Obscure Sound — With a sound steeped in dreamy harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys, Grizzly Bear, and Vampire Weekend, Danke Shane is the very impressive solo project of Washington, D.C.’s Andrew Burke. The excellent “Cave In” sports a chorus that merges s... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Beach Boys founding member and creative leader Brian Wilson spent the better part of 2016 on the road commemorating last year’s 50th anniversary of the release of the group’s much revered album “Pet Sounds,” one that consist... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Beach Boys founding member and creative leader Brian Wilson spent the better part of 2016 on the road commemorating last year’s 50th anniversary of the release of the group’s much revered album “Pet Sounds,” one that consist... more info

Uncut — 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow is due in June 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow is due in June The post Beach Boys announce Wild Honey and Smiley Smile rarities compilation appeared first on Uncut. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — This week: A play cycle about an out-of-work L.A. actor, a decades-spanning romantic musical, and an evening of traditional Japanese theater in Little Tokyo. Four by Four Las Vegas-style revue celebrates the music of the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees and ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Christian Fitness - Bees ModeReminder of STN policy: you don't write about Christian Fitness songs, you let them happen. Seems the next album's going to be called Slap Bass Hunks. Girlpool - It Gets More BlueWhen we first met Cleo and Harmony... more info

KEXP Seattle — It’s morbid, but you’re probably thinking it, too: after losing so many musical icons in 2016 (see here and here), I felt it was important to see Brian Wilson in concert. Now 74 years old, the brilliant but troubled songwriter celebrated the 50th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Produced as part of the BBC "Classic Albums" series, "Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds" has been flown transatlantically to Showtime to belatedly commemorate the 50th anniversary of an album relatively few people bought in its time but which is now wide... more info

Uncut — Love discusses Brian Wilson, POTUS and Charles Manson in the new Uncut Photo by Udo Spreitzenbarth Love discusses Brian Wilson, POTUS and Charles Manson in the new Uncut The post The Beach Boys’ Mike Love: “Donald Trump has never been anyth... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Our enthusiasm for 70s era Beach Boys and the creative stretch of brothers Carl and Dennis Wilson runs deep, notably during the course of albums Surf’s Up, “So Tough”, and Holland. And recently it’s the latter, Holland, a st... more info