Starpulse — The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys are among the first ever nominees for the American Pop Music Hall of Fame. Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters and Simon & Garfu... more info

Consequence of Sound — Mike Love and Bruce Johnston continue on without the rest of the band. more info

ContactMusic — Brian Wilson has thanked fans for their concerns for his health as he recovers from back surgery The Beach Boys star recently underwent a corrective procedure to fix a problem in his lower back - and now he has taken to his Tumblr com blog to thank d... more info

CNN Showbiz — A pre-teen me once learned how to slow dance to "Surfer Girl." more info

Here Comes The Flood — Jakob Bøcher Müller and Frederik Gøtzsche of Copenhagen's Jetksi Kain are in love with English pop and the harmonies of the Beach Boys. Their single I'm In Control offered a glimpseinot their sound - a pretty straightforward tune that only hinte... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)How many Animals does it take to form a Collective? Two, officially. This minimum quorum has ensured maximum wriggle room for such an expanding, contracting band of psychedelic brothers, originally from Baltimore. They go by aliases – Avey ... more info

Prefix — Publishing company Continuum began printing its 33 1/3 series, in which individual albums are explored in 100-plus-page installments, in 2003. ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/continuum-set-to-publish-33-13-books-on-kanye-w... more info

Guardian Music — This bedroom laptop boy wonder has written the feel sad hit of the summer. Think surf pop goes miserablistReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Jacksonville, Florida.The lineup: Yuno (vocals, music).The background: Some of the best songs this summe... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)There are really two Animal Collective stories. There's the band's hopscotch artistic development – a self-confessed desire to never make the same record twice – which has led them through 15 years of campfire meditations, clattering psyc... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger chooses the songs that mean the most to him for our Six Songs of Me projectAndrew Evans, editor-in-chief of When the Gramophone Rings, has been championing indie music from around the world since 2009. Here he chooses six songs that... more info