Influential avant-pop band Stereolab began with the relationship between British guitarist Tim Gane and French vocalist Læticia Sadier. The two met at a gig in Paris of Gane’s previous band, McCarthy, and their romantic relationship expanded into a musical one after McCarthy’s disbandment in 1990. The two soon set up a record label called Duophonic Super 45s along with future manager Martin Pike, releasing several EPs and relishing the creativity that resulted from this DIY process. Stereolab’s debut album Peng! was released in 1992, followed by several more studio albums and compilations of more obscure material. The band’s newest record is Instant Holograms on Metal Film, which marks its first studio album since 2010’s Not Music, though several more compilation albums and remasters, as well as solo projects by both Gane and Sadier have come out in the meantime. Critical reception of the record has been positive, citing it as a welcome comeback. Free jazz and psychedelic rock duo MEMORIALS will open the show.
WHO: Stereolab
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show)
WHERE: Georgia Theatre
HOW MUCH: SOLD OUT!
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