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Stereogum — We already saw one trailer for the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy, and it showed us that Paul Dano is a good choice for young Wilson while John Cusack is a questionable choice for old Wilson. Now a new trailer has arrived, giving us glances of Eliz... more info

Stereogum — Brian Wilson may have never heard of punk — though he sure did inspire a lot of them — but he has heard of She & Him, the duo who served as one of Wilson’s many collaborators on his latest solo album, No Pier Pressure. The video shows off Zooey... more info

Stereogum — It was the winter of 1978/’79 in Los Angeles — that is to say, not much of a winter at all. The Last were holed up in a studio with John Harrison, Hawkwind’s founding bassist. The band had just made the jump from self-financing to Bomp! Records... more info

Stereogum — While Donald Fagen is recapping his Coachella tour experiences, Brian Wilson is full steam ahead doing interviews for his brand new album No Pier Pressure that’s out this week. (This album title is the best pun of 2015 so far). And while Fagan admi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher North Dakota's Glower is the duo of Josh Silbernagel (Hands) and Sean Murray (The Diversion Scene), who apparently founded Glower with the goal of making music that sounded like Billy Corgan and Brian Wilson starting a hardcore... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Neil Krug Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman also fronts the band Mini Mansions, who put out their sophomore album, The Great Pretenders, last month on T Bone Burnett's Electromagnetic Recordings/Capitol Records (Burnett's first ... more info

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