draconian - 8-30-2003 at 07:38 PM
Ima Robot get a glowing mention in a longer review of the Reading Fest:
REVIEW EXCERPT
"Along with BRMC, several other L.A. acts made quite an impression on Reading spectators this year. The always-entertaining Beck rocked the Main
Stage with a high-energy tour de force of superfreaky old hits like "New Pollution," "Where It's At," "Mixed
Bizness," and "Sexx Laws," not to mention a raucous cover of Nelly's "Hot In Herre." Meanwhile, Ima Robot, a new
electro-rock outfit featuring former Beck sidemen Joey Waronker and Justin Meldal-Johnsen, turned out to be one of the surprise highlights of the
entire festival, with lead singer Alex Ebert--a mulletheaded, shirtless wraith who bears an uncanny resemblance to an Idiot-era Iggy Pop--putting in a
potent, punky performance (imagine the Cars on PCP) that rendered everyone in the Carling Stage tent speechless and breathless. "