Add It To The Collection: When I first heard The Beach Boys were getting back together to celebrate their 50th anniversary with an album and tour I accepted the news … Continue reading The Beach Boys, Joe Walsh and Chris Robinson Deliver Three Waves of California Rock
This wasn’t supposed to happen. The Beach Boys weren’t supposed to record their best album in 40 years when four out the five members of the band are averaging seventy … Continue reading The Beach Boys Release Their Best Album In 40 Years – That’s Why God Made The Radio, Track By Track
There are quite a few Beach Boys fans who work on Biff Bam Pop, so you can imagine how exciting it is for us to hear the brand new single … Continue reading Now Hear This: The Beach Boys “That’s Why God Made The Radio”
Rock ‘n’ roll mythology is filled with stories of madness. Most of these tales are less about mental instability and more an example of what happens when fame, fortune and … Continue reading March Madness: Madmen Of The Studio – Brian Wilson and Phil Spector Bring The Crazy To Some Of The Best Pop Recordings Of All Times
Late in 2011 the buzz started building around 2012 being the ‘year of the reunion’. Both Van Halen and The Beach Boys were rumoured to be getting back together and … Continue reading New Year, Old Artists, New Music – Reunions lead the way so far in 2012.
Back in 2004 I was a young, aspiring writer determined to ensure that Brian Wilson’s newly recorded version of his long lost album SMiLE would get some decent play in … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop Unboxes The Beach Boys Smile Sessions
Last week I said I wouldn’t be reviewing any compilations or greatest hits releases as part of the RDIO column, but after listening to U2’s incredible reissue celebrating the 20th … Continue reading The Beach Boys & U2 Deliver Timeless Classics With 45 Years Of History Between Them In This Week’s RDIO Cure With Perry Schwartz
Not a particularly stellar week of new material to cover. At this time of year many of the new releases are compilations, greatest hits packages and holiday records. Nothing wrong … Continue reading Perry Schwartz’s RDIO Cure – Kelly Clarkson Gets Stronger and Brian Wilson Gets Disney
