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The future is so yesterday: A synth-pop timeline

British musician Little Boots is part of the new wave of synth-pop acts.



The future is so yesterday
A selective history of synth-pop
By Jason Anderson, CBC News

A worldwide economic recession is not the only thing our era shares with the early ’80s. Robotic yet sexy, electro-pop is once again the au courant sound — what with Lady Gaga as the pre-eminent pop sensation, indie hipsters getting down with Cut Copy and Yacht and synth-savvy folks like La Roux, Little Boots and Canada’s own Lights looking like the hot new thing.

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