And they liked it. They were around since the lazy, hazy days of 2002, reviewing Joey's first performance with the 'Bot back at Spaceland. Here's foundmusic.com's nice little coverage of last week's L.A. performance:

Ima Robot at Henry Fonda
Posted Monday, January 19, 2004
"Showing up fashionably late after a posh dinner at Subway, we made our way into the Henry Fonda theater to see the much-ballyhooed and Found Music fave Ima Robot. We missed the first act, but if it was anything like the next band, then that’s just fine.
Seksu Roba are one of the strangest bands I have ever seen. Behind them was a screen showing images of Japanese Power Rangers, the opening of Tomorrowland and 70s soft-core alien porn. Their music was fitting to the movie. The guy in the band played all sorts of synth stuff, and added some theramin here and there, which was at least interesting to look at. The singer had costume changes, wigs, and lots of fun rolling around on the floor alá Courtney Love. Somehow, despite the throbbing electronic music, strange images, and use of nun-chucks by the vocalist, it was incredibly boring. I found my head starting to fall and my eyes starting to close before a song ended abruptly, catching my attention. Weird.
Next up was band Self. To my surprise, they sounded kind of pop-punk. Typical lyric: “I’m emotional, you’re emotional too, that’s why our relationship sucks” They were actually pretty enjoyable. By far, their most fun song was “Amps in the Trunk.” Each verse was “We got more amps in the trunk than [insert band name here], mothafucka.” First they said Queen, and did some great Queen-like harmonies to go along. Last was Lenny Kravitz, who they put in his place. The singer did some cool chimp-like jumping when he was pounding on the keys. Good times, and a lot of fun.
After some interludes by James Brown and Stevie Wonder, Ima Robot came out. Vocalist Alex came out wearing a shiny black cape, only to rip it off wearing a tan shimmering woman’s shirt. After opening with a slow song, the band erupted into a more typical upbeat one, sending the crowd into a frenzy of skanking, pogoing, and the like. It was a great performance- full of energy and lots of fun. While the band seemed a bit out it, it was a perfect simulation of their album and even the insane and dazed Alex sounded great on his vocals. In a moment of seriousness, the bassist tried to thank KCRW and god knows who else, the whole band, yaying after name, only for Alex to shout out, “YAY! FRIENDSTER!” (Yeah, I yelled kinda loud for that one…)
Of course “Black Jettas” was a triumph, but every song was good. I could say some more, but I didn’t get much sleep last night and can’t think of any other adjectives, so I give up. Oh yeah, some guy stepped on my foot while he was dancing. Bastard. -PR"

my friend wrote that, she works there and we went to the show together. 'twas our first Ima Robot show, and now we're going to the march 15th one at the el rey, so it shall be grand, but i helped her write a chunk of the article.

Foundmusic rocks--their Rant section usually has some nice reviews.

the ones signed with PR at the bottom are my friend's....and most likely, i was at the shows with her. you can tell the difference between the 3 people who write the rants, but unfortunately, Joe, the owner, thinks it should be annonymous. whatever.