The Fat Angel Sings

Nottingham alt-rock group Girlband! have been making waves in their hometown and beyond with their killer songs, big sound and general love of making sure everyone has a great time. The hotly tipped Bloodworm lean towards the darker side of post-punk being compared to the likes of Bauhaus and The Cure. Expect musical experimentation unbound by genre from Blood Wizard who sit between the worlds of art, punk and folk. Grain Mother will bring indie folk led by acclaimed songwriter Alice Robbins while Davoli weaves intricate lyrical narratives over jangly guitar-led instrumentals reminiscent of Tom Petty. Alternative rock band Marvin’s Revenge are sure to deliver a raucous set, while Skitz are all hardcore punk. The now Brighton-based Swallowtail will be given a warm welcome on their return with their atmospheric and unrelenting sound.

Also flying the flag on the Nottingham leg are Airport Dad, Analogue Electronic Whatever, Ant Panzera, Avalanche Party, Baddy Issues, Bored Marsh, Catmilk, Cecille Grey, Chloe Rodgers, D.I.Y Poets, Davina Songbird, Dorothy Ella, Dose The Ghosts, Dusty 4 Track, Eleanor Mcgregor, Fighting Evil Is Cool!, Filter Sequence, Flöat, Fluent In Both, Full Blast All Stars, Gallery 47, Gangsta Picnic, Gobs Collective, Goodgoodbye, Hex Poseur, Hurtsfall, In Sonic Service, Iodine, Issy Sutcliffe, Jimi Strange, Joey Collins, Karen Macleod, Katie, Katie Keddie, Kez, Lara Elise Grant, Liberty Belle, Lulu Harvey, Luna And The Lime Slices, Modern Coven, Moonbullet, Nottingham Poetry Festival, Notts Another, Notts Black Creatives Network, Paradise Circus, Part Time Animals, Paste., Penny Moon, Pict, Poets Against Racism, Poets Off The Endz, Push Rope, Rain Age, Rainbow Frog Biscuits, Raining Blue, Retina, Rights For Flies, Riley Marsh, Sam Shaw & The Real Eyes, Sancho Panza, Sea Mirror Sea, Seven Dark Lords, Sex Toy Vending Machine, Shankland, Soaper, Speech Therapy, Stickman Collective, Sunk, The Albions, The Hoplites, The Night Transfer, The Satangelist, Tilly Greentree, Ugly Mayfly and Vee Adu.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a US orchestral tour taking place in the summer of 2025. They’ve also confirmed a 3-day camping festival in Colorado called Field of Vision going down at the conclusion of their US tour.

The prolific Australian group has played hundreds of shows, but they’ve never done shows with a 28-piece orchestra before. Led by Sarah Hicks, King Gizzard will be joined by a handful of different orchestras for each show of their tour. The summer run of orchestral shows will end with Field of Vision, a new 3-day residency at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, Colorado taking place from August 15th to 17th. The orchestral shows and Field of Vision will be King Gizzard’s only US performances in 2025.

In addition to announcing the tour, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have shared a new song, “Phantom Island.” Keeping with the orchestral theme, “Phantom Island” features a string section, horns, and auxiliary percussion, and much more. Across a buoyant, disco-esque groove, “Phantom Island” is a more warm, regal offering from King Gizzard, who seem to inhabit a totally different identity with each release.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are currently celebrating the release of their 26th(!) album “Flight b741”, which featured a more blues rock-cantered sound. They’re about to resume the next leg of their US tour with a show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Friday, November 1st; Afterwards, they’ll make their way through the West Coast, Southwest, and Southeast.