Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Get Up Kids, Grizzly Bear, Van Morrison & Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, Godspeed, Cold Waves Festival, and more tickets on sale.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Ryan Adams plays the Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison/Willie Nelson, Young Galaxy, Eternal Summers, Gold Dime, Built to Spill, Mercury Rev, and more just-announced tours.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Brian will be joined by fellow Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, both of whom joined Brian on his recent Pet Sounds tour.
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Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonWith a whisper of a voice, Serge’s daughter channels her father’s lascivious magnetism into a mesmerising, euphoric showThere are many ways for a shy performer to deal with their anxieties. One is to adopt a l... more info
Stereogum — We haven't heard from sophisticated Chicago pop tinkerers the Sea And Cake in a while; their last album,
Runner
, came out about six years ago. But this spring, they'll return with the new LP Any Day, which features flute and clarinet from Brian Wil... more info
Stereogum — Brian Wilson recently returned to Hawthorne High School in California -- where he graduated along with the rest of the original Beach Boys lineup -- to tour the school and receive an updated grade on an old piece of homework. As laid out by Wilson's ... more info
Chorus.fm — Brian Wilson, famously, got an F in high school for an early composition of The Beach Boys’ “Surfin'” — today the school has officially changed his grade to an A. Brian’s high school music teacher Fred Morgan: “Brian wrote a composition f... more info
Obscure Sound — Maryland-based singer, songwriter, and producer Gilbert Lee released his second album, Magic through the Static, in the past month, showcasing a melodic vein of pop that recalls Baroque pop in the creative ways of Brian Wilson, particularly on SMiLE.... more info
Stereogum — Later this week, Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology will be released. It's a collection of studio tracks and live recordings that celebrate the Beach Boy's long solo career, and it features two unreleased songs. One of them, "Some Sweet Day," was a... more info