Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Taken from the Japanese music magazine Rokin' On.This is a rough translation from the album review, the original can be found here.Four Letter Word"Four-letter word" has sharp hard edge riffs. Aggression like the Pistols, Sharp like Led Zeppelin, a k... more info

Guardian Music — Will Elbow's new album title reclaim grammar's least-loved piece of punctuation from Facebook commenters and literary snobs?Pity the poor exclamation mark. Used well it's a vital component of a writer's tonal range. When misused – look at Facebook ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Long Long Long - "Mandarin Collars With Women" #braggadontchaknow Part I Beach Boys and Scarborough Girls "It's all a matter of perspective," neither Kira nor Hillary were listening as Mr. Hennesy, that perv, prattled on and on. They were... more info

Music For Ants — Imagine a group of teenagers dancing at a pool party to The Beach Boys and The B52’s – Chalk and Numbers would fit right in. When listening to the Brooklyn indie pop duo’s debut EP, He Knew, I feel what can only be described as a sunny, retro v... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Weezer’s very own Rivers Cuomo sat down and recorded himself covering The Beach Boys timeless classic “God Only Knows”. It’s just Rivers and his piano. Turns out he recorded it on Christmas. It’s a great cover. Watch it below: Bookmark on D... more info

Guardian Music — (Tri-Tone)Ambition in pop is no bad thing. Without Brian Wilson grasping the envelope and shoving it, the Beach Boys could have been remembered as an end-of-the-boardwalk novelty. With it, Wilson became an artist worthy of having entire works devoted... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Rivers Cuomo does his best Beach Boys in front of a piano, and in return, we do our best us: swooning over Rivers Cuomo in front of a computer. Watching this kind of makes us feel like we're going through puberty all over again, except this time we'r... more info

Stereogum — Rivers Cuomo posted this solo, intimate cover of the Beach Boys’ classic “God Only Knows” after Christmas. It’s hard to top the original Carl Wilson vocal, so you can see Cuomo concentrating very hard on those falsetto notes. He’s also play... more info

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