Feb 05, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Stereolab vocalist Laetitia Sadier is releasing a new solo album, Rooting For Love, on February 23 via Drag City. Now she has shared another new song from it, album opener “Who + What.” More

Jan 10, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Stereolab vocalist Laetitia Sadier is releasing a new solo album, Rooting For Love, on February 23 via Drag City. Now she has shared another new song from it, the lush “Panser L’inacceptable,” via a music video. More

Nov 13, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Stereolab vocalist Laetitia Sadier has announced a new solo album, Rooting For Love, and shared a new song from it, “Une Autre Attente,” via a music video. She’s also announced some 2024 North American tour dates. More

Aug 24, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Stereolab have shared a live version of “Cybele’s Reverie” from their 1996 album Emperor Tomato Ketchup. It was recorded at The Hollywood Bowl in 2004, and it will be included on the band’s forthcoming fifth installment in their Switched On compilation series, Pulse of the Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5]. It will be out on September 2 via Warp in a variety of formats, including a mail order/lottery edition which contains the compilation on Duophonic UHF disks. More

Aug 03, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Stereolab have shared two songs, “Simple Headphone Mind” and “Trippin’ With the Birds,” both of which were featured on their 1997 collaborative 12-inch single with Nurse With Wound. The songs will be included on the band’s forthcoming fifth installment in their Switched On compilation series, Pulse of the Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5]. It will be out on September 2 via Warp in a variety of formats, including a mail order/lottery edition which contains the compilation on Duophonic UHF disks. More

Jun 24, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2022. Whereas last week we had a supersized Top 15, this week the pickings were slimmer, with a more back down to earth Top 10. More

Jun 23, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Stereolab have announced the fifth installment in their Switched On compilation series, Pulse of the Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5]. It will be out on September 2 via Warp in a variety of formats, including a mail order/lottery edition which contains the compilation on Duophonic UHF disks. The band have shared a new track from the upcoming album, “Robot Riot.” More

Mar 01, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Stereolab, who went on hiatus in 2009, have announced a fall North American tour for fall 2022. Tickets are on sale now. More

Oct 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Stereolab vocalist Laetitia Sadier has shared a new song, “New Moon,” via a video for it. It is said to be the first taste of a new solo album due out in 2022 via Drag City and Duophonic Super 45. More

Oct 07, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Jarvis Cocker has shared a new cover of Dalida’s 1973 duet with Alain Delon, “Paroles, Paroles.” It features Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier and will be featured on Cocker’s forthcoming album, Chansons D’Ennui Tip-Top, which will be out on October 22 via ABKCO. More

Oct 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2021. Old school rock was alive and well this week, with new songs from The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Stevie Wonder, Sting, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie, but none of those tracks made our Songs of the Week list. More

Jan 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab, who went on hiatus in 2009, have been playing some reunion shows and have been reissuing much of their back catalogue with various bonus tracks. More

Jul 09, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab, who went on hiatus in 2009, have been playing some reunion shows and previously announced a 2019 reissue series. Now they have announced three more reissues: 1996’s Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1997’s Dots and Loops, and 1999’s Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (on Warp/Duophonic UHF Disks). Today they have shared one of the bonus tracks, the rarity “Freestyle Dumpling.” More

Feb 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab, who went on hiatus in 2009, had previously announced some reunion festival appearances. Now they have announced a full-fledged reunion tour, their first in a decade, that includes dates in America, United Kingdom, and Europe. More

Feb 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cavern of Anti-Matter is a trio featuring Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane, along with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth. They are releasing a new album, Hormone Lemonade, on March 23 via Duophonic. More

Jan 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cavern of Anti-Matter is a trio featuring Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane, along with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth. Now they have announced a new album, Hormone Lemonade, and shared its first single, “Make Out Fade Out.” More

Aug 04, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhoof are releasing a new album, Mountain Moves, on September 8 via Joyful Noise. Previously they shared its first two singles, “I Will Spite Survive” (which features Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes) and “Your Dystopic Creation Doesn’t Fear You” (which features Awkwafina). More

Jun 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhoof have announced a new album, Mountain Moves, and shared its first single, “I Will Spite Survive” (which features Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes). More

May 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Former Stereolab vocalist Laetitia Sadier recently released a new album, Find Me Finding You, under the name Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble via Drag City. More

Sep 21, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

British psych-rock band TOY are releasing a new album, Clear Shot, on October 26 via Heavenly. Previously they had shared its first two singles “Fast Silver” and “I’m Still Believing,” as well as a video for “I’m Still Believing.” Now I’m Still Believing” has been remixed by Cavern of Anti-Matter, the trio that’s led by Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane. More

Mar 28, 2016 By Tim Gane

A song is a chance overlapping of countless variables in an artist’s life. Anatomy of a Song is a place where those variables can be dissected and examined. In this edition, Tim Gane of Cavern of Anti-Matter discusses “Tardis Cymbals.” More

Feb 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), got a proper full-on release last summer via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release in 2014. More

Feb 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane has teamed up with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth to form a new trio named Cavern of Anti-Matter. They will be releasing their debut album, void beats / invocation trex, on February 19 via Duophonic and previously the band had shared “Melody in High Feedback Tones” and “Tardis Cymbals.” More

Jan 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane has teamed up with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth to form a new trio named Cavern of Anti-Matter. They will be releasing their debut album, void beats / invocation trex, on February 19 via Duophonic and previously the band had shared “Melody in High Feedback Tones.” More

Nov 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane has teamed up with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth to form a new trio named Cavern of Anti-Matter. They will be releasing their debut album, void beats / invocation trex, on February 19 via Duophonic. It features such special guests as Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, Mouse on Mars’ Jan St. Werner, and Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom. More

Sep 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Former Stereolab vocalist Laetitia Sadier has shared a video for “Then, I Will Love You Again.” Alejandro Abramovich directed the clip, which features images of Sadier projected on various parts of a room. The song can be found on her latest solo album, Something Shines, released last year on Drag City. More

Jul 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Former Stereolab vocalist and sometime political songwriter Laetitia Sadier has shared a video for “Oscuridad” and has announced some U.S. tour dates. The video was directed by Loic Jouan but features footage from classic black & white silent films directed by Fritz Lang and Serguei M. Eisenstein. More

Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More

Oct 11, 2010 By John Everhart (Intro by and Moderated by)

Under the Radar‘s Fall 2010 Issue features a conversation between Deerhunter and Atlas Sound’s Bradford Cox and Stereolab frontwoman Laetitia Sadier. The full transcript of the conversation is now posted on our website. More

Aug 17, 2010 By John Everhart

Stereolab are set to release their 12th LP Not Music November 16 on Drag City in the U.S. and Duophonic in the U.K. We have the tracklisting and details. More

Jun 02, 2010 By John Everhart

Stereolab announced after the conclusion of the Chemical Chords tour last year that they’d be going on an indefinite hiatus. Now the dark side of the Chemical Chords sessions are due to be released as an album entitled Not Music and due on November 16 on Drag City. More

Oct 11, 2010 By John Everhart (Intro by and Moderated by)

Deerhunter and Atlas Sound’s Bradford Cox has long professed his love for Stereolab, in particular 1999’s Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, his favorite album by the band. He went so far as to effusively explicate upon its merits on a Deerhunter blog post back in 2007. In an impassioned manner akin to the prime years of the fiery late gonzo journalist Lester Bangs, he also excoriated the publications that panned the album. More

May 23, 2019 By Dom Gourlay

In 1994 Stereolab were slowly becoming a recognizable—if not quite household—name. Television appearances on shows such as Channel 4’s The Word and MTV’s 120 Minutes had raised the band’s profile somewhat to the point where expectations surrounding the imminent arrival of album number three had reached fever pitch in some circles.

May 23, 2019 By Dom Gourlay

If there’s one band deserving of some long overdue recognition for their contribution to shaping music it must be Stereolab. More

Nov 28, 2018 By Dom Gourlay

By this point Stereolab were five albums into their career and widely considered figureheads of a new wave of avant-garde pop bands, their influence undoubtedly paving the way for the likes of Broadcast and The Beta Band. More

Nov 28, 2018 By Dom Gourlay

By the summer of 1995, the musical landscape had changed considerably, and so too had Stereolab‘s line up. While founders Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane remained at the forefront of the operation, band members came and went at regular intervals. More

Nov 28, 2018 By Dom Gourlay

Formed in 1990 by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane after the dissolution of Gane’s former band McCarthy, Stereolab were something of an anomaly at the time. Taking elements of the past to construct a visionary sound clearly in thrall with the future, their music proved nigh on impossible to pigeonhole from day one. More

Nov 16, 2010 By Hays Davis

Last year, Stereolab announced that the band was taking a break to focus on other projects. Over the course of two decades they released a string of albums and singles that built a sizable following as the players developed and reworked the blueprint of their keyboard-driven pop. More