Bootleg Theater (Venue Partner)
2220 Beverly Blvd
213.389.3856
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West Indian Girl
- When
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Saturday Feb 13, 2010 (10pm)
- Where
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Directions: Bootleg is located at 2220 Beverly Blvd., across the street from BROOKLYN BAGEL, and just west of Alvarado. There is ample street parking along Beverly Blvd.
- Price
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$13
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“Appropriately, indie-rock band West Indian Girl were named after a potent strain of acid briefly popular in the mid-'60s, and their slow-build harmonies are almost as trippy as their namesake. With sultry, kittenish vocals, bouncy synth, and on-stage laptop remixing, Pollyn's sound falls somewhere on the continuum of glamorous, retro, lounge-inspired indie pop and sophisticated urban scene-stealing cocktail party atmospherics.”
Jorge Barriere, Flavorpill
The power to transcend common themes of fear, hope and love using only phrasing and imagery is a rare gift, second only to one’s ability to render out the proper combination of notes and chords with which to propel those words into our hearts. As listeners, we gravitate to both the familiar and the unattainable; we are moved by what’s accessible, what's evocative and what heightens our perception. West Indian Girl touches all these points with equal effectiveness. Informed by the triumphant empathy of British rock and roll and the soul-seeking ethos of Sixties psychedelia and modern day jam bands, Robert James and Francis Ten build opulent compositions that revolve around texture, mood and lyrical romanticism—songs that are inspired by ideals and motivated by feeling, much like the two musicians themselves.
