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

Stereogum — When I first wrote about casting a Brian Wilson biopic five years ago, for the role of the once bedridden pop genius you guys suggested Hurley from LOST and Jared Leto, because LOST was still a thing and Jared Leto was really fat. Ah, sometimes I mis... more info

Guardian Music — Producer behind Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life secures rights to story of Wilson's work and struggles with mental illnessThe life of former Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson is set to be made into a film. The rights to Wilson's story, and that of hi... more info

NME — Film company buys the life rights to legendary hit-maker more info

ContactMusic — Brian Wilson's colourful life story is to be retold in a big screen biopic of the Beach Boys frontman. The rights to Wilson's story, as well as that of his wife Melinda, have been bought up by movie bosses with plans to turn their tale into a film...... more info

Gigwise — The Beach Boys front man's colourful life Hollywood bound... more info

Popdose — As Brian Wilson hits the big 6-9, Popdose looks back at 15 occasions when the former Beach Boy has been The Very Guest Of various artists over the years. more info

Guardian Music — Meltdown festival, LondonA man blessed in many ways, but never with a sunny disposition, it sometimes seems as if Ray Davies spent the entire 60s complaining. The most recurring of his grumbles involved the Kinks's record company. Not only did Pye Re... more info

ContactMusic — The original recording sessions from The Beach Boys' legendary 'lost' album Smile are to be released for the first time after spending 44 years locked in a vault. The experimental album was abandoned by composer Brian Wilson in 1967 as he battled men... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brian Wilson played the Highline Ballroom [Sunday] night as part of its sister club's month-long Blue Note Jazz Festival, and though the two-set show featured his entire current Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin album of Gershwin standards, it wasn't ... more info