The Beach Boys News

The Beach Boys to perform alongside JLS and The Saturdays at Hyde Park gig

The Beach Boys will perform on the same bill as JLS and The Saturdays in London's Hyde Park this July. The unique gig is being billed as a "cross generational" event which will see artists aimed at different age groups all performing on the same bill.

The Clang Of The Yankee Reaper: Van Dyke Parks Interviewed

The clang of the Yankee Reaper, on Salisbury Plain!

Beach Boys Croon 'California Girls' Live on Reunion Tour

2012 was a landmark year for the Beach Boys : the rock greats reunited for the new album That's Why God Made the Radio and set out on a massive 50th anniversary tour.

The Beach Boys' Mike Love "Red Jacketed" by City Year

The Beach Boys ' Mike Love received City Year's "Seven Generations Award" for his decades of investment in education and national service at the organization's 2013 National Leadership Summit on May 14.

Throwback Thursday: The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds”

It was on this day, 47 years ago, that The Beach Boys released my favorite record of all time.

The Jesus And Mary Chain Barbed Wire Kisses 25 Years On

I love Psychocandy , I adore Darklands and I'm also pretty crazy about the befuddlingly underrated 1998 album Munki , but it was the Jesus and Mary Chain's Barbed Wire Kisses (B Sides And More) that came rushing out of the band's canon to smite me good and proper.

Listen to Chris Schlarb and Sufjan Stevens cover The Beach Boys’ Til I Die”

On July 16th, Los Angeles composer Chris Schlarb will deliver his third solo album, Psychic Temple II , on Asthmatic Kitty.

Listen to Chris Schlarb's take on The Beach Boys' 'Til I Die', featuring Sufjan Stevens

Taken from Chris Schlarb 's forthcoming Psychic Temple II album, 'Til I Die' is a cover of one of The Beach Boys' lesser known tracks (Fact: It's one of the few Beach Boys songs which both the words and music were written solely by Wilson - thanks Wikipedia) and features the ever-brilliant Sufjan Stevens.

Frank Ocean hints that new album will be inspired by The Beatles and The Beach Boys

Frank Ocean has hinted that his next studio album could be influenced by The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

Desert Island Discs with Alexander Fairchild

Alexander Fairchild is a unique artist that is soon to be a household name.

Gordon Hauptfleisch (1954-2013): An Appreciation

Having spent some of his earliest years just a mile down the road from where the Beach Boys grew up, the late Gordon Hauptfleish had a special way of capturing California's flaxen past, always describing it with real force and wisdom.

Legendary Session Man Jim Horn On Working With John Denver And Getting Inside The “Genius” Of Brian Wilson

At 72 years of age, there's not much that Jim Horn hasn't done.

'Lost' Beach Boys Archive Heads To Auction

The material sat in a Florida storage facility for many years, apparently forgotten, until the storage company finally sold it off in bulk because payments had not been made.

Mike Ragogna: Thank You, Mr. Dog Ears: My HuffPost Interviews with Phil Ramone, Plus H.D. Harmsen's "Teetotaler" Video Premiere

When people use the phrase "...it's the end of era" with regards to someone's passing, it's almost always a respectful exaggeration.

Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks add dates to Summer tour

Brian Wilson has announced further details of shows he will play with Al Jardine and David Marks of The Beach Boys in July. The announcement of the live date comes after the group fell out with fellow members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston in 2012 when the pair revealed plans to continue playing live under The Beach Boys name , with or without Wilson, Jardine and Marks.

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and David Marks announce summer tour

The Popdose Guide to Chicago

After the cynical misfire of 1991's Twenty 1 and stillbirth of its intended followup, the lost and lamented Stone of Sisyphus , Chicago dove full-bore into the casinos-and-state-fairs circuit, and though they still pay lip service to the bona fide creativity that bought their homes and pays their alimonies, it evaporated long ago.

Beach Boys launch petition against Mike Love's 'money-saving' post-anniversary tour

The Beach Boys ' Al Jardine has asked fans to sign a petition to champion the Beach Boys' full reunited line-up, over bandmate Mike Love's version of the band without the other three members.

Beach Boys memorabilia to go on sale in London next month

Rare archive material documenting the first 20 years of The Beach Boys ' career will go up for auction in London next month.

Wouldn't it be nice to buy a Beach Boys song?

Discovered in a storage facility in Florida, the material is thought to be one of the biggest collections to be put up for auction and represents thousands of pages of manuscripts, covering more than 150 songs.

Almost Hits: The Beach Boys, “Sail On Sailor” (1972)

After all, Blondie Chaplin's early-1970s tenure marked a seismic change, both visually and musically for the Beach Boys — who saw their lineup integrated and their sound given a sharp new edge.

Book Notes - Joe David Bellamy "Green Freedom"

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

‘You should ask him’: Al Jardine can’t understand why Mike Love split up the Beach Boys either

Al Jardine still struggles to put into words exactly what happened at the end of what had once been a celebrated 50th anniversary reunion tour by the Beach Boys. He seems, in many ways, as surprised as anyone on the outside looking in.

The Beach Boys to play Henley Festival

The glamorous Henley Festival, in partnership with BMW, is proud to announce a series of extraordinary evenings featuring exciting headline performances from an array of world class acts.

Review: My Bloody Valentine’s new album ‘m b v’

The biggest story in music this weekend was undoubtedly "m b v", My Bloody Valentine's first new album in 22 years.

Tom Waits, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, Richard Thompson in the new Uncut

Tom Waits is staring back at me from the cover of the new Uncut, which goes on sale this Thursday, January 31.

Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks reunite on stage after ouster from the Beach Boys

Brian Wilson will be joined by Al Jardine and David Marks on stage for the first time since all three toured as part of the briefly reunited Beach Boys last year.

Almost Hits: The Beach Boys, “I Can Hear Music” (1969)

Released as a single in 1969 from 20/20 , the Beach Boys' last album for Capitol Records, "I Can Hear Music" is possibly their greatest single of the post- Pet Sounds era — and unusually it's not an original.

Video: Foolproof Four – “Hipster Girl”

Man, if anyone had it coming more than The Beach Boys, it's the hipsters.

By The Sea

Liam Power, vocalist and guitarist for the U.K. band By the Sea , grew up in an old Viking village on the Wirral Peninsula called Meols (pronounced "melz"), a residential seaside town that he calls "quite quiet and quite close knit."

Popdose 2012: Michael Fortes’ Favorite Music of the Year

With my regular Parlour to Parlour series taking a little nap this year (don't worry, it's coming back), I've had quite a bit more head space to pay attention to new music.

Giveaway: The Beach Boys Remastered Catalogue

I'm currently sitting in bed for the third day in a row, wiping my nose, gazing out at the cold taking over Chicago, all while waxing nostalgic about those sinus-free summer days near the sea with The Beach Boys. Ha, I've never felt more like Brian Wilson in my entire life.

Omnivore Records’ Cheryl Pawelski: The TVD Interview

"I turned my obsession into a profession."

Desert Island Discs: Guilty Pleasures Edition

Proof that every one's guilty pleasure is their own: We reached almost no consensus on this particular version of Desert Island Discs, with only the Carpenters, the Electric Light Orchestra, Hall and Oates and Olivia Newton-John garnering more than one mention.

Of Montreal covers the Beach Boys’ “Little Bird”

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