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If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering.
On the cusp of their artistic peak, The Beach Boys had crafted a number which threatened to wind up both the religious right and countercultural underground.
I wasn’t going to write anything about Brian Wilson, who died last month at the age of 82, because what could I possibly say ...
The resulting "California Girls" was released as a single on July 12, 1965, backed with "Let Him Run Wild," and it went to No ...
Get tickets to see the Beach Boys concert tour at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, Blue Note Summer Sessions in Napa.
One such surprise arrived on CD from Chill Tone Records: Sub Rosa, the new album by the Julian Shore Trio. It’s an ...
A concert paying tribute to the Beach Boys included Carnie Wilson and her mother and daughter, plus former members Blondie Chaplin and David Marks.
Arguably the most famous Beach Boys album, though, is the one that technically doesn’t exist. In late 1966 and early 1967, Wilson ran himself ragged working on SMiLE, ultimately shelving the ...
The Beach Boys weren't safe from a few goofy songs now and again, but Dennis Wilson knew some albums were never meant to ...
His father, a frustrated songwriter who sold heavy machinery, was a "tyrant and heavy drinker" and abused Brian physically and emotionally. Brian was a musical prodigy, teaching himself piano and ...
The Beach Boys were caught in the middle of two eras in 1965. You can hear that dichotomy on the album 'Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)'.
McCartney’s love of The Beach Boys’ 1966 album Pet Sounds is well documented. In fact, Paul has cited the Pet Sounds track “God Only Knows” as one of his all-time favorite songs.