King Curly: Proudly Serving the Public since 2000, k.d lang had them open her Australian tour. Paul Kelly reckons "their name should be shouted from the roof-tops." and Harry Angus from the Cat Empire says they're "so strikingly original, musically and lyrically, that they can't really be compared to anything." King Curly is contemporary Australian songwriting at its finest, voiced through a highly original, loose and sparse style of instrumentation aptly termed “Garage-Cabaret”. Their work is a refreshing anomaly on our musical landscape. Its apparent creative naivety masks exceptional skill that draws as much from the tragically misunderstood Tiny Tim as the gritty storytelling of Lou Reed. Hailing from the Blue Mountains in NSW, King Curly is the invention of Steve Appel - one of the great enigmas of Australian music. For a decade, his slowly evolving, chiefly acoustic ensemble has been quietly capturing the hearts of fans including some of biggest names in the business. This new King Curly album, “Nig