He produced the band's studio albums Beard, Wives, Denim (2012), Hobo Rocket (2013), Man It Feels Like Space Again (2015), The Weather (2017), and Tasmania (2019).

[4] As a producer, Parker has collaborated with artists such as Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kanye West, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Gorillaz, Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Melody's Echo Chamber, Justice, and the Flaming Lips.

[8] His father worked as a chief financial officer for the mining firm Gold Fields, which meant the family lived in remote Kalgoorlie during Parker's early childhood.

Parker and Simper started off playing covers of Rage Against the Machine, Unwritten Law, Sunk Loto and Korn songs, along with Dan Debuf, who is now a presenter on 2Day FM.

[12][17] In his late-teens, Parker discovered the many 1960s and 1970s psychedelic rock artists that would have a huge influence on his music, saying: "I got into bands like Cream and Jefferson Airplane in a big way, and loved the sound of their recordings.

My friends were listening to bands like Brainticket and Demon Fuzz who opened my eyes to different ways of constructing songs.

He got quite worried and said 'if you do music as your job, as the thing that puts food on the table, then it will instantly ruin its magic, it won't be mysterious and fun any more, it would just be like work'".

"[22] On his way to his last astronomy exam, Parker was contacted by Modular Recordings who wished to sign Tame Impala to their label.

"[25] Parker is a part of the large and diverse Perth music scene, where he plays in various different bands in addition to his main project, Tame Impala.

Commenting on this, Parker said "it's a really close-knit scene, quiet, separated from the rest of Australia"[13] and "Tame Impala is just one sliver of the giant amount of noise-making that we do as a circle of friends.

Originally a two piece project, with Parker and Luke Epstein, long time Tame Impala member, Dominic Simper, joined the band later on in 2007.

[28] In late 2007, Parker renamed the band to Tame Impala, and recruited Jay Watson on drums; Devenport went on to pursue an acting career.

Dom and Kev had been playing together for years and we had a good two months of gigs to like seven people at our local pub before we got signed.

"[30] Former live bassist Nick Allbrook noted a change in Parker's music and his band, "There were a couple of months where there was a seismic shift in [Kevin's] thing from the Cream influenced, Dee Dee Dums era, and fairly quickly there was the blissed-out, pretty melody, psychedelic thing.

Parker's ability to take many elements of 1960s psychedelic rock, and give it a distinctly modern twist, creating a new and original sound was praised.

Parker joined Pond live on drums in late 2009 after being recruited by fellow Tame Impala members Jay Watson and Nick Allbrook.

[44] Parker has also produced the Pond albums Hobo Rocket, Man It Feels Like Space Again, The Weather and Tasmania.

In 2005, Parker, along with other musical companions, including Tame Impala member, Nick Allbrook and Shiny Joe Ryan, formed Mink Mussel Creek.

Parker's drumming was a strong feature of the band's sound, which in turn propelled the Mink Mussel Creek brand of "heavy psych" forward.

[51] Space Lime Peacock were a short-lived psychedelic funk band, formed in 2008, that featured Parker in various roles, such as on drums, backing vocals, guitar and bass.

The band featured Parker on drums, Avery on bass and fellow Perth musician Cam Parkin on keys.

[57] Kevin Spacey played their second gig under the name of The Golden Triangle Municipal Funk Band on 21 December 2013, where live video emerged of a song (later known to be "Daffodils") that featured Parker on drums, and guitar played by former front man of Perth band The Chemist, Ben Witt.

The group changed their name once again to AAA Aardvark Getdown Services, where they were they played on the 22 February 2014 at a gig organised by local record label Spinning Top, alongside fellow Perth acts Pond, The Silents, Felicity Groom and Peter Bibby.

[58] Parker also mixed French psychedelic rock band Moodoïd's self-titled EP and debut album "Le Monde Möö".

"Daffodils" premiered on 11 November 2014,[59] which was primarily written by Parker and performed with his funk/disco band AAA Aardvark Getdown Services in late 2013 and early 2014.

[14] As a result of Parker's love of melody, he also has revealed that he has a "fetish for extremely sugary pop music" from artists like Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue.

[83] He particularly cited the influence of Air's Talkie Walkie, Supertramp's Breakfast in America, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Queens of the Stone Age's Rated R and Dungen's Ta Det Lugnt/4 growing up.

"[83] Parker's process for making music is "I'll have a sudden, spontaneous vision of a song, have all the parts mapped out in mind, and do my best to record it as quick as I can.

[93] Parker is a supporter of the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League (AFL) and was named the club's number-one ticket holder on 22 May 2021.

[94] To show his appreciation for the honour, Parker recorded an original "pump-up" song for the team that is now played at Fremantle's home matches.