Brooklyn Vegan — Best Coast @ Prospect Park (more by Jessica Amaya) The Planned Parenthood benefit at Le Poisson Rouge tonight (6/16) with Best Coast & Those Darlins, which has already raised $15,000, is sold out, but 100 tickets will be sold at... more info

Impose Magazine — June 14: A day after the GOP Presidential Debates and Michelle Bachman announcing her candidacy for the 2012 Presidential Elections, The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy talked about how election campaigns use songs and suggested Bachman use this on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessica Amaya, words by Andrew Sacher I arrived a little late to Prospect Park last night (6/14) for the first Celebrate Brookln benefit show of the 2011 season and only caught the second half of Best Coast's 30... more info

NME - The Daily Download — With Download Festival consuming my weekend, this weekly round-up’s been a bit delayed this week, so apologies. But better late than never - feast your ears on these ten brand new free MP3 downloads. 1. Best Coast – ‘Gone Again’ Just in tim... more info

NME — Au Revoir Simone, Best Coast, Of Montreal also booked for Escape To New York more info

Stereogum — Name: Best Coast Progress Report: Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino talks about upcoming Planned Parenthood benefit and drops clues about the band’s currently in-the-works sophomore LP. Next week Best Coast will be stopping off in NYC on June 16th t... more info

NME — Band are releasing track as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program more info

Stereogum — The 10th annual ‘Roo is underway. Here are pics of some of the notable sets from the first two days of this year’s fest in beautiful, boiling Manchester, TN. Featuring Sleigh Bells, Lil Wayne, Twin Shadow, Big Boi, Wavves and Best Coast (aww), Ka... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Matt & Kim @ ACL 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) Who would have thought back in 2006 when Matt & Kim were rising through the ranks of the Todd P Brooklyn DIY scene that one day they'd be third on... more info

Guardian Music — A prolific cyber-dreamer with a laptop cooing prettily to early-80s synth-pop – love it or loathe it?Hometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Danielle Johnson (vocals, keyboards), James Morley (guitar), Justin Coles (bass), Chris Egan (drums).The background:... more info