to other animal organisations where appropriate, for example in emergency response during the 2019/2020 Australian Black Summer bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic. Animals Australia's organisational vision is "a world where kindness, compassion and respect extend to all living beings. We shine a light in the darkness and illuminate the pathway to a kinder world for all." Animals Australia is a registered charity, funded entirely by members of the public, and was previously one of Animal Charity Evaluators Standout Charities. History Animals Australia formed in 1980, originally as the Australian Federation of Animal Societies, founded by Peter Singer and Christine Townend. Animal protection groups in New Zealand were invited t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Float Along – Fill Your Lungs
''Float Along – Fill Your Lungs'' is the third studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, released months after their second album, ''Eyes Like the Sky''. It was released on 27 September 2013 on Flightless Records and was re-released on vinyl in November 2018 by Flightless and ATO Records. The re-release peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album was a change in style for the band, with the album being more psychedelic than their previous releases. Background and recording ''Float Along – Fill Your Lungs'' was released in September 2013, seven months after their previous album, ''Eyes Like the Sky''. It is the band's third album and seventh recorded release, and the first to feature second drummer, Eric Moore, using a drum kit as opposed to theremin and keyboards as used previously. The album was recorded in home studios and sheds in Darraweit Guim, Deniliquin, and Anglesea, where they experimented with a psychedelic sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm In Your Mind Fuzz
''I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'' is the fifth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 31 October 2014 on Flightless Records in Australia, just over a week later on 11 November in the United States on Castle Face Records, and on 1 December that same year on Heavenly Records worldwide. At the J Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. ''I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'' was the band's first album to chart on the ARIA charts, peaking at number 85. Background ''I'm in Your Mind Fuzz'' was King Gizzard's first release with Heavenly Records and Castle Face Records, serving as their worldwide debut as prior albums had only been released domestically by Flightless at that point. The band released the track "Cellophane" on SoundCloud as the lead single on 14 September 2014, followed by a 3D music video for the song two days later. On 6 November, a week after the album had released in Australia, the band rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygondwanaland
''Polygondwanaland'' () is the twelfth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The album was released under an open source licence—the band uploaded the master tapes online for anyone to freely use. The fourth of five albums released by the band in 2017, it was released on 17 November 2017. Background and conception The album's title is a portmanteau of the words polygon and Gondwanaland. ''Polygondwanaland'' first appeared as a partial leak on the band's demos for the album. The leak was uploaded to SoundCloud, but was soon taken down. As a result, news of the album was scarce and mostly involved rumors, one of which stated that it would be the last of the five albums released in 2017. The track "Crumbling Castle," which appeared on the demo, was performed live by the band as early as September 2016, albeit in a much shorter form. However, it lay dormant for many months during an especially prolific period for the band, leading to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishing For Fishies
''Fishing for Fishies'' is the fourteenth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 26 April 2019 by Flightless and ATO Records. The announcement of the album was accompanied by the release of the title track and its video. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album, losing to The Teskey Brothers for ''Run Home Slow''. Background and recording ''Fishing for Fishies'' was first teased by the band on 21 January 2019—over a year after the release of the last of their five 2017 albums, ''Gumboot Soup''—when they posted a picture of themselves in the studio on social media with the caption "new music coming soon". Shortly afterward, they released the album's first single, "Cyboogie", as a 7" single with "Acarine" as the B-side, along with an accompanying music video. In March 2019, details of the album were apparently leaked to webstores, including the albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thebarton Theatre
The Thebarton Theatre, also known as the Thebbie Theatre or simply Thebbie/Thebby, is an entertainment venue located in the inner-western Adelaide suburb of Torrensville, South Australia. Built in 1926 as a combined town hall / picture theatre and officially known as Thebarton Town Hall and Municipal Offices, the building was opened in June 1928. It was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 23 September 1982. Its capacity is 2,000 people, with customisable seating, enabling to be arranged from "in the round", or with the seating partially or fully removed to make room for a dance floor. It is known as a music venue for both big international names and newly-established artists, as well as a range of other types of performance. Thebarton Theatre is in partnership with Holden Street Theatres, and houses its office headquarters. History When the "old" Town Hall, designed by Withall & Wells and built in 1885, proved inadequate, the council bought land on the corner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
