Austin Psych Fest Live (Friday): King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Hair-whipping Aussies pound like a tap dancing rhinoceros

"...On disc, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard revels in eclecticism, spraying..."

May 3, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Levitation Live Shot: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Australian crowd-surfing instigators stomp a tsunami

"...who thought universal good vibes had shunned Austin in the wake of Levitation’s cancellation on Thursday stood corrected Sunday..."

May 2, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Is a Metal Band Now

Stubb’s appearance showcases thrash aptitude

"...Once underdogs, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s triumphant moment has arrived...."

Sept. 5, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Last Week in Live Music: Slipknot, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Café Tacvba, and More

"...Staff photographers David Brendan Hall and Jana Birchum pick their favorite photos from last week's local shows. Pictured here:..."

Sept. 10, 2019 Photo Gallery

Last Week in Live Music: Megafauna, Wild Child, King Gizzard and More

"...Staff photographers pick their favorite photos from last week's local shows. Pictured here:..."

June 26, 2018 Photo Gallery

King Gizz, Jesus & Mary Chain, Osees, W.I.T.C.H., and L7 Emerge on Levitation 2022 Lineup

Halloween week concert curation comes into focus

"...The four nights leading up to Halloween in Austin are..."

June 29, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Garage rock, indie-pop, funk, and more

"...comes with an extra helping from Down Under with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Stubb's and trio..."

June 22, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

Chunky Shrapnel

On the road with rock maniacs King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

"...Not reviewed at press time. On the road with Australian rock maniacs King Gizzard & the..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review

Levitation Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the under and overcard

"...(son of mbira legend Dumisani Maraire) are at once the past and future of hip-hop. Debuting in 2011 with..."

April 29, 2016 Music Feature

Levitation 2022

"...The Black Angels at Stubb's during Levitation on October 30,..."

Oct. 31, 2022 Photo Gallery

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

King Gizzard, Godspeed You!, and more lengthy band names

"...During the first two nights of Halloweekend’s Levitation, the Chronicle music..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Playback – Sike Fest: Levitation Canceled

Levitation 2016, a bitter pill for all

"...The weatherman is a liar and a fearmonger, accentuating the..."

May 6, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

"...King Gizzard & the Lizard WizardOddments (Flightless)..."

May 2, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

Austin Psych Fest Announces Lineup

APF 7 goes global

"...The Reverberation Appreciation Society opened its stash box just now..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Die Spitz, L7, and the Pinky Rings as Fembots

"...The Chronicle music team ventured across downtown venues to wrap..."

Oct. 31, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Playback: Screamadelica

Austin Psych Fest 2014 drops its lineup

"...Topping the seventh annual rite of spring are a handful of..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: DAIISTAR, Good Time (Fuzz Club)

Quartet's debut fleshes out counterculture ethos with shoegaze lilts and industrial guitars

"...Pandemic-formed act DAIISTAR seems to have fallen from the sky, crash-landing its layered neo-psychedelia into a record deal..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Austin-Based Ten Atoms Signs Regina Spektor and the Breeders in National Expansion

Ryan Matteson discusses his artist management firm's new Chicago office

"...talent: off-center 2000s-launched singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, Nineties alt-rock pioneers the Breeders, and, recently, up-and-coming disco trio Say She She...."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Five Here-and-Now Picks to See at Levitation

Genre-blending show assembly runs next Thursday through Sunday

"...The former Austin Psych Fest has now been called Levitation..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Shaky Knees Festival

"...The 9th annual Shaky Knees Music Festival — put on..."

May 3, 2022 Photo Gallery

Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band Album Review

Music Is Dead (Castle Face Records)

"...ballad "One Eye Flees Aquapolis" pours rose petals on the path that traverses the soundscape of Nolan Potter's third..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Faster Than Sound: Demons & Delights – The Art of Billie Buck

Local illustrator makes “Hot Soup” at the relocated Austin Museum of Popular Culture

"...On a rainy weeknight, Billie Buck is behind the counter at Antone's Record Shop. Enter a stonery young..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Best Live Music Performances of 2019

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Alejandra Ramirez: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Stubb's..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

You Won’t Catch Max Richter Sleeping

A 60-minute edit of the 8-hour Sleep? Do tell!

"...returned from a full-length performance of 2015’s Sleep at the Great Wall of China. He samples his score to..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Expand Your Mind With These 13 Psychedelic Bands at SXSW

"...dunks Italian spaghetti Western soundtracks in such strong psychedelics they come out seeing stars. Cumbia rhythms and Afrobeat repetitions..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Critics Poll

"...Neph Basedow: Iggy Pop, ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

SXSW Q&A: The Church

Anarchistic Aussie bush rangers siege Saturday

"...During its Eighties heyday, the Church’s hit with “Under the Milky Way.” Since then,..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland