Thorburn co-founded the band Islands after the breakup of his previous group the Unicorns, while Stroud is a member of the ...

Holy 2005! The Cream are a new band formed by Islands/Unicorns ‘ Nick Thorburn and Ratatat ‘s Mike Stroud. They’ll drop their ...

Let’s go back a little bit: In 2004, a relatively unknown Brooklyn band called Ratatat released a self-titled debut on XL Recordings. Within a few years, Ratatat became one of the largest success ...

Ratatat, the electro-rock band from New York City, is coming to the Rialto Theater today, Sept. 21. Most people don’t recognize Ratatat by its name but have definitely heard its music before. I know I ...

It’s probably for the best that Ratatat‘s free South Street Seaport concert never came off, if they’re expecting to fill two nights at Terminal 5 (though it’s still possible there’ll be a ...

So much of Ratatat's appeal lies in what it doesn't do: On the band's fifth album, Brooklynites Mike Stroud and Evan Mast built sleek, propulsive instrumentals using a spare palette of guitars, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ratatat’s near-perfect blend of organic and electronic elements was nearly overshadowed by a heady visual presentation at the Gothic on Tuesday. Photo from ...

Last fall, while you were still debating whether LCD Soundsystem or Battles was the best electro-rock band of 2007, Ratatat— Brooklyn’s other white meat—were upstate in Catskill, holed up at an old ...

Hearing the eponymous Ratatat debut LP for the first time as a fresh-faced 18 year old is something that will stay with me for all my days. Like nothing I had ever heard before, the shock, the awe, ...

When does an electronic rock concert make a person feel like Danny Glover’s irritable geezer cop in Lethal Weapon? The answer: When the concert in question is Saturday’s all-ages Ratatat show at the ...

Guitarist Mike Stroud and producer Evan Mast have practically come full circle. Leaving behind the darker, sparse elements of 2010’s LP4, the noodly guitar and synthesiser duo crank up the noise and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What would happen if a pair of baroque composers were flung two centuries ahead of their time into a world of fuzz boxes, drum pads and holograms? That’s not ...