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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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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World Without End, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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John Robins, Comedian
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube