Best Coast visits the East Coast
UPDATED: Dec. 2, 2011, 1:45 p.m.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated Bethany Consentino’s role in the band. Best Coast consists of three members.
Having just finished a two-week tour of performances in Europe, Best Coast’s guitarist and singer Bethany Cosentino, is anticipating performing in Syracuse.
‘Every show is different. Europe is different than LA and LA is different than New York City. It just depends on the audience,’ Cosentino said in an email interview. ‘Hopefully, there are some ragers so we can party.’
One-third of indie-rock duo Best Coast, Cosentino will perform with drummer Ali Koehler and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno at the Westcott Theater on Thursday night at 8 p.m. The Sarah Aument Band, composed of Syracuse University and State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry students, will open the show with local group Animal Pants from the Syracuse and Rochester areas.
Tickets are still being sold and are available online on the Westcott’s website and at the theater’s box office.
Best Coast has been steadily gaining recognition and popularity since the release of ‘Sun Was High (So Was I)’ in 2009. Since then, the group has made music under four different record labels in both the United States and in Europe. Their music video for ‘Our Deal,’ directed by Drew Barrymore, premiered on MTV in August, and their song ‘Crazy for You’ charted on the Billboard 200.
SU’s Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association is responsible for bringing Best Coast to the Westcott. MEISA has brought in a number of acts in the past, including Ra Ra Riot, also to the Westcott, and Nigel Hall of Soul Live to Funk ‘n’ Waffles.
Nick Anaya, vice president of MEISA and a senior marketing management major, said the idea to book Best Coast came from a desire to have an on-the-rise band perform at a venue off campus grounds. The plan’s goal is to help connect SU with the community of Syracuse.
‘Music is one of the few things that can really bring a lot of people together from different places,’ Anaya said. ‘We try to make that a possibility through the shows and events we put on.’
Published on September 7, 2011 at 12:00 pm
