Editing Stereolab (section)

===Live performances===
Stereolab toured regularly to support their album releases. In a 1996 ''Washington Post'' gig review, Mark Jenkins wrote that Stereolab started out favouring an "easy-listening [[syncopation]]", but eventually reverted to a "messier, more urgent sound" characteristic of their earlier performances.<ref>{{cite news | last=Jenkins, Mark | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-776792.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103034528/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-776792.html | archive-date=3 November 2012 | newspaper=The Washington Post  | title=Stereolab (Concert Review) | date=28 May 1996}}</ref> In another review Jenkins said that the band's live songs "frequently veer[ed] into more [[Cacophony|cacophonous]], guitar-dominated territory", in contrast to their albums such as ''Cobra and Phases Group…''<ref>{{cite news | last=Jenkins, Mark | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-626054.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103034909/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-626054.html | archive-date=3 November 2012 | newspaper=The Washington Post  | title=Stereolab's Velvet Fog | date=13 November 1999}}</ref> In the ''[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]'', Jon Bream compared the band's live sound to feedback-driven rock bands like the Velvet Underground, [[Sonic Youth]] and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Bream, Jon | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62629381.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103034435/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62629381.html | archive-date=3 November 2012 |work=Star Tribune  | title=French-British band Stereolab brings its diverse influences to First Avenue | date=9 May 1996}}</ref> Jim Harrington of ''[[The Oakland Tribune]]'' argued that Sadier's vocals sounded subdued, further stating in regard to her switching between singing in English and French that "a Stereolab show is one of the few concerts where it's hard to find even the biggest fans mouthing along with the lyrics."<ref name="Harrington (2004)" /> Regarding being onstage, Gane has said that "I don't like to be the center of attention&nbsp;...&nbsp;I just get into the music and am not really aware of the people there. That's my way of getting through it."<ref name="Jenkins (5 November 1999)"/> Remarking of the band's 2019 reunion tour, he added that "[Stereolab] never were really a festival band''…'' We're not like, 'Hey, how you all doing?' and all that stuff."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harvilla|first=Rob|date=2019-07-25|title=The Anti-Nostalgia of the Stereolab Reunion|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/25/20727074/stereolab-reunion-tour-pitchfork|access-date=2020-06-12|website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]|language=en|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112114217/https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/25/20727074/stereolab-reunion-tour-pitchfork|url-status=live}}</ref>