Video: Rare As The Yeti - Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds

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L.A. RECORD is presenting another night of awesome bands this very Friday and making it possible for you to win tickets by coming up with yet another clever contest! WHO WANTS TO WIN TICKETS??? Just email rsvp@larecord.com with the subject line OUT OF VOGUE with a YouTube link to your favorite rippingest vintage punk song! The most awesomest rippingest song wins! THE MIDDLE CLASS The Middle Class is Mike Atta, Jeff Atta, Matt Simon and Mike Patton (no, not that Mike [...]

photos by Harriet Roberts "The legendary Kid Congo Powers , co-founder of the Gun Club, guitarist for The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, will be releasing his new album with his group Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds this spring. Titled Gorilla Rose , the album follows in the footsteps of the band's 2009 Dracula Boots with more ram-charged boogaloo, sleazy psychedelia and Chicano garage rock. In The Red records is gearing up for the new album by releasing a [...]

Gather round kiddies and let the old man tell you about a fella named Kid Congo Powers . One mean guitar player this Kid, not like one of those shredder types, but mean like he'd bite your nose clean off just for asking if he had the time. Way back in the day, Kid co-founded a little outfit called The Gun Club with a wildman name Jeffrey Lee Pierce. After that band went south, he did time with scum-a-billy masters The Cramps , not to mention Nick Cave. Not a bad resume, [...]

Looks like a fun weekend here in the SF, despite forecasts of rain. Friday we have Nodzzz, Ty Segall and Monotonix at the Rickshaw, Get Up Kids at Slims Saturday (if you're, you know, into that sort of thing), Weekend at the Hemlock Tavern, and Surf Music Extravaganza VI at Milk Bar Sunday afternoon, featuring some excellent power trio board-busting anthems from Trivalve and company. Also, Pansy Division and the Minks at the Eagle. Or spend an evening gawking at the not so discreet charm of th...

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