L.A. Times - Entertainment — The 1964 concert never turned into the annual fundraiser it was envisioned as, but it did bring together the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys and James Brown, and now it's on DVD. ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Shawn Brackbill The A.V. Club have a new web series going called "Undercover" that will feature bands covering songs including Pavement's "Cut Your Hair", M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes", and the Beach Boys' "Kokomo". The first episode is up now and... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: On Tilly and The Wall collaboration.She and Him have announced 'In The Sun', the first single from the album Volume Two (featuring guest vocals from Tilly and the Wall) will be released digitally on March 29th, along with a cover of the B... more info

Spinner.com — Spring Tigers may be the hottest new pop-rock band coming out of Athens, GA. Not bad for a band that formed four days before their first gig, a show that occurred merely two years ago. Since then Spring Tigers have accomplished quite a lot in a short... more info

Here Comes The Flood — John Cale picks ten records that have made a mark in his career in the April Issue of UK magazine Uncut: All Night Workers - Why Don't You Smile The record that made me love Lou Reed "It's all "Louie, Louie" changes, and the first song that Lo... more info

Pitchfork — Record Store Day, your opportunity to cop tons of exclusive music from your local independent retailer, will arrive on April 17 this year. Sub Pop has announced a whole mess of RSD releases. We've already reported that about Beach House's Zebra EP... more info

Fantastic Weapon — Watch Out For Rockets kind of sounds like the name of some crappy "emo pop" band, like "Eye Alaska" or "We The Kings" - while I dono about their name, one thing's for sure - they are not a crappy emo pop band. WOFR falls into that vein of stuff that'... more info

411 Mania — Rock Band Surf rock, pop, psychedelic Inducted On: 03.08.10 The Hall of Fame is picking up good vibrations… more info

NME - Radar — Who's heard the band that Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo did before Daft Punk? They were a three-piece with Laurent Brancowitz from Pheonix. They were called Darlin', named after and inspired by The Beach Boys song. They had one re... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Best Coast @ a benefit in L.A. on February 7th (more by Rachel Carr) Bethany Cosentino is a Los Angeles native with a brief stay in Brooklyn, and Best Coast's influences reflects that Beach Boys vibe with East Coast 60s... more info