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Indie Basement (1/21): King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3001
Brooklyn Vegan

‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard made their biggest zag yet with last year’s Butterfly 3000 which found the tripped-out, microtonal-loving Aussie psych band successfully exploring danceable pop music. It makes sense then, that they’d farm out the record for remixes. As someone who was into dance music and indie/alt in the ’90s, I am a fan of remixes and still own many CD singles of wild Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley, Todd Terry and Fred Falke reworks of Saint Etienne, Bjork, etc. Butterfly 3001 is very much in that spirit and there’s a lot of great stuff here.’

Today’s New Albums: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
JamBase

‘King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizard presented Butterfly 3001 today through their KGLW label. The LP is a remix album of the Melbourne, Australia-based, genre-blending psych-rockers’ 2021 album, Butterfly 3000. The remix record boasts a different song sequence along with multiple versions of the same track reimagined by different artists including DJ Shadow, The Flaming Lips, Peaches, Scientist, DāM-FunK, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Confidence Man, Terry Tracksuit and more.’

Stream King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s New Remix Album Butterfly 3001
Stereogum

‘Australian psych-rock goon squad King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are already so wildly prolific that it seems almost unfair to add remix albums to the pile. Nevertheless, they’re following up last year’s synthy Butterfly 3000 with Butterfly 3001, a new space odyssey/remix album featuring reworkings of the original LP’s tracks from artists like the Flaming Lips, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, DāM-FunK, Peaches, and Peaking Lights.’

King Gizzard share DJ Shadow rework of “Black Hot Soup” & its amazing video
Brooklyn Vegan

“In awesome late-’90s style, DJ Shadow grabs hold of one line from King Gizzard’s original and turns it into an entirely new, banging club track full of breakbeats, killer basslines and lots of turntablism. The remix also comes with great music video made by John Angus Stewart that stars Australian radio DJ, humorist, and filmmaker John Safran as an aging club kid who is past his prime but still goes hard. It’s one of those videos, like Spike Jonze’s video for Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You,” that make the song better.”

DJ Shadow Remixes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s “Black Hot Soup,” And It’s Great
Stereogum

“With his remix, Shadow has turned “Black Hot Soup” into a classic Shadow banger, a breakbeat-driven funk workout that only takes a few elements from the original track. Shadow’s “My Own Reality Re-Write” of the song layers tumbling drums over a heavy bassline and a whole lot of record-scratching, and it sounds like a beautiful circa-1997 vision of a future that sadly never came to pass.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and DJ Shadow share “Black Hot Soup” re-write
The Fader

“DJ Shadow’s take on “Black Hot Soup” — which follows the new record’s lead singles, “Neu Butterfly (Peaches Remix)” and “Shanghai (The Scientist Dub),” both released last month — is indeed an obliteration of King Gizzard’s characteristically free-wheeling, psych-rock version. Shadow’s “reality” of the track retains elements of the original, but it’s set in his own world of breakbeats and vinyl scratches.”

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Share Video for DJ Shadow Remix of “Black Hot Soup”
Under The Radar

‘Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a video for the newly released DJ Shadow remix of “Black Hot Soup” from the band’s previous studio album, Butterfly 3000. The remix, dubbed the “DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write,” is the latest release from King Gizzard’s upcoming remix album, Butterfly 3001.’

King Gizzard announce remix album ft DJ Shadow, Flaming Lips, Confidence Man, more
Brooklyn Vegan

‘King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a remix album, titled Butterfly 3001, which will be out January 24 via KGLW. It features remixes and reworks of songs from this year’s Butterfly 3000 by DJ Shadow, The Flaming Lips, DāM-FunK, Geneva Jacuzzi, Peaches, Peaking Lights, Confidence Man, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and more.’

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce remix album ‘Butterfly 3001,’ share two new tracks
INDIE 88

‘“We’ve put off doing a remix album for a long time,” King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard explain. “Maybe it was conscious, maybe it wasn’t. But it’s happening now. That’s not to say that Butterfly 3000 makes the most sense to remix. It might seem like the obvious one, but it’s not. Yes it’s electronic. But so is a fridge.”’

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Unveil 2022 World Tour
Spin

‘Beginning next March at Lollapalooza Argentina in Buenos Aires, the psychedelic rock band is scheduled for some of their biggest festival appearances, including shows at Shaky Knees and Primavera Sound. Also taking on some of their largest venues yet, King Gizzard are returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre for a two-night sold-out stint. The Red Rocks and shows at the Greek in Berkeley, California are set to be the band’s famous three-hour marathon concerts.’

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Announce Massive 2022 World Tour
Consequence of Sound

‘The trek will see the Aussie psych-rockers traversing across Europe and the North and South Americas, while hitting festivals such as Lollapalooza in Argentina and Brazil, Primavera Sound, and Shaky Knees. During the latter part of their tour, King Gizzard will play some of their biggest venues yet, including a two-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, and Forest Hills Stadium in New York City.’

Ty Segall – Harmonizer
Pitchfork

‘The album distinguishes itself from the Segall catalog with extra-punctuated parts that slam into the ears, a calculated continuity enhanced by tracks that transition seamlessly, and a bunch of laser sounds.’

Ty Segall, ‘Whisper’
NPR

‘On “Whisper,” Segall mangles synthesizers until they sizzle and melt down into guitar-like lava. Combining sludgy stoner metal, electronic textures and sugary-sweet harmonies, Segall basically remakes heavy music into his own funhouse image. At the end, “Whisper” suddenly lurches into a slower gear, heading off in another direction.’

The Best Albums of 2021 (So Far)
Flood Magazine

‘The 10 compositions of Butterfly 3000 work together as a whole, interlocking with each other through synth loops and feathery, dreamy vocals. With Butterfly, King Gizz is less of an experimental prog-jam band standout and more in step with its synth-rock contemporaries—and they fit in just fine.’

SPELLLING is a Conduit of the Divine on Orchestral Pop Concept LP The Turning Wheel
Audio Femme

‘The elegant collection of twelve songs builds on the bewitching synth-based sound she’s consistently refined since 2017’s Pantheon of Me, evolving in terms of lyrical complexity, sonic richness and conceptual depth. Born largely of the past year spent in isolation, these shifts all serve to signal the exponential potential of Cabral’s creative capabilities.’

SPELLLING The Turning Wheel
Pitchfork

‘The myth-skewing, Oakland-based artist is a chameleonic pop singer on her third album. Whimsical and urgent, these are fairy tales meant to wake us up.

How Dracula, Tarot Cards, and Drinking in the Shower Inspired SPELLLING’s New Album
Pitchfork

‘Tia Cabral is a shapeshifter, with an eye and ear tilting toward the fantastical. In the visuals for her experimental pop project SPELLLING, she has appeared as an entity dipped in glittery goo, a rodeo princess, and a silver-faced harlequin. In her new short film for “Turning Wheel”—the title track of her enchanting new album—Cabral leads a gaggle of circus-chic misfits up a grassy knoll, a butterfly perched on her lavender cheek.’

Album of the Day: SPELLLING, “The Turning Wheel”
Bandcamp

‘The Turning Wheel is inspired by a multitude of genres, “from soul to psych to pop to noise” according to the record’s liner notes, which she knits together to gradually transport listeners from an airy high to a heavy low. It’s all done in a theatrical fashion, each scene connected by raw emotion.’

9 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Tyler, the Creator, Faye Webster, Lucy Dacus, SPELLLING, and More
Pitchfork

‘Chrystia Cabral’s new album as SPELLLING was led by the single “Little Deer”—a song she called a “thesis track” of the LP because “it accomplishes this strong impression of theater that I was striving for with the album as a whole.” Learn more in the new feature “How Dracula, Tarot Cards, and Drinking in the Shower Inspired SPELLLING’s New Album.”’

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