Jolene Kao

"Coast" is the new "Wolf": Best Coast (above) and Coasting (below)

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Monster Island's basement couldn't have been more perfect for last night's Todd P/Group Tightener party. High ceilings and sparkly, stone-layered walls loomed over a warmly lit floor setup with a definite mountain-retreat sort of air, as the Group Tightener label--a project of Fader associate editor Sam Hockley-Smith and Jamie Granato from Brooklyn's Men & Women--made their official debut with a bill featuring their own Alex Bleeker & the Freaks (Real Estate remixed, basically), reverb-heavy Fluffy Lumbers, and lo-fi Californians Best Coast alongside Ducktails, Coasting, and Highlife.