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King Gizzard’s Tiny Amp Destroyer is a $399 pedal that makes your rig sound like a $29 practice amp on the verge of blowing up: “It makes your massive amp sound tiny. It’s way better”

The oddball Aussies take rig shrinking to a whole new level with new Stu Mackenzie x JAM Pedals collab

Guitar World

"I was like, I'm going to forget everything I know about music and relearn it all from scratch." King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard announce EDM album Alien Metal, share single Level 5

King Gizzard album number 28 is incoming, and it's a whole new trip

Louder

‘We are truly doomed’: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard despair at AI clone appearing on Spotify

Australian psych-rockers, who removed their music from Spotify in protest against the streaming service, lament the appearance of AI band King Lizard Wizard

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King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: ‘Sometimes you just forget that you have free will’

Australian band’s decision to remove catalogue in protest of CEO’s military investments an easy one, frontman says, and making music with friends remains ‘top of the triangle’

The Guardian - AU

Watch Jello Biafra join King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard for cover of Dead Kennedys classic Police Truck

Dead Kennedys man and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard perform lively cover of iconic punk rock track Police Truck

Louder

'We don’t want our music killing people': Artists revolt against Spotify over AI warfare ties

Several artists, including King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof, and Xiu Xiu, are pulling their music from Spotify in protest of CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in an AI-powered military tech firm.

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"Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?" King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard become most high-profile band to pull music from Spotify over CEO’s investments in military technology

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify as a protest against its CEO's involvment in the 'defence industry'

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I’ve listened to every single King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album and I can tell you that these are their five very best

Want to get into Australian psych-wizards King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but intimidated by their 26 album-strong catalogue? Fear not, we've whittled down the lot to their finest five for your listening pleasure in this definitive list

Metal Hammer

Classic Rock's Ultimate 2024 Playlist

Icons and a-listers, retro bangers and psychedelic party-starters, firebrands, punks and alt.rockers - they’re all here

Louder

Dirty Three, Amyl and the Sniffers and Emily Wurramara: the best Australian albums of 2024

Revelatory comebacks, career highlights, old-school riffs and a brave and radical debut. Your guide to Australia’s best music

The Guardian - AU

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard drop new track Phantom Island and announce that they'll be heading out on tour with an orchestra

"We have an orchestra now haha"

Louder

“I bought eight small solid-state amps with tiny little speakers. We had no pedals on the record, just guitars, straight into the amp, turned up loud enough that it sounds nasty:” How King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard made a left turn – into blues rock

Flight b741 sees the prodigious band making nasty sounds beautiful and “going for the take thathad the boogie!” on a trip that reimagines ‘70s rock nostalgia

Guitar World

“I didn’t spend more than 20 or 30 bucks on any of them”: King Gizzard’s new album was recorded with amps from pawnshop chain Cash Converters

King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie reveals that they didn't use a single pedal on this guitar, relying instead on cranking up small practice amps

Guitar World

"Side Quest Summer continues!": Watch former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg join King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on stage for thrash banger Perihelion

Ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg accompanied psych wizards King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on stage this weekend during their show in Nashville

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The Guardian - UK

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Flight b741 review – a cheerfully rocking album about global collapse

Channelling garage bands, Little Feat and more, the prolific Aussies pair nihilistic lyrics with 70s-style riffs in a darkly enjoyable romp

Louder

“It’s not a sci-fi record, it’s about life and stuff.” King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard prepare next month's Flight b741 album for lift-off with release of video for Le Risque

King Gizzard... offer first taste of their 26th studio album with a salute to life's risk-takers

Louder

“Been working real hard on this one... thanks for flying.” King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard will release their 26th studio album Flight b741 next month

Please fasten your safety belts, King Gizzard are about to take to the skies once more

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"OMG! Pack ur bags cuz we’re going on vacay." King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce Europe Residency dates

Melbourne's musical mavericks King Gizzard to return to Europe next summer

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"True originals, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are hurtling towards cult legend status." The five best bands we saw at Wide Awake festival 2024

Independent music fest Wide Awake lights up London's Brockwell Park once again

Evening Standard

The big London festival guide for summer 2024: from All Points East to Cross The Tracks

No Glasto? No problem! From Kylie to SZA, many of music’s biggest names are flocking to the capital this summer – here’s where to catch them

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The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2023

From Overkill to Gama Bomb, Hellripper to Nervosa, these are the best thrash metal albums 2023 had to offer

Guitar World

Alien rhythms, god-level chops and samurai guitar duels: these are the best guitar albums of 2023

Guitar World staff and readers reflect on the finest fretwork captured on record this year

Louder

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's sonic avalanche continues on thrashy PetroDragonic Apocalypse

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard's PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation is the bands 25th album

The Orange County Register

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard prepare to take on the Hollywood Bowl

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In 2014, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard‘s first international tour included the Australian band rock band quickly navigating its way through America for the first time. They played dive bars for an audience of sometimes 20 people or less and scrolled for deals on Craigslist for…

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Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music from King Gizzard, eMolecule and more...

Cool new prog music from Robert Reed, That Joe Payne, Toby Patterson-Stuart, Giant Walker and more...

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