Live review: La Roux
It might just be her lucky colour, but the title of La Roux ’s victory-lap Gold Tour is apt. Mainly because it’s impossible to think of that word, in the wake of a few years of ’80s nostalgia, without hearing the chorus to Spandau Ballet...
La Roux - 'La Roux'
Annie Lennox ’s stern, android persona. The asexually metallic voice of Neil Tennant . Marc Almond and Andy Bell ’s flamboyant vocals. During the ’80s, the labour-saving potential of the synthesizer allowed for Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys,...
Live Review: Samsung NME Radar Tour
There’s a chap down the front tonight dressed in gold sequins and he’s holding on to the security rail for dear life. He’s here, of course, for the 1980s disco that will be served in just a wee while by the three other bands on a tour that...
Track Review: La Roux
“Oh no, not another girl with a keyboard…” we hear you bleat. Imagine! A woman! Playing a musical instrument invented after the Middle Ages! It must be a sick trend… well, shut your sexist traps and listen to the sound of the thrill of the...
