LargeHeartedBoy — The Mountain Goats' wrestling-themed Beat The Champ and Waxahatchee's Ivy Tripp are two of the year's finest albums so far. I can also recommend Say Lou Lou's Lucid Dreaming and This Is The Kit's Bashed Out. Brian Wilson's new... more info

The Telegraph — The 72-year-old's 11th solo album evokes the same musical palette as The Beach Boys' 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds, says Neil McCormick, but to very different effect more info

Stereogum — Last night, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson was honored at a tribute concert held at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. Brian Fest aligns with the release of Wilson’s forthcoming 11th solo album, No Pier Pressure, which is due out early next month. An ... more info

Stereogum — Last year, it was rumored that Brian Wilson would be collaborating with Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey on some new tracks for his brand new album, which is due out in April. But when the tracklist surfaced in January, they were nowhere to be found. A r... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Norah Jones, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, She & Him’s M. Ward, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Boz Scaggs and Devendra Banhart are among a cross-generational musical cast lined up to sal... more info

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Stereogum — Brian Wilson, the erratic genius who made the Beach Boys great, has been working on a new collab-heavy solo album called No Pier Pressure, and we’ve heard the early single “The Right Time.” The new song “Sail Away” reunites Wilson with his ... more info

Stereogum — Mini Mansions, the trio led by Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Michael Shulman, scored one major coup when they got Brian Wilson to guest on their single “Any Emotions,” and then they scored another when Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner showed... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Singer-songwriter John Hiatt was onstage several years ago at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica when he paused to introduce a new song to the audience. more info

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