We saw La Roux at her Parklife sideshow in Melbourne. We left troubled. It was,
as we put it "essentially karaoke", but we still enjoyed it.
How? Were our critical faculties dulled that evening? Did the lip of our Peroni hit the frontal lobe rather than the mouth? Are we not opposed to a band pretending to play a bunch of instruments? Or was Ms. Jackson's cool croon enough for us?
A bit of everything. When it boils down to it, La Roux's debut album is our guilty pleasure of the year. There's something exciting about perfectly formed, simple pop songs - trimmed of fat, enough quirk to appear to have half a brain and well, kinda fun. Blown up live, it's hard not to like.
Here's your sugar lump. Open up and say 'aaaah'.
Such an approach might not hold up with a second viewing. Free of the "OMG IT'S REALLY HER" effect and all that. But considering La Roux's debut tour sold out - as well as her set being an
unintended headliner at the Parklife festival - we're guessing that a whole bunch of people won't give a shit about that.
La Roux returns in March to play a series of much bigger venues than they did on their first visit. Still, having just one album to play from it will surely just be the same set.
And no Sydney? No Brisbane? Fishy. UPDATE: La Roux will appear in Brisbane, Sydney, Coffs Harbour and Newcastle as part of the Bacardi Express tour.
LA ROUX – THE GOLD TOUR
AUSTRALIA – MARCH 2010
Tickets on sale Friday December 11
Friday 19 March - Festival Hall, Melbourne - ALL AGES
www.ticketmaster.com.au
Sunday 21 March - Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth - 18+
www.ticketmaster.com.au;
heatseeker.com.au
Tuesday 23 March - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide - ALL AGES
www.venuetix.com.au
LA ROUX - BACARDI EXPRESS DATES
Brisbane – The Tivoli, Thursday 25th March 2010
Coffs Harbour – Venue TBC, Friday 26th March 2010
Newcastle – Panthers, Saturday 27th March 2010
Sydney – Big Top, Luna Park, Saturday 27th March 2010
Ticket registrations open 10th January 2010.
Go to
www.bacardiexpress.com.au for more information.