Stereogum — Australian radio station Triple J has a cool recurring segment called Like A Version, where they get different musicians to come into the studio to play a cover of a song they like. In the series latest installment, Toronto jazz combo/serial collabor... more info

Stereogum — Heavenly Beach Boys vocal harmonies, spaceship-blasting-off Rick Wakeman synths, searing Brian May guitars: Once & Future Band have it all. The Oakland quartet are signed to Castle Face, the record label run by John Dwyer of fellow ’70s revivalists... more info

Yahoo! Music — Other additions include The Jackson 5's "ABC," Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock," Billie Holiday's 'Lady Sings the Blues,' Merle Haggard's 'Okie From Muskogee' and The Beach Boys' "I Get Around." more info

PopSugar UK — I'm a music nerd: I used to be a music writer, I've been to more concerts than I can count, and I will unironically declare that I love rock 'n' roll. And I just can't deal with cheesy Christmas music. I want to listen to Christmas music that sounds... more info

Stereogum — There’s nothing like the prospect of a bullying misogynistic toad ascending to the presidency to get the creative juices flowing. Donald Trump’s terrifying candidacy has already inspired the 30 Days, 30 Songs project and other anti-Trump anthems,... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — As teens their musical tastes boomeranged from Radiohead, Bjork and the Beach Boys to Lauren Hill and the Beatles and Bob Dylan. more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — [Jeff The Brotherhood at Music Hall of Williamsburg] Every summer it seems that the Northside Festival is making strides to become even bigger than the last. This year’s festival featured some of their biggest McCarren Park headliners yet, with tic... more info

Stereogum — Beck, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, the Wallflowers’ Jakob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan, Goldfrapp’s Davide Rossi, and a bunch of other musicians formed a one-off supergroup y... more info

TMZ — One of The Beach Boys guitarist Carl Wilson's prized, and extremely unique, instruments is hitting the auction block ... and it's got a lot in common with strippers.  The axe is called "The Mod" ... and Carl primarily used it while they… more info

Chorus.fm — Brian Wilson recently sat down with NPR for an interview. While there’s much to process from his past, Wilson is living in the present, touring with a band for the 50th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. (“I feel pretty good,” he says... more info