Good interview!
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Laetitia is interviewed in the same issue. Can't remember if she got the web bonus treatment as well.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
tylerw, webmailed you the info, let me know if you run into any issues
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Friday, 17 January 2014 13:23 (ten years ago) link
Somewhat relevant...
http://www.southlondonhardcore.com/2013/12/episode-96-sean-ohagan.html
This week we spoke to Sean O'Hagan, formerly of Microdisney and Stereolab, about his life in South London, Stereolab's South London roots, the transpontine tunes he recorded with The High Llamas and 'Here Come The Rattling Trees', his latest narrative music project which is set in Peckham.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 17 January 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
i was at the MoM/lab show in mtl way back then. i remember my lungs rattling.
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 17 January 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
ETK tour was super good, probably best concert I've ever seen.
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles)
This was an all-time top five concert for me too (Cornershop opened for them).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 17 January 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
got the webmail, moodles, will grab it when i get home tonight! thx!
― tylerw, Friday, 17 January 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
I am pleased this is coming about.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 January 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
sorry i cyberbullied everyone into it, but it had to be done...
― tylerw, Friday, 17 January 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
I'm glad you are interested in them. If Ned hadn't mentioned it, they eventually would've melted in my garage.
If anyone else on here is interested in some good quality stereolab live recordings, feel free to hit me up for the URL.
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Friday, 17 January 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
I'D HIT THAT.
― Neil Nosepicker (Leee), Friday, 17 January 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
saw them at leeds cockpit 1999/2000 terrible soundköln 2005? amazing gig, properly loud, loved the bassist that night, they seemed genuinely surprised that cologne loved them, highlights: a song i've never heard before or since and stomach wormreading the year morrissey white stripes libertines without pete played. was meh was in a tent they weren't into and half the crowd were waiting for lethal bizzle or dizzy rascal
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 18 January 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
the groop was definitely one of the first bands where i was like "i must own everything by this band"
― brimstead, Saturday, 18 January 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
hahaha good luck with that one
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 18 January 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
I'd love some live 'lab if you could email biznotic AT gmail. Saw them in New Orleans on the ETK tour. Threw a little alien toy on stage and it ended up displayed on their Moog? for the duration of the set.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 18 January 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
sent, if anyone was looking for these and didn't get them let me know.
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Saturday, 18 January 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0pthgzDWU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L7DbDKl0lo
― afriendlypioneer, Saturday, 18 January 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
So tylerw these ARE appearing on your blog sooner rather than later, yes?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― sleeve, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
if that's cool, yes!
― tylerw, Saturday, 18 January 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Yes, yes I think that would be cool, yes.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 January 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with AnnouncementsMars Audiac QuintetEmperor Tomato Ketchup
i like the idea of stereolab (i.e., that general sound, and the individual elements the band drew from), but i've had a hard time getting into them. these are stupid reasons, but it's partly because (a) i generally dislike their album cover art and (b) i've become too impatient a listener to get through what i remember being fairly long songs. that said, i loaded the three albums listed above into my ipod this morning, and i really liked what i heard of them. i'd like to try another approach to this band, but i think it's best to try that with individual songs, rather than full-albums. what individual songs from the discs above is the best "way-into" stereolab?
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 18 January 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Probably something from "Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements" because it has more of a tendency to ROCK as opposed to the outer space science pop with cooing French lyrics that you probably associate with Stereolab.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 18 January 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
actually i really liked the "outer space science pop with cooing french lyrics"-songs that i heard. i just want to take it in small, carefully-selected doses at the start.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 18 January 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Mars Audiac Quintet is the on you want.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 18 January 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
lol daniel, golden ball
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 18 January 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
loving this song. thanks.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 18 January 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
I love that the Stereolab origins series on YouTube is up to part 17 or 18 now.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 19 January 2014 06:21 (ten years ago) link
TRNBWA: "Jenny Ondioline" or "Crest"MAQ: "Anamorphose"ETK: "Tomorrow Is Already Here"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 19 January 2014 07:14 (ten years ago) link
Pause
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 19 January 2014 07:17 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like it's time to update my Stereolab Origins Spotify playlist.
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Sunday, 19 January 2014 09:32 (ten years ago) link
Tylerw, what's yr blog?
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Sunday, 19 January 2014 09:34 (ten years ago) link
http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.comit's a kinda bootleg/live/rarities thing for the most part
― tylerw, Sunday, 19 January 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
sweet! following you now
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Sunday, 19 January 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Daniel Esq 2, check out "Perversion" and "The Seeming And The Meaning" from Peng! too bcz you will be really delighted
― queen bey backers (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 19 January 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
perversion is great. i love the cascading, and kind of dueling, vocal lines. i've also decided that, with this band, it's really useful to read the lyrics; they add considerable heft to the songs.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 19 January 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
Thank you, Moodles!
― Neil Nosepicker (Leee), Sunday, 19 January 2014 23:51 (ten years ago) link
idk much about lyrics/poetry but there is a flat, direct, didactic quality to stereolab's lyrics that complimented their early noisier stuff best. I do like the juxtaposition witb the later bouncy loungier stuff, though.
― brimstead, Monday, 20 January 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
Kinda fitting Malkmus quote in today's Salon interview on vintage Stereolab:
"I mean, I really, really liked Stereolab, and I think sonically and stuff they hold up so well. Also I was lucky to play a lot of shows with them back when they were especially burly sounding, real kind of heavy sounding — they got a little softer as time went on.
...
Their drummer was tough and the bass player, like whatever their backing band was I was really impressed by them. When we would play it would be — we’d have to get pretty drunk to make up for our lack of the power that they had. It sucked playing after them sometimes. You don’t think of them that way, but they really were that way. It was pretty awesome."
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 20 January 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
The Köln gig was definitely that way
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 20 January 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
i like the idea of stereolab (i.e., that general sound, and the individual elements the band drew from), but i've had a hard time getting into them. these are stupid reasons, but it's partly because (a) i generally dislike their album cover art and (b) i've become too impatient a listener to get through what i remember being fairly long songs
this is pretty much my experience too - the 'lab seem like a band tailor made to my tastes and yet I derive something cold and boring from them. granted I always thought ETK was incredibly good but listening to Transient Noise-Burts put me off and I can't explain why - first time I heard it I was on a big Faust/Neu! kick and was kinda disappointed to see them borrow so much wholesale from those guys. that said one of these days they're inevitably going to become my favorite band.
― frogbs, Monday, 20 January 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
i'm not into them at the moment, but used to love them. maybe finally hearing hallogallo kind of spoiled jenny ondioline for me, which was until that time a 17 minute masterpiece.
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 20 January 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
i don't really feel that "heavy" thing malkumus is talking about wrt stereolab, he probably thinks everything went south after MAQ anyway.
― brimstead, Monday, 20 January 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
live they could be quite heavy
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 20 January 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link
Tracks like "Crest" and "Analogue Rock" have a particular grindy quality to them that comes pretty close to "heaviness"
― Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Monday, 20 January 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link
i know they got "heavy", i just mean i don't feel them when they got "heavy"
― brimstead, Monday, 20 January 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
I totally agree with SM on the heaviness, and I say this in spite of never having Stereolab as my opening band on several tours.
Actually I think their first two records may be the heaviest?
SM's comments also made me also think of Broadcast another band whose live heaviness was completely and unexpectedly immense.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 20 January 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
when i heard them live they were doing soundtrack stuff, not heavy at all. but i didn't like it i have always the early stereolab. the band that sounded as amateurish and as straight and simple as neu! there was something very direct and unfiltered in their minimalistic sound. it probably had to do with laetitia sadier's sprech-singing almost like nico (heavy french instead of heavy german accent though). sadier sounded innocent and sexy at the same time. those are the best female voices.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 20 January 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
i have always loved the early stereolab.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 20 January 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
reading their lyrics is really helping me connect with sterolab's music. that said, these lyrics -- from spark plug -- seem callous.
There is no sense in being interested in an ill personOr unwell a society if one cannot believe their readinessAnd the capacity for proper recovery
maybe i'm cherry-picking lyrics to arrive at a harsh and unfair reading, but this is what struck me when i heard it.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 20 January 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link