Kid Congo was a guitarist for hire for Nick Cave, The Gun Club and The Cramps, teaching rock and roll licks to punks who were too cool for school.
His latest album skews a solid foundation of rockabilly rhythms and twangsome strings with strange, echoing, repetitive vocal phrases and surging high end noise, like Kraftwerk playing biker movie theme music. Catsuit Fruit even nods toward the aspirational cocktail lounge Exotica of Martin Denny. Gorilla Rose is the sound of the fifties, but inaccurately recreated by Japanese record collector robots from the 22nd century.
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Bosco239, youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read