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Best Coast played Bowery Ballroom w/ Male Bonding & Small Black (pics), missed Drake & Jay-Z @ Radio City Music Hall

photos by Chris Gersbeck, words by BBG

“Oh ps we are at radio city for the second night of drake ahows” –thefader

“@thefader SO JEALOUS IM NOT THERE” –bestcoastyy

Best Coast

Just before Small Black took the stage at the sold-out Bowery Ballroom tonight, Best Coast‘s Bethany Cosentino was Tweeting (what else?) about how she wished she were at the Drake show instead. Sounds about right. She doesn’t seem to take her band, or its success, especially seriously. You get the sense that her prolific output in the past two years is less a result of creative urgency than just writing down the first thing that pops into her head…

Given her priorities, it’s hard to fault her for giving a lackadaisical performance. She did a grateful little speech about going from disgruntled New School student to Bowery Ballroom headliner, but if Cosentino is otherwise excited about her new place in the world, she didn’t show it. There was a lot of staring dead-eyed into the middle distance and laughing at the minor antics of guitarist Bobb Bruno, the hardest-rocking member of Best Coast mostly by virtue of how much hair he has. -[Village Voice]

Ouchie. Male Bonding and Small Black supported Cosentino and Best Coast at Bowery Ballroom last night (9/29), one of two NYC shows for Best Coast who do it again tonight at a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg (the same place Bethany’s boyfriend’s band played less than two weeks earlier).

Of the three bands, Best Coast’s tour-mates Male Bonding left the strongest impression on Chris (who took these photos). He says they “knocked people’s socks of for 35 minutes”. Male Bonding is also on board to play tonight’s show, along with Alex Bleeker & the Freaks.

The Drake show last night was the second in a row at Radio City for the pop star. Jay-Z, Birdman, Fabolous, and Trey Songz all made guest appearances, performing songs they recorded with the crooner/MC. TeamYee reports that Baby, J. Cole, Young Jeezy, Tyga, and Mack Maine all showed up the night before. Bethany missed out.

Is it possible to Tweet a sigh of disappointment? If so, look for one later today. More pictures and the setlist from the Bowery Ballroom show, and Drake’s setlist from the first night at Radio City, below…

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Drake @ Radio City – Sept 28, 2010 setlist (via)
“9 AM In Dallas”
“Forever”
“Up All Night”
“Show Me A Good Time”
“The Resistance”
“Karaoke” feat. Francis Starlite
“Successful”
“Fireworks”
“Lost My Mind (Remix)”
“Money To Blow” feat. Baby
“Im Going In”
“Right Above It”
“Every Girl” feat. Mack Maine
“Bedrock” feat. Tyga
“Who Dat” (J. Cole)
“Un-Thinkable”
“Shut It Down”
“Nothing On You”
Aaliyah Tribute
“Unforgettable” feat. Young Jeezy
“Light Up”
“Say Something”
“Miss Me”
“Best I Ever Had”
“Fancy”
‘Find Your Love”
“Paris Morton Music” (Acapella)
“Over”