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Old music: The Beach Boys – Soulful Old Man Sunshine

5036 days ago
Guardian MusicIt went unreleased for 30 years, but this Beach Boys rarity could have been a smashAssuming they have ears, everyone loves God Only Knows and Good Vibrations. But how about this for a real Beach Boys rarity – and one that stands comparison to those... more info

Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson's 'amazing' Psychedelic Tracks

5039 days ago
ContactMusicBrian Wilsons output was amazing when he was heavily into psychedelic drugs The Beach Boys member developed bizarre beliefs - such as producer Phil Spector trying to murder him - and became so paranoid he held business meetings in his swimming wh... more info

The power of shyness: Ryuichi Sakamoto's European tour – review

5044 days ago
Guardian MusicMusic of refinement and learning, with a bossa nova twistThe many young Japanese in the audience confirmed the interest pianist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto still prompts. He was idolised in the days of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, an electro-pop t... more info

Win Big: The Beach Boys “SMiLE Sessions”

5050 days ago
TwangvilleSMiLE may be the most famous album never heard. After unleashing Pet Sounds, arguably one of the greatest albums ever recorded, Brian Wilson wanted to further explore the complex and innovative recording techniques of that release. Painstakingly reco... more info

Critic's Notebook: 'The Smile Sessions' puts puzzle together

5055 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentThe new box set includes conversations and recordings from the Beach Boys' work on the mid-1960s project.Forty-five years ago this week at United Western Recorders, near Sunset and Vine in Los Angeles, Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, along with a ra... more info

Brian Wilson's lost 'Smile' album finally unearthed, with all the trimmings

5057 days ago
Chicago TribuneThe Beach Boys' "Smile" is the album that haunted Brian Wilson for four decades. more info

Q&A: Brian Wilson Is 'Thrilled' For The Release Of 'The Smile Sessions Box Set'

5058 days ago
StarpulseDespite never seeing release, The Beach Boys’ unfinished 1967 album SMiLE persevered. Intrepid Beach Boys fans created their own versions of the album cobbled together from album tracks and bootleg... more info

Album review: The Beach Boys' 'The Smile Sessions'

5059 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissArtists rarely are the best judges of their own work, and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is no exception. “Probably nothing I’ve ever done has topped the music I made with Van Dyke [Parks],” Wilson writes in the handsome... more info

Official version of Beach Boys' 'Smile' is released

5059 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentThe influential 'lost' album is officially released 44 years late because of the persistence of Brian Wilson."The Velvet Underground's first album only sold 10,000 copies," Brian Eno's famous quote posits, "but everyone who bought it formed a band." ... more info

Stream The Beach Boys’ SMiLE Sessions

5059 days ago
StereogumBrian Wilson’s “lost” classic is getting its deluxe release, and you can stream all 40 tracks over at Spinner. And it comes not a moment too soon, for we live in a world where a Google Images search for “Brian Wilson Halloween” nets a ton o... more info

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