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The day I hear any Best Coast song being used for the waltz at a Quinceañera instead of Chayanne’s “Tiempo De Valz” I am going to squeal like the pig in the Geico commercial. This video directed by Taylor Cohen is really respectful to the Quinceañera traditions even complete with girl in braces but I’ve never seen one in a park, maybe it’s an L.A thing. Everyone here has them in banquet halls or hotels, I even went to one once at the Rosemont Convention center.
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Inarguably Pitchfork’s trendiest stage of the lineup, the arrival of Day 3 brought with it a legion of tight-jean wearing (despite the heat), plaid shirt- donned enthusiasm. The day started with newcomers Best Coast’s melancholy surf rock, fronted by the charming Bethanny Cosentino. The band went through a slew of songs, with Cosentino’s alluring vocals weaving through happy melodies with underlying lyrics of heartache and inadequacy . Washed Out’s (Ernest Greene) mellow synthpop soon followed, the newcomer generating a huge crowd of chill head-nodders (a small amount of dancing occurred when Greene played his hit “Get Up). At one point, Greene tried to up the crowd’s energy, asking everyone to “sing along” to “Feel It All Around”. One problem: no one knew the words, but Greene won over the crowd despite their unfamiliarity with his material. Beach House’s dream pop …
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