New band of the day – No 677: Best Coast

This sole female auteur of the sun-kissed surf-pop scene has penned a love letter to LA, full of sunny yet sorrowful tales of boys and break-upsHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Bethany Cosentino (vocals, guitar).The background: Best Coast sounds like a lo-fi 60s garage rock and surfing band fronted by a girl group singer, but it is in fact essentially a vehicle for Bethany Cosentino, a 22-year-old from LA who is, as far as we can tell, the sole female auteur of the whole new sun-kissed surf-pop...

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