Guardian Music — Welcome to another slice of Music Weekly. Kieran and Alexis are joined this week by Michael Hann.Stanley Booth's The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, published in 1984, has been hailed as a classic rock'n'roll volume. As the book is reissued, S... more info

Guardian Music — Click on the poster to hear bands appearing at Brighton's new music festival – and let us know who's worth checking outThe Great Escape, Brighton's new music festival, is just a week away. Now in its seventh year, the festival sees more than 300 ba... more info

411 Mania — Band is glad to be back together… more info

Topix — That's the word Al Jardine not-so-jokingly uses to describe the latest Beach Boys reunion -- this one consisting of himself and fellow founding Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Mike Love, as well as longtime players Bruce Johnston and David Marks. more info

Music For Ants — I’ve been listening to the Beach Boys longer than any other band. Their greatest hits compilation was one of the first CDs I ever owned and I had the whole album memorized backwards-and-forwards. So it’s no exaggeration to say the California surf... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times reviews The Broken Tower, James Franco's biopic of Hart Crane. Paste lists the 25 best Beach Boys covers. Flavorwire lists the most cryptic titles in literature. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette profiles singer-songwriter Sharon Van Ett... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicIn the newsJohnny Marr quashes talk of Smiths reunion, saying: 'I got things to do'Nicki Minaj doesn't want children singing along to her explicit lyricsCan you feel it? It's a new Jacksons album... more info

Perez Hilton — Just because they can order the senior Grand Slam at Denny’s doesn’t mean The Beach Boys are done rocking!! They’ve been making hit tunes for over a half-century and just released a new song (above) called “That’s Why God Made the Radio.”... more info

Guardian Music — Five readers tell us what it is they love about the bandEarlier this week we asked readers to tell us their thoughts on the Beach Boys. Here are a few of the responses we received.Simone Scott Warren, AKA simoneswGrowing up in Jersey, my parents had ... more info

Guardian Music — Brian Wilson's music portrays a sweetheart, Mike Love's lyrics depict the boyfriend from hell. Another undersung gem from the Beach Boys She Knows Me Too Well is one of those troubling songs that the 60s throw out without anyone, at the time, seeming... more info