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2004-12-30
Revolutionary debut
concert review
Miracles happen. A recent one might well have been a surprise free gig last week by Laetitia Sadier, the French frontwoman of the British band Stereolab that played a one-off local concert last July.
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St Petersburg Times
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2004-09-26
STEREOLAB FUCKING RULES
concert review
Just got back from the show at the Hollywood Bowl. I swear, to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, it was better than sex. The Groop kicked ass tonight! I'm not good with song names but I know that they did play lo boob, cybele's, and a bunch of others. They played 3 songs with a small orchestra (not as big as the one Air used. The first song they played with the orchestra was Diagonals, and it was fucking stellar. can't remember what the second one was, but cybele's was the last song, also with the orchestra.
source:
stereolab official forum
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2004-09-24
San Diego show report with setlist
concert review
First of all....there's no damn cybercafes in Los Angeles ?.....jeez, I'd spent the whole day looking for just one almost all around Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Thanks Cyberjava at Hollywood Av and La Brea for this miracle !!!
source:
stereolab official forum
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2004-08-29
Leeds Festival 2004 (Sunday)
concert review
radio 1 stage
Now here is a band with a difference, combining all their electronic hardware with almost mystic/ambient vocals to produce a lush funk sound. Recently reformed after pivotal member, Mary Hansen was killed in a bicycle accident in 2002, Stereolab are back out on the road with their new album ‘Margarine Eclipse’ that is loaded with sophisticated textures and tunes. The Radio One tent was captivated by Stereolab and their diversity that made for a sound that fitted so many moods with the cross over between genres many bands would be frightened of attempting.
source:
rockbeast
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2004-08-24
tonight at the garage
concert review
Joe was hot and sweaty. Even Laetitia had to keep towelling down. Tim's had a slightly shorter haircut. They had a new horn player, Adam, who's Joe's brother.
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2004-07-09
Musical experiments in stereo
interview
Following their Moscow gig four years ago, Stereolab, one of the U.K.'s most original and innovative bands will bring its blend of lo-fi, lounge and electronica to St. Petersburg. Backed by the British Council, Stereolab will come to St. Petersburg for a one-off concert and plan to spend five days in the city. The band, which suffered a tragic loss when the guitarist and second vocalist Mary Hansen was killed in a bicycle accident in London in February 2002, has since gone through some lineup changes.
source:
The St Petersburg Times
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2004-06-06
Transient Random Noise Bursts From Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier
interview
In pop music, the death of a band member is almost always sudden and proves to be a watershed event. Sometimes, death inevitably foreordains the curtain for the group - Nirvana and The Gits clearly couldn't continue without Kurt Cobain and Mia Zapata, respectively. Sometimes, the force of inertia overcomes remaining band members - Lush didn't survive Chris Acland's suicide. Otehr times, death points the way for a new direciton - Joy Division morphed into New Order following Ian Curtis's suicide, The Ruts continued as Ruts D.C. after Malcom Own's overdose/drowning, and The Minutement regrouped as fIREHOSE after D. Boon's fatal car accident. And some groups opt for what seems to be the hardest decision of all: to continue under the same name, with no assurances that the chemistry of the surviving band will results in work that serves both the memory of the departed and the reputation of the remaining. To give but one example, regardless of some worthy music they subsequently released, The Who never reclaimed its glory after Keith Moon died. So it's all the more impressive that Stereolab has managed to move forward so well after the tragic and horrific December 9, 2002 Central London bicycle accident death (news reports suggested a truck had backed up into her) of 36-year-old Australian keyboardist and backing vocalist Mary Hansen - as seen on their sparkling new Margerine Eclipse [Elektra] one of the best LPs ever released in the band's long career.
source:
Big Takeover
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2004-05-08
UMBRELLA FEATURE : Stereolab
interview
For all the hype that can surround the latest shit-hot rock band, there is something nice about the cool, calmness of a seasoned musician
Speaking with Stereolab singer Laetitia Sadier serves to reinforce this theory. After more than a decade crooning anthems for the Wallpaper generation, she has a unique reserve while doing this latest tour of press in support of Margerine Eclipse. Yet, given a bit of rope Sadier veers into politics, issues of gentrification, the relevance of organic food and is instantly interested and interesting. When I express surprise that the hypnotic sensual genre Stereolab helped pioneer seems more a soundtrack for the fashion elite than the latest protest march, she soldiers on.
source:
UmbrellaMusic
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2004-04-30
Solana Beach review
concert review
Just watch the Salana Beach show last night.
My first time witnessing the band live. Why these guys aren't playing Carnegie hall with full brass support and strings is beyond me.
source:
uhf message board
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2004-04-21
Good Stuff
concert review
Andy's B-day!
It just so happened to be Andy the Drummer's birthday! Happy birthday, Andy! A great show, much better than the last time I saw them: Roskilde Festival 1997 tons of rain and knee deep mud in some places. Thanks to the band and crew, especially Martin.
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Terry Watts
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2004-04-15
Lab Rats
interview
Laetitia Sadier, vocalist and songwriter for the stately pop group Stereolab, was initially skeptical that she would be able to spend the rest of her life making music.
source:
The Journal News - music line
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2004-04-15
Back to the 'Lab
interview
Restructured Stereolab doesn't let the past eclipse its potential
Stereolab surely has soundtracked many a hipster's romantic overture, so it logically follows its members get plenty of action on the road, right?
source:
Creative Loafing Atlanta
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2004-04-09
tumbleweed bandana
album review
I don’t think I did a proper review of Margerine Eclipse, so here goes:
Whenever Stereolab comes out with a new album, haters and some critics immediately proclaim the creative death of the group. Others simply say, “Ah Stereolab, heard one of their albums, you heard ‘em all.” And yet others say “Stereolab, heard 2 seconds of one of their songs, you heard ‘em all.” And the diehard “groop” fans simply proclaim that it is another masterpiece without questioning any of the band’s decisions. Lots of writers also recount what other critics and fans would or will say. So without any further ado, my take on Stereolab’s Margerine Eclipse (2004).
source:
sort of fried proverbs
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2004-04-09
Stereolab, Air, focus on bright side
interview
What happens when a band known for fizzy Europop stumbles into spate of adversity?
source:
The Boston Globe (boston.com)
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2004-04-08
Stereolab @ Pageant, St Louis
concert review
Chances are, there weren't too many Stereolab fans singing along to the band's concert at the Pageant on Thursday night.
source:
STLtoday.com
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2004-04-08
Stereolab: Artificial Alchemy
interview
Tim Gane talks about music, words and the joys and perils of obsessive fandom
Stereolab's ninth album is a joyous and immediate one ۆrgerine Eclipse is a celebration of life in the face of great adversity. In the past couple of years, the band have weathered the death of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Mary Hansen in a bicycle accident, as well as lead singer Laetitia Sadier and guitarist-songwriter Tim Gane's divorce. Speaking on the phone from a tour stop in Chicago, Gane sounds happy to have gotten through this dark period and to be back on the road. Despite a slight hangover ("Now I know why I don't drink whiskey very much"), he's an enthusiastic and likeable conversationalist. Here, Gane talks about music, words and the joys and perils of obsessive fandom.
source:
ChartAttack.com
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2004-04-08
Playing through
interview
Stereolab are par for the course despite their recent tragic handicap
source:
Hour magazine (Montreal, Canada)
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2004-04-07
Krautrock Reborn
interview
Stereolab took tragedy and turned it into Margerine Eclipse
source:
river front times
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2004-04-07
STL today interview
interview
Dreamy, eclectic, cinematic ... it's all mixed up in the Stereolab
source:
STLtoday.com
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2004-04-06
Stereolab Plays On
concert review
Stereolab alive in Minneapolis
source:
Blogumentary
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2004-04-03
No Espeaky Frances? No Problemo
album review
There are more good things that come from Europe, other than food and wine.
source:
MXDWN
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2004-04-00
SLAP interview
interview
A web exclusive interview with STEREOLAB
source:
Slap Skateboard magazine
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2004-03-31
Living in Dual Mono
interview
On Margerine Eclipse, Stereolab daydream in Technicolor.
source:
Seattle Weekly
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2004-03-30
second SF show
concert review
A filmed gig...
source:
official site forum
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2004-03-29
san francisco show
concert review
hey all you people....
just back from the first sf show and thought i'd write in for the 1st time
in ages.
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2004-03-29
Stereolab won't let Hansen be forgotten
concert review
Something was missing Monday night at the Fillmore in San Francisco. And I like to believe that's exactly how Stereolab wanted it.
Mary Hansen, who joined Stereolab in 1992, died in late 2002 after being struck by an automobile while riding a bicycle in London. She was 36.
source:
Alameda Times-Star
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2004-03-29
The Fillmore
concert review
In the twenty-something minutes I spent waiting for Stereolab to take the stage at the Fillmore, I had never felt like such an old bag in my life.
source:
mesh magazine
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2004-03-27
Phoenix rising
interview
For the first time since member Mary Hansen tragically passed, Stereolab returns with a larger touring ensemble
source:
Terminal City world service (Vancouver, Canada)
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2004-03-16
the New stereolab universe
concert review
Stereolab entered the stage at 21.30, and we discovered the NEW Stereolab universe, with 7 people, and with more electronic sounds than ever!
source:
sonfelte@caramail.com
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2004-03-04
Stereolab @ Islington Academy, London
concert review
There simply is no other band like Stereolab.
source:
musicOMH.com
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2004-03-03
Cor! Franglais!
concert review
They're brassy and they're sassy. They're... Stereolab?
source:
PlayLouder
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2004-03-02
Stereolab, To Rococo Rot @ Academy 3
concert review
The sold-out performance was competent and more playful than you'd expect from a band now over a decade old: they played faster when it was hoped they would and looked pleased to be here.
source:
Manchester Online.co.uk
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2004-03-01
Even in the shadow of pain, this is the best of Europop
concert review
For just a few brief moments at this ? only Stereolab's second gig since... well, we'll get to that in a minute ? there was a hint of something in the air.
source:
Independent.co.uk
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2004-03-01
Moving On
concert review
source:
what's new, pussycat?
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2004-02-29
Stirling Silver
concert review
Just back from an absolutely storming warm up gig for the tour in
Stirling.
source:
rbaldock@tiscali.co.uk
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2004-02-27
Stereolab moves forward
interview
source:
Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
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2004-02-05
More of the same Marxist pop songs, only not as catchy
album review
Maybe we should be glad that Stereolab are in a holding pattern.
source:
Rolling Stone
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2004-02-02
Cheerfully Brilliant (4 out of 5)
album review
Itd be a crushing understatement to say that last year must have been a bit crap at times for Stereolab, but if they didnt laugh, theyd only cry.
source:
Drowned In Sound
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2004-02-02
This is Stereolab We're Talking About
album review
The death of Mary Hansen was a tragic loss to not just Stereolab, but music in general...
source:
BBC
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2004-02-01
Interview with Tim, Laetitia and Andy
interview
Once upon a time, Tim Gane was a fresh-faced youth whose musical aspirations included a collaboration with peers in the basements of uppity music stores.
source:
Reflex magazine
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2004-01-30
Stereolab: Total eclipse of the heart
interview
Tragedy visited Stereolab during the making of their new album. They tell James McNair how they came through it
source:
independent.co.uk
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2004-01-28
One of the greatest bands in the world
album review
The members of Stereolab have favored expansive exotica and sedate suites on their past few albums, but they've never needed more than a driving keyboard drone and a crisp guitar clip to sound like one of the greatest bands in the world.
source:
The Onion AV
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2004-01-28
CD review: Stereolab's 'Margerine Eclipse'
album review
One of the most consistent - haters would say "repetitive" - bands of the past 10 years, Stereolab has refined its Jetson-esque pop craft to a machinelike efficiency.
source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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2004-01-23
Margerine Eclipse loses the momentum
album review
With the worldly, mellifluous lilt of French vocalist Laetitia Sadler leading the way...
source:
Billboard.com
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2004-01-23
There's Nothing New for the Listener
album review
Seems to me there are two types of people: those who enjoy Stereolab, and those who dont.
source:
Tiny Mix Tapes
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2004-01-16
Rating: 7.6 (Very good)
album review
On one hand, you have a group that have clearly said everything they wanted to say, whatever it is they wanted to say.
source:
Pitchfork Media
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2004-01-12
True Mars Rocks
album review
When Stereolab released Sound-Dust back in 2001, they snuck a whammy on me.
source:
Industrie Toulouse
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2004-01-07
A Postmodernist's Wet-Dream
album review
Stereolab released their maxi-EP Instant 0 In The Universe towards the end of last year...
source:
CD Times
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