GOLD BABY – Live In London
The Golden Hour Having previously delivered the delights of ‘What Party?’, it was clearly time to check out 4-piece indie pop outfit Gold Baby in a live setting. Luckily, the band had staged a launch party for their latest offering … Read More
POPPY – Am I a Girl?
Maybe we can save the world One of the most compelling stories in the pop culture world in recent years has to be the emergence of the enigmatic Poppy. Having built up an odd, often disconcerting series of brief YouTube … Read More
GOLD BABY – Maggots
Breezy pop goodness Describing themselves as ‘slacker pop’, 4-piece outfit Gold Baby previously caught our attention with debut ‘What Party?’ Back in October. Consisting of Siân Alex (vocals, guitar), Sam Asbury (guitar, backing vocals), Andrew Myors (bass) and Ian Lee … Read More
GRIMES (Feat. HANA) – We Appreciate Power
AI-AI-AI-Yi! It’s been quite a year for Grimes, who’s spent the past few months on a few collaborative projects. But up until now, details of a follow-up release to 2015’s Art Angels had been sporadic. But with the unveiling of … Read More
FLIRTING – This Would Be Funny If It Were Happening To Anyone But Me
Truly Madly Anxious Following on from summer’s ‘Peppermint’ release (see Wavegirl’s previous review), London’s alternative rock outfit Flirting return with a lengthier outing. New EP This Would Be Funny If It Were Happening To Anyone But Me offers up a … Read More
TWIST HELIX – Ouseburn
“This city’s not sleeping/it’s dreaming.” If there’s a line that sums up the new Twist Helix album, it’s the above one on opening track ‘Newcastle’. Although much of the alt-electro outfit’s material deals with the decline of communities and the … Read More
Jean-Michel Jarre and the unusual evolution of Oxygène
Kitchen electronica When it comes to iconic electronic albums, Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1976 opus Oxygène will always rank highly. But although the album has achieved both a commercial and critical assessment that is worthy of the exceptional music contained within, its … Read More
GOLD BABY – What Party?
Guitar party pop There seems to have been a sea change in the quality of independent guitar outfits in recent years. The post-90s stodge that seemed to be everywhere at one point, surprisingly appears to have largely faded. In its … Read More
PRINCESS CHELSEA – The Loneliest Girl
Chamber pop perfection It seems like a gulf of time since Princess Chelsea’s last studio album outing The Great Cybernetic Depression graced us with its presence. We summed up the 2015 album in our review at the time as “…a … Read More
FLIRTING – Peppermint
Anxiety pop moments Describing themselves as “an anxiety-pop band”, the 5-piece outfit of Flirting appear to draw cues from the brighter points of indie pop’s long and storied legacy. The fuzzy guitarscapes of 2016’s ‘Wouldn’t You’ suggested hints of My … Read More