If you happen to be Best Coast, then the only place to launch your tour would be in Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theater. Throngs of adoring fans cheered throughout her 24-song set that included some guest spots by Jon Brion, who produced her latest album. Openers, JEFF The Brotherhood ripped through their set with [...]

Back in 2010, Best Coast somewhat begrudgingly became the de facto face of chillwave, thanks in part to the band’s impressive debut album Crazy for You . The record combined hazy lo-fi psych rock, with a healthy dose of 1960′s girl-groups and surf-pop, and made for the perfect beach album. With the unofficial start to summer this weekend, it seemed only appropriate that  Bethany Cosentino & Co. are back with their sophomore release The Only Place . This time around the Los Angeles-based band got some high profile help from Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Punch Brothers, Kanye West), who produced the ...

Listen to 34 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact Click the play button to listen to individual songs, right click on the song title to download an MP3, or grab a zip file of the whole 34-track compilation through Ge.tt here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Prietto Viaja Al Cosmos Con Mariano - Ey, Esa No Es Forma De Decir Adiós PVACCM is a psychedelic rock duo (Mariano, drums and vocals; Prietto, guitar and vocals) from Buenos Aires. Their first recordings were kind of lo-fi experiments but in the past ...

Best Coast – The Only Place | CD Vinyl MP3 Deluxe MP3 Download “The Only Place” (mp3) Best Coast’s sophomore album, The Only Place, is a batch of saccharine soaked songs. This album, produced by Jon Brion, is a more...

It’s an older, more mature Bethany Cosentino who greets Clash over the telephone line. Putting the stoner-girl routine to bed, the follow-up to 2010’s meteoric ally successful ‘Crazy for You’ sees her ditch the Twitter over-share and instead pour that emotion directly into her lyric book. Influenced by her beloved California and the pressures of the road, ‘The Only Place’ takes an unflinching, unapologetic look at what’s going on. The trademark fuzz is gone, replaced with a clearer sound – courtesy of maverick producer Jon Brion, famed for his work with Kanye West and Beck. No topic is ...

California pop rockers Best Coast returned to the Late Show With David Letterman last night to play the title track from their second album The Only Place The new record which was produced by Jon Brion is a more polished affair than their fairly lo-fi debut but the band does...

Music Alliance Pact é um projeto global que envolve cerca de 40 blogs especializados em música, de diferentes países, que mensalmente realiza uma coletânea com bandas independentes/alternativas desses países. Todo dia 15 é publicada a coletânea com uma música escolhida pelo representante de seu respectivo país de origem. No Brasil, essa função é exercida pelo Meio Desligado, que em Maio selecionou "Linha do trem", do CD de estreia do mineiro Leonardo Marques. Você pode ouvir cada uma das músicas abaixo ou fazer o download gratuito da coletânea completa .   BRASIL :  Meio Desligado Leonardo Marques  -  Linha do Trem Certa nostalgia melódica ...

"We were born with sun in our teeth and in our hair" , croons Bethany Cosentino on the opening lines of her sophomore release "The Only Place" - summing up the ethos of Best Coast right off the bat and setting the tone for the rest of the album. In a conscious effort to move away from her image as the adorable pot-smoking, cat-loving California girl who thought that Jimmy Buffett invented chillwave, Cosentino has stepped slightly out of the lo-fi fuzz of Best Coast's summer-of-'10-defining debut LP "Crazy For You" and into smoother, clearer territory whilst retaining the warm ...

Jon Brion lifts the curtain to mixed results.

Best Coast The Only Place Mexican Summer Records [2012]   Fire Note Says: Best Coast shakes the lo-fi and puts a spotlight on Bethany Cosentino's vocals for solid results! Album Review: Going into this sophomore record from indie darling Best Coast you need to ask yourself how important you thought the lo-fi aspect of their debut, Crazy For You [2010] , played into its overall success. If that was your selling ticket to loving Best Coaster Bethany Cosentino's debut then The Only Place might challenge your ears because that component is essentially removed here for a much brighter and polished ...

Based in either New York or South Carolina, alt. folk duo Oh! Ginger are releasing the first of what is a planned trilogy of EPs via Bandcamp. Utilising acoustic guitars and vibraphone, Oh! Ginger’s five song debut is no-frills modern folk referencing Tom Waits, Gram Parsons, Jon Brion and other performers whose take on songwriting [...]

Considering the talented crowd she runs with, I’ve been remiss in only mentioning Sara Watkins’ name as a collaborator so far. Sure, she’s shared the stage and studio with the likes of Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Gillian Welch, her trio with Chris Thile and Sean Watkins, Nickel Creek, and many others over the years, but now this [...]

Bethany Cosentino has had a tough time of it lately. Success of debut album Crazy for You flung Best Coast into the spotlight in a way that she had never expected, and she admits herself that she wasn't ready for the criticism that came with it. As much as Crazy for You was highly-commended by Pitchfork and NME, it was slated by others for its simplistic lyrics, particularly the mention of Bethany's now self-parodical cat, Snacks. Having been portrayed by the press as a cat-obsessed stoner-girl, and with her relationship with Wavves frontman Nathan Williams being closely followed ...

A delightfully creative work, Floratone’s second effort presents soundscapes that trigger wonder and a drive to spot the allusion. Guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer-percussionist Matt Chamberlain turn Chinese in “The Bloom Is On” (don’t miss Jon Brion’s weird, echoey keyboard flares), lay down the best instrumental Roxy Music never wrote in “More Pluck,” and stretch New Orleans second line with exquisite drama in the segue from the spectral “Snake, Rattle” to the sunnier “Parade.” For rocking out, try “Move”; for funk, traverse “Do You Have It” and the Ry Cooder on Mars-styled “Gimme Some”; for hard, electric ...

Best Coast 's Bethany Consentino  and Bobb Bruno  love their home state of California and they do a pretty good job of capturing its vibes in their songs and making you jealous.  But, "bear hugging" California isn't all the're concerned with on their new album The Only Place .  The golden state is just the setting for these 11 songs about life, love, good times, bad times, being depressed and being content.  With the help of producer (i.e. sonic wizard)  Jon Brion , Best Coast  sounds more sunny than they ever before, but they're lyrics are going to ...