#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #lx day # 3
Não. Dá. Para. Explicar.

this evening's surprise live-streamed show has me thinking about #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard's fantastic call to action that showed before they played last tour (maybe this one too?)

#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #lx day # 2
Hoje foi I-N-S-A-N-O!

good lads that they are, Gizz ends a pretty doom-heavy show with the chilled-out jamfest "Le Risque". A Gizz track with harmonica is always a fun time. Send 'em out with a smile on their face, proper professional entertainer stuff, I reckon.

someone in the stream chat posted a set list, it looks right to me, I think I came in around 6 or 7.

​​1.Iron Lung
2.Hypertension
3.This Thing
4.Supercell
5.Dragon
6.KGLW
7.Doom City
8.Nuclear Fusion
9.Evil Death Roll
10.-14. Han Tyumi And The Murder of The Universe
15.Le Risque

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incredible fan-art of Han-Tyumi by u/LittleGreenCharacter

https://www.reddit.com/r/KGATLW/comments/djfgv1/hantyumi_the_confused_cyborg_concept_fan_art/

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Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg

He just wants to vomit, man.

"That's rough, buddy."

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No Future 🤘

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invited some fans up on stage to do an incredible screaming duet

god, this energy is unreal. I've been to Gizzard shows, but never one like this. it's so dynamic and the crowd's absorption in it is palpable

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my level of KGATLW fandom is approximately: "I think I know this one, it rips mate"

because, you know, safe bet

anyway, I know this one but I don't know its name and cannot place it by album even. but it does rip

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Fans of #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard will likely want to know that they are currently live-streaming their show in Portugal

and *whistles* what a show it is 🤘

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q5wc8bR2SQ

juas 50 minutos de concierto y empiezan el 4º tema.
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He pillado de casualidad este directo de King Gizzard https://www.youtube.com/live/_Q5wc8bR2SQ?si=rjVH-nPDXoK9g9Rs #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard

#KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #lx day # 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUIsRsvJC8

#NowPlaying #Music #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard #psychedelic

That's one hell of a song 🤘

🎵 The Lord of Lightning by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
💿 Murder of the Universe, 2017
▶️ https://song.link/y/_4GxkoU9RfY

#TomsMusic #NowPlaying #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard

Oooooh, some #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard too!

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, 2025

#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

#NP: #NowPlaying:

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard with Mild High Club - 'Sketches Of Brunswick East' (2017)

The #KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard with #MildHighClub jazz album? Psychedelic, proggy, jazzy and weird weird stuff, highly addicting. Countdown! Yeehaa!

If you don't want to listen through all King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard albums, I made a playlist for you which features my favourite songs:

▶️ https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxhndMTmJ3OLNJrSDJI9rpy2QdH4SS-h

It covers almost all albums and yes, I put the whole PetroDragonic album on it.

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