In celebration of their debut album 12 Bar Bruise, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard dropped a hectic set onto Oxford Street. Early birds waiting around Oxford Arts for things to begin enjoyed their choice of handmade t-shirts on sale while Royal Headache took to the decks to play a mix of delicious tunes and made the crowd wish they were actually playing live rather than a DJ set.

Up first in band form were The Fabergettes. The Sydney band is known for their fun pop tunes and attitude, but they managed to drop the ball on Friday night. Their act didn't have the liveliness audiences have come to expect with the bass player and guitarist holding looks of boredom and disinterest for the entire set. The lead singer had a bit more buzz, but the rest of the band overshadowed her bubbliness. It may have been just a one-off bad night, but it was a shame because tunes like Ding Dong are so great to listen to and it was disappointing not to see this translated onto the stage.

The half-empty room finally filled out to see King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and the front rows were a mess of sweaty, violently jumping ladies and gentlemen. King Gizzard played a flawless set that heightened the dynamics of their tracks with their live sound of thrashing guitars and percussion. The Melbourne boys have a unique gift for live shows and their ability to bring the best out of audiences was on show, somehow managing to combine enthusiasm with a conversely relaxed approach to the music.

King Gizzard's shows are made by the audience driving the band's energy. There was no one track that was given the most love by the crowd, who threw their bodies off the stage along with the band and onto other people from beginning to end. By the end of the set, the crowd no longer needed umbrellas for the rain outside, already drenched in sweat and various thrown liquids as they were.

Just to add the occasion, there was an art installation of a naked man in a bathtub in a glass room to stare at when leaving the venue. Weird, and awesome.