We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...

The 1985 documentary The Beach Boys: An American Band gives you a sense of the group's mainstream cachet at the time. In the first half of the film, four of the five founding Beach Boys — brothers ...

The Beach Boys are back in the top 40 for the first time in over a decade after the recent death of the band’s co-founder Brian Wilson. Billboard reports that the band’s greatest hits album, “Sounds ...

John Mason knew that Brian Wilson needed help – but it came at a high price. “Brian was in a weak mental state,” the entertainment lawyer, who once represented the fragile leader of the Beach Boys, ...

The Beach Boys are remembering the late Brian Wilson in a fitting manner, releasing a playlist of his most influential music. "Here’s to the man who changed the summer season forever," the band wrote ...

When one learns of a genius musician, it’s hard not to research everything one can about that artist’s process. This is especially the case if you’re a musician yourself. I’ve spent quite a bit of ...

Helping create the Beach Boys and capturing the sound of 1960s surf rock, the music industry lost a legend on June 11th when Brian Wilson passed away at 82. Spending over six decades in the music ...