Hometown: Brixton, London.
The lineup: Elly Jackson (vocals, keyboards).
The background: She’s 20-years-old, she’s managed by the same team as Klaxons, and she’s called La Roux from the French for “red-haired one” – to be specific, she’s got A Flock Of Seagulls hair, which makes sense because her music recalls the Golden Age of bizarrely-coiffed synth pop. […]

UK trio whose music consists of instrumental and twisted vocal pop elecro styles. Best known for remixes of Britney Spears, Roots Manuva, Franz Ferdinand, Klaxons, Love Is All, Late of the Pier, and Lykke Li. New album Nights Out available now- best tracks Radio Ladio, Holiday, and A Thing for Me. www.myspace.com/metronomy

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