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Jess Cornelius Shares Reimagined Version Of ‘Body Memory’
Clash Music

‘Jess Cornelius is always changing into something else, something new. An artist in motion, she moved from her native New Zealand to Australia, before lettering soaking up West Coast elements in the United States. Her work as Teeth & Tongue earned widespread acclaim, growing from a solo project into a full band. Last year’s solo album saw Jess strip her sound right down, and it gains a full UK release on May 14th.’

The innovation isn’t over, however, with the songwriter deciding to reimagine her album cut ‘Body Memory’.

17 New Songs Out Today: JESS CORNELIUS – “BODY MEMORY (PEACH FUZZ VERSION)”
Brooklyn Vegan

‘LA based Australian artist Jess Cornelius released Distance last year and she’s now shared an alternate version of that album’s “Body Memory.” “I’d started playing the song for myself in a totally different way – on echoey guitar instead of keys, with a dreamy, melancholic mood, and wanted to record it as a sort of ‘part two’,” says Jess.’

To see: The Murlocs revive the 80s in “Francesca”
Les Inrocks

‘Already in the oven and in the mill on one of the most bloated discographies since the 2010s at King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – 17 albums in 11 years, to which Les Inrockuptibles have devoted a much-needed retrospective -, Ambrose Kenny-Smith and Cook Craig continue their way outside the Australian formation with the quintet The Murlocs. Author of 4 albums between 2014 and 2019, the Melbourne group returns to the charge with Bittersweet Demons , a brand new record scheduled for June 25 at the New York label ATO.’

THE MURLOCS UNVEIL THE TRACK ‘FRANCESCA’
Vinyle Musique

‘The rock group The Murlocs has a singular style, a musical quality remarkable that seduced us from the first listen and that we particularly appreciate. This is why it seems essential to us to give it visibility via the video clip of this excellent title that is’ Francesca’. This one should enter the list of the most remarkable titles of the year 2021.’

New single The Murlocs – “Francesca”
Dansende Beren

‘When Ambrose Kenny-Smith isn’t working with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, he focuses on The Murlocs. The band has already written a good four albums and on June 25th a fifth will be added. Bittersweet Demons will be a celebration of all the loved ones of the band members, first single “Francesca” has become an ode to Ambrose Kenny-Smith’s mother. The music for this song was written by keyboard player and guitarist Tim Karmouche.’

The Murlocs announce new album (“Bittersweet Demons”)
Binaural

‘The rhythm of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is demonic, they do not stop releasing records or there is a global pandemic, even more so when the incombustible group cannot go on tour much. Even so, many fans of the band, and in particular of wondering when Ambrose Kenny-Smith, the other leader of the band, was going to release something new with The Murlocs . The wait is over: the group has just announced the release of their new album ” Bittersweet Demons ” on June 25 through ATO Records.’

‘Little Deer’ by SPELLLING Review
Pitchfork

‘From her home-recorded first album, 2017’s Pantheon of Me, up through 2019’s Sacred Bones debut Mazy Fly, the Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral—aka SPELLLING—has entertained a fascination with the otherworldly. “SPELLLING is about showing people that there’s magic in every moment,” Cabral told Pitchfork at the time. With “Little Deer,” the sweeping first single from her forthcoming third album, The Turning Wheel, Cabral vividly melds the mythical with the familiar.’

Pitchfork Features SPELLLING’s New Single ‘Little Deer’
Pitchfork

“…Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral has announced a new SPELLLING album: The Turning Wheel, which follows 2019’s Mazy Fly, is out June 25 via Sacred Bones. Listen to its lead single, “Little Deer”—a song inspired by Frida Kahlo’s iconic “Wounded Deer” painting—below…”

SPELLLING Returns with New Album ‘The Turning Wheel’
Exclaim!

Chrystia Cabral has shared details of a new album as SPELLLING. The Bay Area-based artist will release The Turning Wheel on June 25 through Sacred Bones Records.

The 12-song The Turning Wheel follows SPELLLING’s acclaimed 2019 LP Mazy Fly, which Exclaim! gave a 9/10 score.

Jess Cornelius announces U.K. release of her debut album, ‘Distance’

“Jess Cornelius has today announced details of the U.K. release of her debut album, Distance, which came out to much acclaim in the U.S. last summer.

Released on Friday May 14th 2021 on Loantaka Records, the U.K. edition is heralded by a digital single featuring an alternate version of the album track Body Memory and a cover version of the Eagles I Can’t Tell You Why.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard K.G.
Pitchfork

“Everything about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is governed by perpetual forward motion, from their music’s relentless momentum to their frequent reinventions to their tendency to release new albums with the regularity of a Substack newsletter. But while there’s a lot of joy to be had in hitching yourself to the Melbourne psych-rockers’ careening locomotive, the group’s recent track record suggests they could benefit from erecting some guard rails, with the honky-glam hoedown of Fishing for Fishies and the doomsday thrash of Infest the Rats’ Nest veering too sharply into the silly and the sullen, respectively.”

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard drop new album ‘L.W.’
Tone Deaf

“It’s only been three months since King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard dropped their last album, K.G.. Now, the band have dropped what they describe as a companion album to K.G., titled L.W.

The nine-track album includes the three singles that prefaced it, ‘Pleura’, ‘O.N.E.’ and ‘If Not Now, Then When?’, and was dropped on Bandcamp. In a statement, front-man Stu Mackenzie described how the band initially had no plans to release a companion album to K.G. Their experiences from last year, however, changed their mind. “

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – L.W.
Clash Music

“Further to the release of recent single ‘Pleura’, the ebullient Australian rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released ‘L.W.’ – the band’s seventeenth album and perhaps one of their most intriguing musical collections to date.

Recorded remotely during lockdown last year, this barnstorming album continues the journey where its predecessor K.G left off. It also finely showcases their use of microtonal tuning, which was first seen on with their 2017 album ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’.”

Stream King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s New Album L.W.
Stereogum

“The prolific Melbourne psych-rock army King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are famous for cranking out new albums at a frantic, baffling clip. Just three months ago, the band released an album called K.G. When they announced that one, the band said that the album would be “both a stand-alone work and also part of a bigger musical picture.” That bigger musical picture has other parts, too. Last week, the band announced plans to follow that one up with another new companion-piece album called L.W. That album is now out there in the world.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release ‘L.W.’ Studio Album, Follow-Up To 2020’s ‘K.W.’
Live For

“King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released yet another new studio album with the arrival of L.W., the companion to the Australian rock band’s surprise 2020 K.G. album.

Out today (February 25th), L.W. includes the previously-shared singles “O.N.E.”, “If Not Now, Then When?”, and “Pleura”. The album is available to stream on digital platforms like Spotify, and the band will donate $1 from every download of L.W. on Bandcamp to Greenfleet, an eco-friendly organization that plants native biodiverse forests in the band’s native Australia and New Zealand.”

Listen to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s new album ‘L.W.’
Brooklyn Vegan

“King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s 17th album, L.W., is out Friday and you can stream it now because it’s already Friday in Australia and the band have flipped the switch on their Bandcamp. This is third album in their “microtonal” series (that includes 2020’s K.G. and 2017’s Flying Mictrotonal Banana) that explores “the notes between the notes.” The record ranges from psychedelic folk to doomy heaviness.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard detail new album ‘L.W.’ (listen to “Pleura”)
Brooklyn Vegan

“King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have made it official — thier 17th album is titled L.W. and it will be out digitally next week (Feb 26) via Flightless, with physical editions out in the spring. The band are calling it a companion piece to last year’s K.G. and an extension of the musical explorations of the “notes between the notes” first heard on 2017’s Flying Mictrotonal Banana.”

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Announce New Album L.W., Share “Pleura”: Stream
Consequence of Sound

“For many bands, three months is only half of a promotional cycle. But for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the three months that passed since their last album K.G. means they’re due for the follow-up. Today, Melbourne’s hardest-working rock band has announced L.W., out February 26th, and they’ve also shared the new single “Pleura”.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Confirm New Album ‘L.W.’ & Share ‘Pleura’ Single
JamBase

“Aussie rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will release their 17th studio album, L.W., next Friday, February 26. The band previewed the nine-track LP with the video for “Pleura,” which was played live and filmed earlier today in Melbourne.

L.W. serves as a companion to King Giz’s November 2020 studio album, K.G.. Additionally, the LP is the third volume in the group’s exploration of microtonal tunings following 2017’s Flying Microtonal Banana and K.G.. The band previously shared L.W. singles “O.N.E.” and “If Not Now, Then When?”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce ‘L.W.’ Studio Album, Release New Single “Pleura” [Video]
Live For Live Music

“According to the band’s album announcement on Thursday, L.W. can be considered a companion piece to the recordings heard on K.G., so fans should be able to hear a sonic connection between the two projects.

For their latest recording, King Gizzard also shared its affiliated video which was impressively performed live, filmed, recorded, edited, and uploaded to YouTube all on February 18th.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Pleura”
Stereogum

“The endlessly prolific Australian psych-rock cowboys King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard lost a band member last year, but they haven’t let that slow them down. Late last year, the band released an album called K.G. Since then, they’ve dropped the loose tracks “If Not Now, Then When?” and “O.N.E.” As it turns out, those are the first two songs on another new Lizard Wizard album, and that album will arrive next week.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Pleura”
Under The Radar

“Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have just announced the release of their seventeenth album, entitled L.W. The band refers to it as a companion piece to their previous studio album, K.G., and it will be out next Friday (Feb. 26) on Caroline/Flightless. In addition to this announcement, they have shared a video for a song from the album, “Pleura.” The video, which features the band performing live, was directed by frequent King Gizzard collaborator John Angus Stewart of PHC Films. Check it out below, along with the cover art and tracklist for the album. “

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