Altsounds — If Brian Wilson could operate a laptop...or Pink Floyd were young and skint in 2009……or Wayne Coyne was Scottish….or Grandaddy came from a land of drizzle…or Sigur Ros cracked a smile from time to time…orÃ... more info

Starpulse — Singer Carnie Wilson has landed her own reality TV show which will chronicle her latest weight battle. The daughter of Beach Boys star Brian Wilson famously underwent gastric bypass surgery[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Are the 44 best albums of the last decade really all made by white people? Is Outkast's B.O.B. really better than Crazy in Love?As the decade draws to an end, the English language seems to be trying to pull us back from the abyss of retrospective ind... more info

Guardian Music — The ultimate in rock nostalgia - why bands are now gigging their old albumsRock nostalgists are having a heady time of it. It is now possible to go to three gigs a week without hearing anything new, thanks to the number of bands playing "classic alb... more info

The Music Fix — Review: J'accuse Brian Wilson. more info

Altsounds — *Drink Up Buttercup* have signed with *Yep Roc Records *and to celebrate are giving away the single ‘*Even Think*’, a fast-paced fist-pumper, driven by frenzied organ arpeggios and swelling vocal harmonies reminiscent of the sound o... more info

411 Mania — Sonic Youth appear on Gossip Girl, Bob Dylan will appear on NCIS, Oasis is done, Radiohead isn't, MCA is recovering, Brian Wilson updates Gershwin and Disney, Public Enemy needs your help, Tom Waits has fun on stage, Philles records get reissued and ... more info

Stereogum — It's been three years since Montreal's Think About Life debuted with the self-titled dance record and hyper-energetic live show that made them one worth watching from the seemingly bottomless scene of Montreal circa 2006. In the interim keyboardist G... more info

Silent Uproar — According to the LA Times, Brian Wilson will finish "at least two" unfinished George Gershwin songs, after receiving authorization from the composers' estate. Gershwin left behind "several dozen song fragments" when he died in 1937. Wilson plans to i... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Pixies, Chickenfoot • Taylor Swift Announces New Fearless Dates • Clip of Nirvana at ‘92 Reading Hits the Web • Brock Talks New Modest Mouse Video • Manic Street Preachers Return to NYC • Brian Wilson to Complete Gershwin... more info