I'm not sure i get her. Terrible vocalist and relies heavily on some (overhyped) remixes. It's not until a band like The xx come along that you realise quite how bad most modern pop music is. As an aside, if you electopop, albeit very different to LA Roux, you might want to check out YACHT's new...
Well James Tenney was sampling in the early Sixties, Collage #1 being a good example. That track doesn't have drums in it but could easily be pointed to as an example of a song that created the dance genre (even though you'd be hard pushed to actually dance to it.
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He has a lovely touch on him, big oaf that he is. Seems to have a good brain between the ears too. You'd imagine he'd score 15 goals a season- clearly knows where the back of the net is. Bit of a pansy but then who isn't these days?
Having only been here a matter of moments i'd ask, what's not...