king gizzard and the lizard wizard
Goose’s light rig is one of many reasons fans have fallen in love with this band’s live experience.
Jam in the Stream weighs in not on the Goose show itself, per say, that rolled through Minnesota Sunday but the polarizing aspect that three up-and-coming bands have sparked the past few years. It’s OK to like, or not like, any or all of them. But it would be better if we all just remembered to be kind to one another.
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Los Bitchos has a unique sound, heavily influenced by cumbia. They’re playing in Los Angeles April 20, the day before Phish plays three nights at Hollywood Bowl.
Phish fans in Los Angeles early for the Hollywood Bowl run – and anyone into psychedelic rock – should head over to the El Rey Theatre on April 20 to catch Los Bitchos. The London-based quartet opened for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on their tour of Europe last month and won over many new fans.
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Serra Petale, Los Bitchos’ lead guitarist, took some time before the sold out Oslo show to do an interview with Jam in the Stream. Photo by Javier Serna
Serra Petale of Los Bitchos gave an interview to Jam in the Stream before opening up for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at the Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway March 8. Petale, a long-time fan of King Gizz, talked about the experience opening up for the Australian psych rock band, her own band’s roots in cumbia and how Los Bitchos wound up having an all-female core.
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Though the band brought the show to a soulful end, the show was front-loaded with a heavy onslaught of metal. Photo by Javier Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard sensed the Prague crowd wanted it hot and heavy and they delivered a banger of a show, easing up with some funk, blues and soul late in the two-hour set. The three levels of the Lucerna Velky Sal, a theater used for high school prom and ballroom dancing competitions, were piping hot; a blast of hot air billowed out of the venue’s front door for at least 45 minutes after the show.
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Even with the northern lights obscured by clouds, there were some pretty skies up on the Canada border the last few days. My friend did catch this sundog one recent morning. Photo by Chad Campbell
Though he’s covered the outdoors for many of the last 22 years, the writer hasn’t had a column touching on the topic since 2004. With the launch of this blog in February, the option to write such a piece, however irregularly, opened back up. Here is the first such effort, though, warning, it rambles on and hits on a number of related topics including the northern lights, Lake of the Woods, and John Hartford covering John McLaughlin.
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Seamus Patrick Kobayashi O’Connor, 40, of Oak Park, Ill., has found the energy to hold his arm and phone up for hours at a time. Photo by Jakov Šafran.
Seamus Patrick Kobayashi O’Connor has been attempting to attend and live stream every show on King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s 17-show tour through Europe and the U.K.
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The band’s artist and light man Jason Galea made full use of the Sentrum Scene as a canvas for his incredible projections. Photo by Sue Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard took their 17-show tour of Europe to Oslo, Norway's Sentrum Scene, the perfect backdrop for the incredible visual element to their live shows. It turned out to be Jam in the Stream’s favorite show of the first five attended, though one show remains tonight in Prague.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard played a set of mostly older songs in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo by Javier Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard heated up a repurposed brewery on a cold, winter night in Stockholm, Sweden.
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King Gizzard obliged a metal-thirsty crowd by ripping three loud songs late in their set at 013 Poppodium, including the debut of “Gila Monster.” Photo by Javier Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard hit its stride three shows into their March tour of Europe and the U.K. The band fed off the energy of a mosh-happy, metal-thirsty Dutch crowd that was rewarded with the debut of “Gila Monster.”
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King Gizzard continued their European tour in Amsterdam on March 3, at circular former gas storage facility that has a beautiful second life as a concert venue. Part of the crowd at Amsterdam’s Gashouder sat down and “rowed the boat” when the band teased “Dripping Tap,” during “Mr. Beat.”
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PARIS — King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard opened their March tour of Europe with “Rattlesnake,” at the Zenith on March 2.
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