Kid Meets Cougar explains robot attraction

Kid Meets Cougar's equally noisy and winsome indie dance pop is good for cutting loose and cutting rugs. Singer/guitarist Brett Bolton explains the duo's appeal -- especially when it comes to robots.

What does Kid Meets Cougar sound like?

"Kid Meets Cougar sounds like two drummers blindly following one another in the dark with a basket of noise makers and a pocket full of ambition. Every once in a while we stumble onto something interesting. (Ha! Get it? Dark = stumble. Big pun)."

On your MySpace page, you can download your fine debut for free. For free! What other acts of humanitarianism does Kid Meets Cougar engage in?

1) We feed our cats every day. They are like humans to us. Moonshine even drinks from the sink. 2) We buy our unemployed friends drinks at our shows.

Side note: Due to policy changes at the Web site we use, our free downloads will only be supported for another week so go get it before it's an entire $6 at kidmeetscougar.bandcamp.com."

Apparently, giant robots seem to be drawn to your band. Care to explain the attraction?

"Emotionally, this has been a difficult subject for me to get into, but I'll try. You see, Courtney (Carroll, drums, keyboards, percussion, vocals) and Boltronix 5000 (the robot featured in a few of our videos) apparently had a thing for one another around the time Courtney and I started dating. It wasn't much, but it was enough to cause some awkward/tense moments over the past year or so, especially when we run into each other out on the town. Sometimes he'll call her up late at night, totally hopped up on high octane gas fumes, and try to reminisce about the good times they had, but I don't let it get to me. We're all just good buddies now ... I hope."

You guys are returning to the Neon Reverb music fest, where you were one of the highlights last go-round. What did you make of the experience?

"Neon Reverb = party, sleep, party, eat, party, party, coma. The events surrounding the Neon Reverb festival are always a good time. Our Neon Reverb show six months ago (with Yacht, Afghan Raiders, Pan De Sal and Ex-Dinosaur), for example, was possibly one of the best shows we've had the privilege of playing thus far. Throughout the course of the night we had appearances by Boltronix 5000 and a snow leopard, a balloon shower dance party from Afghan Raiders and a crazy audio/visual onslaught by Yacht. It will definitely be tough to beat the last Neon Reverb installment this go around but we have some tricks up our sleeves."

See Kid Meets Cougar at 7 p.m. Friday at the Gypsy Den, 213 E. Colorado Ave. Call 684-1628.

Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476.