Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino’s sunny vocals were the perfect foil to guitarist extraordinaire, Bobb Bruno, and his rocker tendencies.
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Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino’s sunny vocals were the perfect foil to guitarist extraordinaire, Bobb Bruno, and his rocker tendencies.
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Flying in from Miami earlier that day, Best Coast proved its allegiance to Fader magazine (a sponsor of the event and Cosentino’s big break as an intern) as well its impressive stamina.
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Flying in from Miami earlier that day, Best Coast proved its allegiance to Fader magazine (a sponsor of the event and Cosentino’s big break as an intern) as well its impressive stamina.
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The Lumberyard provided the perfect blend of a basement party with your closest friends and an all-night rave with strobe lights, a blanket of dry ice, and neon signs. The surrounding bike ramps added a unique, covert feel to the action.
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The Lumberyard provided the perfect blend of a basement party with your closest friends and an all-night rave with strobe lights, a blanket of dry ice, and neon signs. The surrounding bike ramps added a unique, covert feel to the action.
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The contrast between Best Coast’s languide pop and Kendrick Lamar’s rap antics led to an esoteric audience. The one thing that they had in common was a quenchless thirst for Vitamin Water.
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The contrast between Best Coast’s languide pop and Kendrick Lamar’s rap antics led to an esoteric audience. The one thing that they had in common was a quenchless thirst for Vitamin Water.
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Following Best Coast, Kendrick Lamar was welcomed to the stage by a screaming mob and a blanket of raised hands. Dedicated fans traveled from the far reaches of both Oregon and Washington to give a head-nod up to the newly crowned King of the West Co
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Following Best Coast, Kendrick Lamar was welcomed to the stage by a screaming mob and a blanket of raised hands. Dedicated fans traveled from the far reaches of both Oregon and Washington to give a head-nod up to the newly crowned King of the West Co
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With newly released collaborations with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, it was no surprise that Lamar wanted to keep the hype train rolling. Thanks to a free-style showdown with a lucky (and talented) Portlander in the crowd, and a surprise duet with Bethany
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With newly released collaborations with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, it was no surprise that Lamar wanted to keep the hype train rolling. Thanks to a free-style showdown with a lucky (and talented) Portlander in the crowd, and a surprise duet with Bethany
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With a smaller crowd of under 200 people, Kendrick Lamar easily connected with the audience — passing around refreshments and grabbing hands throughout his entire set.
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With a smaller crowd of under 200 people, Kendrick Lamar easily connected with the audience — passing around refreshments and grabbing hands throughout his entire set.
It was a darn cool houseparty, dubbed the “Uncapped Concert” courtesy of corporate sponsors Vitamin Water and Fader magazine. The show featured up-close-and-personal performances from rising stars Best Coast and Kendrick Lamar and it all happened last week on July 11—and you probably didn’t even know! It’s a good thing we’re here to recap all the under-the-radar action.
While the conscientious concert staff kept a crowd of 200 hydrated with free Heineken, Vitamin Water, and Smart Water, Best Coast gamely opened the show with singer Bethany Cosentino conducting a guided tour of sunny summer days at the beach, followed by Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar, who finished us off with nonstop rhymes and brain-thumping bass grooves. Complete with a photo booth (ah, memories!) and held in deep NE’s Lumberyard (an indoor BMX bike park) The Uncapped Concert was as incognito as it was crashingly hip. And we’ve got a web-exclusive slide show to commemorate the flow of the show.
Published in the City Trails issue of Portland Monthly.
