!!! and Stereolad

Sure, !!! are an entertaining live entity whether in a club or on an outdoor festival stage or in your buddy’s basement. Yes, their sinewy, sleek funk and disco jams and freaky frontman Nic Offer’s wry exhortations have been getting folks moving since the late ’90s. True, they have a new album called As If that keeps the party vibes efficiently flowing, with some of their nastiest bass lines yet. But the real reason you should hit this show? Stereolad. Don’t look ’em up on Discogs: They’re actually !!! members impersonating legendary British post-rock band Stereolab, with Offer playing Lætitia Sadier. As Nic said in a press release, “It was cheaper than hiring the real Stereolab to open for us and I look fantastic in a dress.” The real Stereolab are on indefinite hiatus, so Stereolad likely are the next best thing in 2015. DAVE SEGAL