#jason galea

[judging-a-album-by-its-cover]

Polygondwanaland - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (2017)

Artist : Jason Galea

#prog rock #psychedelic rock #rock #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #polygondwanaland #jason galea #2010s #album cover

[bizarrobrain]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard posters by Jason Galea

#Jason Galea #King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard #Music #Gig Posters

[nofatclips]

Horology by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, live in Asheville 2019, from the deluxe edition of Polygondwanaland

#music #live #spinda #spinda records #king gizzard #king gizzard & the lizard wizard #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #live music #michael cavanagh #cook craig #stu mackenzie #ambrose kenny smith #eric moore #joey walker #lucas harwood #sam joseph #stacey wilson #gaspard demulemeester #artwork #jason galea #Bandcamp

[tur-bot0-4]

IT IS DONE!

I finally made this poster! I FYCKING LOVE HOW IT CAME OUT...

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... Bi...

#art #dnd oc #wondernope #dnd #steven universe #my ocs #peridot #steven universe dnd #steven unvierse au #poster #beryl #kgatlw #jason galea #kglw #finished #digital art #king gizzard & the lizard wizard

[fuckyeahkinggizz]

How to gut a Fishie. A film by Jason Galea

#kgatlw #kglw #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #fishing for fishes #Jason galea #Youtube

[kgandthelw]

This the lyric book that came with the vinyl of Murder of the Universe. Alter Me!

#kglw #kgatlw #jason galea #king gizzard and the lizard wizard

[meg-megbanom-ezt]

The Four Horsemen of my Spotify Wrapped

As a last minute effort, I present my Spotify wrapped as my final post of this year, with a bit of illustration. The background of the image is, of course, not mine but Jason Galea's. Originally I wanted to recreate it myself but a) I couldn't make it half, no, quarter as good b) I can't be bothered by doing anything difficult for 2022. I've had enough.

The reason I don't post the original Spotify images like anybody else is... because my poor phone is so old and messed up that I was happy to be able to tap through at. all. I was like, "is there any cheat code for Level 2?", the app crashed OR skipped too much forward OR backward. So this is also a goodbye to Spotify on the phone because after I wrote(!) down(!!!) the stats, I deleted the app. Spoiler: it also crashed all the other times. I've bought an SD card and I'll listen to mp3s from now on. Soooo ~retro~!

To be fair, I used the Spotify browser edition, as well; more than the phone app version, I'd guess. Maybe I keep using that, but I prefer YouTube for listening for music (I know, I know), although it's not really the bee's knees either. Just still the better one IMO.

So if anybody persisted despite my rants or against the odds how much people usually care for other's music taste... HERE IS THE POINT:

Most common genres (in descending order, but fuck bullet points):

new wave - no surprise rock - broad category, but I can see this Australian indie - see later... classic Hungarian rock - hmm... I think this is a broad category as well early US punk - I can see this, too

How much I've listened to Spotify?

3493 minutes, which is ~58 hours - not even 2,5 days. I don't think it's too much. Still, I've listened to more music than 45% of Hungarian users! I'm so curious how would the distribution look like. And what about podcasts? I guess it's also a keyword here. (Podcasts are not my cup of tea, but I'd still love to see statistics. OK, I just like stats, OK?)

Top 5 songs:

Holiday in Cambodia - imagine this... this made it to the top with *drum roll* four repeats on a gray January day! Wow, just wow. I can't complain, tho - it's a great song. It just looks like I don't do that horrible number of loops on Spotify (unlike on YT). Also, now you understand the top left corner (even though, iirc, Jello gnawing the chord is in the California Über Alles video? anyway...). Pop Song 89 - Oh, I can explain this, it's a recent thing. I opened Spotify, I saw this song among top of the favourites, "oh, I like this", I played the song - and closed the app / tab. Hence, the top right corner (but poor Michael Stipe, I should've drawn him better in retrospect). Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer - holy shit, I didn't even remembered this song title. I guess I was like, "wait it's good!" and replayed a few times without recollecting. [these guys drugged me through their music: a story at 8PM] Swamp Thing - same as above, but it's by The Chameleons. But even worse: unlike with King Gizzard, I don't even really know the band! Put me in the *looks in the notes* pillory. Ez a város - the only reason it's this below because I listen to Európa Kiadó more on other platforms. :) I link this, because it's Hungarian and you'd find songs with the same title but shittier music if it wasn't for me. I biased but I don't care. ...OK, I care a bit. As much as I love this band, the lyrics make the difference here, so non-Hungarian speakers are inherently missing out and might just see it as any other new wave / alternative band. Still, recommended (of course!). Also, at bottom left quarter now you can recognize Jenő Menyhárt, the bandleader music director of the band.

Top bands:

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - surprise! Remember the above-mentioned Australian indie as the bronze-winner genre? King Gizzard single-handedly contributed to that. The funny - and maybe touching :3 - thing is that King Gizzard is actually one of my brother's favourite bands. The exception rule of my cynical take is that people might do care about other's taste if they are close friends or relatives. At least I do. So that's why I listened to the ABSOLUTE WHOLE FUCKING DISCOGRAPHY of the King Gizzard!!! And them being a really, I mean REALLY prolific band, it was easy to reach the top here. Their stuff is so diverse and energetic, but eventually... I like some of their albums, some of them I kinda love, even, but I don't think I became a real fan. I wouldn't go to their concert by myself but if someone important invited me OR I magically won a ticket, I'd gladly go. The Beatles - .......really?! - I muttered with a smirk. Honestly, fuck The Beatles. OK, I am just being edgy here. But they only finished on the second place because I clicked on a "basic Beatles for x hours" recommendation playlist and I complied, but wasn't impressed by the end. My point is, it's easy for a band to get a metric fuckton of hours if you binge them for whatever reason and then Spoti draws the wrong conclusion because quantity and preference don't necessarily correlate. (I guess I could've concluded already above but honestly, fuck the Beatles.) Európa Kiadó - I made my point above. One addition: their live stuff is often waaaay better than the studio stuff but those are available elsewhere, so the third place is reasonable. New Order - hmm. A band I kinda like, but don't like enough for the fourth place. Then I remembered that I binged two of their albums so I get it. The Smiths - well I wonder how come someone hasn't noticed that I'm dead these guys have only reached the fifth place? Kinda guilty pleasure, but I cannot not like the Smiths. So this is why we got Morrissey at the bottom right corner, not that he would deserve it, tho. Also I made his glasses with the anime school of obscuring glass because if I'm already embarrassed myself, why not top all of it with weeb shit.

Now peace out, I have to shower and go to the party where possibly better music is played (granted, my brother is also invited there). Happy New Year in advance for all my lovely mutuals and all the others passing by! <3

UPDATE: oh fuck, I forgot one more thing. I played King Gizzard for 728 minutes, which qualified me for the top 3% of listeners! Yeah, that's 12 hours and 8 minutes! If this doesn't impress you, nothing will.

#english post #saját rajz #drawings #music i like #spotify wrapped #possibly shitty takes #jello biafra #dead kennedys #michael stipe #rem #menyhárt jenő #európa kiadó #morrissey #the smiths #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #jason galea

[holtog]

This week's deep dive into King Gizz's discography: Sketches Of Brunswick East w/ Mild High Club.

Released Aug 2017 on Flightless / ATO / Heavenly

Sculpture / Layout : Jason Galea Additional Photography : Jamie Wdziekonski

Hot off the heels of our very first Gizzfest in late 2016, Alex Brettin from Mild High Club stayed in Melbourne for two weeks with Stu after playing our travelling national festival. Stu and Alex had sent each other a few ideas over email prior, then we all went into our studio for a few weeks to flesh them out and record them. I made the decision not to touch a bass guitar which was really fun for me. I’d always been ok on keys and was just having a hot streak playing them - and Alex’s Nord was really enticing me. Alex really pushed us, and I learnt a lot musically which was really cool! This album really expanded what music can be, to me anyway - I think all the other guys went on a bit of a journey with it too. –Lukey xo

#king gizzard and the lizard wizard #kgatlw #kglw #mild high club #sketches of Brunswick East #Jason galea #jamie wdziekonski

[mothelysium]

LIVE ON KEXP '19

KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD

edited together with great assistance from @atomic-cat

#king gizzard & the lizard wizard #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #kglw #kgatlw #king gizzard #kg&tlw #kg&lw #original assets by Jason Galea

[theartofmetal]

221. PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Various/Experimental/Stoner Metal/Rock, 2023)

Art by Jason Galea

#how did i miss this #metal #stoner metal #stoner rock #progressive #experimental #art #artwork #music #painting #drawing #illustration #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #heavy music #artist #cover art #heavy #lizard #australia #melbourne

[judging-a-album-by-its-cover]

Murder Of The Universe - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (2017)

Artist : Jason Galea

#jason galea #murder of the universe #king gizzard #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #rock #psychedelic rock #garage rock

[rovetrade]

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer | Fishing for Fishies (2019) dir. Jason Galea

#im sorry im so sorry #kglw #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #stu mackenzie

[nofatclips]

The Castle in the Air by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (featuring Leah Senior) from the album Polygondwanaland

#music #australian music #king gizzard & the lizard wizard #michael cavanagh #stu mackenzie #cook craig #nicholas roderick craig #ambrose kenny smith #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #stuart douglas mackenzie #eric moore #lucas skinner #joey walker #leah senior #casey hartnett #sam joseph #joe carra #artwork #jason galea

[petrodragonicapocalypse]

📸 jason galea via kinggizzard on instagram

#we need to talk about 4th image. those are definitely ambys manic candid paintings from when he had a busted knee in 2019 #also hiiii petro art <333 #silver cord preorder tomorrow who up fruitlessly hoping for a cd release 💯💯 #king gizzard & the lizard wizard #kgatlw #my posts

[theprogrockbstheorist]

BS Theory no. 2: The Gizzverse is a Prank

“Nonagon infinity opens the door/ Wait for the answer to open the door”

Or… does it? If you must know anything about the modern Australian psychedelic, prog, electronic, whatever else “rock” band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, you should know that they have a rabid base of devoted fans that have been mapping out the “Gizzverse” for years. This Gizzverse has developed due to the fact that this band has 25 studio albums in a little over a decade of existence and that much of their music is self-referential. It’s also not only the music: many of their music videos harken back to earlier ones, and much of their album artwork, done by close friend of the band Jason Galea, references back to earlier albums. This has convinced their fan base that there must be some connection, some overarching story connecting their albums. They band themselves have hinted towards this as well, stating that their albums take place in different “alternate timelines”. 

But what if they’re just fucking with us?

It’s undeniable that many of their albums have a cohesive theme and perhaps even plot— but most of these are self-contained. Their 2019 thrash metal album, Infest the Rats’ Nest, has a self-contained plot of global warming and superviruses ravaging the Earth, with Mars becoming outpaced for the average Earthling, so a crew sets out for Venus and burns up in the atmosphere. Their 2017 album (or rather, one of five of them), Murder of the Universe has something resembling an overarching plot and definitely an apocalyptic theme, and some say it ties into another one of their 2017 albums, Polygondwanaland, which is also divided into 3 separate suites. But, admittedly, a lot of these are reaches. 

This isn’t to say that there haven’t been SOME albums with confirmed connections: 2022’s albums Made in Timeland and Laminated Denim are anagrams of each other, and explore similar concepts. 2023’s two albums, Petrodragonic Apocalypse (no, I’m not writing out the full fucking name) and The Silver Cord are confirmed to be “yin-yang” albums. A lot of their albums DO deal with similar themes as well: usually with apocalyptic scenarios brought on by environmental factors, most of the time, climate change. So, clearly, there is an underlying theme to many of their albums. 

However, there is one reason why I doubt there’s much more to the “Gizzverse” than speculation: there’s not cohesive thought on what, exactly, constitutes the Gizzverse. None. There’s no established timeline by fans, there’s no sequence of events, there’s not even agreed consensus of albums that are a part of the Gizzverse. The band doesn’t say much about it, either, just that there’s “alternate timelines”. The wording is so vague that that could mean anything, from “we wrote a couple different concept albums exploring issues that are important to us, but are otherwise unrelated” to “we have a full-fledged multiverse with thought-out timelines and recurring characters.” This isn’t to say that there isn’t SOME evidence towards the latter: some of their album covers have recurring motifs, and sometimes similar-looking characters are referenced in their music videos, however that could be just coincidental. Even if it isn’t, I don’t think the Gizzverse is an established canon: I feel like the band is familiar enough with their devoted fanbase to realize that some people love theorizing (definitely not me), and intentionally lead them on a wild goose chase, throwing references to otherwise unrelated works. 

So, in other words, they’re probably fucking with us. There’s really not much evidence to prove that a Gizzverse exists: there’s next to no named characters, and those that are named have plots that resolve within in their own album, such as the Han-Tyumi and Balrog suites from Murder of the Universe. Furthermore, if a prog band, such as Cohered and Cambria or Ayreon, set out to make multiple albums within the same story line, they usually do it with the express purpose of doing so. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard did not do that. So, even if they do have some sort of multiverse going on, it’s certainly not very fleshed out, making it very open to interpretation. 

One thing to keep in mind from all this is that artists are human to, and sometimes they like to screw with people. We can’t take everything someone says at face value, because sometimes people make jokes, and sometimes people just..lie. Do I really think King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are pranking their fans with the concept of the gizzverse? I don’t believe they were being serious about having a fully fleshed-out plot or developed “alternate timelines”, but it is true that a lot of their work is conceptual in nature and deals with similar themes, so I can see how it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch for some people.

#essay #prog rock #progressive rock #prog #kgatlw #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #this has been in my drafts since July lol

[burlveneer-music]

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Live At Red Rocks '22 - 86 tracks! recorded over three dates

Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA, Oct 10, Oct 11 and Nov 2 2022creditsreleased January 24, 2023 Recorded by our sound crew: Sam Joseph, Nico Wilson, Gaspard Demulemeester and Gabe Nardin Mixed by Stu Mackenzie Cover design by Jason Galea Photography by Maclay Heriot Ambrose Kenny-Smith: Harmonica, Keys, Vocals, Saxophone, Percussion Cook Craig: Guitar, Keys, Vocals, Synthesiser Joey Walker: Guitar, Vocals, Synthesiser Lucas Harwood: Bass Michael Cavanagh: Drums Stu Mackenzie: Guitar, Vocals, Flute, Keys Leah Senior: Vocals track 21-23, 46-51, 84-85

#King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard #australia #melbourne #prog rock #rock #live #2022 #2023