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March 2021

Gang of Four: 'They made me realise anything is possible'

Guitarist Andy Gill was working on a 40th anniversary album when he died last year. Now famous fans – from the Chilis’ Flea to La Roux – have finished the job, and Damien Hirst has designed the sleeve. They talk about what the band meant to them

May 2020

Sunday with La Roux: ‘I miss my family, but daily walks help’

The singer and songwriter on dealing with solitude, her favourite cafe and why she’s hooked on Frasier

February 2020

La Roux: Supervision review – obliquely beautiful, contrarian electro visionary

La Roux review – synth star throws a joyously sleazy blowout

January 2020

La Roux: 'My label dropped me on New Year's Day. I was like, yippee!'

Five years after going it alone, Elly Jackson is back with a sophisticated third album – via panic attacks, scrapped songs and life advice from Joanna Lumley

September 2018

Whyte Horses review – engaging, eccentric extravaganza of faux-French pop

Dom Thomas’s shifting musical collective weave nuanced spells behind guests including Mélanie Pain, La Roux and a children’s choir in one of the year’s most endearing gigs

August 2018

La Roux furious over use of song to promote bulletproof backpacks

Singer attacks Fox Business for playing Bulletproof in TV item about school shootings

July 2015

New Order enlist Iggy Pop, Elly Jackson and Brandon Flowers for new album

The group announce more details of their 10th studio album, as well as a series of Music Complete tour dates

June 2015

The many ages of Glastonbury – it’s not just for young people keen to get hammered

On my radar
On my radar: La Roux’s cultural highlights

May 2015

Musicians react to the election result – 'You'll all be burning books next'

You could assemble a festival bill from the musicians tweeting their unhappiness about the election

December 2014

Best albums of 2014
The best albums of 2014 – readers' picks

Best albums of 2014
Best albums of 2014: No 6 – Trouble in Paradise by La Roux

November 2014

Best albums of 2014
The best albums of 2014
Here’s the Guardian music critics’ favourite albums of 2014, topped by St Vincent and her dazzling fourth album

October 2014

Listen up
Watch La Roux perform for the 6 Music Live at Maida Vale sessions
In the penultimate instalment of this week’s series, here’s Elly Jackson beaming live from the BBC

September 2014

La Roux says she 'never made any money from record sales'

The playlist
The playlist: pop – One Direction, La Roux, Cathedrals and more

July 2014

Ben Langmaid says he left La Roux because of 'idiot' collaborator

Elly Jackson's former professional partner first sticks up for Kanye West against her – then starts disparaging his replacement

Trouble in Paradise review – La Roux is back, on her own

After a five-year wait, the flame-quiffed androgyne returns with a persuasive second helping of cool synth-pop, writes Kitty Empire

Alexis Petridis's album of the week
La Roux: Trouble in Paradise review – the year's best pop album so far
Alexis Petridis: It's taken Elly Jackson five years to follow up her debut album, and by all accounts it was a pretty torturous process – but the end result is well worth the wait

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