When Popular Music Left Love Songs for Gurus
As popular music grew tired of love songs and became more philosophical in the 1960s, it began celebrating a figure not previously considered: the guru.
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She & Him Pay Tribute to the Sensitive Side of Brian Wilson
She & Him reveal the love and respect they have for the original material on Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson. These songs gently rock and soothe.
The 12 Best Brian Wilson Songs
From massive hits to experimental pop compositions, Brian Wilson’s music is always thoughtful, idiosyncratic, and as thrilling today as it was in the 1960s.
Racializing Rock: The ’60s and the White Sounds of ‘Pet Sounds’
The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is not a racist text, but its impact was racist because it further encoded rock as a white genre, perpetuating the institutionalized prejudice that relegated African Americans to the margins of rock.
The Kid Is Alright: Andrew Slater’s ‘Echo in the Canyon’
Music documentary Echo in the Canyon beautifully captures Jakob Dylan's search for the best lessons in collaboration from pioneering California Sound supergroups.
BeachLife Launches 2019 Festival Season with Music Legends and SoCal Style
The debut BeachLife Festival adds another unique event to the California concert calendar with three days of musical fun in the sun curated for the classic laid back lifestyle of the City of Angels.
The Music in Brian Wilson’s Mind
Brian Wilson proves himself to be just that in the appropriately titled, I Am Brian Wilson.
The Personal Accounts of The Beach Boys Make This Documentary Worthwhile
Classic Albums: Pet Sounds expands the mythos of one musician to an entire group, and in doing so, allows us to see the project in a different, equally compelling light.
Why Does the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ Still Have Its Hold on Us?
Fifty years on, Brian Wilson’s emotive musings on love, loss, and loneliness on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds have proven to be truly timeless.
‘Agnostic’: Against Theists and Atheists
Lesley Hazleton’s brand of agnosticism simply holds open a space for contemplative thinking.
Various Artists: George Fest
Dhani Harrison’s historical document on music's methods of passage through time shows the anxiety of his father’s influence
‘Love & Mercy’ and the Dualities of Brian Wilson
Operating through a series of simple juxtapositions, Love & Mercy is kept riveting due to the stellar and nuanced performances by Paul Dano and John Cusack.
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