Culture Bully — "Arabia Mountain" is a sultry, melodic mix of low-fi, wiry sounds and guttural, dissonant vocals reminiscent of the Vibrators meeting the Beach Boys with a tad bit of Ramones thrown in for good measure. more info

Guardian Music — 11 March 1970: Number xx in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicThe formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash is headily serendipitous stuff: proof that a supposed musician's nirvana existed in Laurel Canyon, California. Errant Byr... more info

Guardian Music — December 1965: Number 12 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicAs Brian Wilson later recalled, the Beatles' sixth album was the first release he'd ever heard where every song "went together like no album ever made before". It ... more info

ContactMusic — Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has credited the Beatles' Rubber Soul album and marijuana for inspiring the iconic Pet Sounds recordings. The Good Vibrations hitmaker hosted a listening party at his home when the Fab Four's 1965 album was released and h... 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

ContactMusic — Reclusive actress/singer Doris Day has announced a shock comeback with plans to release her first album of new songs in 17 years. The 87-year-old Hollywood legend has been laying down tracks in a studio with Beach Boys star Bruce Johnston and will un... more info

Radio Exile — A series of names come to mind upon listening to Little Scream’s The Golden Record; names like Pink Floyd, the Cranberries, Kings of Leon, the Beach Boys, Sigur Ros and more. Each song has a completely different feel and genre to it and this band b... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt is sometimes said that there is such a thing as a London Sinfonietta Piece, written to tick boxes with the new music establishment – whatever that is. If this concert suggested anything, it was that this is a myth.Th... more info

Guardian Music — Recording engineer who collaborated with Steely Dan for 30 yearsThe albums of Steely Dan were renowned for their sophisticated musical content and for their benchmark-setting audio quality. An indispensable contributor to the latter was their recordi... more info

Guardian Music — Your chance to hear the fourth Arctic Monkeys album in full, a week ahead of releaseDuring a recent interview with the Observer's Barbara Ellen, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner mused over what it was that made his band so special. It was, he conc... more info