Press
Mostly good; some, which I hope I can find and scan, hysterically bad.
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Press
![Rolling Stone calls Foodchain "the best pop culture synthesis this year" for K's uncanny juxtaposition of Thomas Mann and Sam Peckinpah in a high-speed rock 'n' roll screed.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/118095bd4aa0f16b406e95f7862cfdc4e3a52c7d/original/5832321-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Rolling Stone calls Foodchain "the best pop culture synthesis this year" for K's uncanny juxtaposition of Thomas Mann and Sam Peckinpah in a high-speed rock 'n' roll screed.
![Kurt Loder recommends Romeo Unchained as "the best Bob Dylan album since Dylan himself lost interest in the pop song form."](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/c346109f24aa4018a417f06005fdc2378fca3cb8/original/5832324-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Kurt Loder recommends Romeo Unchained as "the best Bob Dylan album since Dylan himself lost interest in the pop song form."
![RS declares Notes from the Lost Civilization K's "most moving meditation to date on the state of the American dream" aided by "a core band that includes T Bone Burnett, Jim Keltner, Booker T. Jones and Charlie Sexton."](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/a56152c7c9fcb613605683a18b1b84ee28d493f3/original/5832323-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
RS declares Notes from the Lost Civilization K's "most moving meditation to date on the state of the American dream" aided by "a core band that includes T Bone Burnett, Jim Keltner, Booker T. Jones and Charlie Sexton."
![The Stone marvels at K's "mix of moral seriousness and absurdist glee" as evinced in Yugoslavia's "14 songs of straight-ahead rock."](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/8bd90b5a5d5c54e35ede858243c5c314fd0dff2d/original/5832325-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The Stone marvels at K's "mix of moral seriousness and absurdist glee" as evinced in Yugoslavia's "14 songs of straight-ahead rock."
![Spin magazine fetes Señor K, along with Bob, Bruce and Patti, as a leading light in the burgeoning field of "Rant Rock."](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/de6699182d2a040b5cde70382ce4b95f2a1e15e3/original/5832296-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Spin magazine fetes Señor K, along with Bob, Bruce and Patti, as a leading light in the burgeoning field of "Rant Rock."
![Creem, the home of Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau and Greil Marcus, interrogates K re. his "lyrically bizarre bit of twisted wit and social commentary."](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/8298df3388bb7de112cceb645b4d14b9385613e0/original/5833555-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Creem, the home of Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau and Greil Marcus, interrogates K re. his "lyrically bizarre bit of twisted wit and social commentary."
![Steve Hochman reviews Romeo Unchained, an album full of “hook-filled tunes given glossy, though gripping modern production… that is getting reviews that would make R.E.M. jealous.”](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/06492c520f71edfc80e3c15728ebcd2ed30df5ed/original/5833560-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Steve Hochman reviews Romeo Unchained, an album full of “hook-filled tunes given glossy, though gripping modern production… that is getting reviews that would make R.E.M. jealous.”
![Veteran Rock critic Chris Willman lays out his 10 favorite discs of 1997, including new ones by U2, Dylan, Paul Simon and Tonio's Olé.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/26e2edd1bcd39a656788cd0dceebf3d751337520/original/5832319-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Veteran Rock critic Chris Willman lays out his 10 favorite discs of 1997, including new ones by U2, Dylan, Paul Simon and Tonio's Olé.
![EW takes note when Sundazed Records completes it’s line of late-‘60s psychedelic obscurities with the rerelease of Sewer Rat Love Chant, the debut disc by K’s high school band, The Raik’s Progress.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/ba3324b67057e12670cb9214fd7edc5cc280f516/original/5833414-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
EW takes note when Sundazed Records completes it’s line of late-‘60s psychedelic obscurities with the rerelease of Sewer Rat Love Chant, the debut disc by K’s high school band, The Raik’s Progress.
![The suits at Time know a good song when they hear one, like this collection featured in the Goffin/King-derived pic, Grace of My Heart, with songs by Burt Bacharach, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and Mr. K, himself.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/183eb426bb283a6c65438ba4dbcf27c60f1fffa1/original/5832297-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The suits at Time know a good song when they hear one, like this collection featured in the Goffin/King-derived pic, Grace of My Heart, with songs by Burt Bacharach, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and Mr. K, himself.
![Nascent savant Chris Willman lauds La Bamba as "some of the toughest and most compelling music of Tonio's career."](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/252a9bb768d900df363a02fda16835dc299d1f3b/original/5833457-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Nascent savant Chris Willman lauds La Bamba as "some of the toughest and most compelling music of Tonio's career."
![Music mogul Howie Klein gets the inside scoop on how Sam Peckinpah, Hugo Ball, Kurt Schwitters and James Brown all influenced K's music on Foodchain.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/f8d5d43b616007d653c3e71c1da0e7c34666eb16/original/5833541-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Music mogul Howie Klein gets the inside scoop on how Sam Peckinpah, Hugo Ball, Kurt Schwitters and James Brown all influenced K's music on Foodchain.
![The LA Herald Examiner wrties K up for being a "search-and-destroy rocker" in hot pursuit of "Kamikaze-style creative anarchy." Guilty as charged.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/e5211c7ca2e6b8cef7190d96d3955dd16ca1d923/original/5834645-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The LA Herald Examiner wrties K up for being a "search-and-destroy rocker" in hot pursuit of "Kamikaze-style creative anarchy." Guilty as charged.
![Well, we couldn't find the exact cover, but the Daily News reported that “Tonio K. will be easy to spot in Armageddon; he’s the one with the flak jacket, top hat, gas mask and fuzzy slippers.” Makes ya wanna read on, don’t it?](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/62750/c8d02832e975e334d50367e14c28942b6f20a601/original/5834563-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Well, we couldn't find the exact cover, but the Daily News reported that “Tonio K. will be easy to spot in Armageddon; he’s the one with the flak jacket, top hat, gas mask and fuzzy slippers.” Makes ya wanna read on, don’t it?