Guardian Music — First came the drugs, then the voices. Brian Wilson's brain has taken a battering. Alexis Petridis tries to get inside the complicated mind of a musical legendI meet Brian Wilson in the tiny, windowless conference room of a May... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The guys in the Allah-Las (one of my favorite new bands from L.A., who I’ll be writing about at length shortly) just hipped me to this video for Dennis Wilson’s “Lady” (aka “Fallin’ In Love”) from 1970. According to Beach Boys lore the ... more info

Guardian Music — Summoning the spirit of Alex Chilton, this singer-songwriter turns sadness into something lovely with his soft and sibilant voiceHometown: Northampton.The lineup: Liam Dullaghan (guitar, vocals).The background: Liam Dullaghan, a lifelong fan of Big S... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... E.L.O. covers, plus the Decemberists cover REM http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com gregor said... nme's c81 jeff tweedy/jay bennett at old towne school of folk music richard buckner and alejandro escovedo live at mccabe’s 1.21.00 why? l... more info

Abeano — We set ourselves a mission to find out everything there was to know about secretive South London wanderer Deptford Goth. Who is he? Is he really from Deptford? Is he really a goth? Is he just one of those internet perverts trying to sell us cock... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mike-floyd said... ... some more excellent space lounge music by: - LUNAR TESTING LAB: Unauthorized Frequencies EP (USA) (mp3-zip, 7 tracks, 21 min, 48,2 MB) and ... some more KINKS-influenced garage rock from Boston by: - THE NEEDY VISIONS: s.t. (US... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ishkabibliophile said... A 70s Blaxploitation mixtape: Easin' In Edwin Starr The World We Live In McKinley Jackson Shaft In Africa Johnny Pate Truck Turner (Main Title) Isaac Hayes Ain't no Such Thing As Superman Gil Scott-Heron Cleveland Now/Booker ... more info

Detroit Free Press — See them with the legendary composer-arranger (and Cass Tech graduate) Gerald Wilson, who just turned 92. The 10-time Grammy-winning vocal quartet will do a brief set, then combine with the orchestra conducted by Dennis Wilson. 5:30 p.m. today, Hart ... more info

Stereogum — Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson was an interesting guy: Vocalist and songwriter (later on) for the Beach Boys, an actor, an alcoholic, the only actual surfer in the band. He also let Charles Manson and the Manson Family live at his California home �... more info

Undercover, Australia — The late, great Beach Boy Dennis Wilson will be the subject of a biopic that is currently in pre-production. more info