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25 Albums We're Looking Forward to in 2012

It’s 2012, a year long-rumored to bring about the end of the world. So, if our time really is limited, there's no reason to waste it on bad music. Here are 25 albums we expect to be among the best of the year.   read more

The Beach Boys: The SMiLE Sessions

Genius. It’s a word that’s been attributed to Brian Wilson, his Beach Boys and his beloved, incomplete masterpiece, SMiLE, for years. As the follow-up to the not-immediately loved, but now-cherished Pet Sounds, Wilson had a bit of leeway after the success of the single “Good Vibrations,” which would eventually become SMiLE’s closing track. “Good Vibrations” was layered with incredible harmonies and a signature theremin part, and it pushed the boundaries of studio recording at the time. But most importantly, it was a huge hit because of its hummable, instantly catchy melodies. And so it gave Wilson the freedom to create...  read more

Aaron Eckhart to Play Beach Boys' Drummer in New Biopic

Aaron Eckhart has just signed on to play Dennis Wilson, drummer for The Beach Boys, in a new biopic called _The Drummer_.  read more

Watch the Beach Boys’ SMiLE Sessions Preview

Brian Wilson had to go through a mental breakdown and wait nearly four decades before his masterpiece, Smile, saw the light of day — Wilson completed the album under his own name in 2004. A release from Capitol Records will shed some light on the process behind the beloved, Beach Boys cult classic. A preview for the Beach Boys’ Smile Sessions box set was released on the band’s YouTube page today, which gives some details on the album.  read more

Details of The Beach Boys' The SMiLE Sessions Box

Blurt has details pertaining to The Beach Boys’ The SMiLE Sessions, an unreleased collection of works recorded between the summer of ’66 and early ’67, that will arrive in both physical and digital versions....  read more

The Beach Boys, Syd Barrett Get Record Store Day Reissue Treatment

Capitol/EMI will celebrate Record Store Day on April 16 by releasing limited-edition vinyl reissues from The Beach Boys and Syd Barrett. The record label announced that they will be re-releasing The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations”/“Heroes and Villians” as a 78RPM vinyl single set. One disc will feature the songs’ original single release and the other disc will feature alternative versions of both songs. An _Introduction to Syd Barrett _will be released as a 180-gram double vinyl LP package. The compilation, bringing the tracks of Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett together for the first time, was released on CD...  read more

Beach Boy Dennis Wilson Gets Biopic Treatment

Historically, Brian Wilson has been the Beach Boy with the most intrigue and media attention, but now that a biopic is in the works on the life of brother Dennis Wilson, that may change. In Wilson’s short life—he drowned in a mysterious accident in 1983, at the age of 39—he married five times (including twice to Karen Lamm, Robert Lamm’s ex-wife), lived with the Mansons, seriously dated Christine McVie, and was the first Beach Boy to release a solo album....  read more

Brian Wilson Will Not be Joining the Beach Boys for 50th Anniversary

Fans waiting for a Beach Boys reunion with Brian Wilson won’t be Smile-ing (sorry!) at the news Mike Love dropped Tuesday....  read more

Nautical Rock: Pirate Radio Takes Pop to the High Seas

Pirate Radio, the latest movie by Love, Actually director Richard Curtis, isn’t just set to music—it’s suffused with it. On a ship off the British coast in the 1960s, a pack of rowdy men (and one woman) blare triumphant rock and pop to an English audience strangled by the government’s soporific blandness. On the boat, in cramped quarters in the middle of the sea, the DJs live out some very rock ’n’ roll fantasies, with everything from The Kinks to Otis Redding always in the foreground. Curtis spoke to Paste about some of his favorite songs in the movie. “I...  read more

R.I.P. Larry Knechtel: Five Songs to Remember Him By

Defining the legacy of keyboardist and bassist Larry Knechtel, 69, is a rather daunting task. Although his career spanned more than 50 years, a large portion of it, especially his contributions in the '60s, still remains uncredited....  read more