Babes is a band that frequently crosses the wires of love and desire. Online, they don't have much of a presence, beyond vague websites and unoccupied Twitter pages. They have a hotline: (470) BABES-77. One gets the impression that you could call any time for intimate connections. The first thing I asked them over the phone was about their habit of almost exclusively writing love songs. Why love songs?

"We're horny!" they exclaimed.

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's interview with Babes in the Music and Culture section.

BABES, w/ Lures, MILK, 8 p.m., Thursday, March 27, The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, cover tba, 253.572.4020