You don't throw a music festival on the beach and neglect to invite Best Coast. Gulf Shores isn't what Bethany Cosentino had in mind when she named her band, but even she saw the parallels: "This…   Read Story »

This year Record Store Day fell on 4/20, so it was only appropriate that the powered-by-weed outfit Best Coast stepped up to the plate to issue a 7" platter. Even better, though, is how deep Beth…   Read Story »

Bethany Cosentino, I feel like you are trolling me by covering this guttural, deeply emotional Roy Orbison song "Crying" and sticking your cat on it, as well. Not to get Grandma Claire on you guys,…   Read Story »

On this year's Record Store Day, Best Coast will release a 7" single of a new song with the very collegiate title "Fear Of My Identity." And while we're not yet allowed to hear the whole song,…   Read Story »

I don't know if it's a seasonal affective disorder thing or what, but this is the week when almost all the really good videos got all dark and twisty and Lynchian and strange. Other than the Best…   Read Story »

Hot off their Microsoft Windows 8 spot, Best Coast are back on YouTube with a video for The Only Place track "Do You Love Me Like You Used To?" (Is that title a deliberate nod to the Smiths' "Rubber…   Read Story »

Last night, I was doing Google News searches for "windows" -- as in, "Should I put big Xs on my windows with duct tape, so I'm not killed in my sleep when this hurricane makes landfall and decimates…   Read Story »

Last night, Best Coast played a show in Brussels, Belgium, and the band made the fairly ballsy decision to cover Nirvana. They took on "About A Girl," quite possibly the most swoony-romantic song in…   Read Story »

Last night, Best Coast came through Conan to play "Do You Love Me Like You Used To," one of the more tender songs from her new album The Only Place. One notable thing about Bethany Cosentino: Every…   Read Story »

On the new Fleetwood Mac tribute compilation Just Tell Me That You Want Me, Best Coast tried their hand at the band's classic-rock radio staple "Rhiannon." But it's not the only Fleetwood Mac cover…   Read Story »