The faithful gun dog guitarist Kid Congo Powers spent his early years loping alongside various legends of the blues punk aristocracy, retrieving wounded rock and roll riffs for The Cramps, Gun Club, and Nick Cave.
But his third album with The Pink Monkeybirds buffs the black leather with bright shards of Fifties sci-fi sonics.
Echoed vocals and analogue keyboards blend with brothel creeper licks and cocktail lounge twangs to conjure a Tiki bar vision of a Tupperware future.
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Meninblack, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Bosco239, youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter