Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino teams with Go! Team for pop gem 'Buy Nothing Day'

Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino teams with Go! Team for pop gem ‘Buy Nothing Day’

Dec. 8, 2010 11:09 AM PT

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A few weeks after her triumphant two-night stint at the Troubadour, Bethany Cosentino of L.A.’s Best Coast has dropped another gem. Well, she didn’t drop it; British dance-pop band the Go! Team released the song, called ‘Buy Nothing Day,’ as a teaser for its upcoming album, ‘Rolling Blackouts.’

You can listen above. It’s beefier and more dense than much of Best Coast’s music, and the heavy-duty Phil Spector-ish backbeat makes it perfect for the dance floor. But there’s no mistaking Cosentino’s sticky voice. (Via the Guardian)

-- Randall Roberts

Pop & Hiss

Randall Roberts

Former staff writer Randall Roberts covered Los Angeles music culture for the Los Angeles Times. He had served various roles since arriving at The Times in 2010, including music editor and pop music critic. As a staff writer, he explored the layered history of L.A. music, from Rosecrans and Sunset to Ventura Boulevard and beyond. His 2020 project on the early Southern California phonograph industry helped identify the first-ever commercial recording made in Los Angeles.

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