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Basically the drumset iis the same for all the time... and it fit perfectly.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake
https://youtu.be/Q-i1XZc8ZwA?si=Gbt08opaUoNzyu83#music #musicvideo #video #australia #rock #psychedelic #psychedelicrock #KingGizzard #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard
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So, I am thinking that many who know me would have thought I had been listening to King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard for a long time.... But, nope... Didn't really start getting into them until this weekend...
All thanks to Angine de Poitrine....
#music #rock #kinggizzardandthelizzardwizard #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #microtonalmusic #anginedepoitrine #anginedepointrine
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Even at TOP!
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Dragon
https://youtu.be/IpUKO-WKaqo?si=jfN8h7rWPTzLo5bZ#music #musicvideo #kinggizzard #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #australia #rock #psychedelic #psychedelicrock
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Ouais, tu vois, pour chaque disque on essaie toujours un truc différent, une idée nouvelle, quelque chose à explorer. Sinon on ferait le même disque encore et encore, et ça serait juste chiant.
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #KGLW #PsychedelicRock #ProgressiveRock #GarageRock #NeoPsychedelia #Experimental #Australia #Melbourne #Music #Tv #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_423Ufgpg&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9SuZCCs04&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3jqV-rpsw&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=2
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Ouais, tu vois, pour chaque disque on essaie toujours un truc différent, une idée nouvelle, quelque chose à explorer. Sinon on ferait le même disque encore et encore, et ça serait juste chiant.
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #KGLW #PsychedelicRock #ProgressiveRock #GarageRock #NeoPsychedelia #Experimental #Australia #Melbourne #Music #Tv #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_423Ufgpg&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9SuZCCs04&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3jqV-rpsw&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=2
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Ouais, tu vois, pour chaque disque on essaie toujours un truc différent, une idée nouvelle, quelque chose à explorer. Sinon on ferait le même disque encore et encore, et ça serait juste chiant.
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #KGLW #PsychedelicRock #ProgressiveRock #GarageRock #NeoPsychedelia #Experimental #Australia #Melbourne #Music #Tv #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_423Ufgpg&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9SuZCCs04&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3jqV-rpsw&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=2
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Ouais, tu vois, pour chaque disque on essaie toujours un truc différent, une idée nouvelle, quelque chose à explorer. Sinon on ferait le même disque encore et encore, et ça serait juste chiant.
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #KGLW #PsychedelicRock #ProgressiveRock #GarageRock #NeoPsychedelia #Experimental #Australia #Melbourne #Music #Tv #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_423Ufgpg&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9SuZCCs04&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3jqV-rpsw&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=2
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Ouais, tu vois, pour chaque disque on essaie toujours un truc différent, une idée nouvelle, quelque chose à explorer. Sinon on ferait le même disque encore et encore, et ça serait juste chiant.
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #KGLW #PsychedelicRock #ProgressiveRock #GarageRock #NeoPsychedelia #Experimental #Australia #Melbourne #Music #Tv #Socialmedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_423Ufgpg&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9SuZCCs04&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3jqV-rpsw&list=OLAK5uy_nIWMoOb5VY97_uKLumQXR79JSqMh7-j-c&index=2
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De loin mon titre préféré du groupe canadien #AngineDePoitrine, cette compo me rappelle plusieurs morceaux de #Primus et bien sûr aussi du #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard (pour les guitares microtonales).
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‘We are truly doomed’: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard despair at AI clone appearing on Spotify https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/10/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-despair-at-ai-clone-appearing-on-spotify #KingGizzardandtheLizardWizard #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Digitalmusicandaudio #Musicindustry #Australianews #Psychedelia #Popandrock #Culture #Spotify #Music
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#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard left #Spotify recently. Now #AI-generated fake #KGATLW slop emerges on the platform: https://futurism.com/future-society/king-gizzard-spotify-ai-knockoff
I am happy to already have switched to #Tidal this year 🎸 🥁
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🧵🎵 ❤️🔥
On est samedi, c'est #SaturdayMusicVibes sur Mastodon.
Trois découvertes musicales enthousiasmantes que je partage avec vous, parce que, comme disait Frank Zappa, "Music is the best".
1. Grow Wing and Fly
Un titre du groupe australien #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard sur l'album #PhantomIsland. Du alt rock déjanté mais avec orchestre symphonique.
Il faut bien faire pousser ses propres ailes pour s'envoler, sinon on ne changera jamais de peau.
TW #trypophobie
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MDR, King Gizzard’ actuellement en live à Sydney, et en direct sur Youtube :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqURNuJ3Hg0Trop guedin.
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CW: vid photosensitivity: concert light show
chat, two concerts in two days was a bit tiring, but i'm so happy i did it. what a vibe!
thrusday: King Gizzard rave show, the big synth setup front and centre
friday: King Gizzard orchestra concert with Simfonia Rotterdam and Chad Kelly as conductori didn't bother making too many pics/vids because both shows were on YouTube Live!
have a little clip from my pov
#kglw #king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard #kgatlw #concerts -
Et voici une captation vidéo d'un des morceaux joués hier soir lors du concert de #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
J'ai choisi de filmer celui-là parce que c'est un des mes préférés, avec des violons frissonnants en début et en fin de morceau et de belles plages de respiration pendant son déroulement.
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Super concert de #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard ce mercredi 5 novembre 2025 à la Seine musicale à #BoulogneBillancourt.
2h15 de show sans temps mort ! Première partie consacrée à leur nouvel album #PhantomIsland, puis quelques standards dont Rattle Snake, Crumbling Castle, Dragon...
Impressionnante "coolitude" sur scène alors que les morceaux sont particulièrement ambitieux (rythmiques élaborées, micro-tonalités, polyphonies, etc.). Le tout accompagné par l'orchestre symphonique Lamoureux.
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How did I only discover #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard now?
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Also: Falls ihr das Album Polygondwanaland haben wollt, gibt's das gratis bei bandcamp (entsprechend auch ohne Account):
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@straphanger all of their music is available on Tidal.com streaming too #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #tidal #fuckspotify
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It's a King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard kind of Monday.
All aboard the Road Train!
🎵 Road Train by King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard
💿 Nonagon Infinity, 2016
▶️ https://song.link/y/rs2P6_G8vm4 -
:gator: Slick move by band #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard: After they left #Spotify in July they changed all prices of their 27 albums on #Bandcamp to "pay what you want": https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/ 💪
#RollingStone coverage: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-bandcamp-name-your-price-1235424321/
In general #KGATLW takes a super liberal approach towards the distribution of their music: They embrace bootlegs by fans: https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/bootlegger
There are dedicated bootleg channels on music platforms and there even is an app in #FDroid called #GizzTapes where you find a ton of concert recordings: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/gizz.tapes.foss/ :gator: -
Die inzwischen 27 Alben meiner Lieblingsband, #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard fehlen auf #Spotify. Aus Gründen: https://taz.de/Liebes-Spotify-es-ist-aus-mit-uns/!6099508/
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morning groove with King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard 🇦🇺
#music #ERisNowPlaying #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #μουσική #παίζειτώρα #βαράτε_βιολιτζήδες
https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/track/robot-stop -
Parece que viene otra desbandada de músicos de #spotify #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #xiuxiu #deerhoof
https://jenesaispop.com/2025/07/27/504347/king-gizzard-spotify/ -
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Quarters! - 2015
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Quarters -
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Quarters! - 2015
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Quarters -
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Quarters! - 2015
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Quarters -
Flummox – Southern Progress Review
By Kenstrosity
Originally slated to be my main Thing You Might Have Missed feature, Tennessee avant-garde metal quintet Flummox’s fifth LP Southern Progress caught me completely off guard. Attracted to the prompt “their most obnoxious album yet,” I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first exposure to Flummox’s work. I figured it might be weird, but it’s also distinctive, fun, and infectious. Fearlessly creative, deeply detailed, lyrically cutting, and stupidly intelligent, Southern Progress rapidly became my favorite record released so far this year. It doesn’t seem likely now that anything out of the metalverse this year will surpass it.
Southern Progress embodies a rhizomic system of inspirations and influences that, when harnessed by Flummox’s wacky brains, emerges from the soil as something wholly unique in style, sound, and intent. My best attempt to contextualize this material would involve names from the progsphere like Fair to Midland, Native Construct, Pink Floyd, early Queen, and Mike Patton; purveyors of the extreme such as Strapping Young Lad and Slugdge; avant-garde touchstones like Mr. Bungle, Igorrr, and Diablo Swing Orchestra; genre-jumpers such as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard; and even cinematic composers like Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer.1 Ultimately, though, there is no comfortable comparison. Flummox are a singular entity of weird, wild, theatrical metal capable of nailing every bizarre idea they throw at me, such that in less than a week, I had a majority portion of Southern Progress’ 57-minute runtime pinned to my psyche. All the while, its candid exposition of the queer and genderfluid experience in the Bible Belt (“Southern Progress”) struck a chord so rarely plucked by music on this sphere, and its inspired exploration of the neurodivergent experience as one of its parallel plot lines (“Executive Dysfunction”) gave me an easy avenue to resonate even more deeply with its voice.
The tricky reality of Southern Progress is that 750 words is woefully insufficient to encompass all that Flummox achieves, but its primary triumph is in universal songwriting excellence. Music like this marks a once-in-a-blue-moon occasion—and an ambitious undertaking—but Flummox makes it look effortless as they balance the beauty of melodious, theatrical compositions with the livid, frothing rabidity of searing, off-kilter riffs, thunderous rhythms, and revolutionary attitude (“Southern Progress,” “Femto’s Theme,” “Long Pork,” “Executive Dysfunction”). While these elements are familiar to anyone with experience in the metalverse, their twisted forms instead leave a vivid impression of something altogether more eccentric and uncanny (“Southern Progress,” “Nesting Doll,” “Locust Eater,” “Coyote Gospel”). Well-defined structures and concrete themes play their part in making sure these warped representations stick. Presenting every unhinged idea, cynical line, and explosive outburst inside a digestible package makes Southern Progress somehow even stranger and more enthralling for its deceiving accessibility (“What We’re In For…,” “Always Something Going Down,” “Siren Shock,” “Flumlindalë”).
In spite of its unquestionable adoption of metallic methods, Southern Progress is an intensely theatrical affair unfit for the genrephobic, but is nonetheless something everyone should experience at least once. Challenging in a different way than Imperial Triumphant or other known creators of what certain pundits call “not music,” Flummox is similarly fearless in their exploration of style and technique, and equally meticulous in application and execution. To that end, Southern Progress’ music is mutated and maniacal, but grounded through several root elements: emotional depth, societal awareness, thoughtful critiques, and artistic integrity. More than just a vehicle for that cogent societal commentary, the potent passion that each member of Flummox hemorrhaged into Southern Progress is unmatched by all except the unfuckwithable technical quality of their writing and performances. The fact that this intangible factor boasts such strong presence inside of, and coalesces so harmoniously with, the tangible product proves that Flummox’s dedication, attention to detail, and intentional artistry contributes meaningful substance and significance not just to Southern Progress on its own, but also to the greater body of metal as we know it today.
It is for this reason that Flummox’s Southern Progress isn’t just an excellent album, but also an important one. Aside from its high artistic merit, Southern Progress is a timely and fierce challenge against the dehumanization of queer, gender-nonconforming, and even neurodivergent communities across the American South—and, by extension, the country—especially by organized religious (read: Christian) entities. But it’s also a celebration, a triumphant expression of pride and love and resilience that only comes from openly and unashamedly discovering, struggling with, and ultimately embodying all that you are in spirit, body, and mind. Everyone deserves to know this feeling without fear of stigmatization, fetishization, violence, or isolation. Southern Progress is an unorthodox and fun, but wildly effective, advocate for that cause.
Rating: Excellent!2
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Needlejuice Records
Websites: flummoxed.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/flummoxband
Releases Worldwide: April 11th, 2025Show 2 footnotes
- Specifically, Zimmer’s work for Rango’s OST. ↩
- You should expect to see me within a year or so, Contrite and ashamed that I didn’t award this the coveted Iconic score! ↩
#2025 #45 #AmericanMetal #Apr25 #AvantGarde #BlackMetal #DannyElfman #DeathMetal #DiabloSwingOrchestra #ExperimentalMetal #FairToMidland #Flummox #FolkMetal #Gospel #HansZimmer #Igorrr #ImperialTriumphant #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #MelodicMetal #MikePatton #MrBungle #NativeConstruct #NeedlejuiceRecords #PinkFloyd #ProgressiveMetal #Queen #Review #Reviews #Slugdge #SouthernProgress #StrappingYoungLad
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Oil wells drained of fluids
Underneath stand black gold druids
The dragon turns his gaze above
Releases his breath, a flaming dove
Engines crunch on the ground below
Through its teeth, cleansing lava flows
Gaia set to self-destruct
Flamethrower complacent fucks🎵 Flamethrower
💿 PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation, 2023
▶️ https://song.link/y/wPKmEUnj3IE#TomsMusic #NowPlaying #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Flamethrower #GizzaLizaWizaJourney
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#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard, con la chorra fuera, como suelen.
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#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard, con la chorra fuera, como suelen.
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#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard, con la chorra fuera, como suelen.
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In 2023 I listened to 71 new releases which I ranked in my #TomsAOTY2023
Looking back, I only find 9 albums that I keep coming back to.
I re-ranked them. The numbers next to the album name indicate changes compared to my original list.
The one to rule them all is still King Gila! 👑 🦎
🎵 https://song.link/at/i/1684380711
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Hellripper #Kvelertak #Dusk #QueensOfTheStoneAge #QOTSA #Godsmack #Screamer #Obituary
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Today #Bandcamp Friday supports #LA fire recovery
90 song 'today only' compilation:
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-music-to-lift-los-angelesFeaturing tracks by: #PerfumeGenius
#KFlay
#REM
#FayeWebster
#Dawes
#DeathCabforCutie #PostalService
#MacDeMarco
#NekoCase
#TVOnTheRadio
#Blondshell
#JeffTweedy
#TheWaronDrugs
#ToroyMoi
#TenaciousD
#ModestMouse
#LittleDragon
#LALOM
#MJLenderman
#CourtneyBarnett
#RealEstate
#MyMorningJacket
#HurrayForTheRiffRaff
#JasonIsbellandThe400Unit
#SoccerMommy
#AnimalCollective
#ColdWarKids
#RickyMontgomery
#Lucius
#TheMidnight
#SpiritualCramp
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
#MadiDiaz
#Interpol
#MilitarieGun
#ChelseaWolfe
#iRo
#DirtyProjectorsAndStargaze
#PUP
#Porches
#AnnieDiRusso
#HippoCampus
#NewPornographers
#TySegall
#NealFrancis
#MikiRatsula
#Dr.Dog
#TheDip
#LocalNatives
#TundeAdebimpe
#Gustaf
#WaterFromYourEyes
#Mudhoney
#Centro
#SilversunPickups
#RYX
#ManchesterOrchestra
#PoolKids
#FIDLAR
#TheArmed
#HEALTH
#Momma
#SYML
#MiyaFolick
#JoshRitter
#TheHeavyHeavy
#Pachyman
#NickThune
#SoulAsylum
#HotlineTNT
#BEL
#Sycco
#TheHoldSteady
#cumgirl8
#RichyMitchAndTheCoalMiners
#CunninghamBird
#LalaLala
#TheoKatzman
#CassandraJenkins
#brotherkenzie
#ImWithHer
#ChrisCohen
#FlockofDimes
#Friko
#GeorgeAlice
#ThisIsLorelei
#ShannonLay
#Eggy
#AlyciaLang
#JamesHenryJr
#WatkinsFamilyHour -
Today #Bandcamp Friday supports #LA fire recovery
90 song 'today only' compilation:
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-music-to-lift-los-angelesFeaturing tracks by: #PerfumeGenius
#KFlay
#REM
#FayeWebster
#Dawes
#DeathCabforCutie #PostalService
#MacDeMarco
#NekoCase
#TVOnTheRadio
#Blondshell
#JeffTweedy
#TheWaronDrugs
#ToroyMoi
#TenaciousD
#ModestMouse
#LittleDragon
#LALOM
#MJLenderman
#CourtneyBarnett
#RealEstate
#MyMorningJacket
#HurrayForTheRiffRaff
#JasonIsbellandThe400Unit
#SoccerMommy
#AnimalCollective
#ColdWarKids
#RickyMontgomery
#Lucius
#TheMidnight
#SpiritualCramp
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
#MadiDiaz
#Interpol
#MilitarieGun
#ChelseaWolfe
#iRo
#DirtyProjectorsAndStargaze
#PUP
#Porches
#AnnieDiRusso
#HippoCampus
#NewPornographers
#TySegall
#NealFrancis
#MikiRatsula
#Dr.Dog
#TheDip
#LocalNatives
#TundeAdebimpe
#Gustaf
#WaterFromYourEyes
#Mudhoney
#Centro
#SilversunPickups
#RYX
#ManchesterOrchestra
#PoolKids
#FIDLAR
#TheArmed
#HEALTH
#Momma
#SYML
#MiyaFolick
#JoshRitter
#TheHeavyHeavy
#Pachyman
#NickThune
#SoulAsylum
#HotlineTNT
#BEL
#Sycco
#TheHoldSteady
#cumgirl8
#RichyMitchAndTheCoalMiners
#CunninghamBird
#LalaLala
#TheoKatzman
#CassandraJenkins
#brotherkenzie
#ImWithHer
#ChrisCohen
#FlockofDimes
#Friko
#GeorgeAlice
#ThisIsLorelei
#ShannonLay
#Eggy
#AlyciaLang
#JamesHenryJr
#WatkinsFamilyHour -
Today #Bandcamp Friday supports #LA fire recovery
90 song 'today only' compilation:
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-music-to-lift-los-angelesFeaturing tracks by: #PerfumeGenius
#KFlay
#REM
#FayeWebster
#Dawes
#DeathCabforCutie #PostalService
#MacDeMarco
#NekoCase
#TVOnTheRadio
#Blondshell
#JeffTweedy
#TheWaronDrugs
#ToroyMoi
#TenaciousD
#ModestMouse
#LittleDragon
#LALOM
#MJLenderman
#CourtneyBarnett
#RealEstate
#MyMorningJacket
#HurrayForTheRiffRaff
#JasonIsbellandThe400Unit
#SoccerMommy
#AnimalCollective
#ColdWarKids
#RickyMontgomery
#Lucius
#TheMidnight
#SpiritualCramp
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
#MadiDiaz
#Interpol
#MilitarieGun
#ChelseaWolfe
#iRo
#DirtyProjectorsAndStargaze
#PUP
#Porches
#AnnieDiRusso
#HippoCampus
#NewPornographers
#TySegall
#NealFrancis
#MikiRatsula
#Dr.Dog
#TheDip
#LocalNatives
#TundeAdebimpe
#Gustaf
#WaterFromYourEyes
#Mudhoney
#Centro
#SilversunPickups
#RYX
#ManchesterOrchestra
#PoolKids
#FIDLAR
#TheArmed
#HEALTH
#Momma
#SYML
#MiyaFolick
#JoshRitter
#TheHeavyHeavy
#Pachyman
#NickThune
#SoulAsylum
#HotlineTNT
#BEL
#Sycco
#TheHoldSteady
#cumgirl8
#RichyMitchAndTheCoalMiners
#CunninghamBird
#LalaLala
#TheoKatzman
#CassandraJenkins
#brotherkenzie
#ImWithHer
#ChrisCohen
#FlockofDimes
#Friko
#GeorgeAlice
#ThisIsLorelei
#ShannonLay
#Eggy
#AlyciaLang
#JamesHenryJr
#WatkinsFamilyHour -
Today #Bandcamp Friday supports #LA fire recovery
90 song 'today only' compilation:
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-music-to-lift-los-angelesFeaturing tracks by: #PerfumeGenius
#KFlay
#REM
#FayeWebster
#Dawes
#DeathCabforCutie #PostalService
#MacDeMarco
#NekoCase
#TVOnTheRadio
#Blondshell
#JeffTweedy
#TheWaronDrugs
#ToroyMoi
#TenaciousD
#ModestMouse
#LittleDragon
#LALOM
#MJLenderman
#CourtneyBarnett
#RealEstate
#MyMorningJacket
#HurrayForTheRiffRaff
#JasonIsbellandThe400Unit
#SoccerMommy
#AnimalCollective
#ColdWarKids
#RickyMontgomery
#Lucius
#TheMidnight
#SpiritualCramp
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
#MadiDiaz
#Interpol
#MilitarieGun
#ChelseaWolfe
#iRo
#DirtyProjectorsAndStargaze
#PUP
#Porches
#AnnieDiRusso
#HippoCampus
#NewPornographers
#TySegall
#NealFrancis
#MikiRatsula
#Dr.Dog
#TheDip
#LocalNatives
#TundeAdebimpe
#Gustaf
#WaterFromYourEyes
#Mudhoney
#Centro
#SilversunPickups
#RYX
#ManchesterOrchestra
#PoolKids
#FIDLAR
#TheArmed
#HEALTH
#Momma
#SYML
#MiyaFolick
#JoshRitter
#TheHeavyHeavy
#Pachyman
#NickThune
#SoulAsylum
#HotlineTNT
#BEL
#Sycco
#TheHoldSteady
#cumgirl8
#RichyMitchAndTheCoalMiners
#CunninghamBird
#LalaLala
#TheoKatzman
#CassandraJenkins
#brotherkenzie
#ImWithHer
#ChrisCohen
#FlockofDimes
#Friko
#GeorgeAlice
#ThisIsLorelei
#ShannonLay
#Eggy
#AlyciaLang
#JamesHenryJr
#WatkinsFamilyHour -
Today #Bandcamp Friday supports #LA fire recovery
90 song 'today only' compilation:
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-music-to-lift-los-angelesFeaturing tracks by: #PerfumeGenius
#KFlay
#REM
#FayeWebster
#Dawes
#DeathCabforCutie #PostalService
#MacDeMarco
#NekoCase
#TVOnTheRadio
#Blondshell
#JeffTweedy
#TheWaronDrugs
#ToroyMoi
#TenaciousD
#ModestMouse
#LittleDragon
#LALOM
#MJLenderman
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Episode one hundred and two is up now! Today's song is Le Risque by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
I discuss the bluesy style the band seem to be adopting for this project, and the multiple vocals the song cycles through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPXXHHUJNE
#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #lerisque #kinggizzard #kinggizz #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #stumackenzie #ambrosekennysmith #michaelcavanagh #cavs #joeywalker #blues #bluesrock
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Episode one hundred and two is up now! Today's song is Le Risque by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
I discuss the bluesy style the band seem to be adopting for this project, and the multiple vocals the song cycles through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPXXHHUJNE
#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #lerisque #kinggizzard #kinggizz #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #stumackenzie #ambrosekennysmith #michaelcavanagh #cavs #joeywalker #blues #bluesrock
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Episode one hundred and two is up now! Today's song is Le Risque by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
I discuss the bluesy style the band seem to be adopting for this project, and the multiple vocals the song cycles through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPXXHHUJNE
#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #lerisque #kinggizzard #kinggizz #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #stumackenzie #ambrosekennysmith #michaelcavanagh #cavs #joeywalker #blues #bluesrock
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Episode one hundred and two is up now! Today's song is Le Risque by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
I discuss the bluesy style the band seem to be adopting for this project, and the multiple vocals the song cycles through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPXXHHUJNE
#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #lerisque #kinggizzard #kinggizz #kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #stumackenzie #ambrosekennysmith #michaelcavanagh #cavs #joeywalker #blues #bluesrock
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OK, one last hurrah for today - let's see what can I do for @neurothing's #TheInsect, or songs referencing six-legged critters in their title.
As usual, this will be a🧵:5. #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard: Big Fig Wasp
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Melvin and The Melvins Rodeö: Melvin Ditches His Pills and Reviews Tarantula Heart
By GardensTale
“Melvin’s The Melvins Rodeö” is a time-honored single-instance tradition that won’t be repeated, unless it will. The doctor said — to no effect at all — that Melvin should take his prescription as usual and let one of his many writer personalities showcase the most underground of the underground—seminal co-founders of both grunge and sludge, The Melvins, whose legacy speaks for itself. This collectividual review treatment continues to exist to unite me, myself and Melvin in boot or bolster of the band who reminds us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of The Melvins. Melvin rides on.”
For over twenty albums The (the) Melvins has been distilling wild tones through rockin’ and trippin’ soundscapes. Through their forty-plus year existence, they’ve carved both essentials of the stoner/sludge sound—approximately 1991’s Bullhead through 1994’s Stoner Witch—as well as albums that, well, aren’t so great—arguably Prick, some early 00s cuts, a few really odd EPs and such… also arguably there’s just too much Melvins. But hey, what does that matter when guitarist/vocalist Buzz Osborne and drummer/sometimes bassist Dale Crover have been at it for this long, living their dream year after year. Participating in similarly weird acts like Fantômas, and arising from the ashes of messy punk bands Fecal Matter,1 Stiff Woodies,2 and Brown Towel, Melvins penchant for low rent good times is inbred and part of the charm. So where does that leave this 27th full-length studio release, Tarantula Heart? King Buzz himself claims that it’s unlike any other Melvins release to date, owing to a backwards way of writing where songs were cobbled together from improvised riffs and melodies. But what say us Melvins? Surely only Melvins can judge Melvins… – Melvin(s)
The Melvins // Tarantula Heart [April 19th, 2024]
Melvin: If you think about it, we’re all Melvins around here, and so the Melvining is finally upon us and our sweet new jam band is back and ready to rip some faces. Or whatever. Look, I get that Melvins are super iconic,3 but I’ve never offered a listen beyond just an “oh that’s a Melvin, I see” with a song here and there. So Tarantula Heart is quintessential Melvins, and that’s super rad, dude, because we’ve got ourselves some sorta arachnophobic blend of stoner rock, noise rock, sludge, and grunge. Take near twenty-minute opener “Pain Equals Funny,” which kicks off with a bright and shiny riffage straight outta Howling Giant4 before dragging the sound into a dark hole like a brown recluse yoinks its prey, complete with squelching and gore that you expect, sludgy riffing colliding with reverbed drawls only to be hit with psychedelic guitar and straight-up noise that sound like Swans’ The Seer. It’s a goddamn shame or maybe a blessing, because the following tracks simply do not live up to the hype, but that doesn’t stop “Working the Ditch” and “Allergic to Food” from being menacing sludgy bangers, or the spidery and dissonant “She’s Got Weird Arms” and “Smiler” from being like that guy who chooses the urinal right next to you. And like that guy, Melvins according to the Melvins is like that guy: awkward, jarring, and ridiculously uncomfortable. But you can’t help but look at that tremendous dong. 3.5/5.0
Melvin: Let’s get weird with The Melvins! The experimental composition method leaves something akin to a curated jam, parceled out into four tracks until the band got bored and lumped everything else into the nineteen minute opener. To pull this off you must be a band with decades of experience and a penchant for weird psychedelic shit. Good thing The Melvins fits that description! “Pain Equals Funny” is a grand journey with grandiose energy, but it’s surprisingly listenable for something so free-form. Founder, vocalist, guitarist and exploded hairdo Buzzo sneers and croons with good, sardonic spirit, and the amount of feedback-laden riffs lend a noise-like sense of grit to the experience. Putting the big jammy epic up front is a ballsy choice, but a smart one, as the lethargy that starts setting in by the end is counteracted by the high energy of the Tarantula Heart’s remainder. “Working the Ditch,” a dark and biting piece of nasty sludge, and the unhinged avant-punk of “Allergic to Food” are the highlights here, but every track is worth your time. In a way, Tarantula Heart is review-proof. The Melvins sets out to experiment and muck about a bunch, and whatever came out of that, the goal was already met. But if you allow yourself to release the reins entirely and ride the insanity, the result is much more enjoyable than I had expected. Kudos for the old coots! 3.5/5.0
Melvin: Melvins are a legendary institution in whatever niche you place them in. Be it experimental rock, sludge, grunge, stoner, or alt-everything, they blazed a wicked career of freakishness doing whatever they wanted without regard for commercial success. For Tarantula Heart, their 20th release (depending on how you count collaborations), the band decided to try an unusual approach to songwriting. The members each came up with ideas independently of one another and eventually came together to try to piece them into actual songs. That’s either a recipe for a musical tire fire or something truly ingenious. So which is it? In classic Melvins style, it’s a bit of both. As always, they challenge the listener. This time by opening with the nineteen minutes of “Pain Equals Funny.” It’s a weird, meandering song that tests the listener’s ability to sit still and it doesn’t fully work, but there’s a legitimately good eight or nine-minute song buried in the excessive drone, dissonance, and dead spaces. “She’s Got Weird Arms” sounds like Talking Heads got into the shrooms and then wrote a song with Oingo Boingo. It’s good, but super odd. Also repulsively attractive is the bizarre “Allergic to Food” which reeks of Butthole Surfers and even Beck. Closer “Smiler” is a sludge rock missile fired right at your bases and it hits hard. I want a whole album of this shit. I didn’t get it, but Tarantula Heart is more or less what you expect from Melvins. It’s all over the map, but the good outweighs the truly fucked up, barely. 3.0/5.0
Melvin: The band that arguably ushered in grunge, only to watch it die and have finely goateed vultures pick its bones, brings us their latest bag of tricks, and it wouldn’t be a new Melvins record without a healthy dose of “what fresh hell is this?” Tarantula Heart sits firmly in a jammy, noisy, sludgetastic sound world, and if wildly ambitious nineteen-minute opener “Pain Equals Funny” is any indication, has zero fucks to give whether or not you “get it.” Regardless of your experience with the band that was named after yours truly in the bathroom of a Thriftway, Tarantula Heart saves its rewards for the patient and open-minded listener. Lose yourself in the extended jams and hypnotic swirling of “Pain Equals Funny,” bob your head to the dual-drummer-drumming of “Working the Ditch,” and let your sanity melt away in The Twilight Zone-esque atmosphere of “She’s Got Weird Arms.” Sure the longform of “Pain Equals Funny” loses its steam more than once in its meanderings, and the material often feels more like improvised jams and not fully-clothed songs, but there’s a real charm to the devil-may-care attitude on Tarantula Heart. Fans of Melvins will continue to be impressed on the band’s 27th(!) record, and I think this one may make a few new converts yet. 3.0/5.0
Melvin: Melvins are unmistakable in their craft, and this newest venture in its adventurous construction—spontaneously reconstructed jam-based songs—lands no different. Thick, crunchy riffs that swagger alongside rhythms with a psychedelic stumble, every moment of Tarantula Heart feels like a night lost to memory of a little too much to drink and not enough hours to blow it off. Ever warm and so carefully distorted, longtime fuzz-slinger Buzz Osborne worships amp noise and twangy march all the same. Sometimes the droning feedbacks that inspire bands like Boris last for minutes and minutes dissolving against phasing drum chatter and swooshing noise patches (“Pain Equals Funny”). At others, wailing, modulated lines screech in spite of double-drumkit marches and rollicking riff patterns sure to please fans of olde Melvins and emerging psych/stoner leaning rock acts like King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard alike. Whatever the case, an undeniable and persistent groove underlies every movement and helps long-form and short-form statements feel like one, well-worn cabinet-blowing performance. Cobbled of memorable phrases and improvised excursions, Tarantula Heart spins a web enough to catch, a glimmer enough to fascinate, and a vibe enough to settle in. Comfortable, composed, and loaded with practiced energy, Melvins at play continues to be worth a listen, even if their most groundbreaking work is far behind them. 3.0/5.0
#2024 #AmericanMetal #Apr24 #Beck #Boris #ButtholeSurfers #Grunge #HowlingGiant #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Melvins #Noise #NoiseRock #OingoBoingo #PsychedelicRock #Sludge #StonerRock #Swans #TalkingHeads #TarantulaHeart #TheMelvins
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Melvin and The Melvins Rodeö: Melvin Ditches His Pills and Reviews Tarantula Heart
By GardensTale
“Melvin’s The Melvins Rodeö” is a time-honored single-instance tradition that won’t be repeated, unless it will. The doctor said — to no effect at all — that Melvin should take his prescription as usual and let one of his many writer personalities showcase the most underground of the underground—seminal co-founders of both grunge and sludge, The Melvins, whose legacy speaks for itself. This collectividual review treatment continues to exist to unite me, myself and Melvin in boot or bolster of the band who reminds us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of The Melvins. Melvin rides on.”
For over twenty albums The (the) Melvins has been distilling wild tones through rockin’ and trippin’ soundscapes. Through their forty-plus year existence, they’ve carved both essentials of the stoner/sludge sound—approximately 1991’s Bullhead through 1994’s Stoner Witch—as well as albums that, well, aren’t so great—arguably Prick, some early 00s cuts, a few really odd EPs and such… also arguably there’s just too much Melvins. But hey, what does that matter when guitarist/vocalist Buzz Osborne and drummer/sometimes bassist Dale Crover have been at it for this long, living their dream year after year. Participating in similarly weird acts like Fantômas, and arising from the ashes of messy punk bands Fecal Matter,1 Stiff Woodies,2 and Brown Towel, Melvins penchant for low rent good times is inbred and part of the charm. So where does that leave this 27th full-length studio release, Tarantula Heart? King Buzz himself claims that it’s unlike any other Melvins release to date, owing to a backwards way of writing where songs were cobbled together from improvised riffs and melodies. But what say us Melvins? Surely only Melvins can judge Melvins… – Melvin(s)
The Melvins // Tarantula Heart [April 19th, 2024]
Melvin: If you think about it, we’re all Melvins around here, and so the Melvining is finally upon us and our sweet new jam band is back and ready to rip some faces. Or whatever. Look, I get that Melvins are super iconic,3 but I’ve never offered a listen beyond just an “oh that’s a Melvin, I see” with a song here and there. So Tarantula Heart is quintessential Melvins, and that’s super rad, dude, because we’ve got ourselves some sorta arachnophobic blend of stoner rock, noise rock, sludge, and grunge. Take near twenty-minute opener “Pain Equals Funny,” which kicks off with a bright and shiny riffage straight outta Howling Giant4 before dragging the sound into a dark hole like a brown recluse yoinks its prey, complete with squelching and gore that you expect, sludgy riffing colliding with reverbed drawls only to be hit with psychedelic guitar and straight-up noise that sound like Swans’ The Seer. It’s a goddamn shame or maybe a blessing, because the following tracks simply do not live up to the hype, but that doesn’t stop “Working the Ditch” and “Allergic to Food” from being menacing sludgy bangers, or the spidery and dissonant “She’s Got Weird Arms” and “Smiler” from being like that guy who chooses the urinal right next to you. And like that guy, Melvins according to the Melvins is like that guy: awkward, jarring, and ridiculously uncomfortable. But you can’t help but look at that tremendous dong. 3.5/5.0
Melvin: Let’s get weird with The Melvins! The experimental composition method leaves something akin to a curated jam, parceled out into four tracks until the band got bored and lumped everything else into the nineteen minute opener. To pull this off you must be a band with decades of experience and a penchant for weird psychedelic shit. Good thing The Melvins fits that description! “Pain Equals Funny” is a grand journey with grandiose energy, but it’s surprisingly listenable for something so free-form. Founder, vocalist, guitarist and exploded hairdo Buzzo sneers and croons with good, sardonic spirit, and the amount of feedback-laden riffs lend a noise-like sense of grit to the experience. Putting the big jammy epic up front is a ballsy choice, but a smart one, as the lethargy that starts setting in by the end is counteracted by the high energy of the Tarantula Heart’s remainder. “Working the Ditch,” a dark and biting piece of nasty sludge, and the unhinged avant-punk of “Allergic to Food” are the highlights here, but every track is worth your time. In a way, Tarantula Heart is review-proof. The Melvins sets out to experiment and muck about a bunch, and whatever came out of that, the goal was already met. But if you allow yourself to release the reins entirely and ride the insanity, the result is much more enjoyable than I had expected. Kudos for the old coots! 3.5/5.0
Melvin: Melvins are a legendary institution in whatever niche you place them in. Be it experimental rock, sludge, grunge, stoner, or alt-everything, they blazed a wicked career of freakishness doing whatever they wanted without regard for commercial success. For Tarantula Heart, their 20th release (depending on how you count collaborations), the band decided to try an unusual approach to songwriting. The members each came up with ideas independently of one another and eventually came together to try to piece them into actual songs. That’s either a recipe for a musical tire fire or something truly ingenious. So which is it? In classic Melvins style, it’s a bit of both. As always, they challenge the listener. This time by opening with the nineteen minutes of “Pain Equals Funny.” It’s a weird, meandering song that tests the listener’s ability to sit still and it doesn’t fully work, but there’s a legitimately good eight or nine-minute song buried in the excessive drone, dissonance, and dead spaces. “She’s Got Weird Arms” sounds like Talking Heads got into the shrooms and then wrote a song with Oingo Boingo. It’s good, but super odd. Also repulsively attractive is the bizarre “Allergic to Food” which reeks of Butthole Surfers and even Beck. Closer “Smiler” is a sludge rock missile fired right at your bases and it hits hard. I want a whole album of this shit. I didn’t get it, but Tarantula Heart is more or less what you expect from Melvins. It’s all over the map, but the good outweighs the truly fucked up, barely. 3.0/5.0
Melvin: The band that arguably ushered in grunge, only to watch it die and have finely goateed vultures pick its bones, brings us their latest bag of tricks, and it wouldn’t be a new Melvins record without a healthy dose of “what fresh hell is this?” Tarantula Heart sits firmly in a jammy, noisy, sludgetastic sound world, and if wildly ambitious nineteen-minute opener “Pain Equals Funny” is any indication, has zero fucks to give whether or not you “get it.” Regardless of your experience with the band that was named after yours truly in the bathroom of a Thriftway, Tarantula Heart saves its rewards for the patient and open-minded listener. Lose yourself in the extended jams and hypnotic swirling of “Pain Equals Funny,” bob your head to the dual-drummer-drumming of “Working the Ditch,” and let your sanity melt away in The Twilight Zone-esque atmosphere of “She’s Got Weird Arms.” Sure the longform of “Pain Equals Funny” loses its steam more than once in its meanderings, and the material often feels more like improvised jams and not fully-clothed songs, but there’s a real charm to the devil-may-care attitude on Tarantula Heart. Fans of Melvins will continue to be impressed on the band’s 27th(!) record, and I think this one may make a few new converts yet. 3.0/5.0
Melvin: Melvins are unmistakable in their craft, and this newest venture in its adventurous construction—spontaneously reconstructed jam-based songs—lands no different. Thick, crunchy riffs that swagger alongside rhythms with a psychedelic stumble, every moment of Tarantula Heart feels like a night lost to memory of a little too much to drink and not enough hours to blow it off. Ever warm and so carefully distorted, longtime fuzz-slinger Buzz Osborne worships amp noise and twangy march all the same. Sometimes the droning feedbacks that inspire bands like Boris last for minutes and minutes dissolving against phasing drum chatter and swooshing noise patches (“Pain Equals Funny”). At others, wailing, modulated lines screech in spite of double-drumkit marches and rollicking riff patterns sure to please fans of olde Melvins and emerging psych/stoner leaning rock acts like King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard alike. Whatever the case, an undeniable and persistent groove underlies every movement and helps long-form and short-form statements feel like one, well-worn cabinet-blowing performance. Cobbled of memorable phrases and improvised excursions, Tarantula Heart spins a web enough to catch, a glimmer enough to fascinate, and a vibe enough to settle in. Comfortable, composed, and loaded with practiced energy, Melvins at play continues to be worth a listen, even if their most groundbreaking work is far behind them. 3.0/5.0
#2024 #AmericanMetal #Apr24 #Beck #Boris #ButtholeSurfers #Grunge #HowlingGiant #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Melvins #Noise #NoiseRock #OingoBoingo #PsychedelicRock #Sludge #StonerRock #Swans #TalkingHeads #TarantulaHeart #TheMelvins
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Melvin and The Melvins Rodeö: Melvin Ditches His Pills and Reviews Tarantula Heart
By GardensTale
“Melvin’s The Melvins Rodeö” is a time-honored single-instance tradition that won’t be repeated, unless it will. The doctor said — to no effect at all — that Melvin should take his prescription as usual and let one of his many writer personalities showcase the most underground of the underground—seminal co-founders of both grunge and sludge, The Melvins, whose legacy speaks for itself. This collectividual review treatment continues to exist to unite me, myself and Melvin in boot or bolster of the band who reminds us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of The Melvins. Melvin rides on.”
For over twenty albums The (the) Melvins has been distilling wild tones through rockin’ and trippin’ soundscapes. Through their forty-plus year existence, they’ve carved both essentials of the stoner/sludge sound—approximately 1991’s Bullhead through 1994’s Stoner Witch—as well as albums that, well, aren’t so great—arguably Prick, some early 00s cuts, a few really odd EPs and such… also arguably there’s just too much Melvins. But hey, what does that matter when guitarist/vocalist Buzz Osborne and drummer/sometimes bassist Dale Crover have been at it for this long, living their dream year after year. Participating in similarly weird acts like Fantômas, and arising from the ashes of messy punk bands Fecal Matter,1 Stiff Woodies,2 and Brown Towel, Melvins penchant for low rent good times is inbred and part of the charm. So where does that leave this 27th full-length studio release, Tarantula Heart? King Buzz himself claims that it’s unlike any other Melvins release to date, owing to a backwards way of writing where songs were cobbled together from improvised riffs and melodies. But what say us Melvins? Surely only Melvins can judge Melvins… – Melvin(s)
The Melvins // Tarantula Heart [April 19th, 2024]
Melvin: If you think about it, we’re all Melvins around here, and so the Melvining is finally upon us and our sweet new jam band is back and ready to rip some faces. Or whatever. Look, I get that Melvins are super iconic,3 but I’ve never offered a listen beyond just an “oh that’s a Melvin, I see” with a song here and there. So Tarantula Heart is quintessential Melvins, and that’s super rad, dude, because we’ve got ourselves some sorta arachnophobic blend of stoner rock, noise rock, sludge, and grunge. Take near twenty-minute opener “Pain Equals Funny,” which kicks off with a bright and shiny riffage straight outta Howling Giant4 before dragging the sound into a dark hole like a brown recluse yoinks its prey, complete with squelching and gore that you expect, sludgy riffing colliding with reverbed drawls only to be hit with psychedelic guitar and straight-up noise that sound like Swans’ The Seer. It’s a goddamn shame or maybe a blessing, because the following tracks simply do not live up to the hype, but that doesn’t stop “Working the Ditch” and “Allergic to Food” from being menacing sludgy bangers, or the spidery and dissonant “She’s Got Weird Arms” and “Smiler” from being like that guy who chooses the urinal right next to you. And like that guy, Melvins according to the Melvins is like that guy: awkward, jarring, and ridiculously uncomfortable. But you can’t help but look at that tremendous dong. 3.5/5.0
Melvin: Let’s get weird with The Melvins! The experimental composition method leaves something akin to a curated jam, parceled out into four tracks until the band got bored and lumped everything else into the nineteen minute opener. To pull this off you must be a band with decades of experience and a penchant for weird psychedelic shit. Good thing The Melvins fits that description! “Pain Equals Funny” is a grand journey with grandiose energy, but it’s surprisingly listenable for something so free-form. Founder, vocalist, guitarist and exploded hairdo Buzzo sneers and croons with good, sardonic spirit, and the amount of feedback-laden riffs lend a noise-like sense of grit to the experience. Putting the big jammy epic up front is a ballsy choice, but a smart one, as the lethargy that starts setting in by the end is counteracted by the high energy of the Tarantula Heart’s remainder. “Working the Ditch,” a dark and biting piece of nasty sludge, and the unhinged avant-punk of “Allergic to Food” are the highlights here, but every track is worth your time. In a way, Tarantula Heart is review-proof. The Melvins sets out to experiment and muck about a bunch, and whatever came out of that, the goal was already met. But if you allow yourself to release the reins entirely and ride the insanity, the result is much more enjoyable than I had expected. Kudos for the old coots! 3.5/5.0
Melvin: Melvins are a legendary institution in whatever niche you place them in. Be it experimental rock, sludge, grunge, stoner, or alt-everything, they blazed a wicked career of freakishness doing whatever they wanted without regard for commercial success. For Tarantula Heart, their 20th release (depending on how you count collaborations), the band decided to try an unusual approach to songwriting. The members each came up with ideas independently of one another and eventually came together to try to piece them into actual songs. That’s either a recipe for a musical tire fire or something truly ingenious. So which is it? In classic Melvins style, it’s a bit of both. As always, they challenge the listener. This time by opening with the nineteen minutes of “Pain Equals Funny.” It’s a weird, meandering song that tests the listener’s ability to sit still and it doesn’t fully work, but there’s a legitimately good eight or nine-minute song buried in the excessive drone, dissonance, and dead spaces. “She’s Got Weird Arms” sounds like Talking Heads got into the shrooms and then wrote a song with Oingo Boingo. It’s good, but super odd. Also repulsively attractive is the bizarre “Allergic to Food” which reeks of Butthole Surfers and even Beck. Closer “Smiler” is a sludge rock missile fired right at your bases and it hits hard. I want a whole album of this shit. I didn’t get it, but Tarantula Heart is more or less what you expect from Melvins. It’s all over the map, but the good outweighs the truly fucked up, barely. 3.0/5.0
Melvin: The band that arguably ushered in grunge, only to watch it die and have finely goateed vultures pick its bones, brings us their latest bag of tricks, and it wouldn’t be a new Melvins record without a healthy dose of “what fresh hell is this?” Tarantula Heart sits firmly in a jammy, noisy, sludgetastic sound world, and if wildly ambitious nineteen-minute opener “Pain Equals Funny” is any indication, has zero fucks to give whether or not you “get it.” Regardless of your experience with the band that was named after yours truly in the bathroom of a Thriftway, Tarantula Heart saves its rewards for the patient and open-minded listener. Lose yourself in the extended jams and hypnotic swirling of “Pain Equals Funny,” bob your head to the dual-drummer-drumming of “Working the Ditch,” and let your sanity melt away in The Twilight Zone-esque atmosphere of “She’s Got Weird Arms.” Sure the longform of “Pain Equals Funny” loses its steam more than once in its meanderings, and the material often feels more like improvised jams and not fully-clothed songs, but there’s a real charm to the devil-may-care attitude on Tarantula Heart. Fans of Melvins will continue to be impressed on the band’s 27th(!) record, and I think this one may make a few new converts yet. 3.0/5.0
Melvin: Melvins are unmistakable in their craft, and this newest venture in its adventurous construction—spontaneously reconstructed jam-based songs—lands no different. Thick, crunchy riffs that swagger alongside rhythms with a psychedelic stumble, every moment of Tarantula Heart feels like a night lost to memory of a little too much to drink and not enough hours to blow it off. Ever warm and so carefully distorted, longtime fuzz-slinger Buzz Osborne worships amp noise and twangy march all the same. Sometimes the droning feedbacks that inspire bands like Boris last for minutes and minutes dissolving against phasing drum chatter and swooshing noise patches (“Pain Equals Funny”). At others, wailing, modulated lines screech in spite of double-drumkit marches and rollicking riff patterns sure to please fans of olde Melvins and emerging psych/stoner leaning rock acts like King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard alike. Whatever the case, an undeniable and persistent groove underlies every movement and helps long-form and short-form statements feel like one, well-worn cabinet-blowing performance. Cobbled of memorable phrases and improvised excursions, Tarantula Heart spins a web enough to catch, a glimmer enough to fascinate, and a vibe enough to settle in. Comfortable, composed, and loaded with practiced energy, Melvins at play continues to be worth a listen, even if their most groundbreaking work is far behind them. 3.0/5.0
#2024 #AmericanMetal #Apr24 #Beck #Boris #ButtholeSurfers #Grunge #HowlingGiant #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #Melvins #Noise #NoiseRock #OingoBoingo #PsychedelicRock #Sludge #StonerRock #Swans #TalkingHeads #TarantulaHeart #TheMelvins
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[Calendrier de l'avent musical 2023🎄]
🎁 7 Décembre
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "The Silver Cord"🔊 Ecouter : https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/the-silver-cord
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Salió el cartel de Lollapalooza Chile 2024.
Yo encuentro que el nivel, igual que el año pasado, está bien más o menos. Salvo Blink 182, todo el resto son shows que en cualquier otro festival quedarían en segunda categoría.
@musicaAlgunos artistas destacados:
#Blink182 #ArcadeFire #LimpBizkit #TheOffspring #SamSmith #ThirtySecondsToMars #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #NothingButThieves #Congreso #CatupecuMachu #TenemosExplosivos#Lollapalooza #LollaCL2024 #Conciertos #Conciertos2024 #Chile
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Going through my album of the year list makes me realise one thing:
2023 is packed with first class bangers! 🤘
#Hellripper #Obituary #Blackbraid #QOTSA #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard , you name it.
...hell, even #TheHives released a really good album.
What's your number one so far this year?
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My Top 5 bands/artists no particular order
#BrothersOsborne
#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
#LydiaLoveless
#TheDeadSouth
#DeVotchKa