(31) Days of Good: Day 14

What does a lo-fi, beach pop trio have in common with a British wonky pop artist? The man on the moon himself, Kid Cudi.

Both of today's artists have done more than well for themselves, but there's no denying the impact Cudi had when he collaborated with Best Coast and Rostam Batmanglij for the converse produced (yes, the shoe company) track, All Summer, and teamed up with Dan Black on the Symphonies EP and the deluxe edition of UN.

Along with the Cudi collaborations and some epic "photobombing", Mr. Black has been super busy. He released Symphonies in the US at the end of 2009 and this year he toured the US and Canada, including stops at SXSW, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits.

2010 also saw the release of Black's Weird Science mixtape. Like me, you probably associate mixtapes with hip hop, but Black proves pop artists can hang with the best of them. Check out my favorite from the tape below and then download the rest here.

Dan Black - Spank the Cure Till Brooklyn by Concrete Opinions

More at danblacksound.com

Next up, one of the biggest buzz bands of 2010, Best Coast.

I'll probably never understand why people long for LA, but I still dig Bethany Cosetino's story and inspiration. While Ms. Cosetino attended college in NY, she would spend her days longing for the life she left behind in sunny LA. This longing created Best Coast and the debut full-length, Crazy for You, best described as beach blanket lo-fi pop songs about "summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep"

Best Coast - Each And Every Day by Concrete Opinions

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Kid Cudi, Best Coast, & Rostam Batmanglij - All Summer by Concrete Opinions

More at bestycoasty.blogspot.com.

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T.O.R.N.A.D.O. hits BBC Radio 1

If you happened to tune in for the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1 today (10/14), you were lucky enough to get the first taste of The Go! Team's latest offering, T.O.R.N.A.D.O. If not, lucky for you Mr. Lowe put the track up on his blog. (listen to T.O.R.N.A.D.O. below)

The track is the one the band have been opening with over the last few gigs. Lead vocalist (and one of the coolest person's in music), Ninja, describes the track as "it's a little faster, it's not actually our first single, which will be coming soon...it's back to the noise, the chaos, the lo-fi, the horns - it's kind of inspired by The Taking of Pelham 123, that kind of soundtrack - it's got a bit of that inside it. It's kind of introducing us back - we've been away for a little while - this is us comin' back."

She could have described it as sounding like cats in heat and I would still want to listen to it. Titled Rolling Blackouts and set to be released Jan 31st, the new album will also feature Bethany Cosetino (Best Coast) and Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof). Needless to say, I'm super excited about The Go! Team's new album.

If you're not familiar with The Go! Team (you should be!) head on over to the band's official website and give'm a listen.

The Go! Team - T.O.R.N.A.D.O.

The Go! Team - T.O.R.N.A.D.O by memphisindustries

ON THE ROAD: BEST COAST

(Best Coast live @ the Echoplex 3.27.10)

Best Coast is heading out this Fall to sing her “songs about summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep”. She'll be making stops all over America (including 2 stops in SoCal) and one stop in London.

SEPTEMBER

04 Los Angeles, CA - F Yeah Fest
07 Philadelphia, PA - 1st Unitarian Church
08 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
09 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Fest
10 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn (w/ Cults)
11 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light (w/ Cults)
12 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge (w/ Cults)
14 St. Louis, MO - Gargoyle (w/ Male Bonding)
15 Appleton, WI - Lawrence University (w/ Male Bonding)
16 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock (w/ Male Bonding)
18 Chicago, IL - Metro (w/ Male Bonding, Titus Andronicus, & Free Energy)
21 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop (w/ Male Bonding)
22 Columbus, OH - Summit (w/ Male Bonding)
23 Cincinnati, OH - MPMF (w/ Male Bonding)
24 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick (w/ Male Bonding)
25 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace (w/ Male Bonding)
27 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa (w/ Male Bonding)
28 Boston, MA - Middle East (w/ Male Bonding)
29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (w/ Male Bonding)
30 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Male Bonding)

OCTOBER
26 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
28 Portland, OR - Holocene (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Cobalt (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
30 Seattle, WA - Neumo's (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
31 Spokane, WA - Stage 54

NOVEMBER
02 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
03 Denver, CO - Bluebird (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
05 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets, Deerhunter, & Casino Versus Japan)
06 Houston, TX - Mango's (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
07 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
09 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)
10 San Diego, CA - Casbah (w/ Sonny & the Sunsets)

DECEMBER
01 London, England - Scala

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mp3: best coast - crazy for you

mp3: best coast, kid cudi, & rostam batmanglij - all summer

coming soon: best coast

After months of speculation and a steady output of lo-fi pop singles, Best Coast is set to release its first full-length, Crazy for You, on July 27th, via Mexican Summer.

Best Coast is Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno. More at myspace.com/bestycoasty

mp3: Best Coast - When I'm With You

mp3: Best Coast - This is Real

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2 discoveries this week, best coast & the veils. enjoy!

while i may never understand why people long for los angeles, i still dig bethany cosentino's story and inspiration. while our heroine attended college in ny, she would spend her days longing for the life she left behind in sunny la. this longing created best coast. beach blanket lo-fi pop songs about "summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep".

catch best coast at this years SXSW and for you LA peeps, she'll be making an in-store performance at bloomingdales beverly center on march 13th

more info:

bestycoasty.blogspot.com

@ myspace

@ itunes

mp3: best coast - when i'm with you

mp3: best coast - this is real

the veils are an indie/alt rock band based in london that have been working hard since 2001 and it definitely shows with their most recent release, sun gangs (released april 6th, 2009). plenty of websites featured sun gangs in their top 20 albums of 2009 and i probably would have to had i discovered them earlier.

they're set to play this years SXSW on march 17th, but if you live in the LA area, you have two chances to catch a show. on march 12th they'll be playing at the troubadour with happy hollows and on march 16th they'll be playing at the house of blues of anaheim (downtown disney) with black rebel motorcycle club.

more info:

theveils.com

@ itunes

mp3: the veils - the house she lived in

mp3: the veils - the letter