 | From Single of the Day: “My immediate feeling is the sense of fun you hear in the music. It’s like one big party going on. The lyrics have a sense of humor to them. Which I appreciate…”Read article. |
| | 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 [...] |
| | 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 [...] |
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| Pronounced “KONGOS” – KONGOS is spelled like this: “K” for Cool, “O” for Awesome, “N” for Knowledge, “G” for Jenius, “O” for Artistic, “S” for speling There’s no “The” in KONGOS. There is however a “the” in “THEre.” It’s not Kongo’s, it’s not congos, congas, [...] |
| | 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 [...] |
| | 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 [...] |
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| 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 [...] |
| | 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 [...] |
| | 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 [...] |
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| 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 [...] |
|  | 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 [...] |
| | 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 [...] |
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