This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Best Coast
Ranks
2016 
2015#171 of 2068
2014 
2013#272 of 2104
2012#95 of 2213
2011 
2010#22 of 2582
2009#895 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Best Coast · California Nights2015#15554510.8.561.667.000 .333
Ashley Zlatopolsky · Gary Chun · Katherine St. Asaph · Rachel Brodsky · Steve Knopper
Similar Albums
.2422Throwing Muses · Purgatory/Paradise  (2013)
.1032Lucius · Wildewoman  (2013)
.0502Tinariwen · Tassili  (2011)
.0423Sky Ferreira · Night Time, My Time  (2013)
.0344Grimes · Art Angels  (2015)
.0322(various artists) · Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  (2015)
.0313Haim · Days Are Gone  (2013)
.0302K'Naan · Troubadour  (2009)
.0282Iggy Pop · Post Pop Depression  (2016)
.0262Cat Power · Sun  (2012)
.0262Charli XCX · Sucker  (2014)
.0262Lorde · Pure Heroine  (2013)
.0243Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker  (2016)
.0202Savages · Silence Yourself  (2013)
Best Coast · Fade Away2013#277283      
David Peisner · L. Kent Wolgamott · Nicholas Taylor
Similar Albums
.0422Superchunk · I Hate Music  (2013)
.0252Jason Isbell · Southeastern  (2013)
Best Coast · The Only Place2012#9689118.1.708.837.011.851 
Don Allred · Jennifer Vineyard · Jon Young · Ken Rayes · Michael Barthel · Mordechai Shinefield · Rob Tannenbaum · Sarah Ventre · Simon Vozick-Levinson · Stephen Thompson · Tyler Coates
Similar Albums
.1203Sleigh Bells · Reign of Terror  (2012)
.1162Noura Mint Seymali · Arbina  (2016)
.0922Lianne La Havas · Is Your Love Big Enough?  (2012)
.0794Lykke Li · Wounded Rhymes  (2011)
.0702case/lang/veirs · case/lang/veirs  (2016)
.0652Alt-J · This Is All Yours  (2014)
.0652Ke$ha · Warrior  (2012)
.0652Speedy Ortiz · Foil Deer  (2015)
.0652The Swell Season · Strict Joy  (2009)
.0633Wye Oak · Civilian  (2011)
.0612Kathleen Edwards · Asking for Flowers  (2008)
.0612Pink · The Truth About Love  (2012)
.0563Cat Power · Sun  (2012)
.0553Gorillaz · Plastic Beach  (2010)
.0536Jay-Z and Kanye West · Watch the Throne  (2011)
.0533Sharon Van Etten · Tramp  (2012)
.0532Laura Marling · A Creature I Don't Know  (2011)
.0502Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · Ears  (2016)
.0483Spoon · Transference  (2010)
.0452Kills · Blood Pressures  (2011)
Best Coast · Crazy for You2010#22407449.2.611.688.021.571 
Adrien Begrand · Aidin Vaziri · Andrew Dansby · Andy Odom · Anna Deem · Ben Sisario · Bree Davies · Brian Bowe · Brian Orloff · Caryn Ganz · Chad Radford · Craig Carson · Daniel Levin Becker · Dan Strachota · Dave Herrera · Emily Tartanella · Erin Thompson · Jason Ferguson · Jason P. Woodbury · Jason Toon · Jenny Kratz · Jim Connelly · Jim DeRogatis · John Bush · Jon Young · Kenneth Partridge · Kristyn Pomranz · Lissa Townsend Rodgers · Luke Hackney · Marcos Hassan · Marissa G. Muller · Martin Cizmar · Mike Appelstein · Rachel Brodsky · Rachel Leibrock · Robert Bishop · Saul Austerlitz · Serene Dominic · Spencer Kornhaber · Stacey Anderson · Stephen Haag · Tim Grierson · Tim Sendra · Trevor Kelley
Similar Albums
.1817Surfer Blood · Astro Coast  (2010)
.17811Yuck · Yuck  (2011)
.1788Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career  (2009)
.1486Dum Dum Girls · Only in Dreams  (2011)
.1455Cults · Cults  (2011)
.1354Twin Shadow · Confess  (2012)
.13412Sleigh Bells · Treats  (2010)
.1304Speedy Ortiz · Foil Deer  (2015)
.12814Beach House · Teen Dream  (2010)
.1255Vivian Girls · Vivian Girls  (2008)
.1254Drums · The Drums  (2010)
.1248Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti · Before Today  (2010)
.1204Yo la Tengo · Stuff Like That There  (2015)
.1185Waxahatchee · Ivy Tripp  (2015)
.1127Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart  (2009)
.1124Raveonettes · In and Out of Control  (2009)
.1095Jessie Ware · Devotion  (2012)
.1073Gentleman Jesse · Leaving Atlanta  (2012)
.1073Land of Talk · Cloak & Cipher  (2010)
.10013Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid  (2010)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Best Coast · "California Nights"2015#46510 
Eric Harvey
Best Coast · "Feeling Okay"2015#46510 
Steve Reynolds
Best Coast · "Don't Know How"2013#44010 
Anthony Easton
Best Coast · "This Lonely Morning"2013#44010 
Lissa Townsend Rodgers
Best Coast · "The Only Place"2012#7670.857
Alex Henderson · Chris Molanphy · Dan Strachota · Mike Escoto · Phil Gallo · Stephen Thompson · Steve Klinge
Similar Songs
.1212Foxygen · "How Can You Really"  (2014)
.0782Major Lazer (ft. Amber Coffman) · "Get Free"  (2012)
.0722Cloud Nothings · "Stay Useless"  (2012)
.0582Bat for Lashes · "Laura"  (2012)
.0463The National · "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (2010)
.0373Frank Ocean · "Thinkin' 'Bout You"  (2012)
.0272Radiohead · "Burn the Witch"  (2016)
.0242Icona Pop (ft. Charli XCX) · "I Love It"  (2013)
.0232Katy Perry · "Teenage Dream"  (2010)
.0222Coldplay · "Viva la Vida"  (2008)
Best Coast · "Dreaming My Life Away"2012#44910 
Tim Grierson
Best Coast · "Boyfriend"2010#20260.731
Adam Goldstein · Adrien Begrand · Aidin Vaziri · Byron Crawford · Daniel Durchholz · Daniel Hopkins · Don Allred · Fred Mills · Greg Beets · Jack Rabid · Jason Adams · Jason Cherkis · Jenny Kratz · Jill Ettinger · John Bush · Jonathan Bradley · Jon Bream · Lauren Reskin · Matt Diehl · Matt Sebastian · Robert Bishop · Saul Austerlitz · Serene Dominic · Shawn Anderson · Steve Klinge · Zach Kelly
Similar Songs
.1885Cults · "Go Outside"  (2011)
.1634Yuck · "Get Away"  (2011)
.1073Purity Ring · "Fineshrine"  (2012)
.0975Arcade Fire · "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"  (2010)
.0923Spoon · "Written in Reverse"  (2010)
.0895Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"  (2010)
.0853Grimes · "Genesis"  (2012)
.0832Adele · "Right As Rain"  (2009)
.0832Happy Birthday · "Subliminal Message"  (2010)
.0832José James · "Blackmagic"  (2010)
.0832School of Seven Bells · "Windstorm"  (2010)
.0783Beach House · "Norway"  (2010)
.0776M83 · "Midnight City"  (2011)
.0775Lana Del Rey · "Video Games"  (2011)
.0774Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"  (2011)
.0762Bird and the Bee · "I Can't Go for That"  (2010)
.0762JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound · "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"  (2011)
.0762Mark Ronson & the Business International (ft. Boy George and Andrew Wyatt) · "Somebody to Love Me"  (2010)
.0673Deerhunter · "Helicopter"  (2010)
.0652Bon Iver · "Beth/Rest"  (2011)
.0652Thee Oh Sees · "The Dream"  (2011)
Best Coast · "When I'm With You"2010#10270.571
 2009#58510 
Anna Deem · Erika Hendrix · Ian Port · Jon Jon Scott · Justin Chun · Luke Hackney · Patrick Rapa · Tim Sendra
Similar Songs
.1902Wild Nothing · "Summer Holiday"  (2010)
.1572El Perro Del Mar · "Change of Heart"  (2009)
.1032Girls · "Heartbreaker"  (2010)
.0762tUnE-yArDs · "Gangsta"  (2011)
.0452Titus Andronicus · "A More Perfect Union"  (2010)
.0382Deerhunter · "Helicopter"  (2010)
.0222Arcade Fire · "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"  (2010)
.0222Erykah Badu · "Window Seat"  (2010)
.0202Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"  (2010)
Best Coast · "Crazy for You"2010#18440 
Eric Danton · Kenneth Partridge · Robert Loerzel · Tom Murphy
Similar Songs
.2052Depreciation Guild · "Dream About Me"  (2010)
.0722Mavis Staples · "You Are Not Alone"  (2010)
.0672Hold Steady · "Sequestered in Memphis"  (2008)
.0422Drive-By Truckers · "What It Means"  (2016)
.0282Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"  (2012)
.0232Charli XCX · "Boom Clap"  (2014)
.0212Girls · "Lust for Life"  (2009)
.0212Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"  (2016)
.0202Taylor Swift · "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"  (2012)
Best Coast · "Our Deal"2010#33120 
Rachel Leibrock · Wesley Case
Best Coast (ft. Kid Cudi) · "All Summer"2010#33120 
Corey Moss · Kristyn Pomranz
Similar Songs
.0502Duffy · "Mercy"  (2008)
Best Coast · "Bratty B"2010#57710 
Zachary Smith
Best Coast · "Something in the Way"2010#57710 
Dave Clifford
Best Coast · "When the Sun Don't Shine"2010#57710 
Nate Chinen
Best Coast · "Sun Was High (So Was I)"2009#145501.000
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd · Justin Gage · Michael Krugman · Mike Appelstein · Saxon Baird
Similar Songs
.0922Vivian Girls · "Where Do You Run To"  (2008)
Best Coast · "This Is Real"2009#58510 
Sean Fennessey
Similar Artists
.37821Santigold
.34622Jay-Z
.26840Sleigh Bells
.25124Daft Punk
.25121Dum Dum Girls
.25013Estelle
.24915Cults
.23743Beach House
.23219Yuck
.22142Arcade Fire
.21927Wild Flag
.21838Janelle Monáe
.21515Camera Obscura
.21329Girls
.21219Jack White
.20914Gorillaz
.20110Veronica Falls
.20023Lykke Li
.19829The National
.19732Jay-Z and Kanye West
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com