CNN Showbiz — The Beach Boys are concluding their 50th-anniversary year with a boxed set. Their music has become a pop culture touchstone. more info

Popdose — It’s hard to dispute 2012 as the best summer to be a Beach Boys fan in the last quarter-century or so, but thanks to the band’s new Made in California six-disc box set, out tomorrow from Capitol, 2013 comes pretty darn close. Admittedly, it’s h... more info

Consequence of Sound — The truth is out there. more info

411 Mania — But he'd do it again... more info

Starpulse — The Beach Boys are set to mark the end of their 50th anniversary celebrations by allowing fans to play on a brand new track as part of a new guitar contest - and make a video for their heroes. Dev... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A music polymath who has taken many turns — working on the Beach Boys' 'Smile,' writing arrangements for U2 — shows his flair for off-kilter invention again. Van Dyke Parks has a story for everything in his life, from the name of his pet schnauze... more info

The Independent — Their exquisite harmonies elevated pop music’s most sun-kissed hits. But now even the Beach Boys have succumbed to Auto-Tune, the technology used to help wayward singers achieve artificial perfection.     more info

The Independent — Their exquisite harmonies elevated pop music’s most sun-kissed hits. But now even the Beach Boys have succumbed to Auto-Tune, the technology used to help wayward singers achieve artificial perfection.     more info

Impose Magazine — The Vandelles are the latest to alter the mode and models of the modern canon's past crystallized rock traditions. The Brooklyn duo Jason Schwartz (aka Jasno Suarez), and Honey Valentine take on those familiar paths littered by a history backlog ... more info

Popdose — What can be said about two legends getting together to combine forces on a double album? Beach Boys lyricist Stephen Kalinich and producer/musician/journalist Jon Tiven (with production help from no less than Mark Linett) have created an incredible 2... more info