Stereogum — Last night, the insular Beach Boys sonic genius Brian Wilson played a show at Holmdel, New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts Center, and he was joined by one of the few people who can really call Wilson a peer. As NJ.com reports, New Jersey king Bruce Springs... more info

The Telegraph — The former Beach Boys star delays tour in support of his album No Pier Pressure to focus on his new movie more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Brian Wilson's concert Saturday at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles coincided with his 73rd birthday, and for the occasion several of his children wheeled an oversized cake onstage, a bounteous bouquet of balloons (courtesy of actor John Cusack) floa... more info

Mercury News, California — Foghat, Morris Day and The Time, Con Funk Shun, Rodney Atkins are among the other acts playing at the Alameda County Fair. more info

Stereogum — There’s a line in the title track off of Bad Bad Hats’ forthcoming debut album that bows down to Brian Wilson: “When I look at you I get a good vibration/ Stay online until I hit your station.” Bad Bad Hats hail from Minneapolis, and they’r... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Wouldn't it be nice if "Love & Mercy," the uneven biopic about Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, was as persuasive as the performances of the two actors who play him at different periods of his life? more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — John Cusack is being widely lauded for his portrayal of Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson in the forthcoming biopic "Love & Mercy," which opens nationally on Friday. more info

Perez Hilton — Cara Delevingne found love — and advice — in a hopeless place! The model-slash-actress was feeling really down when she found out the Beach Boys movie she was supposed to make got the ax. She opened up to the Wall Street Journal Magazine about th... more info

Stereogum — On the title track from last year’s When, Burger Records rockers and blatant apostrophe-omitters Tomorrows Tulips run the label’s trademark throwback West Coast garage rock through a ’90s alt-rock churn. I’d cite Yo La Tengo’s immortal cove... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Of all the cultural archetypes that Southern California has produced, the loosely defined genre known as "beach music" is one of its most enduring. That sunny, harmony-rich, melodically spirited permutation is the rope connecting artists as varied as... more info