Best Coast

FUN FUN FUN FEST

• Preview

  Fun Fun Fun Fest by the blurb

• Saturday Preview

• Sunday Preview

• Interviews

• 'Weird Al' Yankovic

  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

• Invincible

  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

• The Gories

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• Bad Religion

  BY MARC SAVLOV

• Polvo

  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

• The Hold Steady

  BY DOUG FREEMAN

• Comedy

  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

Reviews

• Mastodon

  Jonah Hex EP

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• High on Fire

  Snakes for the Divine

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• Kylesa

  Spiral Shadow

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• GWAR

  Blood Pit of Horror

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• Suicidal Tendencies

  No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• Best Coast, and Wavves

  Crazy for You

  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

• Butcher Bear & Charlie

  Carbomb

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• Magic Kids

  Memphis

  BY MARGARET MOSER

• Peelander-Z

  P-TV-Z

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

• Kaki King

  Junior

  BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

• Deerhunter

  Halcyon Digest

  BY AUSTIN POWELL

Best Coast

Wavves

Blazed West Coast couple Bethany Consentino (Best Coast) and Nathan Williams (Wavves) seem like the perfect pair: She's got the blissed-out melodies, and he's got the danked-out pop-punk. Best Coast's debut is ostensibly about her boyfriend, if breezy opener "Boyfriend" or the catchy title track didn't make it clear. Consentino's certainly got an ear for a hook, and her trio makes good use of them, but you can only sing about your cat, weed, and loneliness for so many songs. Half of Crazy for You could have been cut in 7-inch doses. King of the Beach, Wavves' third and least lo-fi LP, guests Jay Reatard's onetime rhythm section on skate-punk love songs "Post Acid" and "Idiot," but it's half-baked as well, never distinguishing itself from other rock & roll throwbacks. If the two halves merged, they'd be golden.

Best Coast (Sunday, 5:10pm, Orange stage)

Wavves (Saturday, 3:30pm, Orange stage)