Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who soundtracked a generation of youthful ...

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...

If The Beach Boys felt threatened by the Fab Four’s explosive arrival, they were not going down without a fight.

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American music's equivalent to John Lennon has crossed the rainbow bridge, an ever-tedious euphemism for death.

Dive into the melodies, memories, and moments that defined Brian Wilson—from his favorite song to the Beatles track that left him in tears.

Following the death of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, Doug Kolk took a moment to break down why Wilson is so widely regarded as a musical genius. From inspiring The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper to ...

Part IWouldn’t It Be NiceThe eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach.

Conceived as an all-in-one ‘pocket symphony’, Good Vibrations was thematically triggered by the notion that dogs could sense ...

Brian Wilson’s death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate ...

Most – including the writer of this opinion piece - listen to music in the way they watch football. They don’t hear the important, truly cerebral things in music in much the same way that ...