The lovely Kyoka made a new demo track last night, which she has since posted on her My Space page. "Kore Ha Furoku Desuka" is a driving techno track with a voice tucked a bit under music so that it becomes part of the beat, a bit of a change from the psychedelic cabaret feel of the other songs she has posted. Kyoka said that she is a big fan of the song and so am I! Hell, I'm just a big fan of Kyoka now. Listen. Download. Don't forget to see Kyoka play at Data Age on June 11, 2005. It looks like that will be her last gig before she heads back to Japan. We'll post all of the info closer to the date of the show.

Missed PINE*am last night? The ladies are playing again at Underground this evening. Show time is 10:30 p.m., so don't plan on making your appearance at Scenester Standard Time.
Now if only I can finish that article in time.

Underground @ The Tempest
7323 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood
18+, Free With Flyer Before 10:00 p.m.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is playing a secret show tomorrow night with a guest who is currently being kept underwraps. No tickets will be sold at the door and the list is already full. However, you can buy a pair today at noon at Sea Level Records. Tickets are going for $10 a piece and there is a two ticket limit. Just do The People a favor and don't be the guy who shows up in a Jesus and Mary Chain t-shirt.
Sea Level Records
1716 W. Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213.989.0146

As a side note, while I was trying to find BRMC's homepage, which is apparently having a bit of technical trouble right now, I came across this article. Having just finished a debate on the evils of selling Jesus for my Pop Culture final, I found it kind of interesting. Seems like certain people are just waiting to stick the Christian Rock tag on anyone who mutters anything that could be twisted around into some sort of religious sentiment. Write a song about hot guys with Jesus hair and you too can end up on Wikipedia's Christian Rock list. Sure, the heathens in LA, SF and NYC will accuse you of proselytizing even though that was never your intent, but maybe you can sell a few more records in Kansas. What I'm really wondering, though, is why the Christian Rock tag has not been slapped on Sinead O'Connor. After all, she is a priest.

As some of The People have radio backgrounds, I wonder what they'd make of this?
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/05/radio_free_clea.html
http://www.radiofreeohio.org/

Reminds me of the whole KDL thing from two years ago.

I may be stuck at home finishing an essay on women and electronic music, but you, you still have time to get your arse down to Little Pedro's tonight. PINE*am are playing and these ladies are swell. I caught the Osaka-based trio live at Par Avion about two years and was mighty impressed. They play electro-pop-punk with the style of 1960s girl groups. The music is sweet and catchy and full of energy. I was so smitten that I picked up a copy of the then-current 12". That remix EP became a staple of sets for months after, mostly because of a remix of "Happy Birthday" that works well as a bridge between something like, say, Stereo Total and some housier stuff.

If you are ready to go out tonight, *do not* miss this show!

La Polla Loca @ Little Pedro's
901 E. 1st St.
Downtown LA, 90012
Free, 21+

If you actually do visit this site daily to find out what's going on in Los Angeles, I offer a humble apology for not posting these past three days. Now that finals are over and yours truly actually has time to do something other than searching Lexis Nexis, it's back to business as usual.
Here's what's going on tonight:

Nu-Tra is playing the second-to-last installment of its Kiss or Kill residency tonight. This week, the club heads back to The Echo. The band will be joined by The Atomic Missle, Silver Needle and The Randies.
Kiss or Kill @ The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park
18+, $3

Audio Nova, Pretty Vicious and H Jones X are playing Love Drug at The Derby tonight. Once again, it's free.
Love Drug @ The Derby
4500 Los Feliz Blvd.
Los Feliz
21+, Free

The boys from Fusion (Dominic, Christopher and Anthony Vargas) are throwing one of their Tuesday night dance parties this very evening. I heard that they play any kind of music one can imagine, although I am not sure if that includes polka or not. Party starts at 11:00 p.m.
Club Fluke
7723 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood
18+, Free

Humberto from ConSin tipped me off to Layton, an excellent local band of the brand new wave variety. Layton is playing tonight at Screwball.
Screwball @ The Parlour
7702 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood
21+, $4

The first time I saw ADULT. was at the Glass House in early 2002. It could have been the fact that most of the audience was there to see The Faint, but it felt as if most of the audience didn't quite get into it. As such, their stage banter was limited to "We are ADULT. from Detroit," and "This is our last song." I thought it was kind of austere, like their lyrics and cover art, but more than likely it was because the audience sucked that night. By the end of their set, I was a convert, though I doubted many others were.

Then, in 2003, they played at The Echo. Something must have changed, because a more enthusiastic audience could not have been hoped for. Not only did they add live bass and synth playing, but Nicola's interaction with the audience was second to none. By this time, Anxiety Always had been released, and the songs on the album worked better in a live setting than those on their previous EPs had (unless you really like laptops). ADULT. had total control over the crowd, making it one of the best live performances I had ever seen.

Last week, with friends in tow, I found myself at The Echo once again. Waiting in line for two hours, I realized that some things haven't changed (note to self: next time buy tickets in advance). Once in, and after missing both openers and the first three songs of ADULT.'s set, we made our way as close to the front as possible. The first thing I noticed was that there was an additional member, a guitarist who also started some of the sequences. There were a lot of guitar parts on D.U.M.E., and with Adam full-time on bass, it only made sense to bring in a ringer. As for their set, it consisted mostly of songs from D.U.M.E. and Anxiety Always, the only earlier song I heard was "Human Wreck" minus the vocoded parts. They played a new song, never got the name of it, but it had these interesting pauses throughout. Hope it makes it onto the new album. Nicola was in full-form once again, giving the audience such gems as, "We don't take requests- we're not a fucking jukebox" and "We don't play 'Nite Life', so don't ask." The audience was wild during the whole show, dancing and climbing on tables and possibly other unsavory things that I did not witness first hand, as evidenced by Nicola's comment "Stop touching each other, it's not cool," said while laughing.

This is a group that just keeps getting better and better live. I really haven't figured out whether it's the audience or the material that makes an ADULT. show good, but I'd be willing to bet that it's a combination of both. If you consider yourself to be a good audience member, make it a point to see ADULT. next time they're in town.