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Is there any band more eternally hip than Stereolab?  I mean, you never hear hipsters bitching about how lame Stereolab is.  It’s just kind of an accepted fact that they’re untouchable.

Stereolab - Neon Beanbag

“Neon Beanbag” comes from Stereolab’s first album of new material since 2006’s EP collection, Fab Four Suture.  Chemical Chords will be released on the equally legendary 4AD label on August 19th.

Honestly, I wasn’t aware that Stereolab was still a functioning group.  I kind of lost track of them after I left my jobs at CD Central and WRFL and focused on booking bands instead.  Also, there was the tragic death of long-time member Mary Hansen in 2002 as well as the various spin off groups like Imitation Electric Piano and Monade that seemed to signal the end.  As it turns out, Stereolab has been steadily releasing albums all along.  Where have I been?

Stereolab - Silver Sands

Chemical Chords, happily, seems to be classic Stereolab.  I’m sure the glockenspiel makers everywhere are rejoicing.

TOUR DATES A PLENTY BA DA BA DA BA TOUR DATES A PLENTY

SAT SEPT 20 - W/Atlas Sound - Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, California
SUN SEPT 21 - W/Atlas Sound - Glass House - Pomona, California
WED SEPT 24 - W/Atlas Sound - La Zona Rosa - Austin, Texas
FRI SEPT 26 - W/Atlas Sound - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, Georgia
SAT SEPT 27 - W/Atlas Sound - 40 Watt Club - Athens, Georgia
MON SEPT 29 - W/Atlas Sound - Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, North Carolina
TUE SEPT 30 - W/Atlas Sound, Chessie - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
WED OCT 1 - W/Atlas Sound, The Van Allen Belt - Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
THU OCT 2 - W/The Van Allen Belt - Fillmore at Irving Plaza - New York, New York
FRI OCT 3 - Fillmore at Irving Plaza - New York, New York
SAT OCT 4 - W/Monade - Fillmore at Irving Plaza - New York, New York
MON OCT 6 - W/Monade - Paradise - Boston, Massachusetts
TUE OCT 7 - W/Monade - Club Soda - Montreal, Quebec
WED OCT 8 - W/Monade - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, Ontario
THU OCT 9 - W/Monade - Crofoot - Detroit, Michigan
FRI OCT 10 - W/Monade - Vic Theatre - Chicago, Illinois
SUN OCT 12 - W/Monade - First Avenue - Minneapolis, Minnesota
TUE OCT 14 - W/Monade - Gothic Theatre - Denver, Colorado
FRI OCT 17 - W/Richard Swift, Monade - Showbox - Seattle, Washington
SAT OCT 18 - W/Richard Swift, Monade - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, Oregon
SUN OCT 19 - W/Richard Swift, Monade - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, British Columbia
TUE OCT 21 - W/Richard Swift - Fillmore - San Francisco, California
WED OCT 22 - W/Monade - Fillmore - San Francisco, California
THU OCT 23 - W/Richard Swift, Monade - Henry Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, California
FRI OCT 24 - W/Richard Swift, Monade - Belly Up Tavern - Solana Beach, California
FRI DEC 12 - The Pavilion - Cork, Eire
SAT DEC 13 - Tripod - Dublin, Eire
SUN DEC 14 - Black Box - Belfast, Northern Ireland
TUE DEC 16 - Oran Mor - Glasgow, Scotland
WED DEC 17 - Academy 3 - Manchester, England
THU DEC 18 - Concorde 2 - Brighton, England
FRI DEC 19 - Koko - London, England