Best Coast "Boyfriend"

[mp3] Best Coast: "Boyfriend"

Bethany Cosentino is the lady of the moment right now. It's all been bubbling up over the past year or more, through singles, live shows, an EP, a burgeoning love affair, and a great twitter account (she's psyched for the newest Real Housewives of NJ ep). We've been publicly whining about not having the record yet (I think today's the day folks); but we're willing to accept the degradation from the twittersphere in exchange for what, from the likes of everything we've heard to date including this new single, will be a noisy, nostalgic, tastefully lo-fi, summer beach romp through the alt-rock indie-pop universe. Crazy For You drops July 27th on Mexican Summer.

God Is Saying This To You

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Kurt Vile "Beach on the Moon"

The cover of Kurt Vile's record God is Saying This To You looks as it sounds. It conjures up sepia-toned, rural images of hazy landscapes passing one by out the window of a train. Vile's songs float along with a psych/folk lilt to them sounding no more produced than a set of demos. Yet, haven't we all heard countless demo records that are head and shoulders above the fleshed-out studio versions? I mean, Nebraska was originally just demos for the E-Street Band. Kurt Vile just happens to also be a Philly native and part of the band War on Drugs whose Wagonwheel Blues was quietly one of the best records of 2008. Vile's first record Constant Hitmaker should not be passed by either. God is Saying This to You is out now digitally on the vinyl and digital only label Mexican Summer.