Here’s a review from the New Times:

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Touching base with local projects
Wassup with Kongos, Hermosa Drive, Numbers on Napkins, and Ghetto Cowgirl
by Serene Dominic

Published: Thursday, January 13, 2005

The flyaway pages of the calendar bring us to 2005, midway point where some exciting new music has got to emerge to atone for this decade’s stagnant first half. You can take heart that the appearance of Kongos on our local scene is a sign of things finally getting interesting again. Here’s the unlikely story so far: Four London-born brothers — Dylan, Jesse, John J. and Daniel Kongos — relocate here with their British rock star dad John Kongos (whose work has been anthologized on Nuggets II and Have a Nice Day Vol. 6!). And when the brothers Kongos create music, it’s neo-progressive rock, the kind that no one else seems to be doing even nationally. Kongos is currently holed up in the recording studio fleshing out a full-length, but the five-song self-titled EP currently available provides quite a tantalizing teaser. Pay strict attention to “The Way,” where singer Dylan’s impressive wails warn us that “Seven men pass me by and all but one of them will die and he’s the one that knows the way.” When the vocals drop out, we’re treated to an accordion playing Indian raga scales. Impossible yet true! “Remember Me” chugs like a long-lost Golden Earring track, and “Another Daydream” concludes with a psychedelic refrain, “Ten thousand people disappear tonight,” and a very pricey string quartet taking us out. When these guys reemerge for some local live shows in the spring, there’ll be a long Kongos line outside the venue if there’s any justice. ( www.kongos.com )
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You can read the full article here.