Saturday:
As the heat gets worse and the prospect of melting becomes increasingly likely, a bouncing up and down session in the pit to The Scratch is probably inadvisable, but there you go. The Dublin four-piece are absolutely fantastic, frontman Daniel “Lango” Lang using taped drumsticks to beat the hell out of his Cajón like some kind of busker’s bodhrán as the band cover Motörhead classic “Ace of Spades.” Continue reading
Another year, another summer heatwave. Climate change is definitely a thing, but at this point I’m not entirely sure the organisers of Bloodstock Open Air aren’t just getting out and pushing South Derbyshire a few thousand miles closer to the sun.
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King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – L.W.
As indicated by the title, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard’s seventeenth full-length essentially serves as the second half of 2020’s K.G. and picks up where it left off stylistically. L.W. (Flightless Records) sees the completion of the microtone trilogy that started with 2017’s Flying Microtonal Banana, emphasizing a similar mix of Middle Eastern scales, rhythmic percussion, and loosely flowing song structures. ‘Static Electricity’ and ‘See Me’ do the best job of dialing that vibe with their upbeat pacing while the grandiose chugs and life-affirming chants make the closing ‘K.G.L.W.’ one of the band’s most over the top Doom Metal dives to date. Continue reading