As their name indicates, what Stereolab do is closer to science than art, and one of the hallmarks of science is that through trial and error you improve on yesterday's work. At this point, Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadler, the couple at the creative center of the group, have almost completely abandoned their pet Marxist themes and occasional forays into noise for the sake of noise. What's left is pure Euro-pop performed on analog electronic instruments and then processed to produce a predetermined result. With Sean O'Hagan having replaced Jim O'Rourke as the band's resident arranger some time...&ltbr/>&ltbr/>Read the full story&ltp>&lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/japantimesa=x80z6J">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/japantimesi=x80z6J" border="0">&ltdiv class="feedflare">&lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesa=usPQTK">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesi=usPQTK" border="0"> &lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesa=zidGzK">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesi=zidGzK" border="0"> &lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesa=GyD8hK">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesi=GyD8hK" border="0"> &lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesa=4VetWk">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesi=4VetWk" border="0"> &lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesa=jT3eak">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesi=jT3eak" border="0"> &lta href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesa=WEBLyK">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/japantimesi=WEBLyK" border="0">&ltimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/japantimes/~4/371264660" height="1" />