Best Coast

Tue., Sept. 7, 8 p.m., $12-$13, with Cults and Slutever, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

[ indie pop ]

"Fine, fresh, fierce" doesn't quite hit the mark — I mean, Best Coast's frill-free, sunny-indie-pop m.o. is definitely none too novel, and that is a kitty cat collaged onto the cover of Crazy for You (Mexican Summer) — but Bethany Cosentino sure has got it on lock in terms of the blog buzz love cruise, and it's not hard to hear why her band's strummy simplicity and the richness of her Kim Deal/Liz Phair flashback vocals invite such a consensus of good will, even if it's hard to picture anyone getting truly amped about this stuff. Bonus points for the refreshing scarcity of fuzz.