Guardian Music — Alex Jacob is a wunderkind whose warped, synthy Americana nods to the Beach Boys and the Flaming Lips. And we love itHometown: Van Nuys, California.The lineup: Alex Jacob (vocals, music).The background: Here's another PC (post-chill) laptop-pop boy â... more info

Altsounds — Over the space of three albums, Orwell have acquired a reputation as one of the world's foremost purveyors of classic, beautifully crafted pop music of the kind that seemed to all but disappear around the time that Brian Wilson took to his bed, Nilss... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The PopCulturist said... The Rare Stuff rides again! Long time no post. New today: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival - One Hour Radio Documentary A special released to promote the DVD The Other Side of the Mirror, including material not on... more info

Guardian Music — My Little Cheap Dictaphone bravely go where perhaps only David Bowie has gone before, in creating an entire album about a fellow performerEven if you've not heard of Belgian group My Little Cheap Dictaphone (and let's face it, etc), it's still highly... more info

Guardian Music — (Tri-Tone)Ambition in pop is no bad thing. Without Brian Wilson grasping the envelope and shoving it, the Beach Boys could have been remembered as an end-of-the-boardwalk novelty. With it, Wilson became an artist worthy of having entire works devoted... more info

Totally Fuzzy — GeeDee said... # Gov't Mule - 2007/11/10 The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA # Fletcher Henderson - Classics - 1923-1924 [3 CD box] # Eric Clapton - Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies [4 CD] # Eric Clapton - Crossroads [4 CD Boxset] # Eric Clapton And F... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by the Beach Boys, this Margate band bring the west coast to east Kent with upbeat reveries tinged with darknessHometown: Margate.The lineup: Johnny Danger, Alison Blackgrove, Tommy Akers and Jimmy Davies.The background: Shall we end the yea... more info

Guardian Music — (Brainlove)There's an appealing spirit of English eccentricity to James Mabbett's second album. Made in his home studio in the Pennines, it channels influences as far-flung as Brian Wilson, Balearic house and space rock, but still comes across like s... more info

ContactMusic — CARNIE WILSON, the 42-year-old American singer and daughter of BEACH BOYS legend BRIAN WILSON, has been fired from a healthy diet company for selling a brand of cheesecake... more info

Guardian Music — Primal Scream get fans Higher Than The Sun next year playing their seminal 1991 Screamadelica album (14-25 Mar, tour begins 02 Academy Leeds) …Euros Childs and Norman Blake's new band, Jonny, play a slew of live dates, preceded by a one-off on 19 J... more info