Come see the world premiere at Cinequest 2012!

Screenings at Camera 12 Cinemas in Downtown San Jose

Friday March 2nd – 7:15pm
Sunday March 4th – 9:00pm
Tuesday March 6th – 2:30pm

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Cloud Nothings then released a 2nd album (self titled) in Jan 2011 via Carpark… followed by a more recent release, Attack On Memory, also released via Carpark in Jan 2012. You can check out a music video of their most recent single below:

Cloud Nothings “No Future/No Past”

Cloud Nothings – “No Future / No Past” Official Video from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.

Between putting out tons of music in a span of 3 years, and touring all over North America, Cloud Nothings is ready to move to the next level. They will also be venturing to the UK in May.

“For all of early Cloud Nothings’ fun and fervor, Baldi admits that it never sounded like most of the music he listens to. With ‘Attack on Memory’, he wanted to remedy this anomaly, and in setting out to do so, Baldi and co. have created an album that shows vast growth in a still very young band.”

For music, tour dates and everything else, visit them:
www.cloudnothings.tumblr.com

http://www.facebook.com/cloudnothings

iFM 104.9 KCNL & S*ALT Presents:

“WTF Party”

Wednesday March 14th, 2012

@ South First Billiards
420 South First Street, Downtown San Jose
from 7p-10p PST
FREE ADMISSION

Featuring Live Performances by: 

• 7Horse (featuring members of Dada)

• Raza Kosmica

*Meet the personalities of iFM 104.9    *Drink Specials All Night

*Listen to iFM 104.9 KCNL or www.SaveAlternative.com for your chance to grab tickets.

THE WTF Party is Sponsored in part by: R.V.I.S. Insurance Ruben Villanueva, The Law Office of Jamie Harris, PositivePositioning.com, Colorama Signs and ApsaraSkinCare.com! 

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Forging their own path in today’s music industry, brothers and band-mates Mikaiah Lei, 18, and Anaiah Lei, 14, are producing an infectious strain of rock and with a style all their own. Known for their fast-paced driving drums, grinding melodies and radical breakdowns, The Bots’ songs have been reviewed as ‘fresh’ and ‘raw’, their deep appreciation for the truth of their music always evident, never over producing and ever exploring a variety different styles and instruments.

The Bots have recorded three albums, two of them singles, and are currently working on their next full length. “Self-Titled Album” (2009), “Black and White Lights” (2010), and “Ladies & Gentlemen” (2011) all available on iTunes. They have put forth an army of videos on YouTube, played (and continue to play) an extensive string of live shows around the L.A. area over the past two years and have played both the Vans Warped Tour ’10 and ’11, the Afro-Punk Tour ‘09 and ’10.

Mikaiah (lead guitar, vocals), was 15 years old and brother Anaiah (drums, backup vocals), was 12 when their band The Bots recorded their first album, “Self-Titled Album” at Paramount Ameraycan Studios in Hollywood, CA in the spring of 2009. It consists of 10 original tracks that the boys co-wrote together and one cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s song, “Art Star”.

By the spring of 2010 they were back at Paramount recording a two-track single, “Black and White Lights” that includes their songs “Notre Monde” and “No One Knows”, almost complete opposites of one another in their pacing, structure and attitude but both delivering insightful and often profound lyrics within their haunting melodies. The boys maintain that the words are very much secondary to the emotions evoked by the music itself.

Two months later in June 2010, The Bots were re-united with long-time family friend and front man for the Bad Brains, H.R., after opening for them on the Afro Punk Tour in Brooklyn, NY. They describe the experience as a definite highlight of their career, while articles and reviews hailed their performance as watching the ‘future of punk’.

In the spring of 2011, they linked up with Agent Orange drummer and producer, Dave Klein, who along with the boys produced their most recent single “Ladies & Gentlemen” which includes the tracks “Northern Lights” and “Vanity”.

They put out a video for “Northern Lights”, (a video release for “Vanity” is expected as well this fall) and then were on the road for the 2011 Vans Warped Tour where they played Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, TX, Las Cruses NM, Las Vegas NV, Pomona CA, Ventura CA, Mountain View CA, Kansas, Indiana, Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota!

The reviews from the Vans Warped Tour included a write-up in RollingStone:

“One of the day’s coolest, most unexpected sets was delivered by the Bots–- two brothers from Glendale, California, ages 13 and 18 – playing tough and melodic punk ‘n’ blues in the Black Keys mode. “I’m pretty sure their mom is out on tour and watching over them,” Against Me!’s Tom Gabel told Rolling Stone backstage, calling the young duo one of his favorite acts on this year’s 44-date tour.”

–RollingStone [ July 5, 2011]

The brothers credit their mother, for her guidance and faith and their father, for his support and inspiration. Their broad span of influences include Black Flag, The White Stripes, Arcade Fire, LA’s Wasted Youth, Circle Jerks, Rancid, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The XX.

Instrumentation
Mikaiah Lei – Vocals/Guitar/Keys
Anaiah Lei – Drums/Backup Vocals

Check these grommets out.

www.thebotsband.com/

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