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The Bots

The Bots are an American, Los Angeles–based indie rock band, founded by brothers Mikaiah Lei and Anaiah Muhammad. They perform garage punk music. Rolling Stone named them an artist "Most Likely To Succeed in 2014" during their coverage of acts performing at the annual Coachella Music Festival. The Bots had already self released an album and three EPs before they signed to Fader Label in 2013. The band debuted their album Pink Palms in October 2014 via Fader. In 2021, the Bots released their second album 2 Seater, featuring new drummer Alex Vincent (also of Los Angeles act Stop Thought). The record was recorded and produced in Austin, Texas by Adrian Quesada of Grammy-Award-nominated band Black Pumas.

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Article summary

The Bots are an American, Los Angeles–based indie rock band, founded by brothers Mikaiah Lei and Anaiah Muhammad. They perform garage punk music. Rolling Stone named them an artist "Most Likely To Succeed in 2014" during their coverage of acts performing at the annual Coachella Music Festival. The Bots had already self released an album and three EPs before they signed to Fader Label in 2013. The band debuted their album Pink Palms in October 2014 via Fader. In 2021, the Bots released their second album 2 Seater, featuring new drummer Alex Vincent (also of Los Angeles act Stop Thought). The record was recorded and produced in Austin, Texas by Adrian Quesada of Grammy-Award-nominated band Black Pumas.

Key claims

  1. release date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1316303804

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.