Live Daily — On paper, the mere thought of 68-year-old Bob Dylan [ tickets ] croaking his way through a set of Yule-tide standards could have inspired the brains behind the "Golden Throats," those collections of hilariously bad recordings, to start compiling a ho... more info

Guardian Music — This acoustic Swedish duo have covered Brian Wilson's magnum opus SMiLE with just voice and guitar – and it's breathtakingHometown: London.The lineup: Malin Dahlgren (vocals) and Viktor Naslund (guitar).The background: We were going to do this... more info

Streetkiss Music — Ma première rencontre musicale avec Marie-Flore remonte à peu de temps. Plus précisément à cet été, quand je me suis procuré la version digitale du Cheesecake de Severin ou j'y ai entendu pour la première fois Big Mou... more info

Rawkblog — With a title like California Trail, you’d expect more Beach Boys in Adam and Darcie’s sophomore album, but with autumn in full swing in L.A., I’m glad they went in a less sunny direction. The album has the chilly Pacific Northwest charm of my b... more info

Starpulse — Singer Carnie Wilson has landed her own reality TV show which will chronicle her latest weight battle. The daughter of Beach Boys star Brian Wilson famously underwent gastric bypass surgery[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Their debut album might be a modern classic, but Fleet Foxes need to write radio-friendly anthems if they are to match the success of the 1970s folk rockersCan people be blinded by hype into accepting absolute garbage into the rock'n'roll canon? I re... more info

Guardian Music — The ultimate in rock nostalgia - why bands are now gigging their old albumsRock nostalgists are having a heady time of it. It is now possible to go to three gigs a week without hearing anything new, thanks to the number of bands playing "classic alb... more info

NME - Pinglewood — Cough Cool is Dan Svizeny. He's probably cool for a million reasons, but here are three to begin with. He's from a town called New Hope. He's in the awesome Nude Beach. He named his solo project after an amazing song by The Misfits. Svizeny can ... more info

411 Mania — …Papa Roach, Pantera and Pearl Jam, Paradise Lost and Pitchshifter, a descent into Pure Pop Perversion (featuring the Beatles, Beach Boys, Abba, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Girls Aloud and many more) and a slight shill for the upcoming Biffy C... more info

Guardian Music — The former Beach Boy is to rework various song fragments left behind by the late composer for a forthcoming tribute albumGeorge Gershwin's estate has opened its vaults to Brian Wilson, inviting the former Beach Boy to adapt some of the composer's unf... more info