The first album by MC Lars Horris (who later shortened his professional name to MC Lars) was recorded after the California native had moved to Oxford, England, to continue his studies. Something of a cross between the suburban white boy postures of MC Chris (the relentlessly sarcastic rapper/animator familiar to fans of {#Sealab 2021} and {#Aqua Teen Hunger Force}) and the self-contained D.I.Y. electro-punk of Atom & His Package (who is justly saluted in this album's {&"Atom You're Awesome   [ read more ]

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What the Beastie Boys were to the '80s and the Bloodhound Gang were to the '90s, MC Lars is to the first decade of the 21st century (which, frankly, could use a nickname a bit more catchy than "the aughts") -- i.e., a smarmy suburbanite equally influenced by old school and new school, hip-hop and rock, and armed with enough clever pop culture references to keep a hipper-than-thou indie kid chuckling to himself for hours. The Graduate finds the wisecracking MC portraying himself as the cour   [ read more ]

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MC Lars is up to his usual tricks on full-length album number three, This Gigantic Robot Kills, a caffeine-addled mix of pop-punk, laptop rap, and smart aleck, tongue-in-cheek observation on everything from Brooklyn hipster girls and the green movement to Guitar Hero and the metric system. The title is borrowed from the late Wesley Willis, apparently a fan of Lars' past work (as the included sound bite testifies), who passed away before being able to use the name himself. They're some of his    [ read more ]

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