Converse continues their Three Artists. One Song campaign (previous collabs included Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy and Andrew W.K. on I’m A Gonner, Santifold, Pharrell and Julian Casablancas on My Drive Thru and KiD CuDi, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend and Best Coast on All Summer) by throwing Andre 3000, Gorillaz and James Murphy (former [...]

It's college week on "Jeopardy!" , which means 15 students from Harvard, Columbia, M.I.T., and other schools around the U.S. are competing to win $100,000.  As previously reported , "Foxes">Fleet Foxes" were an answer on the show last week. Now the Best Coast website has posted a picture from the band's own "Jeopardy!" mention: "Bethany Cosentino fronts the L.A. band called not "West" but "Best" this-- in your face, Eastern seaboard!"

Whoever is writing questions over at Jeopardy is really trolling indie blogs with their questions these days: A few weeks ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/best-coast-were-an-answer-on-jeopardy-last-night/61686/

There's been a little buzz lately about who would be the three artists who would collaborate in Converse's third annual Three Artist One Song project. Now via the Gorillaz website it has been officially announced that the Gorillaz will be working with none other than Andre 3000 of Outkast and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem for their song "DoYaThing". Past collaborations have not disappointed with the likes of Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam of Vampire Weekend coming together and making "All Summer" followed up by Matt and Kim, Soulja Boy and Andrew W.K. creating "I'm ...

Damon Albarn, OutKast’s Andre 3000 and former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy are set to release a collaboration for Converse, the Sun reports. The track is a part of Converse’s “Three Artists, One Song” series, which has seen collaborations between Andrew W.K., Matt and Kim, and Soulja Boy, and another between Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij.

Jamar Core aka Ramaj Eroc hails from Chicago but made the move to the best coast and is bringing that old school hip-hop sound mixed …

It seems as though BUZZ BANDS have FINALLY made it into the American lexicon of jargon dictionary cultural awareness zeitgeist mass media crossover into the mainstream. Or there is just 'some indie bro' who works there, and he sees dumb categories 'go viral'. There is also potentially 'some genuine indie fan girl' who works there and she 'genuinely' used the word buzzbands. Other ppl think that there might be a 'cool dad' who just wanted to buzz some bands, get some pictures of TV screens 'going viral' as if any1 gives a damn abt Jeopardy as a culturally relevant institution ...

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45357-metallica-pick-best-coast-modest-mouse-fucked-up-titus-andronicus-for-their-festival/ Best Coast was 'hand picked' to play some festival that Metallica curated. 'Who cares?' Well, Pitchfork came up with a GREAT angle to make it interesting. Recently, Best Coast 's Bethany Cosentino tweeted that Metallica TOTALLY EFFING SUCKED [via that crappy album that every1 said sucked, "Lulu". Haha, remember when Bethany Cosentino called the Metallica/Lou Reed album "the worst thing I've ever heard" ? That apparently didn't stop Metallica from hand-selecting Best Coast for their new Atlantic City festival, Orion Music & More. It seems as if they 'went out of their way ...

Metallica, el que tal vez es el grupo de metal más popular de todos los tiempos, y el más conocido de la actualidad, ha vuelto. No, aún no se sabe nada de su nuevo disco, y no queremos recordar su último experimento con Lou Reed, al cual dicho sea de paso le han llovido críticas desde todos los lados. Metallica vuelve con Orion Music & More, un nuevo festival muy diferente a lo que la mayoría de fans podrían esperar. Mas que nada porque se trata de un festival que...

Metal legends, Metallica are hosting their own festival. Orion – Music + More will be held on the outskirts of Atlantic City, New Jersey and the veteran band will headline both nights, playing The Black Album and 1984’s Ride The Lightening in full (one on each night). Taking place on June 23rd and 24th, other names added to the bill so far include Arctic Monkeys, The Gaslight Anthem and Best Coast. Watch the promo video and press conference below:

Metal titans are putting on their own festival in New Jersey this June

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Metallica has unveiled their own festival, dubbed Orion Music and More , likely after the song of the same name on 1986's Master of Puppets . Metallica assembled the lineup for the festival, which will take place at Bader Field in Atlantic City on June 23rd and 24th. The metal band will close both nights and perform 1990's Metallica and 1984's Ride the Lightning in their entirety on each night respectively. The lineup spans a number of genres, with the list so far including: Arctic Monkeys , Avenged Sevenfold , Modest Mouse , The Gaslight Anthem , Elephant">Cage The Elephant , Fucked Up ...

Metallica announced today the lineup for Orion Music & More , an Atlantic City, N.J., festival that they would curate to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Black Album . The festival takes place at Bader Field on June 23 and 23.

The Gaslight Anthem, Avenged Sevenfold and Best Coast are amongst the few to perform at a new festival curated by Metallica on June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The following bands have been confirmed at this stage: Arctic Monkeys Avenged Sevenfold Modest Mouse The Gaslight Anthem Elephant">Cage The Elephant Fucked Up Best Coast Hot Snakes Titus Andronicus Gary Clark Jr. Lucero Roky Erickson The Black Angels The Sword A Place to Bury Strangers Liturgy