Music is a peculiar art form. For the artist, there’s always the lingering question of how to maintain an evolution of sound without losing your signature. “No man steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man,” wrote Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher. Essentially, change is fundamental to life.
No musical act has embodied this as much as kinggizzard.
The six-piece is one of the most innovative and prolific contemporary groups in the world right now, having established a reputation for its quicksilver style since forming in Australia in 2010. Over the last two weeks, Coloradans may have heard the band’s name more often than usual (and for some, probably for the first time): Gizz was here not just for a tour stop, but to debut a music festival brimming with psych rock, revelry and drag.
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