Friend last night: "have you heard ... they're called like ... Daniel Strudel and the Noodle Doodle?"
― mick signals, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
Omg actual lol
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
ILM don't care about Gizzard and you may be right at this point.Used to be great though.
― nostormo, Friday, 29 March 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link
ok i listened to the latest i was erm not expecting straight 86 speed metally thrash. Its not terrible i guess.
It made me think of HNIA’s different smart-ass visitation to metalfrom 2016, which was like, sunshine prog-metal(?). HNIA’s album was actually much more interesting imo.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 23 August 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
lot of young aussie bro's really really like these dudes (and possibly drugs??)
― Tokyo Ghetto Stüssy (King Boy Pato), Friday, 23 August 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
because i'm slightly interested in what they're on about, repeated listens haven't been bad, also the guit style is more thrash than beedleybeedleybeedlebeedely. i guess ecoconscious thrash shit is closer fit for olds who are more garage or postpunk maybe. 'i have gone insane-o i lust for volcano pee with molten lava give me my nirvana' and 'auto-cremate! self-immolate!'
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 24 August 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
Taking my son to see them in a few weeks, he's a big fan. Trying to get caught up on their endless catalog. They seem like great musicians, very creative and intense, but the sheer repetition of their approach wears me down.
Which ones should I listen to if I want to hear them mix it up more? So far I've liked Flying Microtonal Banana the most, but I've barely scratched the surface.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 26 August 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
nonagon infinity is the most accessible to early olds imo, it's relentless and stirring.
i love the first one that was my intro, which is very psych- can't remember the name, it has Head On/Pill?
I'm in Your Mindfuzz is pretty strong imo.
I was meh on Fishing For Fishies which is working that sound conceit so hard, or maybe not the sound I wanted. The recent is really fun, but it's way chewing gummy to me. Still the more I listen, there more I am charmed by it.
I can't remember Polygondwanaland, so...
― Hunt3r, Monday, 26 August 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
I was half-hoping the new one would be even more thrashy, which is kind of a funny thing — they're constantly churning out so many records in so many different veins that you wind up with a fairly loose attachment to any of them sounding particularly Gizzardy. Or maybe it's just the nature of thrash that once you blend a little of it into what you're doing, it starts feeling like you might as well thrash all the way; it's kind of an extremist genre!
At some point they should release a detailed guide to their working methods, like a productivity self-help book for rock musicians. At this point I'm just curious how they divide up their time.
― ንፁህ አበበ (nabisco), Monday, 26 August 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
Minimize chord progressions, tempo changes, syncopation, and vocal melodies seems to be part of it, at least for the straightforward rock LPs.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 02:54 (four years ago) link
gonna guess no
― some men just want to watch the world Bern (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, May 4, 2016 5:06 PM (three years ago)
this is definitive
― j., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
Is it?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
gonna guess yes
― j., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 03:10 (four years ago) link
Infest The Rats' Nest is kind of a wild record. I think I like them in metal mode more than some. This pretty much sounds like old school Metallica meets Sleep.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 1 September 2019 04:55 (four years ago) link
one of the better metal albums of 2019 so far imo
you could say "it's just kind of a gloss of common metal ideas" to which i would say so is like 80% of metal nowadays
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 5 September 2019 10:13 (four years ago) link
I saw them play in Austin last night, pretty good show. Huge, extremely hyped up crowd. The new songs went over really well, but there was a little too much time spent on the slow jazzy numbers, letting all the band members sing songs, and some endless boogie beats. Needed a bit more of the fast-paced material.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 5 September 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
Ooh, I'm liking K.G. so far. A return to the microtonal shit.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 20 November 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link
Very fun yes, and some enjoyable curveballs as well
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 20 November 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
K.G. is indeed really good.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
The Live In SF LP is great as well
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
That's next on my list to spin, actually.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
First half is all Nonagon all the time, and it ends with a fantastic Head On-Pill that also goes Nonagon when yr least expecting it
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Monday, 7 December 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
What's KG? I loved microtonal banana but never really got this band beyond that.
― Duke, Monday, 7 December 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
It's the name of their latest album
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
it has like a dance track which feels ~weird~, but what, am i gonna tell THIS band how to genre?
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, “Intrasport”, the weird disco track stands out a little, but it segues so nicely into the next song that I can’t hate it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 04:20 (three years ago) link
KG is very Microtonal, it's great
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
This rules.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
LW out Friday, lol
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
i was into this band for a bit but haven't kept up with them at all, and now i see them being used on social media (even tiktok) as shorthand for annoying arcane prog rock dorks in the same way as tool, so i guess they've hit the big time
― na (NA), Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
they're still great, love both kg & lw - strong albums both!
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
with the massive volume of albums they've put out, there are absolutely some duds, but there are so many good ones as well. If LW continues with the direction of KG, them I'm totally down.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
Not a massive expert on them but they always strike me as great fun - certainly moreso than Tool!
― chap, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
Yeah, there's nothing po-faced abt Gizz, they do not take themselves seriously like that at all.
LW is literally the other half of KG, more excursions on the seas of microtonality. TBH i prefer KGLW to the Flying Microtonal Banana LP that started it all off.
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/l-w
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
yet another record!
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 11 June 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
A great one, too
― burnt hombre (stevie), Friday, 11 June 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
I really loved these guys for a minute and then a bunch of stuff happened in my life and I kind of lost track, probably missed 9 albums
― Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 18 June 2021 09:47 (two years ago) link
I always enjoy them when they're playing, but I can't really be doing with the sheer amount of listening it must take to be a true fan.
― chap, Friday, 18 June 2021 10:20 (two years ago) link
Alice bought one of their albums on RSD
I forget which one: I'd look through their discogs list, but I really don't have that kind of spare time...
― Mark G, Friday, 18 June 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
Forthcoming album Butterfly 3000 is very fun, a new age synth pop record
― burnt hombre (stevie), Saturday, 19 June 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMldn7hFZo pretty cool 18 min jam
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 13:43 (two years ago) link
is fake vinyl lead-in groove noise the sonic equivalent of fake ring wear on the album cover art?
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
Saw them live doing a garage rock set recently. Up there as one of my funnest gig experiences and the first time I realised crowd surfing can actually be not terrible (obviously only to a degree, don't crucify me). I drunkenly also started a movement which resulted in 50% of all males at the front taking their shirts off and it was all around an absolutely great time.
All that said, don't have time for their albums. They really are best as a live band
― hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
That’s a shame. I love Butterfly 3000
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link
Listened to Mind Fuzz and Butterly 3000 after avoiding them for years due to the name. Goddamit, I'm kind of hooked. The disco-y stuff reminds me of later Tame Impala, but better?
― move over GAPDY, now there's BIG THIEF! (PBKR), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
Catching Smoke off the latter is a fun ride.
― move over GAPDY, now there's BIG THIEF! (PBKR), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:21 (two years ago) link
Of their recent ones, I really enjoyed KG, LW, and Infest The Rats' Nest
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 21 March 2022 23:24 (two years ago) link
I will check those out. They have a million albums!
― move over GAPDY, now there's BIG THIEF! (PBKR), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 00:44 (two years ago) link
Rat's Nest is just a fantastic thrash album. The forthcoming LP is brilliant as well, a good place for the neophyte to begin as it draws on lots of different styles, etc, rather than pursuing a single concept.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 09:30 (two years ago) link
some of these extended versions are transcendent and some do not justify their length at all
― ufo, Friday, 27 October 2023 12:28 (six months ago) link
I agree with that, but I'm still having a blast. When that one track ("Set"?) busts out a Freedom Williams-esque rap verse I cracked up.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 October 2023 22:47 (six months ago) link
Actually, there's a lot of stadium house/KLF coursing through a lot of this. But also nods to drum and bass, acid, etc.
Lol at this line in the allmusic review: "... giving the listener more time to wonder why the band chose to go down this route." Like, of all the bands that would make you ask "why," this band is not one of them.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 October 2023 23:13 (six months ago) link
this is excellent running music.
― organ doner (ledge), Saturday, 28 October 2023 16:56 (six months ago) link
^hugely looking forward to running to this.
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 30 October 2023 15:00 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZR9SA5pOg
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Thursday, 2 November 2023 15:34 (six months ago) link
Before the album came out I saw a few references to Giorgio Moroder, and of course they've done Krautrock (sort of), so I was not expecting the Eurodance jock-jam vibe.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 November 2023 16:47 (six months ago) link
me neither but everything they do is a bit silly so it's not exactly out of character. I think this is what's so endearing about them, for example I'm not really a metal guy but I dug Petrodragonic Apocalypse because it wasn't afraid to be dumb in a real fun way. I mean "Gila Monster" is one of the few metal tracks I've heard that really made me laugh.
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 November 2023 17:42 (six months ago) link
I know better than to get hung up on just one particular album from these guys and this made for a fun listen (esp the extended version), but I don't know, this whole album and rollout feels to me like they are leaning way too hard into pleasing the reddit fanbase or something. It just seems too intentionally meme ready and winking, or something. I dunno, it's hard to put into words how I'm feeling about it, but I guess this is where I think the silliness outstrips the quality of the music and I've never really felt that way before.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 November 2023 17:46 (six months ago) link
I enjoyed the euro techno jock jam esp because i was rollerskiing. at least they good at what they do.
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Thursday, 2 November 2023 18:01 (six months ago) link
found a copy of Polygondwanaland today and wow this is just up my alley. real progressive and kind of electrofunky. genuinely nuts that this is was one of FIVE albums they did that year. with most modern prog acts you're lucky if you get an album like this every 4 years.
― frogbs, Sunday, 12 November 2023 04:12 (six months ago) link