Best Coast

Overview

Last year, Best Coast popped out of the vast collection of bands like Wavves and Vivian Girls riding the wave of '60s surf rock nostalgia and noisy lo-fi, and rose straight to the top of the pile. A lot of that was due to lead singer Bethany Cosentino's lush, relaxed melodies and her charming fixation with her cat.

2010's debut album title Crazy For You pretty much sums up what Best Coast are about: being in and out of love, and the laid back, girlish optimism of the Californian summertime. The girls in their songs drop out of high school, have crazy crushes on bad boys and do little else but get high and lie in the sun.

In March, Best Coast, as part of the Golden Plains festival, are bringing their foot-tapping, noisy lo-fi to Australia for the very first time, and playing just one Sydney side show at Oxford Art Factory. Their first Sydney show has been the cause for much excitement. For those lucky enough to have got their tickets quickly enough, Best Coast are bound to be a highlight of the end of the summer, an occasion for dancing barefoot and falling in love a little bit.