Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
"The great truth of pop songwriting is it doesn’t respond to effort. The best songs just arrive as if complete." - David Hepworth - this week's email, in regard to Nick Lowe. Really? I mean, really? Have a think about it. I understand a (pithy) point therein: in essence, he's repeating the old cliche "You can't polish a turd." Few would dispute that. But he also seems to...
country love songs lyrics (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Don’t Worry Baby by Beach Boys. The song is written Brian Wilson and Roger Christian, produced by Wilson and first recorded by the Beach Boys and was first released on album Shut Down Volume 2. Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby Lyrics: Well its been building up inside of me For oh I don’t know how long I don’t [...]
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Graham Jones writes: "A friend of a friend's called Rupert once queued for two hours at Tower Records to get an album signed by Brian Wilson. By the time he got to the front he got the impression Wilson was tired and losing interest, but asked him to sign it "To Rupert from Brian". He left the shop delighted - until he checked what the great man had written: "TO BRIAN FROM RUPERT"....
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Eurovision entries seldom seem to crop-up in year-end lists, never mind decade-end ones, and that’s usually for a good reason. Whilst the contest isn’t quite the car-crash viewing everyone supposes it is – the X Factor has cornered the car-crash market much more successfully, I think you’ll find, whilst Eurovision yearns for credibility – it has to be said that truly ‘classic’...
New Narcotics (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. -Charlie Parker Punk and Mariachi music are two genres with very, very, very little crossover possibility. Yet The Bronx have decided to blast that out of the water by renaming themselves as Mariachi El Bronx and releasing an album of Mexicano ditties. And it bloody works. The music is upbeat,...
Powerpopaholic (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
If you combine equal parts of Laurie Biagini and The Gripweeds Kristin Pinell, you may likely end up with Anny Celsi. Anny Celsi is a west coast musician with links to Brian Wilson band alum Nelson Bragg, who produced the album. The title track is a good example of the Byrdsian jangle and exquisite psyche-pop harmonies perfect for a long car ride. Anny's follow up song "Thanksgiving In Hollywood"...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Composed by and produced by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Wilson and Mike Love, the band’s first UK number one was released as a single on October 10, 1966.
mommyerin blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LONDON—Just days after the discovery of several previously unreleased Beatles recordings in the attic of Abbey Road Studios, fans and critics across the globe have renounced their enthusiasm for the rock and roll band that was once revered by millions. "This unfortunate find has forced music historians to completely reassess the talents of John, Paul, George, and Ringo," said Beatles...
ThisNext Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Beach Boys have been stalking me lately. And, I’m not saying Brian Wilson has pulled a Margaret Mary Ray or something. I’m just saying that everywhere I turn, they’re on the radio or people are talking about them or I see a cool product or whatever. I guess it’s not really all the surprising though. I mean, they are the greatest American pop band, well, EVER. This post serves...
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Ed Droste is settling into the bar of his east London hotel with his Grizzly Bear bandmate Daniel Rossen, to attempt to explain their sky-rocket of a year. All but unknown last spring, the band's third album Veckatimest went straight into the US top 10 and UK top 30. Their fans include Paul Simon, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, who giddily announced on stage that they were his favourite band, and Jay-Z,...
kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
One of Brian Wilson's most beautiful arrangements from the classic "Pet Sounds" album doubles as a rallying call for print journalists around the country.
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
It started with a drumbeat. No, scratch that. It started with The Drumbeat. In the almost fifty years since Be My Baby first forced Brian Wilson to pull his car over and rethink his entire career, The Drumbeat has reared its head more times than it's worth counting; but, bearing in mind Just Like Honey's soporific come-on, and the happy-go-lucky cutesyism it introduced on Eighties Fan, it's rarely...
The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The 11 players and singers Brian Wilson brought to The Egg on Tuesday did Beach Boys songs better than the Beach Boys ever did.
Popdose (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
For the follow up to her fine 2007 album Lullagoodbye, Taylor Mills has once against enlisted the help of her Brian Wilson Band colleague Scott Bennett, as well as her husband, drummer Todd Sucherman. Bennett, who was a key collaborator on Wilson’s most recent album That Lucky Old Sun, is responsible for eight of the [...]
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
With this debut album I feel that I should be the one offering thanks. Firstly, it jumped the gun and was released early, and secondly it’s completely free to get your mouse-clicking, downloading fingers on. ‘Thank You’ boasts an essence of the quintessential English sound whilst simultaneously paying homage to an array of genres. ‘Peace & Quiet’ opens and weaves seamlessly...
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cathie9ce0j | 08/17/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Eclectic rocker Neil Young, who has made no secret of his disdain for the Grammys in the past, is receiving a humanitarian award from the group that hands out the music industry's top honors. The Canadian singer-songwriter, 63, will be honored during the 20th annual MusiCares gala taking place in Los Angeles on January 29, two days before the Recording Academy holds the Grammys....
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