The Bots: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

The Bots members are brothers and bandmates whose playful, catchy songs rock hard. Singerguitarist Mikaiah Lei is 21 and drummer Anaiah Lei is 17; they made their first album when they were 15 and 12, respectively. Pink Palms is their newest and best. I hear Jimi Hendrix in The Bots bluesy moments, both in the guitar and in Mikaiah Lei s voice, but there s also that great rockduo punch we ve heard in The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood. Still, unexpected sweetness surfaces here, in a way that pro