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by Makenna Skeabeck
Alright Nerds, this review is for you! Indie hip-hop laptop rappers MC Chris and MC Lars embarked on a June tour across the US with guests YTCracker, Math The Band and MC Frontalot. I was lucky enough to catch the second-to-last show in West Chester, PA at Bam Margera’s club, The Note (despite Math The Band’s frontman’s fake sighting, no, Bam wasn’t there). I have to say, it was a much different crowd than I was used to. I thought the stereotypical nerd from the 1950′s was dead, but this show proved me wrong!
MC Frontalot was a pleasant surprise. I’d never heard him before, but I was definitely engaged when he played. He rapped over recorded tracks, and it was rather charmingly low-key to have him stop during the set and direct the sound guy which tracks to skip to on the cd. Math The Band’s electronic nintendocore-esque rock didn’t quite fit in with the other three MC’s, but they were still a lot of fun. Definitely had the crowd moving with an Andrew W.K. cover to start out with. Their quirky antics were intriguing, and the music was better than I expected from two people with a singular drum, a synth board, and a guitar.
I was under the impression that YTCracker would have his own half hour set or so, so I was very surprised to see that that wasn’t the case. He just happened to be supporting MC Lars on stage, doing the whole hype-man thing. I was especially charmed when MC Lars was willing to give up some of his time and let YTCracker do a few songs. These two are obviously just such great friends, and the way they share the stage is actually kind of sweet. They were obviously having a blast up there together, and that made the show that much better.
All in all, the set was fantastic. MC Lars had his MAC set up right on stage and he projected his YouTube videos on a big projector screen along with each song, which was great for the fans who had seen them before, and fun for people who didn’t know who MC Lars was, to really get an impression of what this guy was all about! I was also happy to see he had a band playing with him; full drum kit, bass and guitar. It brought him from a random guy rapping along to recorded tracks playing on his laptop to an actual artist. It was a delight for me. He seemed to be having a lot of fun on stage, and he made sure the crowd was moving. The biggest shock of all actually came when MC Lars pulled off a pit during his hit “Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock”. Like… a genuine, real-live mosh pit. I didn’t think it could happen, but he did it. I was actually thrown around and had a bruise or two when I came home. For a rapper, a nerdcore rapper at that, it was impressive.
MC Chris, being the headliner, was last for the night. While I had seen MC Chris before at festivals like Bamboozle and Warped Tour, I was excited to see how he would pull off a show in a small venue. He didn’t disappoint. He was promoting his newest album release MC Chris Goes To Hell, but he made sure to play the songs we all wanted to hear, like the favorite “Fett’s Vette”. While his show wasn’t quite as playful as MC Lars’ (no projectors, no friends on stage, no band, just a laptop) it was definitely still amazing. It had it’s finer points. Including Chris calling his girlfriend on stage and having the crowd call out to her. Also, there was a t-shirt competition where we all cheered on whoever had the most original shirt and ‘pointed and yelled like we were on The Price Is Right!’. We got announcements about a new MC Chris show (no really, listen for info about it and check adultswim.com) and heard an accurate synopsis of the children’s show “Star Wars: Clone Wars from MC Chris’s future child’s point of view. And of course we got down and danced to the MC’s great beats. It was creative and fun. MC Chris was great as a storyteller, a rapper, and all out performer. I went home a happy girl, the inner geek in me shining proud. It was a great show, and one I would definitely love to see again.
Check out MC Chris at http://www.myspace.com/mcchris, and MC Lars at http://www.myspace.com/mclars and get your nerd on!
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