Last September, over 60 years later ... Manson attempted to pay Dennis back by giving him a song, which the Beach Boys recorded for their 1969 album 20/20 under the title “Never Learn Not ...

A week after the Disney album, on Nov. 1, Capitol/EMI releases “The SMiLE Sessions,” a two-disc set of tracks recorded by the Beach Boys during 1966-67 for the famous “lost” album that ...

the issue is “not that they didn’t make some albums still eminently worth hearing,” but “a kind of philosophical problem.” “[T]ime and social change have been rough on the Beach Boys ...

Curiously, only one of the original Beach Boys knew how to surf ... s ‘Pet Sounds,’ one of the most gorgeous and influential albums ever made. Wilson soon tried to top himself, but suffered ...

Chris' new album 'Anything is Possible features The Lemon Twigs, Marshall Crenshaw, Wilco's Pat Sansone, Mitch Easter, Don Dixon and more. It's out July 11.