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

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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

Guardian Music — San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) didn't reflect the particular sound of the city itself. Not that this mattered – it was great pop and its idealism lives onRock history rightly celebrates the pioneers but sometimes the band... more info

Guardian Music — Performer of San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) died in Los AngelesScott McKenzie, the singer who performed San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair), which became a hit in 1967 during the city's Summer of Love has died. ... more info