Kawabata & Pikachu USA Tour 2011

On the heels of the current Acid Mothers Temple tour, Kawabata keeps on going with ex-Afrirampo and current Cosmic Inferno drummer Pikachu!



April 28 Oakland CA @ Disco Volante, 347 14th St.

April 29 San Francisco Ca @ Hemlock Tavern

April 30 Portland Or

May 01 Seattle Wa @ Josephine

May 02 Spokane Wa @ warehouse!

May 04 Minneapolis Mn, @ MeXXXa w/ lots

May 05 Iowa City, IA @ The Wherehouse

May 06 Chicago Il @ Rubens Palace

May 07 Detroit Mi @ Scrummage Fest w/ lots

May 08 Cleveland OH, Boo Box

May 09 Bard College @ SMOG w/ bubbly mommy gun, quiet hooves

May 10 Boston MA @ Yes Oui Si Gallery w/ bubbly mommy gun, quiet hooves

May 11 Brooklyn @ Monster Island (ToddP) w/ Prince Rama, bubbly mommy gun, quiet hooves

May 12 Brooklyn Ny @ Death by Audio w/ bubbly mommy gun, Alien whale (colin from usaisamonster), PC Worship, Guardian Alien (greg from liturgy), Perfect Bitch (brooklyn promoter band)

May 13 Philadelphia @ Marvelous Records w/ Dick Neff, bubbly mommy gun -- 208 S. 40th, byob

May 14 Baltimore Md @ Floristree w/ bubbly mommy gun, quiet hooves

May 15 Richmond Va @ Couch Heaven w/ caves caverns, articulate chewbacca

May 16 Chapel Hill @ Night Light w/ Clang Quartet and Three-Brained Robot

May 17 Athens ga @ Farm255 w/ bubbly mommy gun

May 18 Atlanta Ga @ 529 w/ bubbly mommy gun

May 19 Pensacola, FL via Balder- @ 720 Studios

May 20 New Orleans LA @ SIBERIA

May 21 Austin Tx..

May 22 Las Cruces @ house party

May 23 Albuquerque Nm @ The Kosmos w/ Tendorizer, Rainbow Pyramid Ensemble

May 24 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space w/ Wet Hair, Rene Hell

May 25 San Diego Ca

May 26 Los Angeles Ca @ women o crenshaw party

Here is some live stuff from the duo.

UPDATE: Here is the Oakland show.

Acid Mothers Sunday Vol 32: Makoto and Pikachu - Live

Hey all... welcome to 2011, once again sorry for the lack of posts, but you know how it goes. I was going to try to work up a best of 2010 list, but until I get that together, here is a new Acid Mothers Sunday, which I am sure you all prefer anyway. That said, the Purling Hiss album Public Service Announcement is probably my fave release of 2010, so check it out if you care.

Anyway, on to the meat. This time around we have a live set from Makoto & Pikachu. Makoto is of course, Makoto Kawabata from Acid Mothers Temple and Pikachu is Pikachu from the sadly split Afrirampo as well as Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno. This one was on a split (with Human Shower) CDr Kawabata was selling on the 2010 AMT tour. 20 plus minutes of noisy spaced out weirdness from these two. Drums and drum machines, yelling, glissando guitar, laughter and hard rock riffs. A very what the fuck release in the tradition of (a much more fun) Hanatarash. Not sure when or where this was recorded or the limitedness of the CDr, but it is an enjoyable slice of Japanese pie for sure. And the main reason I am putting this one up is because Makoto and Pikachu will be touring the USA in May with Mugu Guymen. It looks like the Philly show will be May 13 2011. They are looking for venues and such, so if you are on facebook, check out this event and get in touch if you can help 'em out.

And of course, don't forget that Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso will be touring the USA and Canada in March/April of 2010.

Makoto and Pikachu - Live

Afrirampo Call It Quits

This happened last week it seems, but the awesome duo of Oni and Pikachu have called it a day.

They were great. Alas.

Acid Mothers Sunday vol 8

As everyone knows, there are two (main) versions of Acid Mothers Temple these days, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno. The Cosmic Inferno started out playing a darker, heavier version of the Melting Paraiso, but recently have becoming a little more bliss out/freakout. The Cosmic Inferno has recently seen Afrirampo's Pika join their ranks, keeping with the two drummers aspect of the Cosmic Inferno sound. Anyway, the Cosmic Inferno recently finished up a UK & Ireland tour and are planning another one of Europe for November. Where this leaves USA AMT heads is anyone's guess, but hopefully they will bring the Cosmic Inferno/Pika traveling circus to the States soon! The Cosmic Inferno also has two new CDs available, the super fantastic Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Outer Space on Riot Season and a live album on Vivo Records that I just ordered from Eclipse. Eclipse is also stocking a DVD of the Cosmic Inferno with Pika recorded live in Japan.

Here is a jam from the middle of "Pink Lady Lemonade" recorded on Aug 6 2008 at Whelan's in Dublin, Ireland. It is a weird, disco sounding massive riff that gets the full on AMT treatment. This is a lossy mp3 and I recommend you download the whole show from
archive.org., thanks to AMT message board poster NJM for recording and posting this one.

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Do You Like Space Disco? (recorded live Aug 6 2008 Dublin Ireland