MC Lars
This Gigantic Robot Kills
Oglio Records
8/10
Accordions, robots, talking shit on hipster girls and Wesley Willis? How could I possibly even attempt to hate on this? Well… I mean, I could try, but I won’t. Laptop-based nerd-rap is something I can stand behind, even if it’s just for a little while. Even with special guests like Nerf Herder’s Parry Gripp, The Aquabat’s MC Bat Commander and “Weird” Al motherfucking Yankovic, the novelty of Ska-starved robot raps can get old. It’s an album that is full of songs perfect for mix-tapes and playlists, but I will not be listening to it on a daily basis. Also, the chick who does the voice of Hipster girl sound simultaneously hot and fucking stupid. The idea that girls actually talk like that frightens me. Oh, and dude, Wesley Willis was gonna write a song about him. Solid.
-Jonathan Yost