From: Undiscovered Radio Network (an indie radio show that airs on a bunch of radio stations around the US).
Kongos – (self-titled)
2007 (no label)
Murphy’s pick: “The Way”
Kongos doesn’t look like rockers, and their music doesn’t quite sound like normal rock. Makes sense then! If you’re looking for something different than the standard, including the accordion in [...]

UPDATE:Our single In The Music has now been on the TUKS FM Top 40 chart in South Africa for 10 weeks, reaching as high as number 9! The album is not even available there yet (we are working getting distribution in SA).
Thank you to those who’ve been requesting, let’s keep it in the chart!
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Get Out Magazine names ‘KONGOS’ one the top 10 local albums of 2007.
“Kongos,” Kongos. The long-awaited full-length disc from this band of Paradise Valley brothers (Jesse, Dylan, John J. and Daniel) didn’t disappoint, mixing artful prog-rock instrumentation with pop song structures. A single from the disc, “In the Music,” is rising up the charts in [...]

Band of brothers
By: Nicki Escudero
Description: KONGOS sound spans continents
The members of progressive rock band KONGOS have music in their blood–the four brothers’ dad is John Kongos, a singer-songwriter who had hits in both South Africa and all over Europe in the 1960s and 70s.
Now that his kids call Arizona home, KONGOS [...]

KONGOS
Band of Brothers
Kim Milbrandt
“Our music is better than it sounds.” Not only does this band have the incredible sound to back this claim up but they also have a great sense of humor stemmed from true humble musicianship. The band Kongos is comprised of four brothers, Dylan (lead vocals/guitar), Danny (guitar/locals), Jesse (drummer), and Johnny [...]

From Music-Critic.com
Kongos
Pop
label: No label
released: 01.16.07
our score: 4 out of 5.0
Rockin
by: Tim Wardyn
Talk about a cultured band of brothers. John J, Jesse, Dylan and Daniel Kongos, of the band Kongos (ironic, huh?) grew up in London, South Africa and now live, write and record in Phoenix, Arizona. Not only that, but John J and Jesse played [...]

We’ve remixed three of the songs on the Album:
In The Music
Nothing
The Way
Please call your local radio stations and request KONGOS. The song Curious has been getting regular spins on these stations:
Indie 103.1 FM in Los Angeles, California
• Request online
• Request line: 877.900.1031
Motor FM in Germany
• http://www.motorfm.de/
KNRK in Portland, Oregon
• Email Gustav
• Request line: 800.777.0947
102.7 WEQX [...]

Review from British music site The-Mag.co.uk

This is certainly a family album. Not only does every member of the band bear the last name Kongos, but all production and engineering credits go to them as well. This band have built a burgeoning reputation recently and it’s easy to see why here. The album bristles with intelligently [...]

KONGOS was one of four Phoenix rock bands chosen by the New Times to play in the Summer Of Sound concert series, opening for national act, Sugarcult, with the audience favorite to be named “Best Rock Band of Phoenix.”
KONGOS won with 41% of the vote! As a result we’ll get a write-up in the annual [...]

Valley band Kongos is made up of four brothers, raised in England and South Africa, who blend a love of Beatle-esque pop, jazz, progressive rock and electronic music into their distinctive sound.Brandon Quester
Special to Get Out

Local spotlight: Kongos deftly blends influences for a complex, catchy CD
By Chris Hansen Orf, Get Out
May 10, 2007
Back in 2004, [...]