King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Completely fried theremin-wielding psychopaths brought together through a share house in Melbourne and a mutual love of Pavement, Thee Oh Sees and Nuggets. read more…

Completely fried 7-piece garage punk band of theremin-wielding psychopaths half originating from the flat salt bush plains of Deniliquin and the other from the sea-stained Anglesea coastline, brought together through a share house in Melbourne and a mutual love of Pavement, Thee Oh Sees and Nuggets.

They released their debut EP “Willoughby’s Beach” on a limited run of 10” vinyl in October 2011. The first single “Black Tooth” pricked the ears of Triple J’s Dom Alessio, who dubbed the band : “a tour de force of reverberated rock’n’roll.”

The band soon gained a devoted and at times visceral Melbourne following – selling out several residencies and their debut EP launch at the Tote Hotel. In the following weeks King Gizzard were nominated for Best New Talent at The Age’s EG Awards alongside Kimbra, Lanie Lane, Royal Headache and Husky.

2012 began with Gizzard being officially “unearthed” by Triple J, winning a spot at the Melbourne Big Day Out. They also landed a tour with US musician Girl Talk performing sold out shows at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and Palace Theatre in Melbourne. A huge 2012/13 summer ensued with appearances at Falls Music and Arts Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Cherry Rock and a national tour with Jeff The Brotherhood.

“Dirty and unashamedly sloppy, psychedelic warts and all, ****”- The Age Newspaper.

“This is a fuzz explosion of garage rock revival injected with a healthy dose of surf and psychedelia…What you get is 35 great minutes of mind-blowing rock’n‘roll”. – Sydney Morning Herald.

“No one else in Australia comes to mind as doing anything quite like this, let alone doing it so well.” 4.5/5 – The Brag.

“‘Eyes Like the Sky’ is like nothing else released this year – or probably this decade.”- PBS Radio.

News

• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard review: Psychedelic night to remember Aug 5, 2016
• Esquire names King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Gamma Knife" one of the songs of the summer Jun 7, 2016
• JamBands interviews King Gizzard & The Lizard's Stu Mackenzie about "Nonagon Infinity" May 28, 2016
• SF Gate names King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" the best record of the year May 20, 2016
• The Visalia Times-Delta preview King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard's upcoming show at The Cellar Door May 18, 2016
• The Boston Globe reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's show at the Sinclair May 14, 2016
• Exclaim! reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at The Velvet Underground in Toronto May 11, 2016
• NME reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity May 4, 2016
• Pitchfork reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" May 4, 2016
• The Austin Chronicle reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard show at Barracuda in Austin May 2, 2016
• Télérama reviews King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard's Nonagon Inifinity May 2, 2016
• Flavorwire interviews Stu Mackenzieof King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard to discuss their new record Apr 29, 2016
• All Music reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" Apr 29, 2016
• Beardfood reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" Apr 29, 2016
• X Silence reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" Apr 29, 2016
• Mowno reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" Apr 28, 2016
• 20 Minuti reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity Apr 25, 2016
• Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is named Album of the Week by Couleur 3 Apr 25, 2016
• Sourdoreille shares the album stream for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Nonagon Infinity" Apr 22, 2016
• Mowno shares the album stream King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's for Nonagon Infinity Apr 21, 2016
• Sun Burns Out reviews King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "People-Vultures" single Apr 14, 2016
• Visual Music shares King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard's "People-Vultures" single Apr 8, 2016
• The Fader premieres King Gizzard's new single "People-Vultures" Apr 4, 2016
• Stereogum names King Gizzard's "Gamma Knife" one of the best videos of the week Mar 11, 2016
• The Needle Drop shares King Gizzard's "Gamma Knife" video Mar 11, 2016

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