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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hellloooo – let me know if you want in on any of the shows…thanks! JB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"&apos","serif"">THE BOTS ARRIVE!</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"&apos","serif"">Playing CMJ! "Sincerely Sorry" Out Now</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><img width="261" height="174" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CEC680.D7308D80"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Amped-up guitars, frantically thrashed drums – that's all the power The Bots need. Mix Black Keys and White Stripes: You get kids
who sound alive with feral punk energy.” – <b>The Guardian</b></span></i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">""Tightly wound, exuberant rock 'n' roll. . . . When the band was recently invited by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to open a gig in Pomona,
The Bots nearly blew them off the stage, which is no small feat." "Immensely talented" – <b>The Los Angeles Times</b></span></i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“They make more noise than God and have hooks for days." – <b>Noisey</b></span></i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">October 10, 2013 (New York, NY) <b>The Bots</b> are hitting New York to show us how it’s done, playing the <b>VICE</b>, <b>FADER,</b> and <b>Mass Appeal </b>showcases, among others (Full CMJ schedule below). <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAmxBLMMjlA"><span style="color:purple">PRESS
HERE</span></a></b> to know them and love them.<span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;Times New Roman&apos;serif">Brothers and band-mates <b>Mikaiah Lei</b> (lead vocal, guitar, bass), 20, and <b>Anaiah Lei</b> (drums & percussions, backing vocal), 16, having experienced two Vans Warped Tours,
two Afro-Punk Festival Tours, The Africa Express Tour, countless European festivals, and now are rocking-ready for their debut full-length release with <b>FADER Label</b> in early 2014.<span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Their first single off their new EP <b><i>Sincerely Sorry</i></b>, “5:17,” premiered on <a href="http://noisey.com/"><span style="color:purple">Noisey.com</span></a>, who noted, “The Bots are two rad-ass brothers . . . who rock the f**k
out and are reportedly friends with <b>HR</b> from <b>Bad Brains</b>. Judging from what we've heard from them, we've got high hopes for these kids, because they make more noise than God and their newest track "5:17" has hooks for days." <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/premiere-the-bots-517"><span style="color:purple">PRESS HERE</span></a> </b>to listen to “5:17”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwpCsSy8xG4&feature=youtu.be">PRESS HERE</a> To Watch The Bots LIVE at Webster Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Simultaneously “tough and melodic, punk 'n' blues” (<b><u>Rolling Stone</u>),</b> <b>The Bots'</b> style has caught the attention of critics and fellow musicians alike, including <b>Bad Brains, Social Distortion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Refused,
Tenacious D</b> and <b>Against Me</b>, to name a few. <b>Damon Albarn</b> says they are his “current favourite band,” adding, “The Bots are the only people I know who can skateboard on a train.<span style="color:#1F497D">”</span><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><a href="http://www.thebotsband.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.thebotsband.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"&apos","serif"">THE BOTS CMJ SCHEDULE</span></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"&apos","serif"">Wednesday, October 16th</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif"">Mass Appeal Showcase</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif"">Webster Hall<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">With<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3848064&pl=webstudio" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><br>
SCHOOLBOY Q, Casey Veggies, DJ Sliink, Bishop Nehru, SZA</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif"">125 E. 11th St. New York, NY 10009</span></i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><a href="http://www.massappeal.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.massappeal.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""> <b><i>I Guess I'm Floating Showcase </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif"">Pianos - Main Room</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif";color:#222222;background:white">158 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002</span><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><a href="http://www.iguessimfloating.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:purple">http://www.iguessimfloating.net/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Friday, October 18th</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""> <b><i>MyMusicRX Showcase </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif"">3:00PM</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif"">Ace Hotel Lobby</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif";color:#222222;background:white">20 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"&apos","serif""><a href="http://www.mymusicrx.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.mymusicrx.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The FADER FORT Presented by Converse, Powered by Dell<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/07/kanyejay-z_coll.html"><span style="color:windowtext">Travi$ Scott</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tag/the%20internet"><span style="color:windowtext">The Internet</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/09/black_dice_at_2.html"><span style="color:windowtext">Kelela</span></a>, and
<a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/09/glasser_release.html"><span style="color:windowtext">Glasser</span></a></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">130 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:purple"><a href="http://fader.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.thefader.com/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Jennie Boddy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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