ContactMusic — Aaron Eckhart has landed the leading role in a new biopic about tragic Beach Boys star Dennis Wilson The Dark Knight actor will embark on drumming lessons to perfect his transformation as Wilson in Randall Millers new film The Drummer which charts th... more info

Guardian Music — Kicking off our new daily series of old songs, here's a track that celebrates the wonder of music itselfHere at guardian.co.uk/music, we've noticed it's not only new music that sets your pulses racing, that there's an appetite for the songs of the pa... more info

Guardian Music — Taking the music of the past and making it sound like … a different past. White Label are using technology to write their own version of musical historyHometown: London/Berlin.The lineup: Steve A, Anth B, Tom D.The background: The whole issue of th... more info

Guardian Music — First came the drugs, then the voices. Brian Wilson's brain has taken a battering. Alexis Petridis tries to get inside the complicated mind of a musical legendI meet Brian Wilson in the tiny, windowless conference room of a May... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The guys in the Allah-Las (one of my favorite new bands from L.A., who I’ll be writing about at length shortly) just hipped me to this video for Dennis Wilson’s “Lady” (aka “Fallin’ In Love”) from 1970. According to Beach Boys lore the ... more info

Guardian Music — Summoning the spirit of Alex Chilton, this singer-songwriter turns sadness into something lovely with his soft and sibilant voiceHometown: Northampton.The lineup: Liam Dullaghan (guitar, vocals).The background: Liam Dullaghan, a lifelong fan of Big S... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... E.L.O. covers, plus the Decemberists cover REM http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com gregor said... nme's c81 jeff tweedy/jay bennett at old towne school of folk music richard buckner and alejandro escovedo live at mccabe’s 1.21.00 why? l... more info

Abeano — We set ourselves a mission to find out everything there was to know about secretive South London wanderer Deptford Goth. Who is he? Is he really from Deptford? Is he really a goth? Is he just one of those internet perverts trying to sell us cock... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mike-floyd said... ... some more excellent space lounge music by: - LUNAR TESTING LAB: Unauthorized Frequencies EP (USA) (mp3-zip, 7 tracks, 21 min, 48,2 MB) and ... some more KINKS-influenced garage rock from Boston by: - THE NEEDY VISIONS: s.t. (US... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ishkabibliophile said... A 70s Blaxploitation mixtape: Easin' In Edwin Starr The World We Live In McKinley Jackson Shaft In Africa Johnny Pate Truck Turner (Main Title) Isaac Hayes Ain't no Such Thing As Superman Gil Scott-Heron Cleveland Now/Booker ... more info