STACK June 2017 Issue 152

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14 JUNE 2017
It is a truth
universally
acknowledged that
King Gizzard & the
Lizard Wizard put on a
stunning live show, but
there can’t be many
more spectacular
ways to experience
the seven-piece than
at Melbourne’s Night
Cat. “They’ve got that
360-degree stage – it
was the first gig I’ve
left with a ripped shirt
and broken glasses,”
says Matthew
Murana, describing
the Nonagon Infinity
album launch in March
last year.
He’s got high
hopes for the band’s
upcoming Murder Of The
Universe later this month:
“I’m a huge fan of the new
tuning they’ve gone to,” he
says. “[They’ve taken] it back
to their roots, their jazzier and
bluesier style, but still kept it
very psychedelic, as they always
do. When King Gizz release an
year’s Falls Festival, along with
Childish Gambino and DMA’s),
Murana spent time prior to his
two-year tenure at Airport West
JB as a mastering and
recording engineer,
working with Violent
Soho, Chet Faker and
Bad//Dreems.
Airport West’s music
fan demographic is
split into two loose
crowds: the older
devotees – “we sell a
lot of soundtracks, a lot
of classics; the Gary
Clark Jr album and Nick
Cave did very well, [as
did] the new Gorillaz” –
and younger kids from
the alternative scene.
“There’s a lot of musical
kids in the area,” Murana
explains. “Heavy
metal kids, who go to
[Melbourne indie/punk/
metal venues] BANG
and NEXT – they pick up
all the latest hardcore and punk
releases.”
Next up on Matthew’s live
calendar? “R.L Grime,” he
says without hestitation. (The
American hip hop producer is
playing Festival Hall on July 29.)
“I’m ready to lose my mind at
that gig.”
album, the whole thing is solid
front to back; the tracklist is
tasteful. When they put a show
together it’s the same thing – it’s
always well-thought-out and very
jammy, no awkward silences.”
Also citing Run The Jewels and
London Grammar as favourites
(the latter of which he saw at this
THIS MONTH at
1. Ed Sheeran
÷ (divide)
2. Nick Cave & the Bad
Seeds
Lovely Creatures
3. Gorillaz
Humanz
4. The Smith Street Band
More Scared Of You
Than You Are Of Me
5. Tash Sultana
Notion EP
6. Nirvana
Nevermind
7. Various
Pulp Fiction OST
8. Michael Jackson
Thriller
9. Jeff Buckley
Grace
10. The Beatles
Abbey Road
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