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  The Week's 9 Controversial, Baffling, and Excellent Covers

  April 27, 2012 – It may have been a sluggish week for Internet goodies, but it was a great one for cover songs. From the excellent and deliberate to the spontaneous and cringe-worthy, here are the week's nine most noteworthy: The Blog-Baiting: 1. Azealia Banks on Lana Del Rey's "Blue Jeans," as Remixed by Smims&Belle We already showed you this today, but Azealia Banks did the inevitable and put herself on a Lana Del Rey song. …
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  Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino on Getting Emo and Clowning Around

  April 16, 2012 – Though Best Coast's 2010 debut album, Crazy for You, won an ocean of fans for its fizzy, lo-fi surf pop, frontwoman Bethany Cosentino swears she's still the same weed-and-Wavves-loving girl as always. "I'm not some crazy asshole who walks around super-conceited or anything," says the 25-year-old by phone from the Los Angeles home of the aforementioned band's Nathan Williams and their Internet-famous cat, Snacks. …
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  California Gurl: Grab Best Coast's Sunny 'The Only Place'

  March 26, 2012 – If you lived here, you'd be home now. From Dum Dum Girls to Cults, a recent batch of rising Internet-beloved popsters have been leaving Southern California for New York City, but Best Coast isn't having any of it. The title track from May 15 album The Only Place, the follow-up to the L.A. band's 2010 debut Crazy for You, is an unabashed ode to the West Coast that even David Lee Roth or Katy Perry should appreciate. …
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  Mac Miller, Best Coast, Calvin Harris Take Home 2012 Woodies

  March 19, 2012 – The mtvU Woodie Awards were filmed in Austin during SXSW and aired last night, letting viewers see how against all odds, rappers Mac Miller and Machine Gun Kelly — two ideologically different rappers supported by similar grassroots fan armies — took home the show's major prizes. …
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  Santigold, Big K.R.I.T., Best Coast Deep-Fry SPIN's Austin BBQ

  March 17, 2012 – After Escort finished their set on the main stage at Stubb's, the afternoon's host, comic DC Pierson, commended the 17-piece disco army on having the fewest number of laptops allowed onstageby Austin ordinance: one. …
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  See Best Coast Play New 'Why I Cry' Live, Grow Up Gracefully

  March 13, 2012 – Turning into an adult doesn't have to mean becoming someone else. Bethany Cosentino has said Best Coast's Jon Brion-produced sophomore album, called The Only Place (due May 15) is about her "trying really hard to grow up." The L.A. fuzz-poppers have said on Twitter they'll be previewing some of the new material during SXSW, which, full disclosure, they're playing our very own party this Friday in Austin. …
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  Best Coast Promise to 'Grow Up,' Announce Many Tour Dates

  March 6, 2012 – Best Coast have finally started talking about their much-anticipated, Jon Brion-produced sophomore album. It's called The Only Place, it's slated to drop May 15 (via Mexican Summer), and it's still repping hard for California via its cover art. …
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  Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Tweet-Announces Urban Outfitters Clothing Line

  March 1, 2012 – Get ready to pick cat hair off one of these! Via her Twitter …
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  Santigold, Best Coast, Big K.R.I.T. Set for SPIN's Austin Throwdown

  March 1, 2012 – SPIN is proud to announce the complete lineup of our 2012 party in Austin, set for Friday, March 16. Once again at the city's fingerlickingest venue, Stubb's BBQ, this year's bill features a who's who of SPIN faves, led by dub-poptronica superstar Santigold, who conveniently dropped a new video today. …
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  Best Coast Drummer Ali Koehler Forced Out of Band

  December 9, 2011 – Best Coast have been working on a follow-up to debut album Crazy for You, one of our top albums of 2010, but they'll be doing so without their regular touring drummer. As Pitchfork points out, Ali Koehler has confirmed she's out of the band. …
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