Haim; Ellie Goulding – review

iTunes festival, Roundhouse, LondonIn days of yore, rockist snobs used to pooh-pooh pop music because of its simplicity. Chart pop, rockists accused, was naff and jingly. If the postman could whistle it, de facto, it wasn't substantial art. Pop has now become so complex you almost yearn for the cosy certainties of prog-rock orchestral suites. From Kanye West to Lady Gaga an eclectic maximalism rules; one in which straight lines have been almost entirely eliminated. These ADD habits have leached ...

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