Jennifer Makowsky
Jennifer Makowsky began writing for PopMatters in 2005. In addition to writing about music, film, and books, she writes fiction and poetry. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appeared in The Portland Review, Gargoyle, 2 Bridges Review, Pamplemousse, Gravel, and others. She lives in Tucson, Arizona where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing. Currently, she teaches English to adult refugee students at Pima Community College.
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds’
Swing From the Sean DeLear is a much-needed breath of fresh air and a celebration of life here on earth and beyond.
Swing From the Sean DeLear
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds
In the Red Records
20 February 2021
Kid Congo Powers has a resume that speaks for itself. After co-founding the Gun Club with Jeffrey Lee Pierce in 1979, he played with the Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Powers also established the psychedelic garage band Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds. In February, the Pink Monkey Birds released their latest record,
Kid Congo Powers has been called many things throughout his illustrious decades-long career.
“Garage guitar god.” “Punk legend.” “Made mostly of magic.” “Latinx groover.” Even Vogue magazine calls him a “punk icon” with a “singular fashion sense.”
The kid from La Puente who wanted to be a music journalist ended up becoming one of punk music’s most influential guitarists since joining Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club in the late 1970s. He would tour for decades with The Gun Club and other internationally regarded post-punk bands like The Cramps and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds before forming his own gritty and groovy Chicano rock band, The Pink Monkey Birds in the late 2000s.
Kid Congo Powers, formerly of The Gun Club, The Bad Seeds, and The Cramps will release a new EP with his group Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds. Swing from the Sean Delear is out via In the Red records on February 19. You can see the video for "He walked in" below. .