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

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

Five of The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album’s 12 tracks were original compositions by Brian, all of which are included on side one. “Little Saint Nick” gets a proper album treatment ...

The career of Brian Wilson was in jeopardy until he created 'Rio Grande', a song that revisited his critical experimental masterpiece, 'Smile'.

Fronted in LA by the magnetic Arthur Lee, Love emerged from the Sunset Strip scene around the same time as The Doors - but where Jim Morrison and co went on to stardom, Love snatched defeat from the ...

After countless listens through their sun-kissed collection, we’ve rounded up the absolute best Beach Boys albums that every music lover needs to hear. StudyFinds is a research-driven platform that ...

1970 may have marked a new decade, at least on the calendar, but as you'll see in the list of 1970's Best Rock Albums below ... like the Beach Boys, reinvented themselves for the new decade.

There are many albums on which the Beach Boys underlined that they were an immensely creative collective, and far from being entirely reliant on the fertile musical imagination of Brian Wilson.

One of the most important bands to emerge from Los Angeles since the late 1970s brings its current stripped-down acoustic tour to Friday when Latin roots-rock giants Los Lobos headline the Fillmore ...

Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." "Ya Ya" was hailed by critics as a standout upon the album's release and will compete for best Americana ...