Music List

Stereolab: Friends and Relations

By Stewart Mason

One of the most influential bands of the 1990s, Stereolab helped introduce an entire generation of indie kids to Krautrock, Tropicalia and other musical styles outside their comfort zones. Part of a scene that encouraged side projects and collaboration -- all four original members had been in other bands -- Stereolab is at the heart of a nexus of interlinked artists of remarkable variety.

CRITICAL LIST

McCarthy

Get A Knife Between Your Teeth

Th' Faith Healers

A Word Of Advice

The Chills

Doledrums

The High Llamas

Nomads

Monade

Lost Language

Broadcast

The Book Lovers

Pram

Omnichord

Nurse With Wound

Mourning Smile

Tortoise

Glass Museum

Imitation Electric Piano

A Drunken Lunge Through Deep Rice Pudding

Europa 51

Golden Age of Gameshows

Stereolab

Jenny Ondioline