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Kang Gang and Marf Loth from Sydney are bringing their sun and beer soaked fuzzy tunes to the welcoming arms of the Phoenix Pub in Canberra on Sunday 15 January. Adding up to make the four band bill are capital gems Waterford and all the way from Brisbane Loose Grip (Bedroom Suck Records).

Marf Loth will show off a new lineup following the dispanding of previous incarnations which included the likes of Holiday Sidewinder and Rohin Jones (Middle East).

This tour for Kang Gang is a precurser to their February release of their new 7″ vinyl. The tour will also reach the Gasometer in Melbourne with support from ex ’Birds label heavies Cat Cat on Saturday 14 January.

Waterford will be playing all their amazing material from the recently released ‘Say Ok’ LP. Check out this epic track below, ‘Modern Art’ and the sampler from Kang Gang.

Kang Gang

Waterford

Since rescuing an old Italian organ from a second hand shop, Melbourne micropop artist Kikuyu (Sez Wilks) has worked playfully to establish her own unique brand of combo-organ kistch.

Presented by Birds Love Fighting Kikuyu is now proud to launch her debut album, Hunter Gathered, in Canberra on Thursday 15 December at The Front, Lyneham. Doors open at 7:30pm and entry is $8. Kikuyu is supported by local indie-pop songstress Cathy Petocz and man wielding his solo axe Shoeb Ahmad (Spartak/Savages).

Produced by Joe Hammond (Pots and Pans Recording Studio, Hawthorn), Hunter Gathered is available through http://kikuyu.bandcamp.com and will soon be released digitally across iTunes, Amazon and more by Gaga Digi.

Kikuyu’s Canberra album launch show is part of her national live performance tour. Throughout summer the tour visits Australia’s southern-most cities, with dates in Adelaide (Dec 8), Canberra (Dec 15), Perth (Dec 27) and Hobart (Jan 27).

Cracked Actor spin out another amazing new track called Silver Wheel.

The track is lifted straight from their upcoming release Solar Driftwood, which has been a long evolving development over the majority of this year with rotating members and the bands determination to release something rather intriguing, which judging by this sweet track it’s all going in the right direction.

The band hails from Canberra and compliments the lineage of excellent local (and ex local) ambient/psych/folk/experimental music, such as the the likes of Spartak, Paul Heslin, Kasha, Orbits and Mornings.

Silver Wheel by Cracked Actor

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We are delighted to inform you that Waterford have smashed it again with their next single lifted from their LP Say Ok, Renovators Dream.

Putting the bands acting talents to test, the Renovators Dream video clip produced by Thom VJ Crowhurst has launched with the download track. Themes of implied violence here. According to insiders there was no make-up department so the lads had to go fisty cuffs, but not before having to argue over something to fight about which in the end came to blows.

Renovators Dream by Waterford

Get a copy of the LP or download the other free singles from Waterford’s Bandcamp.

Video clip for Renovators Dream

Without any more ado we officially welcome Waterford’s brand new album ‘Say Ok’ with some live shows.

In Canberra you can catch them at the Polish Club in O’Connor with Savages and the Ellis Collective on Friday 18 November.

Meanwhile if you’re down south in Melbourne you can catch them at The Empress Hotel with Wizard Oz and more on Thursday 1 December.

The four-piece have set a definitive line of 90′s brit-pop with beautiful distorted guitar jangle, solid bass hooks and infectious vocal melodies, with self-proclaimed influences such as Yo La Tengo, The Smiths and Big Star.

So on this note we implore you to get to the Polish Club or the Empress Hotel to get an ear full of Waterford’s latest offerings to Australian music, presented by Birds Love Fighting Records.

Check out Waterford’s ‘Say Ok’ and download their latest single ‘Reasoned’ for free: