Guardian Music — Snacks the cat has appeared on record sleeves, T-shirts and even gets a credit on the band's debut album. But did the Best Coast singer's beloved pet really pick the tracklist?As a musician, maybe it's weird that I'm always getting asked to talk abo... more info

MTV.com News — The rapper was originally slated to drop his sophomore effort on September 14.By Mawuse Ziegbe Kid Cudi Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/ Getty Images Kid Cudi fans will have to wait a little longer for fresh tunes: A rep for Universal Motown confirm... more info

The Music Fix — First rate indie pop from out west. A bit like Lytham St. Annes. more info

DrownedInSound — To paraphrase the title of one of Bethany Cosentino's tracks she’s more “brat” than lovable mope. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Each have made opposite and near-perfect rock albums that, taken together, might be among the most inviting portraits of being young in Los Angeles in 2010. Ea... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Bethany Cosentino, the singer and songwriter behind the frizzy L.A. summer-pop band Best Coast, has a tattoo of California with the outline of a bear on her arm. It's fitting — a few spins of her charming, endlessly re-playable debut,... more info

Allmusic Blog — The duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno are firm believers in simplicity. The songs they record as Best Coast are straight-ahead verse-chorus tunes influenced by various strains of pop and rock from the last 50 years (doo wop, garage rock, girl g... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-27 Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti     07-28 Bologna, Italy - Estragon presents Bonatique     07-29 Porto, Portugal - Parades Du Coures Festival     07-31 Emmaboda, Sweden -  Emmaboda Festival         08-02 London, England - ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Paste called Best Coast's Crazy for You "the soundtrack of being young, in love and in the sun" and I have to agree, this is an album that begs to be enjoyed all summer long. In a relatively slow... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Best Coast @ the Seaport July 23rd... One of the potentially rainy concerts this past weekend that made it through the weather was the free South Street Seaport show on Friday, July 23rd with Best... more info