Seen them many times, every tour since MAQ. ETK tour was easily the best, with Sound-Dust and Dots & Loops fairly memorable as well.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 22 February 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
I missed one cleveland show because I had too much college work to do but my friends went and they got me the Speedy Car split with Tortoise, so whatever tour that was for. I remember thinking wow, Stereolab doing Soft Machine!
― dan selzer, Friday, 22 February 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
Saw them in 1994 (MAQ) with Trumans Water(!!!) and then in 1996 (ETK) with Prolapse & Sonic Boom/EAR. Good times.― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:03 PM (eleven months ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:03 PM (eleven months ago)
Forgot I also saw them in 2002 at ATP with.....
.....Aphex Twin, Asheton, Mascis and Watt, Bardo Pond, Big Star, Black Dice, Boredoms, Bride of No No, Califone, Cannibal Ox, Cat Power, Cecil Taylor, Krasp, Christina Rosenvinge, The Dead C, Deerhoof, Destroy All Monsters, DJ Olive, Eddie Vedder, Erase Errata, Fred Anderson Trio, Fursaxa, Gerard Malanga, Ikue Mori, Ira Cohen, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm, Leah Singer, Lydia Lunch, Madlib, Mats Gustafsson, Merzbow, Mike Watt and the Secondmen, Nathaniel Mackey, Neil Michael Hagerty, Nels Cline, Papa M, Peaches, Pita, Quix*o*tic, Renee Gladman, Saccharine Trust, Satans Tornade, Sleater-Kinney, Smog, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Stereolab, Television, Tony Conrad, Unwound, U.S. Maple, White Out, Wilco, William Winant
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 February 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
you saw Stereolab with Stereolab!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 22 February 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Caught them in a tiny tent at Coachella in 2003, which had q similarly sick lineup including The Cure, Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, Pixies, Air, Flaming Lips, Beck, Muse, !!!, The Rapture, etc.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 22 February 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
Are tickets really $134 or did I click on some dumb site? Was looking into NY show.
― Evan, Friday, 22 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
I love Stereolab but only the front-end of their discography and will be passing on these shows as I have no real love for anything after Ketchup
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 22 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
brooklyn tix were like $40 + fees
yeah kind of hoping that the reissues of transient and mars audiac will lead to more of that stuff being played
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 February 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
I bet these shows will be packed with early groop material. Tim won't want to do "just the hits" but … it'll be mostly the hits.
― Jeff W, Friday, 22 February 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
It seemed like they warmed up to playing stuff from TRNBWA more in their later tours. Outside of "Crest", I don't think I ever heard them play anything from it in the 90s.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
Wish I still had my shirt from the Too Pure showcase thing at Happy Jax with PJ Harvey and Th' Faith Healers. The venue otherwise mainly familiar at that time to my demographic as the site of regular Weatherall-facilitated debauchery. I'd seen 'em quite a few times before that though.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, February 22, 2019 12:36 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Feel the same way but I never got to see them so was interested... per mookieproof post I suppose I did click on a "dumb site" after all.
― Evan, Friday, 22 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
At that time they seemed pretty heavily invested in a churn of showcasing new material as much as possible, which given their pretty insane work/release rate was justifiable enough. Combine that with the fact that Transient, which I admittedly do love, was almost overdetermined as a starting point thanks to it being the first proper US major label release (as opposed to the slightly delayed American Recordings-via-Too Pure licensings), and I don't blame them for going "Uh...we're over here now?" I'd argue it was probably after Cobra Plays they started to lean into that era of their back catalog some more, a little distance never hurts -- and after Mary's death, it almost became part homage.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
They also just had a lot of negative feelings about it because the recording process was so messed up. I think they finally warmed up to it because it was such a persistent fan favorite.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 22 February 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
Wow, both Brooklyn shows sold out, Atlanta sold out, Boston sold out, Philly has about 100 tickets left. I didn't expect this level of interest honestly.
― city worker, Friday, 22 February 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
ATX appears to be sold out too, guess I made a good choice about buying concert tickets for once.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 22 February 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
Looks like SF sold out both nights as well.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
gen x nostalgia is filling the clubs, if not the stadiums
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 February 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
Shows at the Mohawk often sell out! Especially touring acts.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 22 February 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I've had a bad run of waiting too long to buy tickets for a string of gigs, but I'm slowly learning.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 22 February 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
gen x nostalgia is filling the clubs, if not the stadiums― mookieproof, Friday, February 22, 2019 2:35 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark]
― mookieproof, Friday, February 22, 2019 2:35 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark]
Any advice for someone's first time at the show? Many thanks from an unexperienced high schooler who's been knocking myself out to Lab songs for the past three years or so and has pledged my allegiance to the band forever.― alexsuponya, Thursday, February 21, 2019 7:33 PM (yesterday) Bookmark
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― city worker, Friday, 22 February 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
Probably the biggest takeaway from seeing them live was how loud and massive "Golden Ball" is/was.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 February 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
just jammed "golden ball" three times in a row this morning — amazing tune.
― tylerw, Friday, 22 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
ha, nothing will ever top the first time that skip faked me out and I ran over to the stereo in terror
great tune
― sold out in presale (sleeve), Friday, 22 February 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
hoping for ‘jenny ondioline’, anything else is gravy
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 22 February 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
I think I've seen them 3 times - once for Cobra, for Sound-Dust, and Margerine Eclipse. They were never anything less than a blast. If they never make another record, I'm fine, but I'm very glad to get a chance to hear them again. I could hardly call it nostalgia because I never stopped listening to their music.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 22 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
I have Glasgow tickets, will be my first time seeing them live.
― michaellambert, Friday, 22 February 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
That pretty much is their "Stairway to Heaven"/"Freebird" so you won't have to worry.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
Anyway, sharing a little something...
A lighter note, given the @stereolabgroop US tour dates going on sale -- one of my earliest stories, from 1993 in UC Irvine's student paper, interviewing Laetitia ahead of their _Transient_ tour stop. pic.twitter.com/IZnRcfh4nI— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) February 22, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
i figured xp. i wonder if they add an additional mpls date if they will change up the setlist at all? for a lot of classic band nostalgia reunion gigs, groops don't seem to do so
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 22 February 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
except for WEEN lol
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 22 February 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
hoping for ‘jenny ondioline’, anything else is gravyThat pretty much is their "Stairway to Heaven"/"Freebird" so you won't have to worry.
They didn't play this when I saw them and kept screaming for "Jenny"!
― Gaseous Clay (Leee), Friday, 22 February 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
For me it would be The Way Will Be Opening
― Evan, Friday, 22 February 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
Um, as a song I'd love to hear. Not as an expected stand out or anything
― Evan, Friday, 22 February 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
I just remembered this song that samples "Crest."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e310Daluio8
― jaymc, Friday, 22 February 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
Fuckin hell, all these shows selling out already! Just got my tix before they were all gone.
― everything, Monday, 25 February 2019 06:44 (five years ago) link
when I saw 'em last year they played like, 9 songs off The Pod. it was nuts. what I'm saying is, there's some hope...
― frogbs, Monday, 25 February 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
super bummed the ny shows already sold out
― iatee, Monday, 25 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
I may have an extra ticket. Check back in september I guess. My wife really doesn't like Stereolab. It's a problem.
― dan selzer, Monday, 25 February 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
yeah I’d def take you up on that / also sorry to hear about your difficult marriage
― iatee, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
they added another fillmore date for SF folks
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
Huh, don't see it on their calendar yet.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
I got an email - tickets on sale as of 10am this morning
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
Ah, there it is. Quite the three night stand!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
I saw them there 20 years ago, they closed with the last track on Cobra, lights were low and the disco ball was spinning, amazing experience
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
probably as good a time as ever to post this again, not sure if I ever shared it before. Just after finishing the sessions for ETK, John McEntire returned to Oberlin and gave this tape to the guys who ran the record store there, who'd been an influence on him. I worked at the store at the time and they gave me a copy. At the time ETK was just "Idful Sessions" and all the songs were listed under working titles based on some of the primary influences at work.
https://i.ibb.co/5vdVWCV/Screenshot-2019-05-24-13-40-31.png
― dan selzer, Friday, 24 May 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
Nice! I'll have to share that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 May 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
the most obvious one is Tomorrow is Already Here is Steve Reich Pop. It's essentially Four Organs.
― dan selzer, Friday, 24 May 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
With every other marimbafied Reich piece kicking in 3/4 of the way through.
― dan selzer, Friday, 24 May 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
the title track is the Ono
― flappy bird, Friday, 24 May 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link