Stereogum — The Only Place, the second album from Best Coast, arrives in about two months, and it should be a pretty fascinating listen. Noted sound-layering maestro Jon Brion produced the thing, which means it will sound a whole lot different from Crazy For You... more info

Chorus.fm — *Best Coast* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/bestcoast) will release their new album, The Only Place, on May 15th via Mexican Summer (http://www.mexicansummer.com/). Hit the replies to check out the artwork. _Track Listing _01. The Only Place 02. Why I... more info

Stereogum — Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino took to Twitter today to announce that she’s designing an upcoming line for Urban Outfitters. Proof: Stoked to announce my first ever clothing line! Bethany Cosentino for @urbanoutfitters! Drops in May! twitter.com/... more info

Guardian Music — A new song from Gorillaz? With super-stellar collaborators? Amazing. Or not, as the case may be So far Converse's Three Artists. One Song project has given us the hip-hop funk of My Drive Thru, a collaboration between Pharrell, Santigold and Julian C... more info

Stereogum — Art Fag has a pretty stellar track record with up-and-coming garage standouts that feature female vocalists — Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls and Bleached all put out early releases on the label — and tomorrow they’ll release Oakland indie rocker Col... more info

Guardian Music — Plenty of time yet to prepare for the high-voltage stadium rave of Chase & Status, who headline the first day of this year's South West Four (25 & 26 Aug, Clapham Common) ...Villagers, Cherry Ghost and Beth Jeans Houghton lead the hazy, lazy sounds a... more info

Metal Injection — Man, Austin, TX really knows how to party. Between South by Southwest and now Chaos in Tejas, downtown Austin must have a ton of whiskey puke on it's streets. This year's Chaos In Tejas lineup looks pretty fucking metal as well, with perfor... more info

KEXP Seattle — Hans-Peter Lindstrøm has probably remixed a band you really like. Best Coast, Roxy Music, LCD Soundsystem, Bear In Heaven, Franz Ferdinand, Doves, and Glasser are among his victims. But other than 12″ b-sides and Deluxe Edition bonus tracks, not t... more info

Chorus.fm — *Best Coast* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/bestcoast) has announced a short tour of the UK this summer. Check out the dates in the replies. more info

411 Mania — A long list of acts... more info