Guardian Music — In our regular visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we reprint an interview with the Beach Boys by Mike Grant that appeared in Rave magazine in February 1967.At the time, the ban... more info

Guardian Music — Girls Honey Bunny (Fantasy) Girls have had a good crack at being both difficult to Google and a decent present-day Beach Boys. Clocking it at a frantic 2 minutes 34 seconds, Honey Bunny is so abundantly happy that I want to jump in and swim around in... more info

NME — Brian Wilson is busy with his upcoming Disney cover album release more info

Guardian Music — Rihanna, put some clothes on! Bob Dylan, do your own paintings! Readers, tell us your favourite album covers! It's all nag nag nag this week …Causing a fuss this weekBrian Wilson: "No Beach Boys reunion!"INXS: "We've got a new singer!"Bob Dylan: "T... more info

Popdose — Poor Al Jardine. Always the last to know more info

Guardian Music — Singer insists he will not reunite with former bandmates for planned world tour next yearAs the Beach Boys announce plans for a world tour next year, Brian Wilson has insisted he will not reunite with his former bandmates. "They're helping keep the m... more info

ContactMusic — The Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has axed plans to reunite the group to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year 11 The Surfin Usa hitmaker sparked hopes of a comeback for the legendary band when he confirmed in May 11 that he was considering a... more info

Altsounds — Mathieu Santos, bassist and founding member of chamber pop quintet Ra Ra Riot, is pleased to unveil "(I Just) Need To Know" from his solo debut Massachusetts 2010, recently released on Barsuk Records. The track, which sounds like a Beach Boys singl... more info

Guardian Music — Kicking off our new daily series of old songs, here's a track that celebrates the wonder of music itselfHere at guardian.co.uk/music, we've noticed it's not only new music that sets your pulses racing, that there's an appetite for the songs of the pa... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Dug reading all of your thoughts on the upcoming Beach Boys SMiLE sessions earlier this week. After posting it, a deluge of emails came in requesting that I re-post the Beach Boys rehearsal sessions that have popped up on AD a couple of times since 2... more info