MC Lars
@mclars
That Myspace era nerdcore rapper your older brother told you about from the mid-00s. Come join the MC Lars Discord and get my Field Guide to the Gathering:
ICP's whole catalog is built on the Joker's Cards, and the first six are really six visions of judgment day. Carnival of Carnage, Ringmaster, Riddle Box, Milenko, Jeckel Brothers, the Wraith. The "MC Lars Field Guide to the Gathering" is in my Discord. Link in bio.
The most important person at a festival is never on the stage. At SXSW it was the guy directing parking, so I interviewed him. Respect the people who actually make the day run. The "MC Lars Field Guide to the Gathering" (set time + survival guide) is in my Discord: discord.gg/GgYuTf7Dt
Dec 1997: a stranger mailed me a prank call tape and filled the extra space with a song by two clowns from Detroit. I later rapped about aliens, robots, and ICP before I knew nerdcore had a name. One tape rerouted everything. 29 years later I'm playing the Gathering.
I went to Stanford and used my time there to interview squirrels. This one climbed a tree to avoid my questions. Respect.
Playing @opositivefest.bsky.social (O+ Fest) in Kingston NY, Sat 10/10. Artists play for free. The festival pays them in healthcare instead. Dentists. Actual dentists. Since 2010. This year the theme is MO+numents. So yes, "Ozymandias". opositivefestival.org/wristbands
A nonprofit youth center director in Aurora, Nebraska asked me to come perform. So I'm doing four towns: Alliance, North Platte, Aurora, Bellevue, including concerts and a creative writing clinics with the kids. www.ksnblocal4.com/2026/06/16/r...
14 years ago today I debuted "Flow Like Poe" at Carnegie Hall. It now has over 1.1M streams. Carnegie Hall said they weren't responsible. They were.
Last chance to back the "Graduate" 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
The "Graduate" 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter wraps up tomorrow! “If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh” sounds like a joke song at first, but it’s really about wanting to undo loss. Video directed by Richard Barham, one of my favorite collaborators. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
Only two days left to back "The Graduate" 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter! “Ahab” was where lit-hop clicked for me... Moby-Dick, obsession and American self-destruction over a @supergrasshq.bsky.social sample. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
I wrote “iGeneration” while Web 2.0 was taking shape. Everything was changing, and it felt like anything was possible. Thank you Piebald for the amazing chorus. Last chance to back "The Graduate" 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
I made a fake band as a joke, turns out the system was real. Last chance to back "The Graduate" 20th anniversary Kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
“Download This Song” was about more than file-sharing, it was about connection. 20 years later, that still feels true. "The Graduate" vinyl Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
I’m playing an all-ages "The Graduate" anniversary show on May 20 in Baltimore at the Ottobar, one of my favorite venues, and the same Maryland spot where I played when the record first dropped. Tickets: nerdcoretour.com
Humans evolved. So did "The Graduate". The 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter is live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
This has nothing to do with my album, but: Roger Rabbit changed movies. "The Graduate" 20th anniversary @Kickstarter is live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
"You can Bluetooth a record… but should you?" The Graduate 20th anniversary Kickstarter is live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
New NorCal show announced! Excited to be performing at the Fire & Ice Retro Gaming Expo 2026 this summer, just outside of Sacramento. Tickets on sale 4/7: ticketstripe.com/FireIceRGX
Did you know "The Graduate" dropped before iPhones played MP3s? 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter is live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
Another little known fact about “the Graduate” Kickstarter for all of the Ninja Turtles fans! Thanks to everyone for your support. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
Did you know my album “the Graduate” was actually named after a Dustin Hoffman movie? 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
"The Graduate" 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter has reached its goal! Thank you everyone for backing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
In just a few hours, the “Graduate” 20th anniversary vinyl Kickstarter has been 95% funded. Thank you everyone!! Lots of cool bonus items still available, including “discovered” vintage Hearts That Hate merch and a book I wrote about the making of the album. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hor...
Edgar Allan Poe is cyberbullying me. He says I stopped touring… guess he missed this: MAR 7 SAT Boston Bitdown, 8:00 PM Somerville, MA SEP 12 SAT Supernova International Ska Festival, 11:00 AM Hampton, VA Tickets: nerdcoretour.com
Are any K–12 teachers or administrators interested in bringing me in for a Poe Lit-Hop presentation or workshop with your students? Please hit me up at LARS [at] MCLARS [dot] COM Thanks!
I’d like to thank my Horris Records intern, Atlas, for helping with the "Poe LP" @kickstarter.com fulfillment this week. In this video, he explains the stickers included in the sticker pack.
I’m debuting some new songs at the Poe birthday event on Saturday the 17th with my friends at Poe Baltimore. I’ll be performing at the church where he’s buried. Dream gig unlocked. Tickets: book.peek.com/s/43e841c2-0...