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| 3.5 great | Spluger | March 3rd 17 |
Nonagon Infinity takes a few lorazepam's on a trip through the Middle East.
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| 2.0 poor | anat CONTRIBUTOR | March 5th 17 |
King Snoring and The Boring Whoring - Stationary Rotten Banana
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. STAFF | August 26th 22 |
You knew what to expect, and you got it. Psychy garage rock with eastern and Anatolian influences and the occasional acid touch? Hell yeah. Is it that different from other King Gizz records? Not that much. Eh.
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| 3.0 good | ElHombreChino | December 23rd 17 |
Some good ideas but as in all King Gizzard's releases of this year, It all sound just shoved in the record as fast as they thought of it. A little more thinking wouldn't have hurt. And if microtonal instruments are playable even with little practice one does not improvise himself a microtonal singer, and when instruments and voice do the same line one with quarter tones and the other with half it's not microtonal it's just pitchy.
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| 3.5 great | meenwolf131 | November 30th 17 |
rhythmic structural pacing of garage, psychedelic, krautrock movement / playful melodic transformation, intense progressive exploration of elements
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | September 14th 17 |
Drenched and saturated with psychedelia Flying Microtonal Banana is a whirlwind mix of that, acid rock and krautrock King Gizzard absolutely excel at a modern approach to a five-decade old sound. Perhaps one of the greatest strengths showcased here is the fact that they have created a psychadelic rock record that sounds original and fresh but still reminds one of those classic 60's albums all while not trying so hard to obviously sound like the golden era. This pitfall seems to capture a vast majority of good modern psych acts whole fail to become great; but not the Lizard Wizard. These Australians really hit the nail on the head with the pacing, track layout and songwriting here. Rattlesnake is about as natural as an opener as it gets and from there the music traverses great landscapes in each individual track while still remaining a tight blend of trippy, wandering psych-based rock. The triumph here just may be Open Water which turns up the pace and drowns the listener in an anxious scenario due to stellar lyrics and an almost trance-inducing musical approach. Stu Mackenzie seems to have a knack at writing lyrics which could be goofy on paper but fit right into his music harmoniously. Finally, it must be noted that this is apparently the group's first delve into microtonal music which makes the venture even more impressive. Flying Microtonal Banana is an adventure in modern rock which may bring even those totally sick of psychadelic rock back into that arena.
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| 3.5 great | TheManMachine | March 26th 17 |
Kinda miss the pure fire that was brought on by the perpetual propulsion of their loopy LP from last year, but the provided variety and perma-stellar performances and this here 'microtonal' makeup still engage to the extreme. Seeing that their grooves are tight as they are effortless and this is the first of five albums they're due to discharge in 2017, I get the feeling they can make this stuff in their sleep. And yeah the stiff glued-to-the-guitar-lick vox get old quick -- but for two-to-three fuzzy rock bands' worth of sound that employs punky-plain tunefulness and old-school dusty desert vibes with a penchant for piano+harmonica? Sleep it is, then. Plus screaming zurnas.
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| 3.0 good | zaruyache | March 11th 17 |
Retro Rock on Fantasy Island is a solid slab of rock of the olde school. Not as funky fresh as its predecessor in Nonagon Infinity, but still a bee bop a ree bop rhubarb pie jam and a half.
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| 3.5 great | list3r | January 8th 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | Caracal | January 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rick64 | January 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | November 18th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Dwap | November 5th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Artax36 | October 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | October 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | osmark86 | September 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Boreque | August 31st 22 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrOranj | February 16th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Introu1 | February 13th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | November 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | CamiloG | November 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | October 27th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Zakusz | August 16th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | July 11th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | oDjento | June 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | arf | June 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | jhop | March 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | Harlz | February 26th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Sniffy | February 4th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | gschwen | December 29th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Stufy2 | December 18th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | sicrvat | November 30th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | G13Guy | November 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | November 5th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Porklips | September 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | September 18th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Arlind | September 17th 20 |
| 3.5 great | vult | September 8th 20 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | May 30th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Aranox | May 30th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | May 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | neri31 | April 12th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | 5th | March 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilneto8 | February 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stakis83 | November 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slowdiiv | September 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | September 12th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | vil1 | September 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | snakesc | August 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | August 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krelkin | August 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | hcfro | August 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | zundza | August 19th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | August 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 16th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Keira | May 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | April 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nope6 | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flomink | April 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanteri | March 26th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Ryus | March 20th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Wyder | March 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alex C. | February 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sam C. | February 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Djang0 | December 6th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Grzka | December 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | 2ool | November 28th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Nine | September 2nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | CGayda | June 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | misha | March 2nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Corney | February 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Soupjan | February 21st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | gijsr | February 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Behexen | February 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gore | February 4th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | gster04 | February 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | January 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Ben STAFF | January 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | jonikk | January 5th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Javier | January 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | December 30th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Geomi | December 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | nateiv | December 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | toka | December 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Rdv | December 7th 17 |
| 3.5 great | PaabL | December 5th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | wg98 | December 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jdubbs11 | November 30th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | November 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | November 25th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | aiioli | November 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jjccllvv | November 21st 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jan555 | November 20th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jade | November 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | eirinn | November 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Xerian | November 16th 17 |
| 3.0 good | dmoz47 | November 4th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Triple6 | October 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jips | October 8th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | orakst | October 4th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | October 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | JJKeys | September 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | August 18th 17 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | August 8th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | btati | August 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cifirni | August 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | August 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | YeeHaw | July 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | coopj | July 10th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jiag | July 1st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jballs | May 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | May 27th 17 |
| 2.5 average | jsaf7 | May 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | wham49 | April 22nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | gilly | April 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | domchom | April 1st 17 |
| 3.5 great | ziroth | March 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meuric | March 28th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ulshad | March 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | March 14th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | March 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nastril | March 12th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | K4nOo | March 12th 17 |
| 3.0 good | greg84 EMERITUS | March 12th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Henry | March 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smelty | March 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | rufous | March 10th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | iGuter | March 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | March 9th 17 |
| 2.5 average | JS19 | March 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Handers | March 4th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Piglet | March 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | March 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brandon | March 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | helti | February 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | February 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | finnmmcd | February 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | mlamberg | February 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | wazooman | February 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | February 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Arctick | February 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jordan M. EMERITUS | February 23rd 17 |
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