STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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EWAN KATZ applauds yet another genre-bending release from the ridiculously eclectic Australian rockers
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Flight b741
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
HAVING delved into electro-pop on their last effort, Flight b741 marks a significant stylistic departure by taking off into a rowdy roots-rock adventure. Gliding guitar riffs and seguing numbers give the feel of one continuous piece on a record reminiscent of some of the Grateful Dead’s finer work.
The album’s lead single, Le Risque, features a driving bassline by Stu Mackenzie in lieu of his usual guitar duties. A thumping track worthy of lead single status, Le Risque marks drummer Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh’s vocal debut in a coolly delivered spoken-word verse.
Opening with a breezy country track, Mirage City tells of a dystopia that lurks behind a paradisiacal facade.
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