West Indian Girl was introduced to me by a couple of friends, and the first time I heard their music was at a live show at Molly Malone's in LA. They are native (now) to LA and do a decent amount of small shows out here on the west coast. They are signed to Astralwerks, but are not that electronic. I would describe their sound as cooled out drug rock with an electronic touch, the Doors meets Zero 7 or something. They have one debut CD and a remix CD out now, both which are solid the whole way through and can be copped here. I got to see them again last night at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, which was a bigger venue than Molly's but still small. They had a nice visual going on behind each song, and they sounded great, except for the encore which consisted of a bad cover and a very self indulgent solo by the female singer Mariqueen Maandig. Her presence on the album is more of a back up singer than a lead, but I have a feeling her strong vocals will play more of a roll in their new album. I would their albums are dope, but their live shows will make you fall in love with their sound.
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