La Roux’s Elly Jackson On The State Of Pop Music
Elly Jackson of La Roux talked to NME about being at number 2 in the charts, the state of British pop music and her place on the NME Radar tour. “I’ll be honest, I’m not overly positive about it,” Jackson said in regards to today’s pop. “Pop music is always two sides to me. It’s the Backstreet Boys side, that kind of music for kids side, and the novelty tracks and one hit wonders. And it’s always had the more classy side, the David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson, stuff like that. I just feel [the classy side] is missing a bit too much, and we have a lot of this boy girl band, one or two hit wonder thing going on.” Watch it via YouTube below.
La Roux ‘Bulletproof’ Video
La Roux are out with the video to their new single ‘Bulletproof’, the third release off the British electropop duo’s self-titled debut album, out June 29th on Polydor. Watch it below.
La Roux & Franz Ferdinand Cover ‘Call Me’ By Blondie
La Roux and Franz Ferdinand perform Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ at the NME Shockwaves Awards. Check out the rehearsal, Elly Jackson joking about the short ride to the red carpet and getting scolded by the driver, and a bit of the actual performance via La Roux’s MySpace Video channel below.
La Roux Kitsune Party Highlights
La Roux plays ‘Quicksand’ and ‘In For The Kill’ live at La Maroquinerie in Paris, France on February 20th during the Kitsune party and ended up crashing a private party, where Elly Jackson talked about getting locked in and fearing they’d crashed a sex party. Watch highlights from the evening below.
La Roux ‘In For The Kill’ Video
La Roux is out with the video to her new single 'In For The Kill', off the London synth pop singer's upcoming debut album on Polydor. The single is released in the UK on March 2nd. Watch it below.[inline][/inline]
La Roux ‘Quicksand’ Video
La Roux are out with the video to their new single 'Quicksand', released December 15th in the UK via Polydor. Watch it below.[inline][/inline]