L.A. Times - Entertainment — The L.A. trio travels west to the Troubadour for an exacting but oddly listless show that features a bit of pop star indulgence from Bethany Cosentino. Memo to band: Find a bassist.The L.A. trio travels west to the Troubadour for an exacting but oddl... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — After the last song of her band's headlining set at the Troubadour on Saturday, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast did something unusual for her — she acted like a pop star. After a brief jam of sun-saturated guitar fuzz, she... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Los Angeles Times profiles Best Coast. Along with Wavves and Girls, Best Coast has invented a new California sound, with "Crazy for You" as its irresistible template. It's surf pop made by a woman with permanent grit in her... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Bethany Cosentino, Bobb Bruno, now with new member Ali Koehler, knew what they wanted to hear before they made it. As it turns out, other people wanted to hear it too.Bethany Cosentino, Bobb Bruno, now with new member Ali Koehler, knew what they want... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With Best Coast's Saturday and Sunday gigs loooong sold-out, Pop & Hiss looks at some of this weekend's other top shows. Thursday Tim Kasher @ the Bootleg Theater. Perhaps it was the pained vocals, or the deliberately choppy collision of... more info

MVSW — Dominant Legs ~ “Just Silly Ones” The hair made this video! I was waiting for an aqua colored Camaro to show up somewhere in the background. If you are lucky enough to be a UCLA student, Dominant Legs is playing a show tonight with Best Coast at ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Collective Crowd Records recently released 12″ Vinyl + Digital Download of We Are Trees debut EP, Boyfriend. There are only 300 copies of the 12″ currently available. Here are a couple demos and a Best Coast cover that We Are Trees frontman James... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Madeline Follin of Cults & Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast It was like a buzz band explosion on Sunday when Bethany of Best Coast, who were playing the same stage later, came on stage during Cults' set to lead the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Deakin "This solo project from Animal Collective's Deakin (or Deacon, or Josh Dibb) was just as psychedelic, but in more of a dub vein, with spacey, ambient guitar over echoing reverberating distorted drum-pad beats. A pair... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Alysse Gafjken Weezer announced that Free Energy and Best Coast will handle opening duties on their upcoming "Memories Tour", though it's only one opener per show and NYC gets Free Energy. Weezer were another one of the bands... more info