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 ...

"God Only Knows" remains one of the Beach Boys' most beloved pieces of music. Ironically, it only hit a chart peak of No. 39 ...

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 ...

On paper, The Beach Boys seem like little more than a blithe surf band, bottling up the sunshine of the West Coast for the masses. Many bands of their era fell into this category, but The Beach Boys ...

The Beach Boys' 1966 LP 'Pet Sounds' is an all-time album. These are the three undisputed best songs from the record.

The Beach Boys loom so large in our shared cultural imagination that it’s surprising to remember that the group only appeared in a single feature motion picture. Yes, the “beach party” movies of the ...

The gimmick of the Beach Boys was to package the 1960s California dream in pop singles that wed up-tempo guitar songs with multipart harmonies. The reason the group endured was Brian Wilson, the group ...

Inspired by Brian Wilson’s emotional vulnerability, God Only Knows turned complicated love into one of the Beach Boys’ most beautiful songs.

“Roll down the window, put down the top/Crank up The Beach Boys, baby/Don't let the music stop!” --Randy Newman, “I Love L.A.” It’s summertime, which means one thing: It’s time to follow Randy ...

Read full article: Trooper Steve on Patrol: Sign confusion at I-4 and Lee Road The Lorcin Model L25 .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun found in the child's backpack. NEW YORK – The musical world lost ...

Between September and October 1963, 20 session musicians and four vocal acts decamped to Gold Star Studios in Hollywood to make a Christmas album with Phil Spector. Spector was a New York record ...