There’s a lot that can be said about the Beach Boys, as a band, given their complex history. Formed in 1961, the band has had members come and go, and is still technically active, though three of its ...

At his peak, Brian Wilson — who died this week at age 82 — went through periods the way a painter does. First, he made his family-and-friends act The Beach Boys a band for all seasons (but one in ...

Mike Love, co-founder of The Beach Boys, alongside Denis, Carl and Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, once discussed his favourite ...

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Days spent on the sand are finally here, but your packing list isn’t complete without the best summer songs to set the mood. The thing is beach songs can sound like anything you want. Ukuleles and ...

Here's a quintessential summer listen! Sampling iconic tracks like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London," it's a nostalgic sing-along anthem that blends rock, ...

We throw around the word "genius" a lot when it comes to musicians. But Brian Wilson? He was a genius. The songwriter who gave us so many hits and brilliance with the Beach Boys and beyond died at the ...

Pet Sounds found The Beach Boys leaving behind the surfing and street racing for trenchant self-examination, with music as sophisticated and ambitious as anything in pop/rock to that time. It ...

Released in 1965, “The Little Girl I Once Knew” became quite a hit for the Beach Boys. Following its release, the song peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 10 on the Canada Top ...

Brian Wilson, a two-time Grammy Award winner and steward of ecstatic, sobering pop music, died last Wednesday at the age of 82. Immediately, every social media feed imaginable flooded with anecdotes, ...