Live in Chicago '23 is a live album released by Australian rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, recorded during their three-night stint at The Salt Shed from June 11-13, 2023 during the band's U.S. Residency Tour. The album was released alongside "Demos Vol. 5 + Vol. 6" during a hiatus between albums.
Recordings.
A "spiritual sequel" to "Live at Red Rocks '22", "Live In Chicago '23" consists of nearly six hours of the band's music, ranging from experimental microtone songs to thrash metal. This also marked the first time that all of the songs from "Nonagon Infinity" where played live. The album was released exclusively through KGLW's bandcamp as a promotion due to a hiatus before "The Silver Cord" was released.
Reception.
The "Merry-go-round Magazine" said that the "gem" of the album was the last four songs performed during night one, consisting of "The River" into "Evil Death Roll" into "Magma" into finally "Boogieman Sam" with Canned Heat's "Going Up the Country" interpolated into the song. "Heavy Pop" also gave rave reviews of the day one performance of "The River", calling it "Grateful Dead inspired." Night two largely consisted of more psychedelic songs, including the "Horology" suite, while day three included the then unreleased Gila Monster and Converge from "PetroDragonic Apocalypse".
Track listing.
The albums were mastered by Joseph Carra with cover art by Jason Galea.