Little Boots

Pop pooch Little Boots

Celebrity Gossip

5 Dec 2009

Little Boots feels like a dog. The 'Earthquake' singer is amazed at how much has happened to her over the last 12 months and says the year feels considerably longer than it has been - like a dog year. She said: "It's been a big year, a lot of…

Little Boots

Soon to be stomping all over Edinburgh

16 Oct 2009

2009 feels a little like the year that Goldfrapp’s pop offspring all finally grew up and flew the nest with the likes of La Roux, Frankmuzik and, of course, Little Boots all taking mama Goldfrapp’s saucy electro suggestions and rendering them more than…

Giant steps - Little Boots interview

10 Sep 2009

Little Boots is mid-fib when her phone signal cuts out. She’s on the motorway, heading towards the Reading Festival, and she is livening up her early morning interview by colouring in a few of her answers. She was just explaining where she got her…

Singles and Downloads

6 Aug 2009

Much touted at the start of the year, Little Boots’ takeover of planet pop hasn’t quite materialised, and ‘Remedy’ (679) won’t change that. A decent enough pop strut with obligatory chunky synths and singalong chorus, it lacks the personality of her…

T in the Park – Sunday

13 Jul 2009

Kirstin Innes gives her verdict on some of Sunday's highlights at T. As some cruel fates (work) kept me apart from my beloved Karen O on Friday, I was determined to fill up my one day of T-time with as many strange and wonderful womenfolk as possible.

Sonar 2009, Barcelona, Thu 18 to Sat 20 Jun

3 Jul 2009

After months of agonising waiting it was finally upon us – Sonar 2009! Arriving at Barcelona’s supercool Sonar Village in the complex of Centre de Culture Contemporanea de Barcelona (CCCB) near Las Ramblas on Friday afternoon, we were like kids on…

T in the Park: Goes pop

25 Jun 2009

Nick Cave battered Kylie to death with a rock and in doing so resurrected pop. For when the implausible twain married larynxes – on 1995’s hit murder ballad, ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ – it caused a schism in the pop continuum. By 1996, the prince of…

Little Boots: Hands

28 May 2009

Much touted at the turn of the year, Little Boots has rather had her electro-pop fembot pixie thunder stolen by Lady Gaga, and this debut album doesn’t do anything to turn that around. Suitably retro of feel, with shadows of Yazoo, New Order and the…

Summer festivals line-up announced

16 Apr 2009

Here at The List, we can barely take a jaunt to the water cooler without another festival announcement popping into our inbox. At the offices of T in the Park (Fri 10-Sun 12 Jul) there’s been the usual flurry of activity. One of New York’s finest…

New Bands: The audacity of hype

19 Feb 2009

It’s not a shock to see a write-up for a new band, barely a handful of singles old, lauded as the best new band this century. But for every Arctic Monkeys there’s scores of Menswears, Towers of Londons and Mumm-Ras. Bands are expected to show up fully…