King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced Wednesday (July 8) that their next album is coming soon, and that it will be a hard electronic project. Called Alien Metal, the project is set for release later this summer on the band’s own p(doom) Records and will be the Australian act’s 28th studio LP.

The news comes in tandem with Alien Metal‘s lead single, the spacey, acid-y, jungle-influenced “Level 5.” The video for the song was helmed by Australian director Hayden Somerville and features a cameo by Australian actor Vince Colosimo. Watch the “Level 5” video and see the album’s track list and cover art exclusively below.

Alien Metal follows the July 7 announcement that the band will play a “rave show” Under the K Bridge in Brooklyn on August 23. This set, which follows previous rave shows played by the band last year, will follow its three-night run at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium from August 20-22, with the August 22 show being a rave set and the other two nights being rock shows. The band is also bringing the second edition of its Field of Vision festival back to Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, Colo. on August 14-16. The festival is sold out.

Alien Metal has been in the works for years, with the band discarding many previous iterations of the project. “We’ve never scrapped so much material as we have for this album,” the band’s Stu Mackenzie says in a press release. “Entire albums, entire universes that were formulated, created, recorded, deleted and started again.” The press release continues that the project was finally unlocked during a late night jam session that went on for more than an hour,” “with every track on Alien Metal evolving from the same source performance.”

While the band’s 2023 album The Silver Cord explored electronic subgenres including ambient and acid house, Alien Metal goes to darker and more pummeling areas of the genre via techno, hardcore, ravey house and jungle. “Alien Metal goes really hard, but it also goes to really interesting places,” adds the band’s Joey Walker. “And it feels unique – it feels like us, still.”

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Adam Sandler and his wife Jackie celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary in June, so the Happy Gilmore 2 star seems to know a thing or two about marriage. That’s why he was the perfect choice to officiate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Madison Square Garden wedding last weekend, according to an unnamed source who spoke to People about the comedian’s pivotal role in the American royals’ star-studded nuptials.

The source told the magazine that Sandler, 59, said “yes right away” to the ask, adding that he was “incredibly honored to be part of such a special day.”

Andy Reid, Kelce’s coach on the Kansas City Chiefs, previously said that Sandler gave the happy couple some “really touching” advice and did a “phenomenal job” as officiant. “He said, ‘Kiss every chance you have, every day,’” Reid recalled. “‘Whether you’re going to bed or going to work or, you know, wherever, go ahead and kiss her.’ And I thought that was, in a simple way, in its simplest form, it really was touching.”

While a rep for Swift confirmed that Sandler led the ceremony at MSG on July 3, to date no other details about what he said to the couple, or what they said to each other, have emerged.

Sandler and his wife celebrated their 23rd anniversary on June 22 — with the actor going all-out with a “Love You Forever” skywriting message for the occasion —  which the source told People made him the “perfect person” to officiate the wedding. “He wasn’t trying to find the perfect words or make it this big production,” the source said. “He just wanted to speak from the heart and pass along a little wisdom that he’s gained from his own happy marriage.”

While Sandler might seem like an odd choice at first, he did share some screen time with Kelce on the set of Happy Gilmore 2, the cameo-filled sequel that featured a hilarious pop-in from the NFL tight end. They appeared to bond on set, with Kelce telling ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show in January of last year that Sandler is “every bit as cool off the screen as he is on the screen.” People noted that the admiration was mutual, as Sandler told Entertainment Tonight in July 2025 that Kelce was such a “gentle, nice guy and funny as hell,” likening him to some of the guys he grew up with.

“When I was with Travis, it reminded me of my buddies in high school and just being able to laugh and say the things you want to say,” Sandler said.

Even before they bonded on set, Sandler made Kelce sweat a bit in August 2024 when he went on the Super Bowl champ’s New Heights podcast and they discussed the baller’s romance with the world’s biggest pop star. Kelce noted at the time that Sandler had brought his daughters to the Eras Tour concert film premiere in October 2023 in Los Angeles, to which the comedian responded, “what a girl!“

Kelce had to agree, saying, “you know it, man. Best performer out here.” Sandler described how Swift’s music “means so much to our house,” saying that when his two daughters, Sadie and Sunny, were younger, they knew every word to every one of Swift’s songs. “I love what she had to say … what she meant to young girls, what she means to women, what she means to guys doing the right thing in life,” said Sandler, adding that Swift once “took her time” interacting with his daughters on the set of Saturday Night Live. “She just floors my family.” 

And though he’s been on stage and screen for nearly four decades, at the time Sandler admitted that he gets nervous around Swift because he doesn’t want to “f–king blow it for my kids and say something stupid” around her. Kelce assuaged his fears by assuring the Sand Man that Swift was “so grateful” for the actor and his family attending her premiere.

When Sandler gushed about the couple’s high-profile romance — which began in late summer 2023 — saying that his family was “high-fiving” anytime they saw Swift laughing with Kelce,” the football legend admitted, “you got me sweating over here.”

As Warner Music Group (WMG) begins to integrate distributor Revelator after acquiring it earlier this year, the company announced that it’s expanding Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), the company’s independent and label services division, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Along with the expansion, WMG announced that Howard Corner will take on the newly created role of head of ADA, EMEA.

Corner has led ADA UK since 2013 and will remain in his current position of managing director of the division following the expansion. He reports to Simon Robson, president of recorded music, EMEA, and is based out of the company’s London offices.

“The EMEA landscape is teeming with brilliant independent talent and entrepreneurial labels looking for a partner that can scale their vision globally without sacrificing local agility,” Corner said in a statement. “I’m incredibly excited to step into this regional role and work alongside our exceptional territory heads to elevate ADA’s offering. By integrating Revelator’s game-changing technology and officially welcoming ADA x Africori and ADA x Qanawat Music into the family, we’re creating an unmatched, tech-driven partner for the independent community.”

Israel-based Revelator was founded in 2012 by CEO Bruno Guez; the company also has a significant presence in Asia. WMG said it intends to use the company’s technology for all of its labels and ADA. Fully integrating that technology will likely take years.

Major labels have increasingly looked to acquire indie distributors, whose market share has grown in recent years. In February, Universal finalized its acquisition of Downtown Music for $775 million, while WMG acquired Revelator in April after seeking to acquire a distribution company for two years. It had previously looked into acquiring Believe and also considered building a distributor of its own before backing away from both. Back in 2015, Sony Music completed its buyout of The Orchard, the current market share leader among distributors in the U.S.

“To supercharge the momentum of our artist and label services business, we’re bringing in a seasoned leader who deeply understands the nuances of the indie ecosystem,” Robson said of Corner’s new role. “Howard’s proven track record, fierce commercial drive and profound respect for independent music culture make him the ideal exec to support our local teams and drive regional growth. Armed with Revelator’s cutting-edge platform, Howard and the team are perfectly positioned to redefine what a global music partner can look like.”