A Stereolab date in Houston initially felt like the monolith in “2001.” How did it get here? The beloved London band is exactly the sort of group that skips our town, and it hasn’t released an album of new music in over a decade. But why question it further? In the span of not-quite two decades Stereolab put together a rich discography of lush and adventurous music that drew from mid-century pop, lounge, krautrock and other lovely European musical trends that never quite took hold in the States.

— Andrew Dansby