"The novelty is not lost on us, being here," Stu Mackenzie told a packed Ford Amphitheater on August 8. He and his King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard bandmates appeared to be having the time of their lives. Members of the audience definitely were.

It may sound hyperbolic, but King Gizzard is one of the top contemporary bands in the world right now — if not the top. The prolific six-piece, which formed in Australia in 2010, stopped by Colorado Springs on tour for its 27th album, Phantom Island , before heading to Buena Vista for Field of Vision , its festival that runs from August 15-17. And the band provided what was, without a doubt, the best concert I've witnessed in my life.

But first, we were treated to opener DJ Crenshaw, who was spinning vinyl ranging from X Ray Specs to the St

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