The Lipster — The lovely people at Swear shoes have given us a pair of shoes just like what La Roux wears. And you, reader, can win them. more info

ContactMusic — Electropop pair La Roux have finished in fifth place in the BBC's Sound of 2009 shortlist.The prestigious list predicts the musicians likely to break through in the ... more info

BBC News - UK — Synth duo La Roux aim to revive the sound of 1984 more info

BBC News - UK — Colourful London synth duo La Roux come fifth on the BBC Sound of 2009 list of the brightest new stars. more info

Panda Toes — I felt inclined to post today, but I haven't seen too much that excites me relatively recently (we're talking in blog time, of course). Thus, we'll be backtracking to visit a few gems that are hardly ancient yet not quite new.The first of which is La... more info

The Lipster — Our last round up of readers best bits includes an 'awnsch' noise on an Estelle record, some 'sexual' vocals from one La Roux and everybody's favourite barman and blogger of note, Calvin Harris. more info

The Lipster — Readers, Part Two of our La Roux interview is all about the music, (man). After the jump, find out what prompted Elly Jackson to get rather shouty, and yell 'WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?' As well as a little lesson in how it is possible to make proper pop ... more info

The Lipster — The first part of our interview, which was the bit where we asked her lots of daft questions. In which we learn that i) Elly Jackson has impeccable taste in directional trainaz ii) she would like 'a harem' of pashes and iii) she amuses her friends by... more info

Discobelle.net — Ellie Jackson AKA La Roux and her amazing synthy electropop track “Quicksand” gets a remix treatment from Belgian producer Beni fame who turns it into a full blown electro banger, just listen to that crunchy bass that drops around the 1 minute ma... more info

The Lipster — Our interview with Elly Jackson was LOLs for all sorts of reasons, but it was her answer to the shoes question we enjoyed the most. As regular readers will know, we ask all new pop people to say What Kind of Shoes Is Their Music, and La Roux has TRUM... more info