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Kid Congo Powers, formerly of The Gun Club, The Bad Seeds, and The Cramps, has announced that he will be releasing a memoir. The book is called Some New Kind of Kick and was written along with Chris Campion. It will be out October 18 via Hachette Books. Kid Congo Powers released his EP Swing From ...
AltPress sat down with Kid Congo Powers (the Cramps, Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds) to go over his life and career as a definitive punk guitarist.
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,
Key Track: Sister Flower. Itâs hard to decide where to start discussing KÃzisâ new album. With over 50 collaborators on 36 songs, the album spans nearly four hours. So it might not be one of those play from front to finish records. Instead, this work of incredible depth from the Montreal-based Algonquin two-spirited composer/singer is best consumed in parts to fully appreciate both the immediacy and joy of the effort. It doesnât really come as any surprise that collaborators include composer Owen Pallett, groundbreaking vocalist Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Cub Sportsâ Ti...