yeah, they really are not, ive got a mate who has met em too and nice enough chaps by all accounts, but the hype about them is shocking, they have about as much to do with techno or dance music at all for that matter as Bill Oddies toilet seat cover
it's a total cash in operation because they won the Mercury Music prize recently, god knows, as there were some stunningly beautiful albums in the running aswell. As mentioned, there are some top dance acts over here at the moment, in my opinion anyway, who can and DO seriously good live shows, Justice and Simian Mobile Disco, whilst being a little cheesy maybe at times musically, put on a wikid full live show. Or LCD Soundsystem.