Best Coast and Tennis make it a sunny outlook for pop

How two American bands are weathering it to stand out from the crowd. By Michael CraggIt's never been easier to get noticed if you're in a certain kind of band. All you need is a name (preferably something summery, with escapist connotations), a MySpace page and some vintage stock photos of boats or lank-haired girls eating ice cream. Next, make some simple-sounding, 60s-girl-group aping indiepop seemingly recorded at the bottom of a well, send your songs out to the right music blogs, and befo...

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