LargeHeartedBoy — LA Weekly examines the branding of the band Best Coast. The New Yorker interviews Art Speigelman about his collaboration with Maurice Sendak. So the strip that was eventually published in The New Yorker is fully a collaboration? Yes. I planned... more info
DrownedInSound — To its credit, The Only Place avoids dragging Best Coast into ‘diminishing returns’ territory. Instead it’s the sound of a group ably treading water while its scars are glossed over with a Golden State tan.
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Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in the category page. Beach House – Bloom Best Coast - The Only Place The Cribs - In The Belly of the Brazen Bull Damon Albarn – … Read More... →
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Chorus.fm — You can stream *Best Coast (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=43512)*'s new album, The Only Place, over at NPR (http://www.npr.org/2012/05/06/151778646/first-listen-best-coast-the-only-place). more info
Totally Fuzzy —
The Only Place doesn't just advance the band's irresistible garage-pop formula; it perfects it.
Best Coast's new album, The Only Place, comes out May 15.
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Guardian Music — Get out your Chelsea boots and anoraks – the C86 revival is upon us. AgainHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Faith Holgate (vocals, guitar), Lois McDonald (guitar), Anna Donigan (bass), and unknown drummer.The background: There has been a lot of web ... more info
Love And The Anger — Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno are Best Coast. Their First album Crazy For You made a big splash a couple of years ago. The simple yet brilliant, fun, Summer, California feeling album was praised by critics across the board, including me. Amongs... more info
Music For Ants — Yesterday was a pretty huge day for music news, Sigur Ros announced a new album (and released a beautiful new track), The Morning Benders changed their name, new tracks from Best Coast and Moonface and, perhaps best of all Jet announced they were dun... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Kimbra @ Mercury Lounge Like Rostam, Best Coast & Kid Cudi did in 2010, and more recently Gorillaz, James Murphy and Andre 3000, Mark Foster, Kimbra and A-Trak have teamed up on Coverse's tab to... more info