Best Coast at Variety Playhouse

CL's Matthew Warhol recommends: If you are in a mid-to-late-twenties indie rock fan, like me, then Best Coast was probably a defining band during your coming-of-age years. You might have rolled your first cross joint—a marijuana cigarette with a smaller marijuana cigarette poked through the center, mimicking the Christian iconography — on the vinyl LP cover of their first album, Crazy For You. Maybe you daydreamed of your crush while belting the lyrics of “Boyfriend” in your 2006 Honda Civic - just me? Regardless, Best Coast soundtracked many of our college days with their hazy, beach tunes about love, weed, and frontwoman Bethany Cosentino’s cat, Snacks. Their cathartic sound still rings true today, albeit with more production value. They have grown like we have grown and now—after the release of their fourth LP, Always Tomorrow — are heading back out the road. — MW