Articles tagged with Best Coast

From KCRW DJ Gary Calamar:
How did Iggy Pop and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino come to collaborate on a track for HBO’s True Blood?
Well, it’s a bit of a long story so read it below and check out the track “Let’s Boot and Rally“, written by me (!) and James Combs. It will air on the episode of True Blood airing this Sunday, July …

 
Best Coast has had a busy (almost) 2 years since the last time they were in the KCRW studios.  They went from being friends that recorded together for the joy of it, to becoming a breakout success.  While their sound continues to conjure images of a stroll on the Venice boardwalk, they’ve come back and replaced a simple straightforward charm with a deeper emotional …

I thought Best Coast’s debut album “Crazy For You” was a love letter to California but the title track and first single for their sophomore album is even MORE so!
Sun-soaked and sweet, the song celebrates the beach life and would be the perfect soundtrack to an episode of Gidget.
Stream “The Only Place” below and download it in exchange for your email address.

LA’s Bethany Cosentino …

Hi, I’m Travis Holcombe.
I’m a new(ish) DJ here at KCRW and you can catch me on the air on Tuesday nights midnight-3AM (which is technically Wednesday morning). I’ll also be filling in on Aaron Byrd’s show this week on Thursday night. This is my forum to muse and ramble about music and whatever else pops into my head.
…aaaaand ACTION! –
1) Further fanning the flames …

KCRW is presenting the FREE Make Music Pasadena festival on June 18 and the lineup is incredible! It’s their 4th year of presenting the outdoor music fest and they have tons of KCRW bands on the bill, including Best Coast, The Morning Benders, Ra Ra Riot, Zola Jesus, Saint Motel, Kisses, Carla Morrison, Rocky Dawuni, Jenny O and more.  Also, KCRW DJs Jason …

Best Coast’s live performance on Morning Becomes Eclectic is now available as a podcast and, as a special treat, they are letting us give it away indefinitely (instead of the usual 2-week time frame).
You can download the audio/video from one of LA’s breakout bands in 2010 here.
It’s a big week for Best Coast – they made their television debut on Late Night with Jimmy …

Yes, I know there is a lot of list-o-mania out there right now (Phoenix pun, pretty bad) but I wanted to add one more to the pile. Earlier this month, NPR Music asked Jason Bentley to share his Top 5 LA Albums of the Year.
I think everyone agrees it was an INCREDIBLE year for music in SoCal. KCRW plays music from all over the …

Since I still consider myself more of a music fan than a music “professional” I chose my list around the albums I literally played most this year – and which ones I think I’ll still be pressing play on well into 2011 and beyond.
(two notes — Local Natives’s “Gorilla Manor” was on my list last year or it certainly would have been this year. …

All of our DJs have submitted their Top 10 Albums of 2010 and you can see their lists here. Below are all the albums that were listed as #1 in random order so you can see a compilation of the best of the best!
Most of these bands have performed at the station this year or have been features on KCRW’s Music Blog– click on …

KCRW’s Top 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of 11/15/2010
1 MANN, CHICO == Analog Drift >> [Waxpoetics]
2 STEREOLAB == Not Music >> [Drag City]
3 BEST COAST == Crazy For You >> [Mexican Summer]
4 JUNIP == Fields >> [Mute]
5 RONSON, MARK & THE BUSINESS INTL == Record Collection >> [Rca]
6 NERD == Nothing >> [Star Trak/interscope]
7 WARPAINT == Fool >> [Rough Trade]
8 UNDERWORLD == …