Yesterday I caught the tail end of an ordinary pop tune delivered by Little Boots and her band at the Reading fest. As the song wound up, LB started fiddling with en electronic device (was it the Tenori-On?), waving her palm over it and producing, arhythmically, stuttering cascades of random notes. I think the band may have been hoping she would just leave it alone. It seemed to me pure gimmickry that only interfered with the musicianship of the band. Just because a note can be generated doesn't mean it should be
