Raised By Robots / Auctioneer, The
| Album: | Auctioneer, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Raised By Robots | Added: | Feb 2008 | |
| Label: | Doomcandy Music Albums | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-03-30 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-01 |
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| Week Ending: | May 18 | May 11 | May 4 | Apr 13 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 10, 2010: | the seductardation
Pixie Duss |
4. | May 04, 2008: | Undrinkably Bad Oddities
A Corporeal Complex |
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| 2. | May 13, 2008: | At Your Local Dive
Puzzles |
5. | Apr 28, 2008: | Now's the time
Cynicism |
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| 3. | May 11, 2008: | Undrinkably Bad Oddities
Puzzles |
6. | Apr 11, 2008: | Music to Make Babies To
Puzzles |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-03-21
Reviewed 2008-03-21
Poppy punk stuff from a local trio, jangly rocking stuff, kind of "alternative" radio-friendly. Decently literate lyrics that show more than a little hip-hop influence, both in the rhyming and the cadence. Good stuff; more serious than goofing-off.
Debut recording from a local band. "Raised By Robots will crush your city," it says on the CD package. Bummer. The band is the brainchild of Cameron Spies (guitar, vocs) and Mike Rieger (drums), a couple of SF landscape architects. Their bassist, Ohm Mega One, is a chemical engineer.
All songs fast or at least a little bit fast, unless noted. There are FCCs.
1- *FCC* Poppy sound; serious mood. Good song. Sudden ending.
2- Another serious one; a fast, pipping sound. Bursts open for an insanely fast lyrics break.
3- Hard-driven, fast
4- *FCC* Fast and choppy
5- Jangling gloom. Darkly intense later.
6- Snide-toned guitars; midtempo powerpop sound
7- *FCC* Slowish swaying feel, loud gutsy singing
8- Cool pattering feel with a chiming bell sound. Mid/fast; references Hungry Hungry Hippos
9- Nifty guitar jangle. Tough, scratchy sound.
10- *FCC* Heavy, hazy guitars. Spoken word start.
11- Fairly fast, morose sound.
12- *FCC* Quiet and acoustic, slowish
Debut recording from a local band. "Raised By Robots will crush your city," it says on the CD package. Bummer. The band is the brainchild of Cameron Spies (guitar, vocs) and Mike Rieger (drums), a couple of SF landscape architects. Their bassist, Ohm Mega One, is a chemical engineer.
All songs fast or at least a little bit fast, unless noted. There are FCCs.
1- *FCC* Poppy sound; serious mood. Good song. Sudden ending.
2- Another serious one; a fast, pipping sound. Bursts open for an insanely fast lyrics break.
3- Hard-driven, fast
4- *FCC* Fast and choppy
5- Jangling gloom. Darkly intense later.
6- Snide-toned guitars; midtempo powerpop sound
7- *FCC* Slowish swaying feel, loud gutsy singing
8- Cool pattering feel with a chiming bell sound. Mid/fast; references Hungry Hungry Hippos
9- Nifty guitar jangle. Tough, scratchy sound.
10- *FCC* Heavy, hazy guitars. Spoken word start.
11- Fairly fast, morose sound.
12- *FCC* Quiet and acoustic, slowish
Track Listing
| 1. | White Eyelids | 7. | 6ircles | |||
| 2. | A Corporeal Complex | 8. | Puzzles | |||
| 3. | Cynicism | 9. | Skeletons | |||
| 4. | The Graveyard Shift | 10. | Villains, Getting Away | |||
| 5. | The Ides | 11. | Pixie Duss | |||
| 6. | Sycophant | 12. | There Is Always Something Better |