In music, familiarity is a double-edged sword. On one side exists constants — the musical constants that can bring a band from obscurity to the spotlight without ever being altered. As bands continue ...

Ratatat's newest album, July’s “Magnifique,” represents a return to the duo's early, guitar-centric sound. But this time, they're using a pedal steel guitar from the '50s.

Over the course of three albums — five, counting two collections of remixes — Ratatat has become a go-to purveyor of hooky, electronic rock music that transcends the atmospherics of the group ...

What Magnifique — Ratatat's first album since the more experimental LP4 five summers ago — lacks in showy flamboyance or wholly surprising sounds, it possesses in breezy smoothness that proves ...

This game contains Ratatat and Pidgey – two of the more pathetic Pokemon in the game, and you're given the original game's first three choices all at once. Note when you're watching the absurdly ...

Sure, FlyBy admits it: Before March rolled around, "Ratatat" was an onomatopoetic way of suggesting that somebody was at the ...

The Ist-community are fans of Ratatat. How could we not be when their album, Classics, is an electro-indie haven. Great guitar riffs, dance beats and sans vocal make it a fun album to share with ...

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Video: Ratatat Talk Up ‘Aggressive’ Guitar-Driven New LP Backstage at Coachella "It's sounding new," says Ratatat's Mike Stroud of their next album.

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E.VAX —aka Ratatat ’s Evan Mast—has announced a new solo album. The self-titled LP arrives August 27 via Because Music. Today, Mast has shared “Karst,” the second single from E.VAX ...

Ratatat are about to release Magnifique, their first album since 2010’s LP4, in a couple of weeks. We’ve already heard single “Cream On Chrome” and the brief intro track, and now the duo ...