L.A. Times - Entertainment — A summer mash-up between the surf-sound maestro and the Jazz Age composer.A summer mash-up between the surf-sound maestro and the Jazz Age composer. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On “Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin,” the summer mash-up between the surf-sound maestro and the Jazz Age composer, the most obvious retooling is on “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” Far from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s wistf... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Rondor Music, which owns the copyright to the Beach Boys' "California Girls," has sent a letter to Capitol Records demanding that it grant writing credits and royalties for the Katy Perry summer hit "California Gurl... more info

USA Today Music — This project held such great promise that it's a letdown when the concept is only intermittently successful. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Lissie's debut album, Catching a Tiger, finally sees its US release tomorrow, and firmly establishes her as one of this generation's prominent young singer-songwriters. Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin is the week's most intriguing release as the for... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Spinner Interview WireImage As one of the most enigmatic and celebrated songwriters of the modern era, Brian Wilson has yielded harmonic pop perfection throughout his career, first achieved in the 1960s with the Beach Boys and subseque... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Sixty-six years after first falling under the spell of 'Rhapsody in Blue,' the Beach Boys founder devised a way to tap into that feeling again with his new album, 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.' ... more info

Guardian Music — The 100 Club, LondonEdwyn Collins shuffles onstage in a raffia hat, taking his seat next to a stand with sheets of lyrics on it – a bit like Brian Wilson, only more firmly present. This is becoming a familiar sight of late, one we can – almost �... more info

Guardian Music — This Kentucky lad's creepy ballads and twisted hymns provide a surreal soundtrack to Smallville USAHometown: Lexington, Kentucky.The lineup: James Friley (vocals, keyboards).The background: We're sure it wasn't deliberate on his part when it came to ... more info

Mercury News, California — Also: Rapper Bow Wow stars in 'Lottery Ticket'; Miley Cyrus finds love in 'Last Song'; Brian Wilson tackles the songs of Gershwin in new CD/ more info