As with most Beach Boys dates, Wilson handed out his charts and played the song at the piano to give the musicians an idea of ...

We explore the fascinating insights into arranging bass guitar parts the Beach Boys' 1966 track "Wouldn't It Be Nice" offers.

The Beach Boys spearheaded a studio recording movement with their album 'Pet Sounds'. But Brian Wilson credits a later album ...

Brian Wilson might not have always got things right when he was in the Beach Boys, but the band were arguably worse off when left to their own devices.

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 ...

Best of 2024: The Beach Boys were midway through their 1966 tour of Japan and Hawaii when their founder, leader and sonic visionary Brian Wilson began the writing sessions that would yield God ...

As a sonic time capsule of sun-soaked California dreams, The Beach Boys’ discography stands as one of popular music’s most magnificent achievements. From their early surf rock anthems to the ...

Before The Beatles truly blossomed, The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” represented one of the most seismic shifts in the rapidly evolving landscape of popular music during the latter half of the ’60s. Brian ...

There's a whole host of celebrities who turned out to have a different name from before they got famous, it's a bit ...

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, would seem to mark a return to an era of serious-minded films about serious-minded musicians, psychological character studies rather than ...