When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. But that was then. Today, Pet Sounds is regarded not only as the equal of those records but, in ...

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What a sunny day for the fellas at Split Record Review to cover the Beach Boys’ magnum opus. The claim that they’re the goats of music is solidified by their 1966 album, “Pet Sounds.” Many writers in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Martin and the Fab Four weren’t the only ones whose minds were blown in summer of 1966 by the ...

Last year, the Beach Boys released an official documentary on Disney+, the main takeaway from which was that the surviving group members all have massive chips on their shoulders. Mike Love, Al ...

On hearing the music his cousin, Brian Wilson, had written for the Beach Boys’ next album in 1966, the often unpleasant Mike Love called it “ego music”. Wilson recorded in his biography, Wouldn’t It ...

Brian Wilson, the driving force behind the Beach Boys whose sprawling compositions and studio prowess influenced rock musicians from the Beatles to Radiohead and points between, has died, his family ...

It promises to rally the biggest chorus of music geeks since High Fidelity opened. Brian Wilson, leader of the Beach Boys, is touring this summer with an orchestra, performing the canonical 1966 Pet ...

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 ...