Thanks to the boss hog Mystery Jack for a great pull. 
2019 finally saw the band fully changing the setlist from night to night (as opposed to more often than not slight changes night to night if any of 2018 and before). This year saw the jump from nightclub to theatre in New Orleans. The Joy is one of the better venues in the city, great sound and sight lines. 

This setlist is superbly constructed and keeps you guessing. Reflective of 2019 in general, this show is heavy and bookended by Infest the Rats Nest. The breathers came in the extremely rare The Bird Song (with Stu killing it on piano) and an absolutely gorgeous Beginner's Luck. Evil Death Roll contained the jam of the evening. Cyboogie was a treat as well. Late set Inner Cell suite is fire. 

The band’s headlining debut at the Gorge, this show had a ton of hype going in.

Rattlesnake appointed lead off is perfect for big gigs and this one delivers jam wise. Stu on acoustic microtonal for ONE & Sleep Drifter was different. FMB back out for Open Water, a great version at that. Following Open Water with Magma is bold setlist construction that I really dig.

Lord of Lightning -> the Balrog is spectacular, especially the -> Balrog. Highlight of the show imo.

LOYALTY is similarly a top tier version.

The synth table section felt extremely rushed, all very short versions. Pretty forgettable. King Gizzard played 29 songs here at the Gorge which is a bit more than a usual marathon (24-25 songs).

The actual crowd barricade breaks towards the end and necessitates a pause during Venusian 1. We are then treated to an a cappella Vegemite, which was a nice improv on the spot for the fans. Metal to close.

Highlights: Rattlesnake, Open Water, Lord of Lightning -> the Balrog, Inner Cell -> Loyalty -> Horology, Vegemite

Paso Robles All I Known (opener), Hypertension, and Set are awesome. Esp the Hypertension 

Hypertension starts hot, fumbles around a little in the first verse, then picks it up after the "Canary in the coal mine line", before a really killer ending. Great jam, maybe not the best overall Hypertension but the ending is above and beyond. Check it out if nothing else. 

This is the best normal set show from 2024 in my humble opinion, with Los Angeles 2024.11.01 being the best marathon of the year. Both heavy on jams. The Dripping Tap opener channels that cosmic Allman Bros twin guitar attack. Great Antarctica jam in the middle. The Evil Death Roll, Ice V -> The River, Crumbling Castle -> The Fourth Colour (with huge jam) segment is THE BUSINESS! Rest of the show is good but checkout those parts I mentioned! 

Shoutout to the staff at KGLW.net. This is my first show and the recently linked (2025) clips of Am I in Heaven and Head on Pill are priceless. This show changed the game for me! The Mind Fuzz studio record got me to the show, the live act is what got me once there. Unbelievable energy. There had to have been between 40-60 people max in the venue. Mosh pit activated. Hooked from this point on. Just 7 months later they sold the shit out of this venue and have climbed the ladder ever since. 

Pretty damn good show. Superbug opener was lit af. Good Mind Fuzz, new material run punctuated by Trapdoor. Gondii -> Interior People grooves. Field of Vision -> Raw Feel features the best jam from Raw Feel imo. Super heady shit! Magma, the Dripping Tap in a classic combo to close! The last 4 tracks here are insane! 

The night opens with one of the best Rattlesnake jams you'll hear. Multiple hell raising peaks, stuff like this is why I follow this band. Open Water kept the energy high. Presumptuous -> Hypertension is such a left field jam and segue for the time (and still even 2 years later) , absolutely love the experimention. Slow Jam 1 was a pretty decent version. This show took place after we had to evacuate into the Red Rocks musuem due to a thunderstorm. The band seemed hyped on making u for the weather. At the very least check out the Rattlesnake and Presumptuous-> Hypertension. 

Excellent show, the better of the two night run for NY 2024. Hate to sound like a douche but this Hot Water was one of two openers I called for the 2024 tour (the other being Head On Pill in Austin). Was therefore super stoked to see the flute start off the show. This Hot Water -> Robot Stop is an intriguing inverse of the classic Robot Stop -> Hot Water combo (a la Bonnaroo 2022). Really hot shit! Ice V -> Bitter Boogie had this show ROLLIN hard out of the gates. The Antarctica failed to live up to the hype from the teases and quotes from it within the DC Dripping Tap two night prior. Raw Feel had also yet to find its footing. You Can Be Your Silhoutte was a beautiful addition falling on the 7th anniversary of the release of Sketches of Brunswick East, forever their most underrated album in my opinion. One of the better Hot Wax of the current era. A good, not great Slow Jam 1. Pretty forgettable microtonal. As we formed into the final stretch the MOTU suite bounced back big time. Am I in Heaven was a great version punctuated by a Hot Water reprisal to send us off into the hot subway. 

The excellent 2024 tour ended in Miami, a city I partly grew up in. Factory Town was yet another interesting venue, an old factory in a run down part of town since converted to a rave warehouse vibe. I believe this was the first "rock show" here. Definitely worth catching a show here. The opening 6 tracks were all fitting of "tour closer" material. Field of Vision and Le Risqué seem to be two of the more loved tracks from the most recent album, while Hypertension, Evil Death Roll, Hot Water, and Float Along Fill Your Lungs all rank amongst their very best live imo. I'd go with Hypertension & Float Along with Dragon jam as the prime cuts from this show. Set list construction was top heavy as the show lost some energy towards the middle and end. 

King Gizzard has a history of playing bangers in the ATL, from the Earl (which Ambrose referenced in this 2024 show), to 2019.09.02 at the Tabernacle, to Stu's birthday show 2022.10.26 at the Eastern. That Eastern show specifically is super hot and for my money release ready. This 2024.11.19 gig marked their debut at the Fabolous Fox Theatre, a brilliant Egyptian Revival beauty renowned for WSMFP amongst other shows. It is a nicer venue than what KGLW typically plays, and from my view either didn't have a standing pit or had a very small one. The energy was different, possibly because lack of said pit. Nonetheless, a late contender for JOTY emerged from this third to last show of 2024 in the form of Her & I. Truly tremendous jamming. They followed this Slow Jam 2 with Crumbling Castle -> The Fourth Colour, the latter of which enjoyed quite the jam revival in 2024. This 3 song segment was by far the highlight of an otherwise low key night. Gilgamesh closer was not it, imo. 

Barnburner during the chaotic MOTU tour. The band stops during Hot Water for Joey to break up a fight in the pit. Good times. Highlights: Digital Black out of the gates, Altered Beast suite, and a truly lovely Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer to end. This show saw King Gizzard move from the tiny Gasa Gasa for their 2015 & 2016 New Orleans gigs to the bigger (and since renamed) One Eyed Jack's. 

Hamburg 2024 is the worst King Gizzard show I've seen. Not the band's fault in musical terms, but an awful booking decision. I hate sounding negative, I really do but feel this should be documented. The venue itself was a beautiful garden terrace. The sound, however, wasn't much better than a Bluetooth speaker from TJ Maxx. For context- I've been seeing King Gizzard since 2015 with 43+ shows and this is the only one with such sound issues. Stu's flute on Hot Water and Trapdoor was literally louder than the guitars on the metal tracks. It was truly bizarre. I would like a soundboard release because the setlist is actually fire, and the 30 minute Silver Cord debut was pretty dope. Highlights are the aforementioned Hot Water and Trapdoor mainly due to Stu seemingly recognizing the PA issues and going off on flute as a result. 

The debut of the new synth table featured very energetic versions of Extinction -> Gondii, particularly by Stu. Writing this review a year after the fact -  Extinction has really developed as one of their best synth jams, but I've yet to hear a better take on Gondii. Fantastic set construction following the synths with Magma & Dripping Tap. Really loved The River -> Wah Wah. Always welcome Let Me Mend the Past. The rest of the show was good but standard.  

2024.05.16 Offenbach is a highlight of Europe 2024 with one heck of a jam segment in the opening stanza. Offenbach may be the most suburban of the many locales I've been fortunate to catch the band in. Essentially like an American high school gym, Stadthalle stood out to me from the tour announcement as it has a storied venue history. Most famous amongst this is a highly lauded and recommended 1978 film and official release by jazz fusion titans Weather Report. Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter hold it down as always, and this time period fortunately features the mercurial Jaco Pastroius in what many consider the quintessential version of the outfit. Seek this out if you haven't heard the burning takes of Black Market, Teen Town, Elegant People and more. Sorry for the aside, back to King Gizzard. The smallish venue made for a great atmosphere. The band came out swinging hard (!) with a 45 minute Nonagon medley -> Boogieman Sam -> the debuting Sad Pilot -> Hot Water -> Sea of Trees. Great jammjng throughout, I’ll take a Hot Water -> Sea of Trees anytime. The rest of the show didn’t reach these heights but I hope for a soundboard release one day to relive the aforementioned opening segment. 

Evil Death Roll in the opening slot is just as great as it sounds. EDR is one of the higher batting % jams endured by the band, this version no exception. A very pleasent surprise with Digital Black in the #2 hole. I thought this was the best of the 3 MOTU suites I'd seen this year (NYC2 and Amsterdam being the others). 

Hot Water might be the MVP of 2023-2024 (at the very least there's an argument for it). So many great versions from Caverns to Red Rocks to Chicago to Carnation to Offenbach to Hamburg to NYC2 (opener).. all highlights of their respective shows. This Vegas version adds to that war chest, delivering on teases heard at the Forum as well as in this show's Sad Pilot. I am spineless. 

Super fun segment with Shanghai -> Grim Reaper. Feels like both of these have been on the shelf a bit since heavy appearances last year. Any rust was nowhere to be found, Ambrose was ON. 



Dragon, KGLW Outro, & Rattlesnake was a heavy & heady way to wrap the show. The former has emerged just behind Motor Spirit as a juggernaut of the Petro material. KGLW I find to be one of their most underrated jams, particularly those of the microtonal variant. Rattlesnake is as quintessential as it gets and this one was a suitable finisher to a great show. Very high vibes in that venue (apparently the former Aladdin Theatre ie The Grateful Dead 1983) as the band heads further into the desert.