Broadcast, Pram, Stereolab

I was going to do a much longer list, but three bands with similarities, which has the music, album or albums that you most enjoy?

I would say that Stereolab overall is my favourite of these, especially for Dots and Loops and Emperor Tomato Ketchup (and various early material, but I like later music too). I'm bummed that I missed the Stereolab concert in Vancouver last year at one of the clubs. I noticed it a little too late to go and it sold out.

Here's an accessible track from each of them:

Been a fan of Stereolab for a long time...very clever electronic pop..... never heard of Pram or Broadcast.

All 3 of those tracks stretch out a bit....imho as proggy as other stuff on PA but as always it's subjective.

Edited by dr wu23 - November 28 2020 at 09:10

I like some Stereolab music, but others I find a bit mediocre.  However, I love everything I've heard from Broadcast.  As far as Pram, I'm not familiar enough with them yet to really say one way or the other.

Broadcast, who I got to know due to a recent interactive poll here. Never got very much out of the other two. 

I really like Broadcast and Stereolab, but not every album. Never heard of Pram, so I'm checking them right now and it's gold! Thank You :)

^ Vanishing Twin is one of my very favourite modern bands. Echo's Melody Chamber is another to mention, although not as relevant.

This remains my favourite Vanishing Twin track, but I have listened to the album this off many times (like other albums too):



Another modern fave of mine that I think would appeal to those is Bruno Pernadas (this is my particular fave of his):

^ And thanks Gordy. Very interesting. I have early Aksak Maboul (been a long time since I last listened), and I am now listening to music from Figures. I am definitely hearing the similarities to the ones in the poll. Enjoying this.

As one example:



As for Melody's Echo Chamber, it's a fairly recent discovery for me. This is what turned me onto it.

Just for those who don't know it (I like the dreamy qualities):



It pairs well with various Julia Holter such as this (bigger on Holter than MEC):



And recently I have been listening a lot to Portishead's Third, which is another band that I associate with these (a band that also draws on lounge, exotica, Krautrock and can be psych and dreamy etc, evoke work by those French artists like Serge Gainsbourg and friends.).

Not for being the most apt, or is a band that likely would need much introduction, but...







Edited by Logan - March 23 2022 at 05:46