This Gigantic Robot Kills

Mc Lars - This Gigantic Robot Kills

This Gigantic Robot Kills
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Artist: Mc Lars
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-02-24
Music Label: Oglio Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Where Ya Been Lars? (1:20)
  2. True Player For Real (Featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic And Wheatus) (3:33)
  3. Hipster Girl (3:43)
  4. It's Not Easy (Being Green) (Featuring Pierre Bouvier Of Simple Plan) (3:43)
  5. This Gigantic Robot Kills (Featuring Suburban Legends & The MC Bat Commander Of The Aquabats) (2:49)
  6. No Logo (Featuring Jesse Dangerously) (3:05)
  7. 35 Laurel Drive (2:50)
  8. Twenty-Three (Featuring Amie Miriello) (3:47)
  9. Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Does Not Make You Slash) (Featuring Parry Gripp Of Nerf Herder And Paul Gilbert Of Mr. Big) (4:04)
  10. O.G. Original Gamer (Featuring MC Frontalot And Jonathan Coulton) (3:43)
  11. We Have Arrived (Featuring K.Flay, YTCracker And The Former Fat Boys) (3:30)
  12. White Kids Aren't Hyphy (3:17)
  13. Hey There Ophelia (Featuring Gabe Saporta Of Cobra Starship And Brett Anderson Of The Donnas) (4:28)
  14. (Lord It's Hard To Be Happy When You're Not Using) The Metric System (Featuring Worm Quartet) (2:50)

Music reviews of This Gigantic Robot Kills

Music Review: This Gigantic Robot Kills . . . and rocks!
Rating: 5 Stars

I have been a fan of MC Lars for a while now and feel confident in saying that he is at his finest with the recent release of "This Gigantic Robot Kills." I'm not sure how to go about reviewing this album, so I'll just talk about the songs that really stuck out.

The album starts off with "Where Ya Been Lars?" and this track lets us know where our boy has been while supplying us with anecdotes of his experiences in the biz.

Next we are greeted by "True Player for Real;" a song that puts to rest any fears that Lars may have deviated from his Nerdcore roots. Lars is still having fun and putting a lot of thought into his lyrics. Plus, it's also nice to hear Weird Al's contribution of his sick accordion skills.

Then there's "Hipster Girl;" a catchy tune with some fantastic lyrics that pokes fun at hipster culture without having to be too forward or mean about it. I always crack up when he gets to the line `Donnie Darko makes no sense.'

Following that is the environmentalist track "It's Not Easy (Being Green)" with guest vocals supplied by Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan. While I'm not a fan of Simple Plan, I still feel it necessary to acknowledge his effort on this track, as weak as it may be. Going green is important but the message happens to be trapped in one of the album's weaker tracks.

Ahh yes, then there is the song that bears this album's namesake, "This Gigantic Robot Kills." Easily one of my favorites on the album, this entertaining number is a toe-tapping ska infused song featuring the talents of Suburban Legends and MC Bat Commander of The Aquabats. What's not to like? Ska fans old and new will find themselves singing along and skanking the night away to this one.

"35 Laurel Drive" reminds us of Lars' great sense of humor as he discusses how much of a slob his drummer is. Lars details the numerous messy aspects of this guy's house and is pretty clever about it. With the funny there must also be the serious as we are then met by "Twenty-Three." This somber track recounts the MC's tale of his friend's depression and subsequent suicide and is a very sweet way of paying tribute a lost friend.

Then we get the song "Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Does Not Make You Slash)." Once again, Lars references popular culture and pokes fun the obsessive video games tendencies we harbor and how skilled we think we are. The guitar on this track is fantastic and really drives home the message of the song; being good at a video game doesn't necessarily translate to real like skills.

"We Have Arrived" has a lot going for it with its got a fast danceable beat with a great hip-hop core. "White Kids Aren't Hyphy" follows the theme of characterizing the club going genre while getting its own message across and upholds Lars' vast musical knowledge.

"Hey There Ophelia" gives us the sort of track we haven't heard since "Mr. Raven" or "Ahab." MC Lars was an English major in college and, clearly, he doesn't want us to forget it. As far as I'm concerned, a rap version of Hamlet is always welcome.

All in all, it's a great album and I look forward to seeing MC Lars coming out with some more top notch songs in the future.
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Description of This Gigantic Robot Kills

MC Lars, the original Post Punk Laptop Rapper returns with "This Gigantic Robot Kills" on the new imprint Crappy Records (Carl Caprioglio from Oglio Records, Linus of Hollywood and Jaret Reddick from Bowling For Soup). The title is from a meeting MC Lars had with his musical idol, the legendary Wesley Willis, who told him "Lars Horris! I like your songs, I'll write a song about you. I'll probably write it on my next rock 'n' roll record, which is called 'This Gigantic Robot Kills'." Willis died soon thereafter, and Lars decided to dedicate his new album to Wesley's memory by naming it after that unfinished album.

To complete "T.G.R.K.", MC Lars also called on Weird Al, members of Wheatus, Simple Plan, Suburban Legends, The Aquabats, Cobra Starship, The Donnas, Parry Gripp, Paul Gilbert, Jesse Dangerously, Amie Miriello, Jonathan Coulton, K. Flay, The Former Fat Boys, his tour mates MC Frontalot and YT Cracker and more. MC Lars has toured extensively for the last three years creating a solid fanbase the old fashioned way, with a great live show. He has opened for the likes of Bowling For Soup, Gym Class Heroes, Bayside, Streetlight Manifesto, Simple Plan, Say Anything and much more. Many songs from "This Gigantic Robot Kills" have been road tested and are already fan favorites!

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