L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Best Coast’s show codified one of L.A.’s newest rock stars, but it also showed how “being yourself” is a performance for Cosentino as well. Live review by the Times' August Brown more info

Rollo & Grady — Origami Vinyl :: Top 10 Records (5/11-5/17) 1 – Beach House – Bloom 2 – Best Coast – The Only Place 3 – Lower Dens – Nootropics 4 – Ty Segall & White Fence – Hair 5 – Santigold – Master of My Make Believe 6 – Sparklehorse – Dr... more info

KEXP Seattle — Today’s featured artist on our Song of the Day podcast, Best Coast, stopped by Letterman last night to play the title track off new record The Only Place! The performance is delightful. If you were thinking about going to see them next Tuesday at t... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Los Angele duo Best Coast have just released "The Only Place," the band's second album. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews the album. more info

Chicago Tribune — 3 stars (out of 4) more info

Guardian Music — (Wichita)Californian duo Best Coast's 2010 debut, Crazy for You, mixed sunny pop with fuzzy garage rock to impressive effect. The follow-up picks up where it left off, only with more studio polish, the title track a guilelessly irresistible paean to ... more info

Guardian Music — New album The Only Place is an honest, personal reflection of how the duo's lives changed after Crazy For YouWhen Best Coast first got people's attention, in 2010, they smoked a lot of weed and talked about singer Bethany Cosentino's cat, Snacks, wit... more info

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. Read the full story on Drowned... more info

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... → more info